’ll be able to go out to Joe Matos place to pay for a wheel of his raw milk Azores style cheese then he’ll put your name on it and set it aside for extra aging for as long as you like. You’re going to love the...

The fishy fish. Not the ones we say taste “of the sea”. The ones we say taste fishy. Mackerel - raw, broiled or whatever. Boston, King or Spanish. When it’s plump and juicy I’m into it. For some the...

Do you find that brown eggs have thicker shells? Lately I’ve had the impression that brown eggs have a smaller incidence of thin or hairline cracked areas when I examine the cartons prior to purchase. (I eat raw...

and dark meat ), though I’ve never seen it here; only in Mexico. The meat is often boiled ahead of time so that the broth can be used to thin the mole paste, though can also sometimes be added raw to the sauce....

At Elephant Walk two starter I crave – the ground pork and coconut milk appetizer that is served with crispy rice patties for dipping, and the avocat kanthor salad which is raw tuna, lime, avocado...so yummy it makes me...

...when you force your co-workers to taste raw purslane (that you just bought at the farmer’s market but wish you had grown at home) right off the stem ...when you save the heads and bones of the fresh Portuguese sardines...

, they will speak to authenticity based on what they recall of their origins. Let me digress a bit more on the knife issue. The most experienced and finicky of sushi/sashimi eaters have developed an affinity for the smoothest...

too :) I am demanding when it comes to scallops, which must be plump, “crisp” in texture and markedly undercooked relative to the level utilized at most restaurants in the US. At FF, Gras gets it right, with a scallop...

The big difference in baking and many other recipes is that you have to be more precise. You can’t just eyeball a half-cup of milk. Unless you’re an experienced baker, you can’t put things together so they just...

escargot and raw oyster in Montreal, they took us out and really introduced us to whatever was unique to an area and made sure we had plenty of dining ezperiences from anything in a small seafood shack on Tybee island, oh the...

group interview, and were then promptly sat down to have an early lunch of—rice, potatoes, yuca, and cuy—plus rompope (or caspiroleta), a drink made of aguardiente (locally distilled cane liquor), whipped egg whites, beaten...

, mustard, etc on anything. No ketchup either on fries. Toast – no butter Cereal – no milk, but I’ll drink a glass on the side. Salad – no dressing (maybe a squeeze of lemon) Very little ethnic foods of almost...

comparison would really bring out the differences. I’ve had Japanese crab sashimi right beside spiny lobster sashimi, (both while the critters were still kicking around) and while the texture isn’t very different when...

to quit so he wouldn’t be “fired” in a last ditch attempt to come off as something other than an oaf. I would like the cheftestants to have a challenge where they are not allowed to cook seafood or serve anything...

now living in the U.S.: Increased use of milk by adults More meat and less fish is eaten By the third generation, fruit and vegetable consumption mirrors general American food habits Decreased use of olive oil Increased use of...