informative posting. Listen, if you’d info-dump whatever you’ve got, it will 1. serve myriad fellow hounds, and 2. support the good guys in Portugal. Your narratives are great, but feel free to just post raw info with...

It is my understanding that these chickens have been brined in a phosphate solution (2% something). I am not sure of the exact chemical name but if you look at some of the frozen raw chicken breast pieces being sold (some at...

likes that funky taste as much as I do. It’s good to know there are others out there. (By 5 years old, I had already developed a taste for raw cherrystones—but you beat me with 6 months old for fermented bean curd!)

with a ragout of pancetta, pearl onions, and sugar snap peas: The quail was a tiny bit overdone. It wasn’t dry, just a tiny bit tougher than it could have been. But the sauce — oh the sauce — what a wonderful...

, but man, is he dynamite! I’ve seldom seen any program that captured the raw energy required of a chef. Anyone else seen this?

I feel ya – I’m permanently on an eating plan that is high-protein, no bread, and no sugar! Re: Masa – I heard they were “going” to start serving breakfast, but never heard when. Since I can’t...

pollen Carrot Ginger soup with a crab and tarragon spring roll Tuna Tataki with sweet parsnips and a relish of dried black olives and muscovado sugar. Amazing food but still asian Fusion. In all fairness,he has the lattitude to do...

– stick, or wand), that had been flattened and fried in butter with an egg batter. It was perfectly moist with the batter and the butter, but too oily, as can happen sometimes. There was a light dusting of powdered sugar on the...

is that it allows the interior to cook much faster. So I wouldn’t have to worry about having a burned wrapper and semi-raw meat interior! I could totally make this dish and not worry. I missed not having a demo last year and...

, like dandelions, and long white/green ribs that are hollow. The ribs and leaves are usually served raw, as a salad dressed with an anchovy vinaigrette. The puntarelle itself is mildly peppery with, perhaps, a bit of sweetness....

especially distasteful warm, dripping with that ooze of sugar-slime; they get better as they cool off. Bob Chinn’s Crab House treats people as if they are sub-human, and doesn’t cook nearly well enough to make up for it.

. I’m willing to overlook a mistake if someone owns up to it and is clearly concerned. If something is significantly wrong or horrible (raw, spoiled, made incorrectly), don’t just tell me that you’ll let the...

or ceasar salad around here on weekends. I like his idea of separating the eggs and nesting the yolks in the pasta, but this could skeve some people. I lurve it. It reminds me of raw egg on rice and greens japanese style...

Basically, you lay the steak on very high heat for just about 30 seconds to a minute each side. It chars the outside (the blackened), while the inside is still raw (the blue...because raw meat is sometimes so dark red it’s...

temperature contrast the sushi chef is after. When I made sushi at home and still lived in California and was willing to use raw fish, I simply handled the fish with chopsticks. Anyway, as a kid way way back in the first third of...