10 Foods You Should Only Buy Organic - Cholesterol. Feed52 - Food52 - food community, recipe search and cookbook contests. Sometimes it's healthy to relinquish control, but not when it comes to the temperature of your eggs. Here's a way to bring eggs to the exact room temperature, no guesswork involved. Read More » We know the smells coming from the Indian restaurant are really, really, really good, but don't succumb to ordering takeout for the third night in a row. Kendra will show you how to replicate your favorite dish at home. Read More » Vania Ling explains why she's hooked on Plenty More. Read More » It's the first day of Round 2! Read More » Our latest contest is all about our favorite natural sweetener Read More » These five recipes from Becky of The Vintage Mixer will make you go (pea)nuts for your weeknight dinners.
Read More » A spin on Vietnamese phở that lets you take control of the spices and scents and textures -- no recipe or meat required. Read More » Oink oink oink oink oink.Our favorite time of year.Oink oink oink oink oink. Read More » Read More » How To Sharpen Your Kitchen Knives. Any cook knows that a sharp knife is the workhorse of the kitchen -- without one you can't really do anything. If you've ever watched Top Chef, you'll remember an episode in Season 8 where the contestants weren't allowed to cook with knives for a Quickfire Challenge.
It was practically impossible. Even with the best knife on the market, it's no good unless it's sharp. But not everyone sharpens their knives regularly -- or even at all. If you cook every day, you should be sharpening your knives every week. If you don't cook as often, then every second week. Electric sharpeners are probably the worst tool for sharpening a knife -- they strip too much metal from the knife, destroying the blade.
Start by soaking the stone (see one in the video below) for about 10 to 20 minutes in water, which will help lubricate the knife as you sharpen. WATCH: How To Sharpen Your Knives, Step-By-Step Most people confuse a honing steel with a sharpener. WATCH: How To Hone The Edge Of A Knife Also on HuffPost: Free range eggs | The Truth About Your Eggs. Eggs are quite possibly the world's perfect protein source. The six grams of protein in each egg has the highest biological value—a measure of how well it supports your body's protein needs—of any food, including beef. The yolks contain vitamin B12, deficiencies of which can cause attention, mood, and thinking problems. Depending on where you're getting your eggs, though, you could be getting a lot more of stuff you don’t want.
First you'll get some arsenic, added to feed to promote growth in hens but linked to various forms of cancer in people, and an extra dose of antibiotics, also used to promote growth but linked to antibiotic resistance and even obesity in people. Then add a heaping helping of salmonella. A 2010 study published in the journal Veterinary Record found that the eggs from hens confined to cages, as they often are in factory farms, had 7.77-times greater odds of harboring salmonella bacteria than eggs from non-caged hens. Cage-Free Can You Trust It? Like this? Organic. Craig Claiborne Set the Standard for Restaurant Reviews. Paul Hosefros/The New York Times A 1973 Bastille Day celebration at Craig Claiborne’s home in East Hampton, L.I. Jacques Pépin is third from the left.
The author of these judgments was Craig Claiborne, the newspaper’s food editor. He prefaced his article with a short note: “The following is a listing of New York restaurants that are recommended on the basis of varying merits. And that is just what happened, first in what were called the women’s pages (“Food Fashions Family Furnishings”), and then, after 1976, in the Weekend section; by that time, the column was not a listing but a review of one or two restaurants. Some American writers had nibbled at the idea of professional restaurant criticism before this, including Claiborne, who had written one-off reviews of major new restaurants for The Times. As the current caretaker of the house that Claiborne built, I lack objectivity on this subject.
Over time, this rather drab creature evolved its characteristic plumage. California salmon start their comeback. The 2012 California salmon season opened last weekend, and the initial reports are good and could be getting even better. That's great news for lovers of local salmon, who have pretty much had to do without commercially caught fish since 2008. There was a limited catch last year, but this year the catch looks to be big enough that there shouldn't be any trouble finding fish.
This season's catch should total almost 3 million pounds, according to the California Salmon Council, an industry group. Last year, the haul was less than 1 million pounds. That seemed like a lot then, but only because the fishery had been completely closed in 2008 and 2009, and the 2010 catch was only about 250,000 pounds. For reference, the high-water mark for California salmon since 2000 was in 2004, when more than 7 million pounds were caught. Several local stores should be stocking California salmon, including Santa Monica Seafood, Gelson's, Bristol Farms and Fresh and Easy, according to a council spokesperson.
Health: What are nightshade foods? Preserving Cabrini-Green's images In the sharp sun of an April afternoon, Nate Lanthrum walks through the remains of Cabrini-Green giving away what he has taken. He looks out of place, a white guy carrying a $1,500 Nikon D700 camera, but the residents are used to him by now and greet... Blackhawks thrilled to have Brent Seabrook back Starting with Game 6 Sunday, Brent Seabrook's timeout will be over and the defenseman will be back on the ice — so long as he promises to play nice. The Blackhawks have done pretty well in Seabrook's absence, winning all three games the NHL... NFL draft preview: Defensive ends As the NFL draft nears — it takes place May 8-10 — we're taking an 11-day, position-by-position look at what's out there and what the Bears need.
In May 1974, Tribune delivered 2 Watergate bombshells Obama denounces racist comments reportedly made by NBA owner Cubs can't take advantage of Brewers' injuries Northwestern women win at Wrigley Blackhawks thrilled to have Brent Seabrook back. Bubble has not burst on craft beer market - All We Can Eat. Craft beer sales grew by 15 percent in 2011. (Jason E. Kaplan) “The world almost seems flipped on its side — a revolution has happened,” reported Benj Steinman, president of the trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insights, in assessing the state of craft brewing. Steinman was addressing a crowd at the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference that unfolded May 2-5 amidst the gentle sea breezes and swaying palms of San Diego.
Most of the news from the conference was good, often spectacularly so. Craft beer finished 2011 up 13 percent in volume and 15 percent in dollars, according to Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association, which organized the event. Under the circumstances, keynote speaker Steve Hindy, former AP Middle East correspondent and co-founder of the Brooklyn Brewery, could be forgiven a little boasting. The disturbing news was that, according to Gatza, there are currently 1,119 additional breweries in the planning stage. Disturbing? But those worries didn’t spoil the party. Cattle prices jump as ranchers begin rebuilding. Thomas Jefferson's Vegetable Garden: A Thing Of Beauty And Science : The Salt : NPR#more#more#more. Hide caption Thomas Jefferson's garden at Monticello was uniquely American because it served as a kind of Ellis Island for garden vegetables around the world. Leonard Phillips/Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello Hide caption After Jefferson left the presidency, he planted a retirement garden at Monticello that is 300 yards long and supported by a stone wall 12 feet high in places.
It looks out over the rolling Virginia Piedmont. Melissa Block/NPR Hide caption Jefferson planted an abundance of fresh salad greens. This is a typical summer vegetable garden harvest. Hide caption Asparagus was a prime part of Jefferson's garden and received "uncommon attention," according to Hatch. When you listen to All Things Considered host Melissa Block's story about Thomas Jefferson's garden, you'll hear how he cared about putting peas on the table and sharing seeds with his friends.
In the nearby South Orchard, he grew 130 varieties of fruit trees like peach, apple, fig and cherry. Antico Founder Giovanni Di Palma on his Pizzas, Passions and Plans for Expansion - Pizza Week 2012. Atlanta Food Truck Park temporarily closed due to permit issues. UPDATE: The park has reopened. The AJC has the story. Last fall, the Atlanta food community won an important battle in the struggle to make our city a more business friendly environment for food trucks and mobile vendors. Kwanza Hall’s Food Truck Ordinance, passed with a 15-0 vote last September, significantly relaxed a few key vending regulations that had previously made successfully operating a food truck in Atlanta nearly impossible. However, eight months later, we are seeing that putting those new policies into practice still has its share of road blocks.
Last Thursday, the Atlanta Police Department License and Permits unit arrived at the Atlanta Food Truck Park and began shutting down trucks left and right. The park on Howell Mill Road, the first permanent food truck park in Atlanta open 7 days a week, remains temporarily closed until enough of the vendors can clear up the permit issues with the APD.
The issue? - By Jon Watson, Food & More blog.