Friday, December 19, 2014

A French Toast Recipe With a Crème Brûlée Twist - NYTimes.com

Why not!

Gramercy Tavern Chef Will Cook at New Whitney Restaurant - NYTimes.com

Pretty competitive marketplace.

Caramel apples linked to 5 deaths, Thurston County teen’s illness | Local News | The Seattle Times

Yuck.

Whole Foods and Instacart turn up the heat in the delivery wars

Interesting.

Got a whole gelato love

Great story.

How Much Potassium in a Banana | Chiquita® Banana Potassium

Interesting.

Japan's Butter Shortage Whips Its Cake Makers Into A Frenzy : The Salt : NPR

Must be hard.

L’agroforesterie pour une agriculture raisonnée - Vie pratique - Télématin - France 2

Fascinating.

Home

Worth checking out....

Tar Heel Traveler Eats: Food Journeys across North Carolina: Scott Mason: 9781493006380: Amazon.com: Books

I flipped through it at the book store but was not excited enough to buy it.

Slow Cooker Revolution Volume 2: Editors at America's Test Kitchen: 9781936493579: Amazon.com: Books

May be worth buying.

Gluten-free | Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day

Looks like a good resource.

JJ Virgin's Sugar Impact Diet: Drop 7 Hidden Sugars, Lose Up to 10 Pounds in Just 2 Weeks: J.J. Virgin: 9781455577842: Amazon.com: Books

Seems to be the subject of a program on PBS on 1/1/15?

VIDEO. Un camion de kiwis prend feu sur l'A8 aux Adrets | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Never thought of burning kiwis.

Kraft Foods Group: John Cahill a désormais les pleins pouvoirs

To study.

Praying for Common Ground at the Christmas-Dinner Table - NYTimes.com

Peace.

Lee W. Wattenberg, Who Saw Cancer Fighters in Foods, Dies at 92 - NYTimes.com

I guess a good example of eating really well.

A Sausage Roll Recipe for Boxing Day - NYTimes.com

I'll try it.

The Halal Guys in the East Village - NYTimes.com

Sounds good.

Your Waitress, Your Professor - NYTimes.com

What a chilling look at reality.

Ask Well: What Fish Is Safe to Eat? - Video - NYTimes.com

Ok.

BBC News - Farmers burn Merkel effigy at anti-trade deal protest

Need to understand their concerns better.

Monday, December 15, 2014

Le lait : pas forcément un ami pour la vie - Santé - Télématin - France 2

Not good news.

Can’t Have Your Cake, Gays Are Told, and a Rights Battle Rises - NYTimes.com

Hmmm.

Riedel Creates a New Champagne Glass - NYTimes.com

Jeepers.

Calorie count to appear with many prepared foods - Roanoke Times: Lifestyles

I still think this a really important move.

Blue Coffee Cafe - Durham, NC

See story in Herald-Sun 11/26/14 as well.

More than 200 turkeys given to food bank | The Herald-Sun

Good.

How the Chicken Built America - NYTimes.com

Go chicken!

On Thanksgiving, an Abundance That's About Much More Than Food - NYTimes.com

Super.

School of Fish: Ben Pollinger: 9781451665130: Amazon.com: Books

Might be useful.

Distribute Starter Kits | Farm Sanctuary – Compassionate Communities

Study more.

If you want to know where your food comes from, ask a linguist | Public Radio International

Great stuff.

Fresh Market opens first Durham location | The Herald-Sun

I hope it is a plus.

McDonald’s to Reduce Number of Menu Items - NYTimes.com

On verra.

How restaurants calculate calorie counts | Marketplace.org

Important stuff.

How Can Vultures Eat Rotten Roadkill And Survive? : Shots - Health News : NPR

A question I had never considered.

Cheaper Gas, Food Lower US Producer Prices - ABC News

Need to see this presented more meaningfully over a longer period of time.

In Final Spending Bill, Salty Food and Belching Cows Are Winners - NYTimes.com

Too bad.

Saturday, December 13, 2014

The Baking Bible

Jewish calories, I imagine.

Women's Work Is Never Done On The Farm, And Sometimes Never Counted : The Salt : NPR

Great story.

For The Sophisticated Souse, Fabric Infused With A Whiff Of Whiskey : NPR

Geesh.

Can Seafood Be Kosher and Sustainable? - NYTimes.com

Why is kosher important to anyone other than a tiny minority of the world's population?

Why The White House Wants To Go After Seafood Pirates : The Salt : NPR

Seems like an important effort.

Aliments, un nouvel étiquetage pour mieux savoir ce que l’on mange

Will want to watch this closely.

Sally Smith of Buffalo Wild Wings, on Patience in Hiring - NYTimes.com

Lots of food people stories to tell.

Time to Make the Doughnuts - NYTimes.com

Hmm.

After Barren Years in Somalia, Signs of Growth in Bananas - NYTimes.com

I guess this is good.

Restaurant Au Petit Gari - Cuisine Familiale et Authentique - Nice

Looks like a good place to test!

Making a Pig’s Ear of Food Safety - NYTimes.com

This has to be super important for NC.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Could a Supplement Prevent Weight Gain? – WebMD

Like so many claims, we need to see more.

"PORCH Set to Eclipse Huge Benchmark" - Chapelboro.com

Is this really the most effective way to do this? Passing on old food?

"Hungry City: Sky Cafe in Elmhurst, Queens" - NYTimes.com

New York sure has it all! How are we doing in NC on Sumatran cuisine?

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Burger King, nouveau numéro 3 mondial du fast-food, au cœur d'une polémique fiscale

Need to update.

Time Inc. Sells Sunset Magazine’s Test Kitchens and Gardens - NYTimes.com

Hmmm.

Gil Marks, Historian of Jewish Food and Culture, Dies at 62 - NYTimes.com

Sounds like he made a contribution.

Alcool et calories - Santé - Télématin - France 2

Good reminder!

Cheap Crops Mean Tight Times For Midwest's Fledgling Farmers : The Salt : NPR

Lots of application to NC here.

Product of Mexico

TABLE Expands To Feed More Hungry Children - Chapelboro.com

Good.

Orange County Deputies Looking For Lobster Chef - Chapelboro.com

Weird.

Restaurants, hôtels: l'OCDE s'en prend aux taux réduits de TVA

Well, my instinct says this is a bad recommendation.

The Rise of Burgundy Wine - NYTimes.com

Wow, look at the price of the first bottle mentioned!

Pregnancy And Weight Gain: 75 Percent Of New Moms Are Still Heavy A Year After Giving Birth, Study Says : News : Headlines & Global News

Weight is a challenge for so many.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

VIDEO. Les Belges militent pour l'inscription de la frite au patrimoine culturel de l'humanité

Go for it!

Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere - Kindle edition by Dorie Greenspan. Cookbooks, Food & Wine Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Consider.

A Boozy Parisian Pineapple That Tastes Like The Holidays : NPR

Book could be interesting.

Women Butchers Are Slicing Through The Meat World's Glass Ceiling : The Salt : NPR

Interesting stuff!

'North Carolina Has An Underage Drinking Problem' | WUNC

Hmmm.

cashews calories - Google Search

It's still too hard to look up this stuff reliably.

The Daily Gift: Bitters, for Sweeties

Wow.

Traveling Via JFK or LGA? Now You Can Take a Taste of New York with You - Edible Brooklyn

I looked at this shop at Delta at JFK and was impressed on one level and skeptical on another. It seems to me that it could be done with a whole lot more creativity and that the whole thing could be so much more compelling. I am not sure there is one for RDU or for Nice.

Cognitive Cooking | Home

Fascinating stuff.

2014 "Food Issue" recipe index - CBS News

I think the whole show on 11/23/14 was devoted to food.

Los Angeles Times

Looks like a really important story.

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Why Did Vitamins Disappear From Non-GMO Breakfast Cereal? : The Salt : NPR

Watch those labels.

Getting Your 'Shine On Is Becoming Increasingly Legal : The Salt : NPR

All sorts of trends we may not notice!

Vegetable Spawns Larceny and Luxury in Peru - NYTimes.com

Missed this one.

Record 4.16-pound white truffle fetches $61,250 at auction, could have gone for seven figures | Daily Digest News

The price seems odd.

A Review of White Hart Inn in Salisbury - NYTimes.com

Hmmm.

A Review of Villalobos in Montclair - NYTimes.com

Looks like fun.

A Smoked Salmon Tart for a Holiday Party - NYTimes.com

Could be good.

A Rum Punch That Raises the Thermostat - NYTimes.com

Sounds wonderful.

Diverse Holiday Feasts From Five New York Families - NYTimes.com

This is great.

The Yogurt Must Be Greek - NYTimes.com

Super useful.

France 3 Côte d’Azur - Revoir l'émission du 6 décembre consacrée à la précarité des seniors en Côte d’Azur

Note the importance of food.

Test

http://www.nicematin.com/

Friday, December 5, 2014

Test

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/nyregion/pizza-orders-reveal-credit-card-scheme-and-a-secondhand-market.html

New maple water drink has untapped potential | Cornell Chronicle

News to me.

L’eau d’érable - Vie pratique - Télématin - France 2

Never heard of this. Sounds intriguing.

Dollar General misses estimates, remains committed to Family Dollar deal - MarketWatch

How big a piece of the personal food world is this chain for some/many people?

Study tracks Lowes Foods shoppers in real time :: WRAL.com

Not sure if this will be exclusively smart phone tracking?

Crystal Sugar CEO Says Shareholders to Lose Money - ABC News

Basic foodstuff for many.

Le Chocolat Cru solidaire - Découverte - Télématin - France 2

Good stuff.

America Farm to Table | Mario Batali

He appeared on Morning Joe this morning talking about the book; video of Eataly.

Le vin mousseux du Var est protégé | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Ok.

En Bretagne, les Japonais investissent pour longtemps

I don't think I have ever consciously encountered this.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Le statut d'artisan bientôt ouvert aux fromagers et aux cuisiniers | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Interesting.

Christie’s Pig-Crate Politics - NYTimes.com

I can tell from the title that I will love this!

Truffles and Barolo in Piedmont, the Frugal Way - NYTimes.com

Wonderful.

Christmas Cookie Recipe CookFight - NYTimes.com

Hmmm.

Restaurant Review: Danny Meyer’s Marta in NoMad - NYTimes.com

Looks huge.

BBC News - Mediterranean diet keeps people 'genetically young'

Great.

U.S. Appeals a Ruling on Meat Labeling - NYTimes.com

Labels say it all.

Bugs in Manhattan Compete With Rats for Food Refuse - NYTimes.com

It is an ecosystem out there.

Yogurt May Lower Diabetes Risk - NYTimes.com

Yes!

Ponysaurus’ new location will increase production by 900 percent | The Herald-Sun

Neat.

Gonza Tacos y Tequila expanding to Durham | The Herald-Sun

Great.

Debunking the food stamp ‘fraud’ narrative | MSNBC

She also some sort of program called The Invisible Us.

Americans go organic but aren't sure what that means | Marketplace.org

That's for sure.

vache surveillance electronique - Google Search

Lots of this - saw brief mention on TV5Monde today.

Mexico's soda tax is starting to change some habits, say health advocates | Public Radio International

Good for them!

Aldi

Why doesn't Aldi get more attention locally. Soups (Campbell's and that Walmart house brand) look to be 1.25-1.35. At Aldi, .79 for the same can, with Aldi house label, of chicken with rice.

Brands Tap Popular Instagram Photographers to Feature Food in Sponsored Posts | Adweek

Fantastic.

Carolina Classic: The Muscadine | Our State Magazine

I wonder if this grape lives in France, too?

The Road Food Difference | Our State Magazine

Appealing.

Carolina's Best Bread: La Farm Bakery | Our State Magazine

Great!

Fall & Winter Classes

Any of these would be wonderful!

Lard

I heard Alex WAGNER on MSNBC talk about the mother who has had to revert to lard for cooking because of the cost of living, and then a BBC interview with an Italian who said she would never switch to lard away from increasingly expensive olive oil. 

Price of Italian olive oil to rise after blight of 'leprosy' and fruit flies - Telegraph

Awful development. James REYNOLDS piece on this today on BBC Newshour - sounds dreadful.

BBC Radio 4 - Olive Wars

Interesting.

Lure Irresistible to Bass Spurs Backlash From Anglers - NYTimes.com

Odd.

Bugs in Manhattan Compete With Rats for Food Refuse - NYTimes.com

Those who eat what we do not.

Nick Kokonas’s Tock Ticketing System Adopted by Per Se - NYTimes.com

Not sure - will this stick and spread?

Monday, December 1, 2014

The Daily Tar Heel :: PORCH celebrates four years of giving to those in need

More details.

Casting for a Big Fish on the Big Island of Hawaii - NYTimes.com

If they must.

Exploring the Middle Ground in Riojas Reservas - NYTimes.com

Even better!

Wine School: Vouvray Sec - NYTimes.com

Good stuff.

Prescribing Vegetables, Not Pills - NYTimes.com

Bravo!

Cookbook Review: Dorie Greenpan’s ‘Baking Chez Moi,’ Nick Malgieri’s ‘Pastry’ - NYTimes.com

Nice!

Why are the world's food aid programs running short of money? (+video) - CSMonitor.com

Such a serious problem.

A delicious slice of life - Videos - CBS News

Nice story; I want to visit!

Sugar rehab: New treatment for not-so-sweet addiction - Health - TODAY.com

One has to wonder about some of these stories.

Episode 281: All-Food Special 2014 | The Dinner Party Download

Great show.

Beekeepers eye Appalachian surface mines for hives - Yahoo News

Whatever it takes.

Poor durum crop likely to impact pasta consumers :: WRAL.com

The food world surely is interconnected in so many ways..

Wine by the Glass Goes High-End - NYTimes.com

For those who have it!

Working the Land and the Data - NYTimes.com

It drives everything.

War and hunger - CBS News

A better link.

Macarons slip past cupcakes as the pastry trend du jour | Food Feature | Indy Week

I wonder if this is still true....

60 Minutes Video - The full episode of 60 Minutes from the November 30, 2014 edition - CBS.com

The piece on the World Food Program is really informative.

PORCH's Million Dollar Mark

I think this is good; where is the story explaining the number?

Comment Tupperware tente de mettre la crise en boîte

So it goes.

"Indigné", Danone exige des excuses du ministre russe de l'agriculture

Russians.

Americans Are Eating a Lot More Berries. Here’s Why. - NYTimes.com

Really informative.

Poulets : 70% seraient infectés par la bactérie campylobacter | Medisite

Geeesh.

Mexican Chef Serves Up An Authoritative Guide To Her Country's Cuisine : The Salt : NPR

Looks wonderful.