The Answer: The Official Foodie Handbook

The gourmet was typically a rich male amateur to whom food was a passion. Foodies are typically an aspiring professional couple to whom food is a fashion. A fashion? The…

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Beignets and Luqam: Thoughts from Cathy Kaufman

The Islamic-Christian culinary connection is one that fascinates lots of readers of my blog. So when I saw that Cathy Kaufman had published this piece in the IACP history of…

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Peeled Walnuts: Awesome, Really

What a thing of beauty.  Here’s a fresh walnut, just out of the shell, its white flesh gleaming like moonlight, and the bit of skin I have peeled back waving…

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