In Praise of Bland Food

7am.  Facebook.  A post pops up on how to make a chocolate-covered bacon shot glass for your whiskey. I must have missed this phenomenon because when I googled “chocolate-covered bacon…

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Tiny Bubbles: Where Food Met Science, Medicine, and Religion

Tiny Bubbles: Where Food Met Science, Medicine, and Religion

Tiny bubbles.  I’m often struck by how often they feature in Western cuisine, how rarely in other major culinary traditions.  Think of mousse and sparkling drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic,…

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Chufa (Cyperus esculentus) again

Sometimes it’s just so frustrating that a blog is not a forum.  I get such terrific feedback that I want to incorporate or reply to. What fresh chufa (tiger) nuts…

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