The James Beard Foundation Awards just concluded this past weekend, and as an attendee, I thought I would throw out some random thoughts about the event, and some ideas about things I saw and heard . . . in no particular order.
The awards themselves are an awards show, and like any Awards list or Best Of, there will be controversy on every aspect of…
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Is it just me, or is anyone else tired of mixed greens and balsamic vinaigrette ? With summer fast approaching, I’ve got salads on the brain. While the season has yet to officially kick off, I’m already feeling bored. Salads are undoubtedly the go-to meal of warmer months, a perfect way to use up those overflowing CSA boxes and fresh veggies from the garden….
It’s time to lose weight, y’all! This is from HuffPo, entitled “Obesity Epidemic: As America’s collective waistline grows, healthcare costs soar” . The study is amazing especially the comparisons to smokers and to health care costs as we age (might not be what you expect) but the defense echoed about halfway through that people can be healthier at any size is the most destructive…
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Imagine some of your favorite summer foods and then imagine what’s in your glass. Is it pink? It could be. Please don’t hate on the pink wine. Enter the rosé. French rosé is nothing like its look-alike, white zinfandel. Rosé is complex, dry, refreshing, and completely delicious. Yes, there is the possibility someone may scoff at you initially, not knowing that you have superior…
Here’s the stat of the week: Food waste equals 25 percent of total food production. One quarter! That’s equivalent to 2.5 percent of total U.S. energy consumption. Wake up, kids; that 2.5 percent is more than all the ethanol produced in U.S. in 2011. That’s staggering. How can we fix this horrific issue? Well, believe it or not, proximity breeds efficiency and decreases waste. That’s…
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This week is the Belgian Ale sale. I’ll admit I did not drink enough Belgian Ale, even though I really like beer. I drink plenty of beer. I enjoy microbrews, and local brews and craft beers with weird names.
Enter Molly Auron, our assistant beer buyer. Here’s the thing about Molly: She LOVES Belgian beer and her enthusiasm about the brew is enough to…
Spicy tuna rolls, the kind served in supermarkets around the country, even here in Minnesota have been linked to a salmonella outbreak in more than a dozen states. I think its time once again to realize that commoditized ‘cheap’ food, mass produced and mass distributed is dangerous. Imagine what will happen when this happens in a local school lunch program? Or senior center? Like…
There’s lots of convergence—harmonic and otherwise this week. Food and Wine Magazine announced its 2012 Best New Chefs, one of the most prestigious awards in the food world (local luminaries such as SethBixby Daugherty, Tim McKee, and Stewart Woodman are among the recent past designees). Chefs such as Bloomfield, Keller, Chang, Boulud, Bouley, and Matsuhisa are past winners as well. I am thrilled for Kluger,…
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I am already making my plans for the fresh vegetable abundance. My heart pitter patters thinking about farmer’s market. I believe you need to eat your veggies at all times, but it’s much easier to accomplish that when the weather is warm and the produce is out. But, what in the world do you pair with fresh vegetables?
Enter Grüner Veltliner. Grüner Veltliners are…
One of the most important pieces of editorial content you will ever read came down the pipe on March 27 in The New York Times. Mark Bittman’s eloquent and learned piece on children and diet in America is a clarion call to action for not only parents but for anyone with half a brain left in their head after being beaten senseless with the “if…
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