Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Last night the episode of Modern Marvels was titled "The Pig."
Although I braced myself for a biased portrayal of the pork industry as it shifted from the lard type breeds of old to the lean "white" meat of the 80's and 90's; and they were a bit generous with their ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
In this video Chris Cosentino chats about offal and mentions a cookbook he's been working on for four or five years stating that "nobody has the balls to put it out."
(a) funny choice of words considering the topic
(b) book publishers are in the business of making money ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
Boccalone is shipping now. I want some of this stuff so bad.
SO BAD!!! (Mom, Dad, Betsy, Ellie)
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
It's stuff like this that makes me wonder if maybe it's time to move. And before I tell you what this is, if you can look at it and tell me you don't want to eat it, it's time for you to go...I'm through with you...we're done...unless you're Jewish.
That ...
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Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Michael Symon has a blog now, and it's titled exactly what you'd expect it to be: Symon Says.
And as I can't mention Symon without people instantly thinking about his recent claim to fame, I might as well comment on that too.
Honestly, I hate Iron Chef . Maybe that's a ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
I've inquired recently with a few farmers about whether I could see their slaughtering facilities and specifically the slaughtering itself. Generally, when I discuss this with most people (non-farmers), it is met with looks of horror, and is quickly followed by a question along the lines of "why would ...
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