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Posted by Jessica Bryce Young on 2/5/2010 9:24:25 AM Permalink | Comments: 1

at fast food restaurants, even the drinks are crappy. literally.



A study published in the International Journal of Food Microbiology (registration required) reports that "coliform bacteria [that's, um, usually fecal in nature] was detected in 48 percent of the beverages" tested.

How's that tummy? Maybe it's not the taco "meat" making you queasy after all.

The awesome Tom Laskaway reports that a good portion of those yummy bugs are also antibiotic-resistant. Just another reason to stay out of the drive-thru.

report via Smithsonian magazine;  photo via epicwin

Posted by Jessica Bryce Young on 1/25/2010 9:55:47 AM Permalink | Comments: 7

eat local week, jan. 25-31.

Menus have been posted for this delicious event kicking off on Monday, so that gives you the whole weekend to plot your trail through Orlando's foodie favorites.

Big ups to Slow Food Orlando, which organized this weeklong festival of local eats. Everything served on these special prix-fixe menus will be grown/produced within 200 miles of Orlando city center, so they'll still be bursting with flavors and nutrients, rather than leached out in a long journey from Chile or wherever (not to mention the carbon-footprint savings; hello, good karma).

Participating restaurants include likely suspects like Nonna, Luma, Ravenous Pig and Primo; new entrants like Highland Manor, Eden Bar and Mi Tomatina; and comfortable hangs like Stardust,
Seven Sisters, Infusion and Austins, but the list is WAAY longer than that (full list after the jump, below).

Most of the restaurants have posted their menus here, as I said above.
Killer, huh? Click! Eat!
read the full post here.

Posted by Jessica Bryce Young on 1/22/2010 11:42:39 AM Permalink | Comments: 0

no. 6 out of 100.


That's where one of our favorite local restaurants, the Ravenous Pig, finds its grouper sandwich on
Saveur magazine's 2010 "Saveur 100" list. Not too shabby — they came in ahead of clarified butter, and everyone knows there's nothing better than butter.

Posted by Jessica Bryce Young on 1/20/2010 10:21:29 AM Permalink | Comments: 3

citrus pickers unlikely to share in state emergency funds.

Last week's cold snap sent Gov. Charlie Crist scurrying to declare a state of emergency and provide assistance to citrus, tomato and fern growers. Over at The Atlantic's Food Channel, Barry Estabrook explores the likelihood that any of that help will go to the pickers, who are existing in "dilapidated trailers" and working without winter clothing.

Growers will charge higher prices for their surviving crops, but they'll have state assistance and insurance to ensure their survival, whereas this "natural disaster" may just be yet another excuse not to improve wages and conditions for the pickers. (photo by Scott Robertson)

Posted by Jessica Bryce Young on 1/19/2010 1:32:44 PM Permalink | Comments: 1

taco bell founder makes a run for that great border in the sky.

Glen Bell, the Taco Titan, has died of Parkinson's disease at age 86. According to this Los Angeles Times obit, he'd been selling food in one form or another since the age of 5.

No word on whether there will be a 21-condiment-gun salute.


Posted by Jessica Bryce Young on 1/18/2010 3:42:52 PM Permalink | Comments: 2

bread lines.

One side benefit to this year's relatively cold weather: Conditions are finally favorable for my first attempt at bread baking. I've been wanting to try Jim Lahey's no-knead bread recipe ever since Mark Bittman wrote about it in the New York Times, but have been stopped by this line in the recipe:

"Let dough rest at least 12 hours, preferably about 18, at warm room temperature, about 70 degrees."

I don't know about you, but for me, that's not warm room temperature; that's a cold snap. Most of the year, our average room temp is more like 76 or 78 (higher if we aren't home). As an inexperienced bread baker, I wasn't sure what would happen to the dough if the room were that much warmer. (Based on observation as an inexperienced Floridian, it seems to me that what usually happens is mold.)

But right now the temperature is right, so I'm considering the Great Bread Experiment. Anyone out there have words of wisdom regarding the Lahey technique — or bread baking in general?

Posted by Jessica Bryce Young on 1/18/2010 1:02:10 PM Permalink | Comments: 2

bitter(s) end.


Bartenders and fastidious drunkies everywhere are bracing for some uncivilized moments as a worldwide shortage of Angostura Bitters hits. Bitters, an aromatic blend of herbs and spices, are an ingredient in various cocktails, including Manhattans and the champagne cocktail. The Angostura brand, manufactured in Trinidad, went out of production in June due to financial issues, but fear not; production is back on track.

In the meantime, why not try a different brand? Peychaud's, probably the next-most-recognized brand, is readily available on Amazon.com, or try Regan's Orange Bitters, available at Kegworks. Or try a small-batch craft bitters, like Bitter Truth, Fee Brothers or Bittermens.

Posted by Jessica Bryce Young on 1/18/2010 11:55:43 AM Permalink | Comments: 2

mcnuggetini, anyone?

“It tastes just like a White Russian, but with meat.”

Tomorrow, the New York Times profiles Alie & Georgia, a pair of ditzy dames who post YouTube videos of themselves mixing "revolting cocktails" (true quote. Think reporter Douglas Quenqua is an Al Jourgenson fan?) like the McNuggetini and the Bloody Bacon & Cheese.

It could be coincidence or they could be sheer geniuses: Their videos are the perfect shakeup of Mad Men nostalgi-o-mania and the current obsession with all things über-meaty.

There are too many hilarious quotes to pick just one: In addition to the above, there's
, “It’s Anthony Bourdain meets Martha Stewart on crack,” also, “McNuggetini is a game, and we are going to win,” also also, “It’s disgusting.” Yesh. After the jump, the girls demonstrate their Ham Daiquiri. Eww.
read the full post here.

Posted by Jessica Bryce Young on 12/16/2009 11:44:41 PM Permalink | Comments: 5

last-minute food gifts.

Foodzie posts a list of delicious last-minute gifts, many of which can be ordered as late as Wednesday, Dec. 23. Shop over the weekend and you're golden.

Noms include shortbread samplers, chocolate-covered toffee (pictured), Ethiopian coffee, alfalfa honey, chewy dulce de leche alfajores and even the
æbleskiver set we blogged about back in November. Prices are even fairly reasonable — lots of stuff in the $25 range.

Posted by Jessica Bryce Young on 12/16/2009 10:26:46 PM Permalink | Comments: 0

are you a man 'mit geschmack'?

beef magazine meatpaper
For German-speaking fans of Meatpaper, now there's … BEEF!

The Food Section (via Magtastic Blogsplosion) reports that magazine editor Katie Krause calls BEEF! "like Esquire, but with meat instead of suits."

“The magazine tries hard to distinguish itself from 'female' cooking magazines (and male cooks from female ones) by focusing on technical details, chemical compositions, and the idea that men have more of an eye for details and quality than women."

That's you geschmacked, ladies!

Posted by Jessica Bryce Young on 12/16/2009 12:47:20 AM Permalink | Comments: 0

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