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Last week's episode of Top Chef Masters was a real insight into the limitations of a gluten-free diet. The challenge was to create a vegan, soy-free, and gluten-free dish for guest judge and actress Zooey Deschanel. When the completing chefs heard about Deschanel's dietary limitations they were flummoxed. Without meat, dairy, wheat, or soy, coming up with a tasty recipe was a challenge indeed. Michael Chiarello was the big winner with his quinoa pasta with salsa verde and gremolata, tomatoes, and crispy basil leaf. Art Smith's strawberry rice milk ice cream with almond brittle was the least favorite dish of the episode and sadly, got Smith eliminated. It's not surprising that dessert proved to be the most difficult course to...
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Cook the Book: 100 Best Vegetarian Recipes: XCue, moo1018, ilydnic, tankwatkins, and luxie. Winners have been notified by email and also appear on our Contest Winners page. Thanks to all who entered....
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The magazine will launch its first-ever Home Cook Superstar Search contest in the September issue. “This is truly the year of the home cook,” said Food & Wine editor-in-chief Dana Cowin. Anyone over 18 can enter here until December 1. The winner will receive a feature in the March 2010 issue and two tickets to the Cayman Cookout food-and-wine festival....
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Cook the Book: 660 Curries: jonkeane, suburbanamnesia, grebletie, gavinkwong, and hbomb1013. Winners have been notified by email and also appear on our Contest Winners page. Thanks to all who entered....
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It seems like vegetarian meals are always met with back-handed compliments. "This nut loaf is so delicious, I don't even miss the meat!" Or "those portobello burgers were divine, almost as good as a real cheeseburger!" Too often vegetarian dishes try to compensate for their lack of animal-based protein with meat mimicry. In my opinion, this emphasis on meat simulation is part of why vegetarian cooking has developed such a bad reputation over the years. I was a strict vegetarian for almost ten years and I have eaten countless veggie burgers, soy dogs, and buffalo "wings." A Tofurkey graced my Thanksgiving table for more years than I would care to admit. I am currently a happy omnivore who thoroughly enjoys...
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Cook the Book: Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1: little orange straw, threedogkitchen, eataholic, LittletonMike, and Phil W. Winners have been notified by email and also appear on our Contest Winners page. Thanks to all who entered....
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I have a lot of cookbooks—bookcases of them. While it's great to own a bazillion books, it's not the most practical thing if you are, say, moving somewhere. But in all my moves, the one thing I could never bear to part with was my cookbook collection; these books are my only possessions I feel are truly irreplaceable. Some were gifts or flea market finds, some are guides to cuisines that I developed a short-lived infatuation with and some are books that I reference again and again. I'm not sure if it has to do with the ease of finding recipes on the web or the fact that I've moved them so many times, but I have curtailed my cookbook-purchasing...
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This past Saturday the 39th Annual World Pea Shooting Championship was held in Witcham, England. Competitors had to hit a target made of putty from 12 yards away. The Telegraph reports on the latest in pea-shooter technology (a laser-guided shooter with gyroscopic balancing) and the characteristics of successful pea-shooting (such as "moisture criteria," the optimum amount of saliva on the pea). The winner, Jim Collins, used a traditional peashooter....
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Cook the Book: Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies: kevlney, Sigilum, firni, merstar, and _greenbean. Winners have been notified by email and also appear on our Contest Winners page. Thanks to all who entered....
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Above: A spread from the chapter on tomatoes in "Canal House Cooking, Volume 1." Below right: The book's cover. Courtesy of The Canal House Studio Photographer-editor-writer Christopher Hirsheimer and editor-chef-writer Melissa Hamilton are no slouches in the food-media world, so it's noteworthy when they team up to self-publish the stunningly gorgeous Canal House Cooking, Volume No. 1, the first in a series of seasonal cookbooks coming out of the Canal House studio the two share in Lambertville, New Jersey. Christopher (the only woman I've ever met named Christopher) is extraordinarily accomplished; she was one of the founding editors of Saveur, she is one of the great food photographers anywhere (her stunning photos grace the pages of The Young Man...
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