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Spice Hunting: Black Garlic
Not many spices have a website. It's hard to find quotes from chefs about how great coriander is. For the most part, spices just aren't considered that sexy. Black garlic, on the other hand, has all these things. It doesn't just have one website; it has several, each devoted to heaping praise from chefs and home cooks on a supposed "superfood" and streamlining a mail-order sale. It's a spice with a PR staff, and like an indy band featured in a car commercial, it's transitioned from obscure stinky allium to fancy "it" ingredient very quickly.Market Scene: Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market, San Francisco
It's a bit of a surreal experience to be a regular market shopper at the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market in San Francisco. The market is a tourist and foodie destination in addition to a weekly routine for many San Francisco shoppers. Saturday, when I was trying to shop for my weekly haul, Food Network personality Aida Mollenkamp was walking through the market with a camera crew, tourists were snapping photos, and celebrity chefs shopped right next to me. I imagine it's something like going to church regularly at the Vatican, among all the sightseers. This time of year, I have to be careful to not overbuy at the market. There are so many wonderful things in season.How to Make Pesto
Basil pesto is pretty darn delicious, but why limit yourself to just fresh basil, garlic, pine nuts, parmesan, and olive oil? Other herbs and nuts can be added to make subtly different variations. Or, you can lose the traditional combination entirely and use the technique to make something completely different. Take a look at this slideshow to see how.How to Make Battuto: The Italian Soffritto
Although you hardly hear the word anymore—it's even hard to find in classic Italian cookbooks—battuto is basically an Italian (and much more fun to say) term for finely chopped aromatics (apparently, the words translates as "beaten"). Usually it's a combo of onions, celery, carrots, garlic and parsley cooked in fat such as lard or, more recently, butter or olive oil, and it can sometimes includes a meat like pancetta, bacon or prosciutto. But almost always it's the first element of a dish to hit the pan, and the one that makes you close your eyes and hum after taking the first bite later on.Mixed Review: Lollipop Tree Organic Rosemary Garlic Bread Mix
For a long time I was terrified of yeast. After several ill-fated attempts to bake with it in my teens (cinnamon buns that turned out like hockey pucks, a leaden loaf of homemade rye, pretzels reminiscent of teething sticks) I gave up. Yeast and I were like oil and water, I decided. We just didn't mix. Then last year I accepted a recipe-testing job that required me to make a whole chapter's worth of yeasted baked goods: braided challahs, cheese Danishes, whole wheat loaves, the list went on. To my surprise, they turned out great. Even more surprising was how much I enjoyed the smell of yeast blooming in warm water; kneading the dough by hand; and the patient process...Photo of the Day: Perfect Garlic
When I attended the Louisa County Agricultural Fair in Louisa, Virginia, last Saturday, I wasn't expecting to be wowed by locally grown produce. The first place winner in the "garlic" category practically gave off a glowing aura of perfection (or maybe that was due to the reflection of the sun's rays, but let's go with divine illumination). I ooh-ed and ah-ed, wondering why I had never seen such pristine garlic before. That's what the loving Louisa farmer will get you....Two Cloves of Garlic a Day Keep the Doctor Away
A new study performed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has found that eating garlic appears to boost the body's supply of hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide acts as an antioxidant and transmits cellular signals that relax blood vessels and increase blood flow. Researchers think this may be why a garlic-rich diet appears to prevent some cancers....The Greatest Garlic Epic Ever
Have you ever seen the Les Blank film, Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers? It is certainly the greatest garlic film ever. If someone you know is into garlic and great documentaries, buy them a DVD of this film now. It's the ultimate Garlic Day present. Here's a clip of it on YouTube....Garlic, Ginger and Scallions: Three Pillars of Chinese Cooking
Barbara Fisher of Tiger & Strawberries has an excellent post this week on fresh garlic, ginger and scallions, the three pillars of Chinese cooking: "It is a rare savory Chinese dish which does not contain at least two and very often three of these pillars of flavor in some form or another. When stir frying, these three intrepid aromatics are usually the very first ingredients to hit the hot wok where they bathe in the sizzling oil, flavoring it intensely, so that the ingredients which follow their lead are kissed by the scent and savor of ginger, garlic and scallion." She does a great job of explaining both why these ingredients are so important and how to cook with...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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