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Caffeinated Complaint: Why Is Restaurant Coffee So Bad?
Worked for a Hilton Hotel property restaurant--the coffee we served in the restaurant was downright putrid, which was utterly disappointing as it was connected to a Hilton property and the restaurant was considered borderline fine dining. We ground the beans when needed, but I'm pretty sure the whole beans they used had been there for years. And they were stored in a container in the hot, hot kitchen--not exactly ideal conditions for coffee beans.
I find that upscale or authentic Italian-style restaurants tend to have the best coffee. Believe it or not, some of the best restaurant coffee I have had comes from a local pizzeria near my house in Central NJ. The pizzeria is well-known for its authentic dishes and has won many awards for their food. The owners came from Italy and are committed to authentic Italiano eats. The owner, a trained barista, comes out to the barista bar everytime someone orders java and he makes it himself, in the traditional barista style. It's pretty cool and is some of the best coffee I've ever had from a restaurant!
Garbanzo Beans
Anytime I make falafel, I soak the beans overnight, cook them fully, and then combine them with the other ingredients in a food processor. Comes out perfect everytime.
I cook the soaked beans in rapidly boiling water for 10 minutes and then let the water simmer for an hour more, until the beans are cooked through and very soft.
Serious Cheese: On Raw-Milk Cheese
Just wanted to add some more info to the raw cheese vs pastuerized cheese topic. Although you seem to be in favor of most raw cheeses, I think you downplay just how much better raw dairy is for humans! Pasteurized dairy is one of the leading causes of health problems in Americans today and is considered to be a major link to the growing number of food allergies in people. The risk of salmonella in raw cheese is so small; most of the time, humans consume tiny quantities of salmonella from cooked eggs, chicken, etc but dont notice it anyway. In small amounts, it will show up as just a stomach ache or a case of diarhea. Think about it. How often does your stomach hurt after you eat out at a restaurant? Yes, thats salmonella (or a number of other food infections that occur after eating at restaurants).
The only real risk I see with eating raw dairy is the risk of consuming a type of natural bacteria that our bodies are not used to; if you eat modern dairy products, you are consuming synthetically made/grown chemicals. So when eating any type of raw dairy, just be sure to start out with very small amounts, so you can slowly adjust to the beneficial bacterias in it.
Overall, raw dairy is much more superior to pasteurized dairy in both flavor and nutrition. I stand by this statement as a Natural Foods Chef and lover of cheese. Also, check up on your facts about how raw dairy used to effect people from past generations (i.e. tuberculosis, thyphoid, etc). There have been debates and documents that rule this myth out. Weston Price is a great resource for learning more about the facts of raw milk. Visit the weston price website :)
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@KtMc24 this fall, I'll be starting my academic career at Cornell Univ. As a true food-lover, I look forward to sampling foods from their dining halls--which have been consistently rated top-notch in the past few years. I'll have to report back at a later time with my firsthand experience, but your description of the food is keeping my hopes high! But I have heard and read again and again that Cornell University has some of the best "cafeteria food"..if you can even call it that.