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 The small fruit has the color of a cranberry, the shape of an almond and tastes like a flavorless gummy. But after chewing the fruit and rubbing the pulp against the tongue, the berry, known by a promising name -- "miracle fruit" or Synsepalum dulcificum -- releases a sweetening potency that alters the taste buds. For about 15 to 30 minutes, everything sour is sweet. Lemons lose their zing and taste like candy. Oranges become sickeningly sweet. Hot sauce that usually burns the tongue tastes like honey barbecue sauce that scorches as it trickles down the throat. Through word of mouth, these miracle fruits have inspired "taste tripping" parties, where foodies and curious eaters pay $10 to $35 to try the berries, which are native to West Africa. More... Labels: Health, Industry, Learn, Odds and Ends  Teachers are warning that children as young as four and five are using foul language picked up from the telly. Kids in reception class are not only repeating swear words from the likes of TV chefs Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay but copying scenes from shows. So concerned are members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers that they will lobby broadcasters at their annual meeting next month to cut swearing, violence and wild behaviour. Alison Sherratt, a reception class teacher at Riddlesden St Mary's Church of England school in Keighley, West Yorks, says children are using more bad language than ever and becoming more badly behaved and disobedient. More... Labels: Celebrities and Food, Learn, Lifestyle  Who needs old-fashioned khana-pakana when we can have food porn. In a Harper’sMagazine article titled “Debbie does Salad”, Frederick Kaufman charted the emergence of gastroporn, the reinvention of cooking as salacious spectacle, designed to titillate all our appetites, gustatory and otherwise. Kaufman’s piece focused on the Food Network channel shows, featuring dishy chefs creating just-as-gorgeous dishes, aimed not at stodgy little housewives but “that choice prime-time demographic, the 18-35-year-old male can’t-cook-won’t-cook crowd—the men who like to watch. As people cook less and less, they ogle cooking shows more and more”. Where there are foodie celebrities—chefs, hosts, food critics—there will be cookbooks, gastroporn’s equivalent of literary smut. More... Releated Link: Padma Lakshmi (http://www.lakshmifilms.com/) Labels: Celebrities and Food, Learn  Eastside High School's Institute of Culinary Arts brought home another state championship and $300,000 in scholarship money. This is the seventh top finish for the team in the past nine years at the Florida ProStart Invitational.
Twelve Eastside culinary students participated in four categories and each student earned a medal for their efforts during the competition in Orlando this week.
Among the judges' favorites was the gourmet meal prepared in 60 minutes by seniors Eric Wilson, Byron Boucias and Melissa Genosa along with junior Brent Garrison. They took first place for their three-course meal that included a spicy Florida shrimp appetizer, a pan-raost, stuff veal chop entrée followed by a pomegranate lemon cake. The four students will advance to the national ProStart Invitational in San Diego in April. Labels: Learn, Young Culinarians By James Hibberd LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - No F-bombs allowed. How will he do it? The Fox network aims to air at least one live special in which "Hell's Kitchen" star Gordon Ramsay, famous for his R-rated language, shows viewers how to make a dinner. The program will urge viewers to make a three-course homemade meal along with the world-famous British chef. "It has been picked up, and I can't wait for it to go live," Ramsay said Wednesday. "My frustration is that most cooking shows don't really cook ... their ingredients are prepped earlier, that's not cooking ... It's nice to show the journey from live ingredient to (finished meal)." Labels: Eat, Entertainment, Industry, Learn, Notable Chefs  With their culinary arts classes, Brevard public schools are training the next generation of chefs and gourmets, and they're doing it with great style. At Bayside High School, students have the opportunity to learn from world-class Chef Dieu Ho, who has been chef at Vancouver's Four Seasons, Le Meridien and Pan Pacific Hotel, San Francisco's Fairmont and The Breakers in Palm Beach and was guest chef at the Waldorf Astoriaand that's just for starters. Culinary arts are rapidly becoming standard fare at high schools across the country, but Brevard was on the forefront of this movement. Bayside, in physical space the largest culinary arts program in the state, boasts 300 students, from freshmen to seniors. Other local schools with culinary arts offerings are Palm Bay, Melbourne, Cocoa and Astronaut high schools. On Feb. 8, students from Bayside, Melbourne and Cocoa will pit their culinary talents against 45 other schools in the state at the Florida ProStart Culinary Team Competition at the Orange County Convention Center. Chef Michael Ferguson, who along with Chefs Stuart Gray and Dieu Ho are responsible for raising the culinary bar at Bayside, talks about the program... Read more here... Labels: Industry, Learn, Young Culinarians
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1 whole chicken Heat oven to 350 degrees Rub butter or oil over the skin of the chicken until it is completely coated. Take a knife and gently separate the skin from the breast meat; slide lemon halves under the skin with the peel side up. This way the juice from the lemon will coat the breast. Cover and place in oven for 30-45 minutes. Remove cover and continue to roast until juices run clear, basting every 15-20 minutes, depending on size of the bird. If you’ve followed these steps correctly, your chicken should look like the one in the picture. Bon Appetit!
Labels: Eat, Learn, Odds and Ends  Rachael Ray is giving Food Network fans a taste of the Latino kitchen. Ray is producing a new show for the network starring actress and cookbook author Daisy Martinez. The weekly "Viva Daisy!" premieres Saturday for a six-week run. The show is the network's second focused on Latino foods, joining Ingrid Hoffman's "Simply Delicioso." Labels: Eat, Entertainment, Learn, Lifestyle
Honest food from a proper chef. Hopefully this magazine will hit the stands in the US.
Jamie Magazine is the exciting new food and lifestyle title from Jamie Oliver. Each issue will be packed with more than 100 reliable, easy-to-make and enticing recipes by Jamie and other top chefs from around the world. You can look forward to wonderfully evocative photography and great writing from some of the biggest names in the world of food and drink. Labels: Learn, Notable Chefs  Culinary news and information for Chefs, Cooks and Foodies. Labels: Celebrities and Food, Crime, Critics, Drink, Eat, Entertainment, Health, Industry, Kitchen Catastrophes, Learn, Lifestyle, Notable Chefs, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized, Young Culinarians |
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