Food Meditations

Quest for Authentic Food, Everyday Chinese and Grilled Chicken Mistakes

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:35:02 PDT

Everyday Chinese cooking is the art of turning the most humble ingredients into culinary gold... Even though it's a cookout classic, chicken can be tough to get right on the grill... Char siu fan?...

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Rabbit Porchetta, Chips, Coleslaw and The Art of Bad Review

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Sun, 27 May 2012 11:25:14 PDT

These baked, seasoned crisps are so tasty and colorful, you might not miss those fried potato chips... Three things can ruin a picnic: rain, ants, and bad coleslaw. Singing the praises of an American...

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Charcoal vs. Gas, Bok Choy or Parilla? ... Grill ’Em All!

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:01:00 PDT

The flame war between charcoal grill purists and gas grill hotheads burns brighter... Vegs BBQ... Get to know the Argentine grill. Or, parrilla... There's a long weekend ahead, the weather should be...

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Chefs, Great Meal and Good Intentions

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:05:00 PDT

Anthony Bourdain candid opinions about topics from Paula Deen to why you should make a good omelette to impress a woman... Gala dinners are too big. How about a smaller donation pool over a...

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Holidays Snapshots in NYC, Gluten Free Diet and Benefits of Dark Chocolate

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:09:00 PDT

“If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there.” ~George Harrison (goodreads.com)Delightfully yours,Food Meditations Have you experienced the sticker shock when trying to shop...

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Union Square Greenmarket NY [Flickr]

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the daily farmer market in downtown Manhattan NY

Financial District Manhattan NY [Flickr]

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Central Park Manhattan NY [Flickr]

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around Central Park on Sunday

Brighton Beach 02 Brooklyn NY [Flickr]

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Petya and Vasya early vacationer

NYC Bridges [Flickr]

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Undercover Foodie, High-End Italian Beers and Lambrusco

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:02:00 PDT

Mr Bond insists on seasonal ingredients... They're bubbly like fine Champagnes, cheaper than Cabs, and, best of all, designed to be consumed immediately... Italy's fizzy red wine is making a...

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Sheepshead Bay Blue Bridge NYC and American-Chinese Food

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:09:06 PDT

"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy."~Howard W. Newton (quotegarden.com)Delightfully yours,Food Meditations Chinese immigrants created dishes like orange chicken for Chinese,...

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Grill, BBQ and The Huli Huli Chicken. Healthy At Every Size!

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:41:00 PDT

If you’ve been grilling the same recipes each season, it’s time to shake things up... Barbecue. Or Bar-B-Q. Or BBQ. Few foods can inspire conversation and controversy... Think you know all about...

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Vertical City NYC and Boozy Ice Pops! Wine, Fruit n Freezer

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:24:58 PDT

“Walking is man's best medicine”~Hippocrates (thinkexist.com)Delightfully yours,Food Meditations Pops dreamed up by New Zealand winemaker Kim Crawford Wines and NY-based artisanal fruit pops......

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American Foods, A Taste for Raw-Milk and Food n Fashion Mash

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:28:00 PDT

Have you got the appetite? We got chips, we got grits, we got ribs, we got wings. We've even got a salad... Professor Brian Schmidt, the Nobel laureate who views wine production as a counterweight to...

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Perfectly Grilled Seafood, Bacon Lovers and Scamorza

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:17:00 PDT

What to do with shellfish, bluefish and more... Needy little bastards, those over-inflated mullosks. But oh so tasty… Coffee and bacon go well together on the breakfast table... The region of Molise...

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Walking in Central Park and Cooking Like a Local

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:04:17 PDT

"The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations." ~Eli Khamarov (quotegarden.com) Delightfully yours, Food Meditations One of the best parts about a vacation? The...

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The Art And Science Of Cooking and The Three Fight for Food Freedom

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:04:17 PDT

Curator Hanne Mugaas dishes on the group exhibition of food-related works... California cracks down on an underground gourmet club... From Mexican to Middle Eastern and everything in between, food...

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Union Square GreenMarket and Tourist in NYC

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:04:17 PDT

“They say life's what happens when you're busy making other plans. But sometimes in New York, life is what happens when you're waiting for a table.”~Sarah Jessica Parker (thinkexist.com)Delightfully...

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The Chicken Chair, Pork Cheeks and Gastroporn

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:02:00 PDT

What to do with the last cheeks left over from a cheek-buying binge? ~ Need advice on how to be a successful vegan? Voila ~ Humankind, T S Eliot said, cannot bear very much reality and when it comes...

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Brighton Beach NY and How to Make It in the Art World

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:04:17 PDT

Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (quotegarden.com)Delightfully yours,Food Meditations New York Magazine ~...

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Icelandic Food, Magical Thinking and Food Porn

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:00:00 PDT

"What exactly is Icelandic food?"... ~ Pink slime in your hamburgers, insects coloring your Starbucks’ Strawberries and Crème Frappuccino, or... ~ An annual conference teaches doctors to wear chefs’...

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Manhattan Financial District and The Knolselderijstamppot

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:04:17 PDT

“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.” ~Bill Cosby...

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Fake Food and The Slippery Fish

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:27:29 PDT

A three-part expose of the so-called domestic Kobe beef industry... ~ Once a working-class staple, eels are now considered an endangered species. But... ~ Gorillas are fine with being herbivores. But...

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Brooklyn Beaches and Arcimboldo Redux

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:04:17 PDT

“Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.”~Isabelle Eberhardt, The Nomad: The Diaries...

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The Numbers Game and Troubleshooting Cakes

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:24:52 PDT

Only two food-related people on the list! ~ Ever baked a cake and wondered why the top has cracked? ~ F&W’s editors ate their way across America to find the five pastry talents...Magazines love...

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New York City Bridges and The Pulitzers

noreply@blogger.com (OCK) — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:04:17 PDT

“Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be... Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar,...

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Gone Cooking in NYC... That's Amore!

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:04:17 PDT

Food Meditations goes to NYC :) Thought of recharging my creative batteries in The Big Apple, "Preparation is the key to success!" We'll be posting snapshots and a "Weekly Roundup" on our culinary...

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Edible Cookbook, 60s Junk Food, Unleavened Madness and Fishy Tales

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:01:36 PDT

Carrots so versatile but easy to ignore? ~ The poor fat Betty Francis sitting alone in twilit Gothic gloom munching on Bugles ~ Unleavened Madness and the Fridays fishy tale ~ Author Shaun Rein...

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Healthy Conversation: Vegetarian Burger, Milk Options and Pink Slime Furor

noreply@blogger.com (orsiko) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:41:17 PDT

Drama and romance in Stockholm ~ Five ways to make burgers without the meat ~ Everyone knows that milk is packed with calcium but are all milks created equally? ~ The "pink slime" furor gets...

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