Serious Eats: Talk

Intellectual Property

2008-07-25T14:29:08Z

I only peruse the talk forums occasionally and was incensed at this post, Serious Eats Censoring a Talk Post.

What is intellectual property? Is a recipe with thirty ingredients of various proportions a different recipe if you remove 2 of the ingredients? How about 5?

Copyright infringement is a big deal. I think we are doing ourselves a disservice when we automatically agree with the big company just because they take time to "test it 100 times." That alone does not justify anything to be proprietary.

If we want to talk about what makes a recipe unique, then we have to draw that line. I'm sorry, but you do. If people are not allowed to published adapted recipes, then the naysayers need to say what degree of modification allows for the recipe to be different and new versus a recipe that is a modification or an adaption.

I side with the little people on this one. I think Serious Eats needs to clarify the issue of recipe copyrights. Ed Levine needs to shed some light on this. And I am sure this might get taken down so I will copy and paste and write a longer one on my own blog if this disappears. Somehow I already have a feeling on how Ed feels though.

http://www.seriouseats.com/required_eating/2007/06/rebecca-charles-is-mad-as-hell.html

What's your go-to dinner for one?

2008-07-25T14:17:45Z

I am so sorry that my boyfriend has a cold, but it means that while I'm busy stuffing him full of comfort foods and hot tea, I can whip up strange yet delightful concoctions of food that I might not prepare for the both of us.

My body was craving nutrition last night so I made a bowl of sliced red beets, fresh spinach sauteed in garlic and butter, and some garbanzos in a serving for one.

Since most recipies are built for multiple servings, what do you put together when you want something a little simpler? What's your default dinner for yourself?

what happened to gina de palma's column?

2008-07-25T13:50:19Z

is gina's stint in Rome over? i really enjoyed the heck out of her posts.

Catching a Cyclones Game Tonight

2008-07-25T13:43:21Z

Any suggestions for serious eats near Coney Island? (besides, of course, the Nathan's hot dog)

Masa Harina

2008-07-25T07:13:30Z

We're right at the end of a major renovation of our large pantry space and are finally putting things back into order. Much to my horror, have discovered that I have enough masa harina to start a Mexican restaurant! I know tortillas but how else can this ingredient be put to good use? I want to experiment with new recipes until I run out of present stock and have to buy more. Please help me on this odyssey.

Are you a measurer or a thrower?

2008-07-24T22:07:35Z

What's your cooking style? Obvious, baked goods require a bit more precision, but how do you deal with your ingredients in a stove top or oven-baked recipe?

I never reach for a measuring device unless I'm following some new, strange recipe. But even then, I'll throw in random ingredients, taste, and adjust along the way so that the finished product rarely matches the ingredient list of the original. (My room is always a mess, by the way.) How about everyone else? :)

Hamburger buns...what's the best?

2008-07-24T20:23:46Z

Since I have returned to eating meat, I am now craving a home grilled burger with the perfect bun...what buns do SE's serve hamburgers on? Any other bread-type suggestions?

Rohoboth Beach, Delaware

2008-07-24T19:41:14Z

Restaurant recommendations please?!

A Less Inflamatory Question about Cook's Illustrated's PR snafu

2008-07-24T19:11:11Z

http://aloshaskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/07/illegal-or-not.html

What do you all think? Have you ever used a Cook's Illustrated recipe?

I share recipes on my site and my theory is this:

I think most people get really tired, really fast of the "I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you" type cooks. Recipes and food were meant to be shared. They bring happiness and confidence and comfort.

Being stingy with a recipe, or even technique, just shows the world an ugly, greedy person-and suddenly the food just doesn't taste as good as it once did.

Serious Eats Censoring a Talk post???

2008-07-24T18:52:01Z

I just saw someone had started a thread about how a blogger was harassed by the Cook's Illustrated PR people. In the time it took for me to click over to the story, the post has since disappeared from the SE forum... What gives? Is this just a gltich, or did you guys kill the post? I know you are buddy buddy with the folks at CI, but come on now, censorship is not cool.

This was not an inflammatory post, it was not insulting to anyone, and frankly, the issue of copyright as it concerns recipes is a very important one. Serious Eats, please don't tell me you are straying to the dark side...

The Great American Pie Off at the Bowery Electric, New York, July 26th

2008-07-24T18:34:15Z

Hey guys........is anyone going to check out "The Great American Pie Off" at the Bowery Electric on Saturday, July 26th? Sounds like it might be pretty interesting. The information is available here: http://newyorktheatreexperiment.org/NYTE/Whats_New.html

Sandwiches for picnic in Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY!

2008-07-24T17:19:43Z

I'm going to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden with friends tomorrow morning and would like afterward to get some sandwiches to bring into Prospect Park for a picnic. Can you recommend any good places for sandwich stuff to go near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden/Brooklyn Museum/Grand Army Plaza? I know where I can get picnic fixings on 7th ave in Park Slope, but I would prefer not to walk all the way through the park to get food and then back again. Thanks.

Pain Poilane in NY?

2008-07-24T16:30:42Z

Anybody know where to find the French bread in the city? Fairway seemed the likely choice, but when phoned, they were clueless. (Weird and disappointing.) Also negatives: Ceci Cela and Dean and Deluca.

Help, s'il vous plaît!

Best lobster Roll or Lobster BLT in NY?

2008-07-24T16:26:06Z

I heard it's Bouchon Bakery in the Time Warner center. And I heard they have Lobster BLT today.

Vancouver, BC Bakery that Delivers?

2008-07-24T15:13:24Z

Can anyone recommend a bakery in Vancouver that delivers?