Friday Food Links

May 02, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Five Links on Friday – 2 May 2008

The chicharron burrito – “I took another bite and the chicharron let me know that this shit was not a game.” Austin Bush does Tsukiji – Austin from RealThai trains his wide-angle lens on some frozen tuna at Tokyo’s famous fish market If I drank more wine – this is

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Mar 21, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Five Links on (Good) Friday

Photo Credit: Wooster Collective Food Hero of the Day: Former Microsoft CTO, Nathan Myhrvold – “I love to cook short ribs at 130 degrees Fahrenheit for 36 hours,” Myhrvold says. “They become very flavorful and have a different texture than most braised meats.” Once upon a time, public relations folk

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Mar 14, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Five links on Friday: This week in transglutaminase.

What is transglutaminase? – according to Wikipedia, they: are a family of enzymes…that catalyze the formation of a covalent bond between a free amine group (e.g., protein- or peptide-bound lysine) and the gamma-carboxamid group of protein- or peptide-bound glutamine. Bonds formed by transglutaminase exhibit high resistance to proteolytic degradation. In

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Mar 09, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

Five links on ummm…Sunday

Sorry…I made a quick trip to Sydney and forgot that I was meant to be posting this on Friday. Enjoy your long weekend, Australians. We must hunt the elephants to save them – "Sustainable use" doesn’t make for great bumper stickers, but "I shoot ferals" does. Food trends: Wet Market

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Feb 29, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Five Links on Friday: Leap Year Edition, 2008

Michael Pollan summarises his “In Defence of Food” in 8 minutes (YouTube) – Who needs to read? Food Trends: Gelatin in your cocktail – Bacardi thinks that the future of mojitos is bubble tea. I’m personally looking forward to martinis in aspic. What is manufactured meat? (PDF) – According to

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Feb 22, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Five Links on Friday: 22 February 2008

Food Trend: Seaborne Chefs – Marco Pierre White hits the high seas, rented out by P&O Cruises Intestines in Coca Cola – Great Vietnamese offal recipe (in Vietnamese) Rachael at Thus Bakes Zarathustra wants to glass Jamie Oliver – and I want to watch. Food Trends: Malaysia’s Roti Boy and

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