Tag: artisanal
member name: Kurt Michael Friese
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February 26, 2007 09:59 AM EST --
Cooking Class
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
Building the Perfect Meatloaf
When made well, it is the quintessential taste of home, an edible reminiscence of grandma’s arms on a chilled winter night. . . .
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March 17, 2007 09:25 AM EDT --
Cooking Class
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
The Secret to Mashed Potatoes
That meatloaf we discussed here last time would not be complete without mashed potatoes. Now I’m not talking about those . . .
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June 05, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
Morel of the Story
There's no doubt, this was a banner year for the houby hunters around eastern Iowa. In addition to my regular crew of foragers who bring fungi into my restaurant on a regular . . .
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June 20, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
Is there anyone, save Professor Hathaway from the 80s cult film Real Genius, who doesn’t love popcorn?
Despite a quick online search turning up such non-sequiturs as Jiffy Pop being listed in . . .
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August 02, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
The Silence of the Bees
Loss of Honeybee Colonies Causing Alarm Worldwide
By Kurt Michael Friese
Listen closely in your garden. Have you noticed that it is just a little quieter this year? . . .
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August 19, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
Here it is again, that situation we thought (back in February) would not happen again this year, but we did it again anyway, didn’t we? You and I promised ourselves that we’d be more . . .
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October 25, 2007 11:30 AM EDT --
From the outset: I have no problem with vegetarians or vegans. I fully respect their opinions and their gustatory choices. I encourage everyone to eat healthily, and to do so in a manner that . . .
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July 08, 2007 02:46 PM EDT --
Thought y’all would like to see this:
“I am sympathetic to the Slow Food movement, which emphasizes supporting local farmers within half a day's drive of the place where one lives, and . . .
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September 03, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
Click here if you missed part 1
Now it’s 2 weeks on and the tomatoes still keep coming. Last time we talked about having friends over and making a party of it. Everyone brought their bounty . . .
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September 18, 2007 02:03 PM EDT --
There are certain foods that I believe are unpopular with children and other finicky eaters simply because of their names. One such is the unfortunately named squash; it seems to make people think . . .
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December 05, 2007 11:41 AM EST --
Seems as though the rules for cooking with fats and oils change every time you pick up a newspaper. One oil is bad for you, then it’s good for you, then it’s only good if it’s . . .
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December 19, 2007 11:08 AM EST --
For some folks, Christmas is about peace and good tidings. For others it is a joyous celebration of the birth of the savior. For many it is just about the presents. In my family it was, and still is, . . .
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March 26, 2008 01:51 PM EDT --
The March, 2008 issue of Metropolis focuses on the overarching idea of localism and its relationship to sustainability. It is, as always, a beautiful and well-written issue, but in it one particular . . .
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July 13, 2008 02:25 PM EDT --
Too many people in this country have been sold a bill of goods. They've been tricked, flim-flammed, conned, and hustled. They've been bamboozled into believing that food comes wrapped in plastic . . .
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December 30, 2007 02:22 PM EST --
And there's a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie's a hand o thine,
And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne
There are many more verses to the classic New Year's . . .
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April 19, 2008 09:29 PM EDT --
As Earth Day approaches this year, it seems that people are thinking more about food's price than its ecological footprint. A simple trip to the grocery store tells the same story we've been hearing . . .
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June 03, 2008 05:29 PM EDT --
As the date for Slow Food Nation -- the big sustainable-food conference scheduled in San Francisco this coming August -- draws near, I've been thinking about attitudes toward food in the erstwhile . . .
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February 19, 2007 02:36 PM EST --
Gather ‘Round the Table
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
17 February 2007
Mussels
When eminent food historian and author Waverly Root published his seminal book Food: An Authoritative and Visual History . . .
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March 16, 2007 05:15 PM EDT --
Gather ‘Round the Table
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
16 March 2007
Memphis BBQ
It can be indeed fascinating, in fact all-consuming, to delve into the myriad forms of BBQ across the United States. . . .
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October 17, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
When it comes to rich, flavorful, tender meat, it is hard to beat veal. While still enormously popular in Europe, especially in France, Italy and Germany, it is much harder to find in the US, and . . .
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