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food sites for June 2011

Sunday, May 22, 2011
Fishpond, Clermont, New York's Hudson Valley


What is so rare as a day in June, or medium rare, or even well-done? We're writing this in May… but we can imagine a time when it won't be raining all the time. Good for the gardens, no doubt, but better for the slugs.

Regular subscribers to our updates newsletter receive these updates from our blog, Just Served, directly -- but there is much more at the blog that isn’t sent automatically. We understand that many (OK, most) folks have better things to do with their time than wade through countless unwanted e-missives, so we won't add ours to that pile. However... should you feel an inexplicable craving for exactly the sort of self-indulgent claptrap we periodically post, you can satisfy that urge at Just Served.

Last month we posted, as a guest at Bob DelGrosso's blog, A Hunger Artist "'You Make Me Hungry' and Other Metaphors for What you Really Mean." Just Served featured "Spring and the Nature of Eating." If you don't want to wait for this newsletter to hear about such postings, you can follow us on Facebook, or Twitter.

Leitesculinaria is still in the process of reposting, sometimes -- with shiny new updates and edits -- some of our older articles. The entire list of our currently-posted LeitesCulinaria articles is available here, along with several other articles on food history & science.

Here's a somewhat seasonal selection from On the Table's culinary quote pages.
"My fare is really sumptuous this evening; buffaloe's humps, tongues and marrowbones, fine trout, parched meal, pepper and salt, and a good appetite; the last is not considered the least of the luxuries." Journals of Lewis and Clark, Thursday, June 13, 1805

Gary
June, 2011


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----the new sites----

Baguettes of War, The
("Inside the Middle East's defiant kitchens;" Anna Badkhen's article in Foreign Policy)

Birth of Lager, The
(Michael Jackson's article on the history, and a little science, of bottom-fermented beers)

Eat, Drink, Protest
("Buying peace, one feast at a time;" Annia Ciezadlo's article in Foreign Policy)

Eggnog!
(some historical speculation about, and recipes for, a drink that's rarely served unless it's a winter holiday)

European Food Information Council, The
(a non-profit organization providing science-based information on food safety and quality, also on health and nutrition)

Foodily
(a search engine for recipes that includes all nutritional information; measurements in metric and avoirdupois)

Foods from Spain
(recipes, history, economic data, chefs, regional specialties, and a glossary of Spanish foods)

Fruitcakes Piled High: A Brief History of Royal Wedding Cakes
(Alexia Nader's article in Saveur)

Groceteria.com
(site devoted to the history of supermarkets)

International Cake Exploration Societé

("…an organization comprised of over 4000 sugar artists, cake decorators and vendors from all over the world")

Le Grand Dictionnaire
(useful for untangling obscure French culinary terms; in French, obviously)

Masa Revolution
(Los Angeles-based news hub about, and for operators of, food trucks)

More than 1 Billion People are Hungry in the World
("But what if the experts are wrong?" article by Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo in Foreign Policy)

New Geopolitics of Food, The
("From the Middle East to Madagascar, high prices are spawning land grabs and ousting dictators. Welcome to the 21st-century food wars;" Lester R. Brown's article in Foreign Policy)

Nutrition and Healthy Eating
(nutrition basics from the Mayo Clinic staff)

Philosophy & Food
("Are we what we eat?;" Jeremy Iggers's introduction to a food-themed issue -- Mar/Apr 2001 -- of Philosophy Now)

Restaurant Franchise Timeline
(beginning with 1916's Nathan’s Famous Hotdogs, through 2002's Mi Tortilla Mexican Grill)

Rich, Red-Sauce Legacy of Chef Boy-ar-dee, The
(Josh Ozersky's article, in Time, about Pseudo-Italian food and nostalgia)

Tips on Tables
(Robert W. Dana's reviews of nightclubs and restaurants, from New York City -- and nearby -- of the 1950s)

Why Being a Foodie Isn't "Elitist"
(Eric Schlosser's Op-ed piece in The Washington Post)


----how-to blogs----

Blog posts about blogging -- and writing, design, photography, promotion, and ethics -- can help us become better, and possibly more successful, writers (i.e., having more people read our stuff). Here are some recent favorites:

26 SEO Tips for Food Bloggers

Food, AP Style

How to Protect Your Creative Works

Why Bother with Culinary History?


----that's all for now----

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...for the moment, anyway.

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"The Resource Guide for Food Writers, Update #128" is protected by copyright, and is provided at no cost, for your personal use only. It may not be copied or retransmitted unless this notice remains affixed. Any other form of republication -- unless with the author's prior written permission -- is strictly prohibited.

Copyright (c) 2011 by Gary Allen.

4 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Small correction, Gary: the Philosophy Now food issue is 2001 (ie. a decade ago!).

May 23, 2011 at 3:37 AM  
Blogger Gary Allen said...

Thanks, Signe -- I've made the correction.

May 23, 2011 at 8:09 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Thanks - I just got excited about it being brand new...

May 23, 2011 at 9:51 AM  
Blogger Gary Allen said...

I didn't mean to be a tease... really, I didn't.

May 23, 2011 at 2:29 PM  

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