Food Sites for September 2016
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Beautiful Swimmers (Callinectes sapidus), crusted with Old Bay.
This may be the September issue, but it’s still August while we’re typing—and it’s bloody hot. It’s been bloody hot for ages. That means we long to wade into spicy salty foods (like steamed crabs) and hose ourselves down with icy IPA. Okay... maybe concentrate on getting most of that beer inside us (‘though a sanitizing beard shampoo wouldn’t be a terrible idea after a crabby encounter).
ANYWAY... there’s always someone who tells us that the reason spicy foods are preferred in hot climates is because it makes the natives perspire, which then cools them. Maybe that would work in the desert—where humidity doesn’t exist—but we’ve never noticed a sweat-shortage problem anywhere else. Eliminating excess moisture is more like it.
We suspect that the cooling idea has as about much validity as the old saw about spices being used to cover the taste of spoiled meat. We scarf down spicy dishes for the same reason we swig frosty brews: We just like ‘em.
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This month’s quote (from On the Table’s culinary quote collection) is meant to encourage us to write more (and well) about food—‘though a couple of blog posts in the “inspirational” section, below, warn us to watch our language.
Do not be afraid to talk about food. Food which is worth eating is worth discussing. And there is the occult power of words which somehow will develop its qualities. Marcel Boulestin
Gary
September, 2016
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---- the new sites ----
(recipes, ingredients, restaurants, from incredibly varied regional cuisines—including Afro-American and Afro-Caribbean foods)
(an Eater interview with Andrew Zimmern that addresses all things gastronomic—and anatomical)
(the story of “the Chile Capital of the World,” in New Mexico Magazine)
(Harold McGee begins one of his fascinating conversations at Lucky Peach)
(David Chang uses logic in an unexpected way to understand the intersection between flavor and memory)
(it’s not all about Jack)
(thousands of downloadable hi-res fruit images)
(Dwight Furrow, in Edible Arts, on how knowledge can inform perception in wine tasting)
---- inspirational (or otherwise useful) site for writers/bloggers ----
---- still more blogs ----
---- that’s all for now ----
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