Category: Food and Culinary Studies

August 11, 2010

Cheese, Pears & History in a Proverb — A Quiz

“Do not let the peasant know how good cheese is with pears.”– an Italian proverb In Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb Massimo Montanari explores the background of this common Italian proverb still in use today. Along the way...

July 15, 2010

The Editors of Gastropolis on the Perfect NYC Summer Meal

With summer fully upon us and with the recent publication of Gastropolis: Food and New York City, we were reminded of an interview on Serious Eats with the editors of the book, Annie Hauck-Lawson and Jonathan Deutsch. The authors were...

December 31, 2009

Food traditions for New Year's

On his blog Frederick Douglass Opie, author of Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America, looks at the history of some culinary traditions observed among African Americans on New Year’s Day and also provides some recipes! Opie explains...

December 10, 2009

Experimenting with Herve This

Below is a video of a lecture Herve This recently gave at Imperial College entitled “Molecular Cooking is Cooking: Molecular Gastronomy is a Scientific Activity.” However, don’t let the word “lecture” scare you off, This’s talks, which include several experiments...

November 25, 2009

Andrew Smith exposes the truth about Thanksgiving!

In the chapter “Giving Thanks” from his book Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, Andrew Smith reveals that “the whole idea that the Pilgrims were the first to celebrate Thanksgiving in America was, in fact...

September 29, 2009

The Main Course interviews Andy Smith

In an interview on Heritage Radio Network’s show The Main Course Andy Smith discusses some of the 30 turning points in American food from his book, Eating History. In the interview he touches on topics as varied as the invention...

September 28, 2009

Annie Hauck-Lawson and Jonathan Deutsch on quintessential New York City dishes and more

In a recent interview with Serious Eats New York, Jonathan Deutsch and Annie Hauck Lawson, co-editors of Gastropolis: Food and New York City, talked about the history of New York City food and some of their favorite New York City...

September 11, 2009

Gastropolis at the Brooklyn Book Festival

The Brooklyn Book Festival, one of the best, most interesting and most fun literary events in New York City is happening on Sunday (September 13.) The event is from 10:00 am to 6 pm in Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza....

August 12, 2009

Julia Child: A turning point in the making of American cuisine

Needless to say, with the release of the film Julie & Julia, Julia Child is once again very much in the news. Child and her wildly popular show The French Chef are also one of the “thirty turning points in...

August 3, 2009

Eating History: Thirty Points in the Making of American Cuisine

Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, by Andrew Smith, is not due until October, but with Michael Pollan‘s article in the New York Times Magazine, published on Sunday, on the way Americans now eat and...

July 9, 2009

Southern Fried Molecular Gastronomy

Noted French chef and chemist (and inspiration to Keanu Reeves), is coming to North Carolina for a unique collaboration between him and folk musicians Al Petteway and Amy White. The program, entitled Note-by-Note Cuisine will be held at Mars Hill...

July 7, 2009

Is Herve This Changing Keanu Reeves's Life?

It is not every day that a Columbia University Press title is cited by a movie star but in a recent article in The Independent, Keanu Reeves talked about his new-found interest in cooking which has been inspired by Hervé...