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NEWS ABOUT: gourmet

gourmet stories: 12 news summaries

The 19 Personalities 
 You Meet on Facebook 

From the 'grudge holder' to the 'Erin Brockovich'

Sep 6, 09 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like any community, Facebook is home to a diverse range of personality types. The Boston Phoenix identifies 19 distinct varieties:
  • The failed model. "Poses repeatedly in front of a computer and pouts in emo fashion." Giveaway: the "Warholian or sepia-toned" profile photo.
  • The
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social networking • Facebook • gourmet • social media • photos • status update

 Nowadays, Everyone's a Foodie 

What does the term 'food snob' mean anymore?

Aug 7, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Trends being what they are, the definition of "foodie" has always been a moving target, and these days, the term seems broader than ever. “You used to be a food snob if you knew all the different kinds of truffles and foie gras,” one expert tells... More »

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food • Michelle Obama • Queens • Bronx • gourmet • President Obama • Jay-ZTV • food trends • foodie • French Culinary Institute

OPINION

 Best Sites for Foodies 

Whether you're looking to buy, cook, or just eat, the Internet has something for you

Aug 2, 09 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aspiring foodies have thousands of resources available to them on the Internet, and Mashable lists 15 of the best sites for buying, cooking, and eating food:
  • For locavores: Foodzie and Foodoro are online marketplaces for small, independent producers. Local Harvest connects users with farms in their area, while
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food • organic food • recipes • website • Food Network • gourmet • locally grown food • Jay-ZTV • food trends

 Haute Cuisine 
 Hides Out in Uruguay 

Celebrity chef launches ritzy restaurant in the middle of nowhere

Jun 20, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nine hours in a plane from Miami, 125 miles through the Uruguay countryside, and 15 minutes down dirt roads will bring you to the ritzy restaurant Garzón, where a plate of ravioli will set you back $48. Garzón, in the village of the same name, is Argentinian celebrity... More »

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gourmet dining • chef • Uruguay • Michelin star • gourmet • jet set • Jay-ZTV • Francis Mallmann • Garzón


 The New 
 Gourmet 
 Greens: 
 Weeds 

Experts tout health benefits; consumers pay top dollar

May 27, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - One man’s weeds are another man’s delicacy. The bane of American gardeners has a new home on gourmet dinner plates, the Wall Street Journal reports. “These are as good a yuppie green as you can get,” said one buyer who paid $9 a pound for dandelion... More »

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locally grown movement • organic • gourmet • weed • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 Big '09 Trends: Ice Cream, Cuba 

Goats, yogurt, and ecologically friendly travel also expected to surge

Dec 21, 08 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Closing the wallet and opening the palate are set to be big in 2009, says Gourmet, which has served up its predictions of next year's hottest food and travel trends:
  • With the economic slump, home cooking is hot, hot, hot. Learn to cook a casserole and take mom’s
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China • Chicago • Cuba • chef • train • hotel • Iceland • goats • ice cream • gourmet

 Mix Masters Stir it Up
 in Cocktail Contest

Four special drinks, one judge and lots of jitters

Jul 27, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bartending is a serious business—just ask the four finalists at the US Bartenders’ Guild National Cocktail Competition held in Chicago this year. All four "mixologists" suffered stage fright while preparing their signature drinks for the judge, reports Gourmet. Despite sweating buckets, Las Vegas native Anthony Alba took... More »

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Chicago • drink • competition • lifestyle • cocktails • gourmet • USBG

GLOSSIES

What to Do With That Skin?
Get Crackin' on Cracklins

Perhaps not so health-conscious, but surely cost-conscious—not to mention yummy

Jul 11, 08 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Faced with a heaping pile of chicken skin and fat after using the rest of the bird in some healthy dish? Those squishy, sallow leftovers, Francis Lam writes in Gourmet, present the perfect opportunity to cook up "the noblest form of chicken byproduct": cracklins. With that extra skin and... More »

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food • cooking • recipes • chicken • gourmet • cracklins

COMMENTARY

 Cooks Dish Up
 Recipes for Distress 

Culinary types find some foods too daunting to dish

Jun 5, 08 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Obscure ingredients, tedious techniques, and absurdly complex prep—cooks say some recipes push them to the boiling point. Any step too impractical, time-consuming, or just plain unpalatable can make even the most accomplished cooks hang up their aprons, writes Kim Severson in the New York Times. Even food critics... More »

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cooking • recipes • dining • gourmet • top chefs

New Food Blogs Take Devotion to a New Level

So-called 'cook-through' bloggers go through cookbooks recipe by recipe

May 28, 08 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Food blogs are usually simple things, fun and easy to create, writes Lee Gomes in the Wall Street Journal. And then there are the increasingly popular "cook-through" blogs, in which devoted chefs of all skill levels pick a book, say the French Laundry Cookbook or the Gourmet Cookbook, and... More »

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blogosphere • French cooking • cooking • blogging • recipes • cookbooks • gourmet • blogs

 Gourmet Tea: The New Coffee 

$300-a-pot brews not uncommon as Americans get back to their roots

Apr 8, 08 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cappuccinos are commonplace, but new gourmands get their caffeine fix from tea. After falling out of favor during the Revolutionary War, tea is experiencing a comeback in the US; sales have tripled since 1990 and gourmet tea can cost thousands per pound. Portfolio pours a cupful of tips for would-be... More »

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coffee • list • tea • beverages • puer • gourmet

10 Gourmet Restaurant Swindles

As eateries cut costs, watch out for cheap shortcuts

Aug 22, 07 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the price of food goes up, what cost-cutting measures at restaurants might end up on your plate? The Independent lists 10 shortcuts, swindles and downright lies you should be wary of.
  1. Lookalike fish species
  2. Supermarket-bought salads
  3. Instant powdered eggs and potatoes
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food • salmon • list • fish • restaurant • scam • gourmet

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