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OPINION

  Gone With Gourmet: 
 a Taste for Expertise 

There is no 'hard-won blood-on-the-floor kind' of editorial experience on the Web

Oct 8, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Gourmet magazine absorbed his Cook’s in 1990, Christopher Kimball discovered the hard way that the publishing business is “a top-down, winner-take-all proposition, an oligarchy of sorts.” But the frazzling encounter also afforded him a meeting with Conde Nast chairman Si Newshouse, who “poured... More »

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Internet • blogging • cuisine • eating • Conde Nast • magazine publishing • Gourmet • Julia Child • Si Newhouse • S.I. Newhouse

(Newser) - If an industry group's cooking competition is any indication, the Wall Street Journal reports, hospital food ain’t what it used to be. This year's winner of the National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management's gold medal produced a “Machaca Flat Iron Steak” that met with his hospital nutritionist’... More »

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cooking • steak • cuisine • health care industry • contest • hospital food • executive chef • National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management


 Best Cities  
 for Good Eats 

Local cuisine is ranked

Aug 5, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paris is for lovers—food lovers. The city came in first on a Forbes list of the world’s best cities for eating well, based on a 2009 survey ranking 50 cities. Notably absent from the top 10 are New York and London, which don’t boast much of... More »

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food • Mexico City • Hong Kong • Beijing • Rome • cuisine • Paris • Tokyo • Milan • Barcelona • Madrid • Shanghai • Jay-ZTV • local food

Scots' Delicacy May Actually Be...English

To kilt-wearers' horror, haggis was probably invented down south

Aug 3, 09 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alongside bagpipes, whiskey, and plaid kilts, there's naught so Scottish as haggis, the mash of sheep heart, liver, and lung disgusting to many and a delicacy to some. But recently a Scottish historian discovered the earliest ever reference to haggis—in an English cookbook. The idea that the ultimate Scottish... More »

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food • United Kingdom • Scotland • England • cuisine • Britain

(Newser) - Innovation in cocktails has spread to their simplest component, the Globe and Mail reports—ice. “Ice is the equivalent to a stove for a chef,” says one bartender whose watering hole boasts three kinds of frozen water. Another Canadian bar produces seven varieties for different drinks. Mixologists... More »

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cuisine • restaurant • drinks • ice • cocktails • bar

OPINION

 Lard: Good Fat at a Good Time 


Jun 2, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now is lard’s time to shine, Regina Schrambling writes for Slate. “The redemption of lard is finally at hand because we live in a world where trendiness is next to godliness,” Schrambling reasons. “And lard hits all the right notes, especially if you euphemize it as... More »

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food • cuisine • taste • heart health • lard • pork fat

(Newser) - China is cracking down on restaurants that serve chicken killed by forced snake bite, Reuters reports. A recent Internet video of a chef urging a snake to repeatedly bite a bird inspired the move. “Snake-bite chicken” is popular in Guangdong and Chongqing provinces. “Not only is it cruel... More »

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China • cuisine • snake • Chinese food • chicken • bite • health officials

OPINION

 Baseball-Savvy Actress 
 Explores Mets' New Park 

Mets fans will take time to warm to new stadium, actress says

Apr 17, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The name of the Mets' new ballpark may evoke unpleasant parallels between the crashing economy and the team's penchant for late-season collapses, but maybe Citi Field can still represent a fresh start for the Mets, writes Julia Stiles for the Wall Street Journal. The award-winning actress, an avid fan, opens... More »

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New York Mets • cuisine • hot dogs • baseball • Shea Stadium • Citi Field • Julia Stiles

 G20 Leaders Will Eat Well 

But menu could represent some of the 'new Britain', chef says

Apr 1, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama and his fellow world leaders have their work cut out for them at the G20 summit tomorrow, but at least they won’t have to tackle the problems of global finance hungry. Star chef Jamie Oliver is planning a menu of organic Shetland salmon, Welsh lamb with mint,... More »

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food • Barack Obama • India • Germany • United States • salmon • cuisine • Britain • Jamie Oliver • G20 • multiculturalism • President Obama • Yotam Ottolenghi

COMMENTARY

It's Time to Discover Goat,
the Other Red Meat

Already-popular 'bearded ruminant' catches on in US

Apr 1, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Goat is the most widely consumed meat in the world, but unless you live in an ethnic restaurant enclave, it's unlikely that you're a convert—yet. Henry Alford has recently been impressed by "chevon," the meat with less fat than chicken and more protein than beef. He describes... More »

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food • New York • cuisine • dining • goat meat

 Italian Cities Ban Foreign Food 

Laws against new ethnic eateries prompts charges of gastronomic xenophobia

Jan 31, 09 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Kebabs, Chinese food, and curries are the targets of a growing Italian campaign against foreign food, the Times of London reports. The Tuscan town of Lucca has slapped a ban on new foreign eateries opening in the city, and Milan has now followed suit. Government-backed campaigners say they are fighting... More »

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food • immigration • xenophobia • Italy • Tuscany • cuisine • restaurant • Milan • Silvio Berlusconi

Let Them Eat Fast Food

French restaurateurs open moins cher eateries amid
financial crisis

Jan 18, 09 7:23 PM CST
(Newser) - French cuisine just got a little less haute, the Daily Telegraph reports. As the recession hammers consumers and restaurants alike, some of France’s top chefs are opening fast-food offshoots. Expense-account meals running $450 per head are out and $6 ham sandwiches are in as famed restaurants like l'Auberge du... More »

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food • France • fast food • cuisine • restaurant • recession • financial crisis • restaurant industry

Paris Food Critic Gets Taste of His Own Medicine

Feisty writer's meal was 'barely adequate,' complain diners

Jan 14, 09 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Even by the standards of food-obsessed Paris, the exacting tastes of François Simon stand apart: The acerbic critic for the newspaper Le Figaro called one superstar chef "a clown" and "a fake peasant," and once described a meal as "a three-star crucifixion." But... More »

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France • cuisine • restaurant criticism • restaurant • Paris • Le Figaro

Britons Eat Gray Squirrels
to Save Beloved Reds

Curiosity, drive to save indigenous species creates thriving market for critter's meat

Jan 7, 09 4:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Squirrel is quickly becoming a part of the British palate, as curiosity—and devotion to a native icon—drives Britons to try something new, the New York Times reports. The trend can be traced in part to the surging population of gray squirrels, a North American import. The grays have... More »

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food • United Kingdom • meat • cuisine • squirrel • Britain • Beatrix Potter

 Michelin Names First 
 Chinese 3-Star Chef 

Hong Kong master began as chicken-plucker

Jan 3, 09 10:36 AM CST
(Newser) - The Michelin Guide's first three-star Chinese chef is no celebrity who's pushing cookbooks and TV shows, the New York Times reports. Chan Yan-tak, who grew up as a kitchen hand and worked his way through Hong Kong restaurants, even quit the business to take care of his daughter. "My... More »

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food • Hong Kong • cuisine • chef • Michelin • top chefs

(Newser) - If you want white truffle shavings sprinkled over your Thanksgiving leftovers, the biggest specimen found in Italy this year is up for auction tomorrow. You'll need some big bucks—and perhaps the moxie to outbid David and Victoria Beckham. The delectable fungus weighs about 2½ pounds and is expected to... More »

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food • cooking • Italy • cuisine • Victoria Beckham • auction • chef • David Beckham • truffles • Posh Spice

 If You Can't Beat ’Em, 
 Eat ’Em: Chef 

Chef cooks up tasty solution to jellyfish problem on Spain's beaches

Sep 28, 08 8:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where most Spaniards see the ocean's roadkill, one daring chef sees entree, the Independent reports. Carme Ruscalleda, who has garnered five Michelin stars for her restaurants, wants to serve up jellyfish—16 tons of which washed up on Andalucia beaches last year—at her restaurant near Barcelona. "They really... More »

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food • cuisine • jellyfish

GLOSSIES

 Why Do We Hate Ratatouille? 

Eggplant may be to blame for our aversion to French dish

Aug 31, 08 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ratatouille should be an American staple: It’s easy, tasty, and bursting with fresh veggies, Gourmet’s Laura Shapiro writes. Instead, the French dish is passed over by Americans—but why? Perhaps eggplant is the culprit: “Fat, purple and interminable, eggplant is one of the least-loved vegetables in the... More »

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French cooking • cuisine • Gourmet

glossies

 The Gnocchi Puzzle
 of Buenos Aires 

The city dines on the pasta once a month—but why?

Aug 2, 08 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most restaurants in Buenos Aires only serve gnocchi on the 29th of the month—but why? Marisa Robertson-Textor scoured the city for answers for Gourmet, and uncovered conflicting accounts. Gnocchi day may be a Genovese tradition, one diner said—or perhaps Uraguayan. Another claimed it is meant to give people... More »

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food • cuisine • Argentina • pasta • Buenos Aires

 Le Burger Sizzles in Paris 

French chefs make over the American standby

Jul 16, 08 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parisian gourmands might still revile McDonald's, but the lowly hamburger has become a mainstay on some of the best menus in the City of Light. From cafés on the Left Bank to top tables showered with Michelin stars, the quintessential American dish has undergone a French transformation. "The... More »

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France • French cooking • cuisine • restaurant • Paris • burger • Alain Ducasse • L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon

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