Conference: Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe through EDC/HRE in Adult LearningAbout 120 stakeholders from the UK and various other European countries meet at the conference"Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe through Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Adult Learning"in Glasgow, March 4-5, 2010. The c
Topics:Food, &, Drink, Discussion
You know, the best Indian food name is Briyani... :)Briyani is one of the best festival food. Mutton Briyani, Chicken Briyan, Vegetable Briyani and more and more type of briyani is available in INDIA. Food is very important thing in human being. Indians make different type of foods and eat and enjoy their festival. If you know any best food in INDIA just rep
Topics:Food
Eating yogurt and other foods laden with lactic acid may keep your gums from receding and teeth from falling out, Japanese researchers report.Eating yogurt and other foods laden with lactic acid may keep your gums from receding and teeth from falling out, Japanese researchers report. Dr. Yoshihiro Shimazaki and colleagues found that consuming yogurt and lact
Topics:Food
It was autumn. Although still afternoon the journey had been spent peering at slowly moving red lights through clouds of condensing exhaust and the intermittent slip-slip of wipers. Now as she turned off the ignition darkness gathered silently around her. She walked head down, hood up, feeling plastic handles moulding themselves around her fingers, the carri
Topics:Food
Gypsy woman (Lorna Raver) hexes poor Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) in Drag Me to HellThe creepiness of Spider-Man director Sam Raimi’s new movie, Drag Me to Hell, slowly works its way on you much like a gypsy curse. In the initial viewing of it, you might squeal a bit and laugh a lot but [...]
I have to admit the best baguettes are the ones I tasted while visiting France, I am sure it won’t taste the same but here’s how to make traditional baguettes by hand.  I will have to try this real soon.This instructable will walk you through making two loaves of baguette bread. Following the French tradition, [...]
A lot of people have often wondered what astronaut food is like, it is like one of things that is out of reach to the average person and so that creates the desire for it. However, you should be careful what you wish for because astronaut food is available to buy.  Currently it is only space [...]
The only thing better than eating artisan chocolate, is eating it while listening to the person that made it. That's exactly what I got to do Wednesday when Michael Recchiuti, San Francisco's preeminent chocolatier, hosted a media-only event to announce The Taste Project.The Taste Project is a series of multi-sensory chocolate pairings bringing together Recc
Jason, Jason, Jason. When reading the Yelp reviews of Brentwood’s Bar Food, Jason Killalee seemed to be all the reviewers ever talked about. Apparently he’s the charming Irish host and owner of the newish gastropub on Wilshire Boulevard.I was looking for an affordable place to grab a bite in Brentwood and miraculously found Bar [...]
The only thing more popular than pork belly is using the word "unctuous" to describe it. If you're not familiar with the word, it has several definitions, but in a foodie context it's used to describe something rich, luxurious, and fabulously fatty - think bone marrow, foie gras, and of course, pork belly.If you're a food writer, and you're doing a review or
Can’t wait to see Drag Me to Hell. Apparently the critics LOVES it. Oh, and btw let’s get artsy-fartsy this weekend! Thursday, May 28Ammo’s Small-Batch Social with “Beer Chick” Christina Perozzi & TelegraphThese Ammo socials are not only informative but yummy and this month’s event features none other than Telegraph B
This sexy beast is a caramel-glazed pork belly. I'm happy to announce the video recipe will air tomorrow.
I’ve passed Locanda del Lago aka Lago on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade a thousand times and have never once checked it out. I figured it was one of those overpriced tourist traps since it’s on the main drag on the corner of Arizona and 3rd and has prime fashion police patrol patio action. [...]
You may really love beef teriyaki, and still be completely disappointed with this recipe. I know I'm usually a little more optimistic in my intros, but this is one of those recipes that I know will bring a few emails with messages like, "Thanks for making me waste a good piece of top sirloin - what the hell was that?"The reason for this is real teriyaki sau
Ever since that first Honda scooter back in high school, I’ve wanted to learn how to ride a motorcycle. It was on my bucket list along with becoming fabulously fluent in a foreign language and roadtripping from L.A. to New York. But I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to finally take that [...]
Memorial Day is dedicated to remembering those who gave their lives serving our country, and among these heroic souls are countless cooks and chefs that made the ultimate sacrifice. So today as you enjoy all that delicious food and drink, pause for a few moments to salute the real iron chefs.This video was produced by the Pentagon and gives an interesting gl
Santa Maria, California might be famous for its barbecued beef tri tip, but for local aficionados it's all about the beans. Classic Santa Maria style beans are made with a special variety of pink beans called pinquitos.These "little pink" beans are prepared in a spicy, smoky, tomato/chili sauce that's spiked with not one, but two kinds of pork. Santa Maria b
Here's wishing all of you a happy and healthy Memorial Day weekend. I have no way of knowing what you have planned, but I assume it involves food.Be kind to all those rusty grill chefs, its been months since they've rocked the bbq tool belt (that's a great look).It's your solemn duty to pretend to like everything no matter how black and dry. It's our ability
Why trek all the way to Santa Barbara when you can enjoy some of their best wines from the future in Century City? Actually, it’s the Santa Barbara County Futures Wine Tasting co-sponsored by one of my fave wine stores, West L.A.’s Wine House, and taking place in Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.For $65 ($85 for [...]
Santa Maria, California might be famous for its barbecued beef tri tip, but for local aficionados it's all about the beans. Classic Santa Maria style beans are made with a special variety of pink beans called pinquitos.These "little pink" beans are prepared in a spicy, smoky, tomato/chili sauce that's spiked with not one, but two kinds of pork. Santa Maria b
The Memorial Day long weekend is almost here - time to dust off the grill, and find that "Kiss the Cook" apron everyone loves so much. Is there anything so empowering (for us simple males at least) as standing in front of a flaming grill, foam-wrapped can of beer in one hand, giant grill tongs in the other?For your barbecuing pleasure, I've posted six of my
Santa Maria, California might be famous for its barbecued beef tri tip, but for local aficionados it's all about the beans. Classic Santa Maria style beans are made with a special variety of pink beans called pinquitos.These "little pink" beans are prepared in a spicy, smoky, tomato/chili sauce that's spiked with not one, but two kinds of pork. Santa Maria b
Ok, the “uniforms” aren’t mandatory, but I’m sure planning on wearing as much wacky hot dog gear as I can to the upcoming Hot Dog Death March on June 13.Like this hat: If you, too, would like a hot dog hat, you can buy your very own here.And if you, too, would like to join [...]
The Memorial Day long weekend is almost here - time to dust off the grill, and find that "Kiss the Cook" apron everyone loves so much. Is there anything so empowering (for us simple males at least) as standing in front of a flaming grill, foam-wrapped can of beer in one hand, giant grill tongs in the other?For your barbecuing pleasure, I've posted six of my
What am I doing this weekend, you ask? I’m going to dress up like Elvis and support my bf and his team as they race the above craptastic “Cadillac” up in Reno. My only regret, besides wearing a black bejeweled jumpsuit and pompador wig in 80-degree weather, is that I’m going to miss out on [...]
When I was first learning spanish, I was often at a loss for words. I would try to translate my thoughts into spanish and all too often I lacked words that I needed to explain myself. This happened daily in the beginning and all too often way more than once a day.One memorable time was [...]
This is another of our favourite chicken dish. I use my Sharp Water Oven to do this. As usual, the chicken turned out succulent. And we love the aroma when we open the cover. :)Perviously, I did not add water, Gou Qi Zi 枸杞子 (Wolfberries) and Hong Zao 红枣 (Red Dates) when I roast the Chicken. There will still be some liquid at the end of the roasting. I c
Topics:Food, Recipes, chicken
I was looking around for a name for this unusual clafouti-like combination of peaches, blackberries, thyme and black pepper, when I saw an article that said in France, a clafouti that uses fruit other than cherries is called a flognarde.A flognarde? Yes, a flognarde. I enjoy saying flognarde so much, I think even if this recipe hadn't come out as well as it
Where are all the single dudes? I went to a grilled cheese and beer night at Andrew’s Cheese Shop in Santa Monica and it was all women. At a GRILLED CHEESE and BEER night! Now, I’m not sad for me, I’m sad for all the single dudes who are missing out on these great [...]
Great idea for a small group of friends. Why do you need to make plenty of little burgers if you can make one enormous burger for all.
Great idea for a small group of friends. Why do you need to make plenty of little burgers if you can make one enormous burger for all.
I had leftovers of some ingredients and decided to put them all together and voila! Only thing missing is perhaps pasta and cream here. But I guess my family didn't care. They like it with rice too. Actually, they are not fans of pasta anyway. ;)Ingredients:1 clove Garlic, minced1/3 tablespoon Oil4 Shitake Mushroom, sliced3 Button Mushroom, sliced1 King Oyst
Topics:Food, Recipes, vegetables
Hopefully "Food, Inc.," the new documentary by Robert Kenner, will do for the American food system, what "An Inconvenient Truth" did for global warming - start a national discussion about something so obviously broken, and ways it can be fixed.Wouldn't it be great if water-cooler conversations about what we eat, and how it's produced reached the same level o
Photo from XIVHi Caroline on Crack,You are my new hero. I dated this jerk douchebag who took me to lots of nice places and I always oohed and ahhed at how many hot new spots he knew of. But he was a total jerk and I’m not seeing him anymore. At first, it was so [...]
If this recipe looks familiar, there may be a good reason for that. This easy Orzo with Chicken and Asiago recipe is from the website myrecipes.com, which is published by Time Inc., the creative force behind all those cooking magazines you thumb through while standing in line at the grocery store.Time Inc., which publishes the popular periodicals Southern L
Wow! How long have it been since my last post? Sorry for the lack of post. My son's first exam is finally over. Phew! It's so stressful trying not to stress the boy too much.I don't remember my parents and teachers pushing me so much when I was having exams when I was younger. I don't even remember revising for exams. :P Times are different now.I'm not the
Topics:Food, Recipes, chicken
One of the victims of my recent hard disc crash was a roll of photos taken during the filming of this Hoisin-Glazed Barbecued Ribs video recipe. Usually as I cook and film, I have my camera at my side to snap shots along the way. This is especially important at the end of the recipes when I like to get what we call in the business "the money shot."All those
Even though I love my whiskey (and whisky), I was never a huge fan of Scotch. Blame it on the time Damian, my fave bartender, made me a Laphroaig cocktail which ended up tasting like Band-Aid. Blech. Yes, I wasn’t crazy about that smokey, peaty flavor. But when blogger friend estarLA invited me and [...]
This is the brilliant Marvel twenty four inch outdoor beer tapper, although it does not have to used outside all of the time, there are occasions when nice cool beer has to be consumed inside too. Everything is included in box like hoses, draft tower, Co2 tanks and the all important gas regulator, apart from [...]
It seems summer is here. I am not sure if she is here to stay or to simply say hello and leave again. The heat of Sacramento summers remind me of an oven. The blast of heat as soon as you leave an air conditioned building can be blistering. Climbing into a car with anything [...]
I know many of you publish your own blogs, and you’ve probably said to yourself many times, “I wish there were a short, concise set of blogging ethics I could refer to, so I would be like totally ethical when it comes to ethics and stuff.”Well, you are in luck! I just created the Food Blogger Code of Ethics, inspired by the Food Blog Code of Ethics. As yo
Here's a collection of previously posted video recipes featuring the fabulous food of South and Central America. You never forget your first love, and when it comes to ethnic cuisines (excepting Italian for the sake of this post) it was the foods of Mexico and other points south that first captured my heart and imagination some 26 years ago, as I began eatin
This recipe doesn't pretend to be anything it's not - this is simply a super-fast casserole that shares a few similarities to chicken enchiladas. If you are Mexican, and were/are lucky enough to enjoy authentic enchiladas, this will not remind you of Mom's - or even Dad's.But having issued the standard ethnic recipe disclaimer, I'll say, these aren't bad. As
I've always thought that more home cooks would try recipes that call for brining the meat, if it were simply referred to (incorrectly, by the way), as a marinade.Marinating sounds easy, brining sounds complicated. When people see "marinade" they think oil, vinegar, and a few spices rubbed on some meat. Mmm… marinade.But, when they see "brine" in a procedure
While running some supplies up to the Frick Winery in preparation for our big event this weekend, we made a pit stop in beautiful Healdsburg. I've wanted to try the famous pork cheek sandwich at Bovolo Restaurant for the longest time, and it was well worth the wait.The tender, rich cheek sat on a crusty toasted roll, slathered in an intensely-flavored salsa
The town of Santa Maria, California, is home to one of America's most delicious barbecue specialties - the black-on-the-outside, pink-on-the-inside, grilled beef tri-tip steak. The tri-tip is cut from the bottom sirloin, and if cooked properly produces a very flavorful, extremely juicy piece of beef.My version isn’t exactly authentic, since I didn't grill i
If I had a farm, this is how I'd eat asparagus. I would plant lots of asparagus, and every spring I would collect bunches of beautiful green spears.I would ignore the calendar - for me, spring would begin each year on the day I cut my first asparagus.I would plant rows and rows of garlic. I would never have to buy garlic, or worry about being out. I would ne
It's not often a dessert recipe inspires a savory dish; it's usually the other way around, but this asparagus pie is a direct result of my love for cherry clafouti.Cherry clafouti is a rustic French dessert that features whole cherries baked in a sweet egg batter. If you'd like, you can check out the clafouti video recipe I did last spring.I've always though
Foodbuzz, the Internet's largest social network for foodies, celebrated their one-millionth post by treating their featured publishers and other associates to a delicious Tuesday night of wine and food pairings at the beautiful Press Club in San Francisco.You've heard me sing the praises of Foodbuzz before, and deservedly so. Ryan Stern (the Director of Publ
This recipe doesn't pretend to be anything it's not - this is simply a super-fast casserole that shares a few similarities to chicken enchiladas. If you are Mexican, and were/are lucky enough to enjoy authentic enchiladas, this will not remind you of Mom's - or even Dad's.But having issued the standard ethnic recipe disclaimer, I'll say, these aren't bad. As
There's a famous roast chicken recipe you may have heard of called "chicken with 40 cloves of garlic." While the amount of garlic in that recipe seems impressive, the fact that the garlic cloves are left whole results in a sweet and fairly mild garlic experience.This chicken with 20 cloves of garlic isn't quite so subtle, and features the "stinking rose" in
If this recipe looks familiar, there may be a good reason for that. This easy Orzo with Chicken and Asiago recipe is from the website myrecipes.com, which is published by Southern Living, the creative force behind all those cooking magazines you thumb through while standing in line at the grocery store.Southern Living, which publishes the popular periodical
The potted plant has always been a popular Mother's Day gift. Available at any grocery store, this foil-wrapped afterthought does a great job showing just how little effort you spent. Well, this year's going to be different.This "potted plant" ice cream cake is so easy to make, and it's as beautiful as it is delicious. No matter how disappointed your mother
Time is short and the work list is long as we get ready to head up to Sonoma for the Dry Creek Passport event (you can read more about it in last year's post), but I squeezed out enough time to finish this lamb meatball video recipe.It tasted great, but I put in way too much breadcrumb, and as you'll see the results were extremely bouncy balls. The ingredien
This short film is dedicated to everyone still searching for their one true love.
826LA is an awesome non-profit organization that not only helps kids 6-18 with their creative writing skills but it hosts cool events like writing seminars and dead author readings. When I heard that 826LA East was going to host a food writing panel where noted food writers talk about writing in various mediums, how to [...]
Denise from the blog ChezUs has posted a “gourmet” homemade version of the retro classic, Chef Boyardee SpaghettiOs, and I don’t know about you, but I can’t look at a picture of SpaghettiOs without smiling.I don’t even remember if I was fed SpaghettiOs as a child. I’d ask my mom, but like any good Italian she would probably never admit to it. Regardles
Over at GOOD Magazine, they have a fantastic pictorial essay shot by photographer Mark Menjivar that explores the interiors of refrigerators from across the United States. The project, titled "You Are What You Eat," offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of strangers by baring their eating habits for all to see. The images offer similar revelations…