Anthony Bourdain describes the perfect bowl of pho as food porn. I’m still mad that my pho-monger won’t sell me just the broth.
Archive for the “Food & Drink” CategoryBlogTO wrote a “Best Soups” article. They mentioned two favorites of mine, Ravisoups and Soup Nutsy. The other selections are below:
The full list with descriptions, and a google map is at their site. Ceramic knives are known to be extremely sharp and hold their edge up to ten times longer than steel blades. Since ceramic is so tough, it takes diamond coated wheels to sharpen them during manufacturing. Use ceramic knives only for vegetables and meats that do not have bone in them. While remarkably sharp they are very brittle. Side-to-side pressure can break the blade, and hitting a hard material like a meat bone can chip it. Although normally made of a single basic color like white, this Kyocera Damascus Ceramic Knife shows a much more complicated design. Tags: ceramic, damascus, Knife, kyocera, steelThe LCBO highilghted the following wines from their latest release.
In the latest issue of LCBO’s magazine, they highlighted a number of wines that have received a rating of 90 or above. Half of the selections are under $25: Argentina
Australia
California Chile
South Africa
France
Germany Italy
Spain
(this post is also titled, why I must justify purchasing this knife) Butchering your own meat from a primal cut is not new. In fact it’s done in small towns with local butchers for quite some time. Toronto chef Ryan Donovan has started having demostrations of how to do it and this hopefully starts a trend. Already you can buy whole loins of beef from Costco to make your own steaks, this just allows even more freedom. Squeemish? All meat has to come from animals… Tags: Butcher, cook, Food & Drink, gourmet, meat
The Internet is allowing home cooks to share their recipes, techniques and their love of food. I’ve been following Maangchi for quite some time. Her simple and authentic Korean recipes are great and the videos provide lots of great instructions. Maangchi, authored by ex-Torontoian Emily Kim, got an article written about her in the Globe and Mail, and now her popularity has exploded, with even interviews about her back in Korea. My pork bone soup in the picture is based on a recipe on Maangchi. Tags: cooking, diy, maanchi, Video, youtubeThe LCBO highlighted the following wines from this weeks full release.
From this weekend’s LCBO Release, the Toronto Star highlighted the following budget pics:
The LCBO has highlighted the following selections as their Wines of the Month for January 2010:
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