TGRWT #11: Banana and cloves
It’s a pleasure for me to announce a new round of “They go really well together” or TGRWT for short. For those not familiar with the concept of flavor pairing: the idea is that if two foods have one or…
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Food pairing seminar in Belgium
Bernard Lahousse, director of CREAX foods, creator of the Foodpairing website (which I’ve blogged about previously) and blogger behind Food for design invites to an international food pairing seminar in Belgium on January 5th, 2009. The concept of the event…
TGRWT #10: Pizza with blue cheese and pineapple
This piece of art was recently sold at an auction for $ 35 million USD! No … just kidding. Read on to find out more! For the 10th round of TGRWT I decided to modify one of my favorite pizza…
TGRWT #10: Pineapple and blue cheese
Back from a trip abroad I can finally relay the announcement of the 10th round of “They go really well together”. The round is hosted by David Barzelay at Eat Foo(d) and the challenge this time is to combine pineapple…
TGRWT #9: Chocolate tagliatelle with parmesan cream
Chocolate pasta suspended for drying. For this round of TGRWT I decided to use the recipe (Chocolate Carbonara with Parmigiano Reggiano Cream and a Chocolate-Dipped Grissini Wrapped in Prosciutto di Parma) by Masaharu Morimoto which I’ve blogged about previously. I…
TGRWT #9: Parmesan and cocoa
It’s time for a new round of food pairing! Robert of lamiacucina is hosting TGRWT #9 and the foods to pair this time are parmesan and cocoa. I’ve previously blogged about this combination and odor activity values (OAV) are available…
Ten tips for practical molecular gastronomy, part 8
Read about the physics behind the balancing fork trick. 8. Experiment! Dare to experiment and try new ingredients and procedures. Do control experiments so you can compare results. When evaluating the outcome, be aware that your own opinions will be…
TGRWT #8: White chocolate soufflé with caviar
As a late (but just in time for the deadline) response to TGRWT #8 which was announced by Chadzilla in December last year – here is finally my write up on a recipe and a little on the background of…
Foodpairing website launched
The long awaited website on foodpairings has now been launched, and they’ve also registred the corresponding blogspot name (which isn’t online yet as of today). The beautiful photos, great design and easy maneuvering makes it an excellent place to start…
TGRWT #8: White chocolate and caviar
For this round, Chad of Chadzilla chose one of the “classic” examples of pairings based on impact odorants – white chocolate and caviar. As pointed out by my fellow bloggers, this pairing has appeared in a number of MG inspired…