The food pairing seminar is named “The Flemish Primitives” after the 15th and 16th century artists who were combining talent with new techniques. I’ve blogged about the upcoming food pairing seminar in Belgium on January 5th previously, but there are…
Tri-2-cook has announced the foods to pair in the twelfth round of “They go really well together” (or TGRWT for short): apricot and chanterelle. More information on how to participate can be found in the announcement post. If the ingredients…
It’s time for the TGRWT #11 round-up. I apologize for the small break since TGRWT #10, but now we’re definitely back. Many exciting recipes this time – and great photos too! Not all were a great success judging by the…
I received the following contribution for TGRWT #11 from Alessio Fangano, and since he doesn’t have a blog I post his contribution here in extenso. Enjoy! Photo: Alessio Fangano Ginger-Glass bowl of banana mousse with cloves biscuits and lemongrass jelly…
I’m a big fan of using bananas in savory dishes, so for TGRWT #11 I decided to make: Pork tenderloin with banana & clove sauce 450 g pork tenderloin 2 bananas, sliced 10-15 cloves (less if you use ground cloves)…
An updated version of “Texture – A hydrocolloid recipe collection” is now available for download (version 2.1). The version includes corrections of typos, minor additions to the property tables plus an important update in the gelatin section and a recipe…
9. Keep a written record of what you do! Wouldn’t it be a pity if you couldn’t recreate that perfect concoction you made last week, simply because you forgot how you did it? Last year I made a vegetable soup…
Texture – A hydrocolloid recipe collection It’s a pleasure for me to announce that an updated version of the hydrocolloid recipe collection is available for free download as a pdf file (73 pages, 1.8 Mb). What’s new? Several new recipes…
I recently blogged about the Alinea cookbook, and then in a Q&A with both Grant Achatz and Heston Blumenthal I discovered that there is another great cook book coming up this fall: The Big Fat Duck Cookbook! It’s quite amazing…
When many people hear molecular gastronomy, they think of culinary foams, originally introduced by Ferran Adria at El Bulli. In case you’re fed up with the foams, here’s a T-shirt to express your feelings: Personally, I can’t even say I’ve…
