As insatiable eaters living in a gluttonous society, we enjoy planning our meals through visual aids. That’s precisely why food journalism relies so heavily on photography to elicit hunger pains and mental journeys through supermarket aisles. Recipe titles alone get my mouth watering, but the accompanying photos really drive it all home. While the marriage [...]
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42×42
June 18, 2009 – 8:39 am
42 Below, a brand of vodka from New Zealand, has begun a new campaign entitled OneDreamRush, in which it has asked 42 directors to produce 42-second shorts about dreams. While the idea itself seems a bit stilted, it’s the list of directors that should really excite: David Lynch, Harmony Korine, Larry Clark, Kenneth Anger and [...]
Daniel Carasso, Yogurt Pioneer, Dies at 103
May 22, 2009 – 1:37 pm
I had never heard of David Carasso, but I was fascinated, reading his obituary today. He was the founder of the Danone group, and basically responsible for taking yogurt from being an obscure, Mediterranean food into the ubiquitous food it is today. He also just had one of those epic, incredible lives. His obituary is [...]
Recipe: Spring Salsa
May 20, 2009 – 8:49 am
We’ve asked photographer and self-described “home cook geek” Daemian Smith to supply us with the recipes behind some of his favorite culinary creations. The following are two of his recommendations for Spring: basic Salsa Roja and Salsa de Tomatillos, made with the eponymous green tomato-like fruit. Says Daemian: “Homemade salsa is one of the easiest [...]
Food for thought on Earth Day
April 22, 2009 – 2:53 pm
If today finds you thinking about ways that you can help the planet, head over to NPG.org, where you can read an article by New York Times columnist and author Mark Bittman, entitled ‘Back To Basics: Good For You, Good for The Earth.’ The article details his lifestyle as a “Vegan Before 6″– a smart [...]
Cherry Blossom Season Finale
April 19, 2009 – 5:00 am
The Japanese fondness for all things limited edition—sneakers, cell phones, luxury apartments—may well be linked to that country’s emphasis on seasonal cuisine. Food culture is part of the mainstream there, and eaters and producers alike place a great deal of emphasis on provenance and seasonality. So it makes perfect sense that the sakura matsuri, or [...]
Goodbye Swedish meatballs
March 31, 2009 – 11:08 am
Beloved Swedish restaurant Good World is closing, drawing to an end an almost decade-long era of late-night gravlax and martinis. Tonight, the restaurant will bid farewell to their Orchard Street location — the building will be torn down and replaced with yet more downtown condos — with a proper Swedish send-off party. The owners plan [...]
Ambrosial Imagery, Savory Prose: Two Food Blogs
March 26, 2009 – 3:32 pm
Luvin Spoonfuls Julie Miller and Mina Stone are two Brooklynites—the former working in media production and the latter a private chef and fashion designer. Their blog, Luvin Spoonfuls, combines Stone’s palate with Miller’s eye for layout; both have a keen sense of design. While the saying goes that a dish’s appearance means nothing if it [...]
Organic Obamas
March 20, 2009 – 11:11 am
I posted earlier in the week about Alice Waters’ campaign to get the Obamas to plant a vegetable garden on the White House lawn. Well, Michelle Obama will being digging today for an 1100-square-foot organic garden on the White House lawn, which will grow everything from lettuce to tomatillos to heirloom varieties like anise hyssop, [...]
The Mother of Slow Food on 60 Minutes
March 17, 2009 – 9:38 am
Alice Waters, who we profiled in Issue 1 of Dossier, was interviewed last night on 60 Minutes about good, real food, sustainability, and her Edible Schoolyard project. The interviewer was definitely pandering a little to the masses (like her incredulousness at the fact that Waters has no microwave), but even so it’s amazing to see Slow Food [...]
