Category Archives: Food

Yemenia: Bigger than Gesha?

Posted on February 22, 2022 by agogo22

[…] Thank you to Qima for taking the time to speak with me, and also for providing additional footage from Yemen. The full interview will be available on Patreon soon. It may be published here in the future. […]

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Tasting The Lost Species That Might Save Coffee

Posted on February 20, 2022 by agogo22

The new paper, from April 2021: “Arabica-like flavour in a heat-tolerant wild coffee species” – https://www.nature.com/articles/s4147… Finding Stenophylla (2020 full paper): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/… Kew Science: https://www.kew.org/science CIRAD: https://www.cirad.fr/en/our-research/… University of Greenwich Research: https://www.gre.ac.uk/research Thank you to Kew and Dr Aaron Davis … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Gardens: The Forgotten Home of Coffee

Posted on February 20, 2022 by agogo22

Coffee is one of the world’s favourite drinks, one of the most important commercial crop-plants, and the second most valuable international commodity; Arabica coffee is considered to produce the finest coffee beans. A study conducted by scientists at the Royal … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio 4 – The Food Programme, Fresh Grounds: The Search for the World’s Rarest Coffee

Posted on February 20, 2022 by agogo22

Dan Saladino meets the plant hunters looking for the world’s forgotten coffee varieties. Source: BBC Radio 4 – The Food Programme, Fresh Grounds: The Search for the World’s Rarest Coffee

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Dicing an Onion by Chef Jean Pierre

Posted on February 19, 2022 by agogo22

Do you struggle trying to dice an onion? Chef Jean Pierre shows you the easiest way to dice an onion without shedding a tear.

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Soup Mother (h/t Kottke) | Natasha Pickowicz

Posted on February 3, 2022 by agogo22
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Meet Haddon Salt – the would-have-been Colonel Sanders of fish and chips | Aeon Videos

Posted on February 1, 2022 by agogo22

Haddon Salt, the ‘Colonel Sanders of fish and chips’, and his salty story of the fast-food empire that never quite was   In the late 1960s and early ’70s, the serendipitously named Haddon Salt was well on his way to … Continue reading →

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You’ll Never Look at Button Mushrooms the Same Way Again

Posted on January 19, 2022 by agogo22

Button mushrooms are considered humble culinary mushrooms, but they’re powerful and intriguing too. In this video I talk about how one of the most popular mushrooms in the world is just as interesting as some of the very rare mushrooms … Continue reading →

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6 Things About Nutmeg | Is It Really Psychoactive?

Posted on December 23, 2021 by agogo22

[…] Here’s some info on how to use nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) as a healthy holiday spice as well as how to avoid its potential hallucinogenic influence? Lots of good things to discuss about this unique “seed”: what the difference is … Continue reading →

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Let’s make traditional Korean kimchi! #shorts

Posted on December 20, 2021 by agogo22

I made kimchi today, and made a short video for you! This video is part of YouTube’s beta shorts program, for videos under 1 minute. #shorts Detailed kimchi making recipe is on my website: https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/tongb… My newest cookbook, Maangchi’s Big … Continue reading →

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