Category Archives: Food

Beyond the Gardens: The Forgotten Home of Coffee

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

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

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

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Meet Haddon Salt – the would-have-been Colonel Sanders of fish and chips | Aeon Videos

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

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?

[…] 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

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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Christmas: Marcus Rashford and Tom Kerridge create £10 dinner | BBC News

The two-meal menu includes a Christmas dinner for six and a Boxing Day dish to use up leftovers Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford has said a £10 menu created by chef Tom Kerridge will help people in need “wake up on … Continue reading →

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Consider the lobstermen : Planet Money | NPR

Photo of lobster caught in the Canadian province, Nova Scotia. Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi/NPR A tense conflict between Indigenous fishermen and commercial lobstermen flared up in Nova Scotia in the fall of 2020. Today, how it all got started and how the … Continue reading →

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