The $1.50 Michelin-Starred Meal
Chef Juan Jose Cuevas Speaks to Puerto Rico's Resiliency
| | Chef Juan Jose Cuevas Speaks to Puerto Rico's Resiliency—and Urges You t...The San Juan chef, who recently cooked a benefit dinner at Gramercy Tavern, is part of a grassroots movement to ... |
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Long before U.S. hipsters discovered it, kombucha was a staple in Russia. It's making a comeback
| | Long before U.S. hipsters discovered it, kombucha was a staple in Russia...Sabra Ayres You know that fizzy, fermented kombucha you've been drinking after yoga class? Turns out Russian babushki have b... |
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Anthony Bourdain’s Moveable Feast
"Guided by a lusty appetite for indigenous culture and cuisine, the swaggering chef has become a travelling statesman." hat-tip to Gary C.
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The Forgotten Nazi History of ‘One-Pot Meals’
"ON OCTOBER 1, 1933, GERMANS sat down to an unusually frugal Sunday lunch. For decades, even centuries, the norm had been a roast dinner, usually characterized by a great, bronzed hunk of animal, flanked by potatoes. This was the crowning glory of the week—a meal to be savored and celebrated. But that day, nine months after the Nazis first came to power, Germans ate simple, inexpensive food. Some ate Irish stew; others steaming pots of pea soup, made with Speck and dried beans. Another common dish was macaroni Milanese, a stodgy predecessor to mac and cheese flecked with a confetti of rosy ham. All these dishes had three important things in common: They were inexpensive; they were made in a single pot; and they had been officially sanctioned by the Nazis."