http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off Food and Wine Editors' Blog en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:27:22 -0500 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/20/RestaurantStyle-Burgers-at-Home Our stupendous food intern, Molly Adams, recently cooked up some very special burgers for us lucky editors. Here, she reports:The premium burger just got a little more attainable. Pat LaFrieda—the butcher who supplies custom meat blends to Shak... Test Kitchen Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/20/RestaurantStyle-Burgers-at-Home Kristin Donnelly http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/5/Two-Perfect-Cakes F&W's testing kitchen assistant, Brian Malik, spent last week baking cakes for a January story. Here, he reports: For an upcoming story on bakeware, F&W's awesome food intern Molly and I worked our ovens overtime making yellow cakes, ... Baking Test Kitchen Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:46:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/5/Two-Perfect-Cakes Kristin Donnelly http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/28/The-New-Sort-of-KidFriendly-Food I hadn't cooked for my kids for more than two weeks, but all that changed when they returned from camp yesterday. Maybe I was out of practice, maybe I was feeling a bit defiant or maybe I was just hoping for a change, but given how much I enjoyed... Cooking Test Kitchen Recipes Blogs Ingredients Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:55:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/28/The-New-Sort-of-KidFriendly-Food Grace Parisi http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/24/The-Pleasures-of-NonKidFriendly-Food Don't get me wrong—I love my kids, and I love eating with them. Some days I challenge them with unusual foods, but mostly I take the path of least resistance. But since they've been away at camp, I've rediscovered the joys of eating... Cooking Test Kitchen Recipes Ingredients Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:59:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/24/The-Pleasures-of-NonKidFriendly-Food Grace Parisi http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/15/Journey-of-1000-Cookies My coworker Melissa Rubel and I are four-fifths of the way toward my goal of baking 1,000 cookies by the end of Tuesday. These cookies will be among dozens of offerings from top chefs at Philadelphia's Great Chefs Event on Wednesday night. The Gr... Baking Events Chefs Test Kitchen News Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/15/Journey-of-1000-Cookies Grace Parisi http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/12/Test-Kitchen-Essential-Tool-5 I like making candy in a saucier ( a round-bottomed sauce pan) because it's easy to stir into the corners. The only problem, and this exists for candy-making in all sauce pans, is that the candy thermometer gets in the way while stirring, even if... Cooking Test Kitchen Gadgets Blogs Desserts Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:59:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/12/Test-Kitchen-Essential-Tool-5 Grace Parisi http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/5/14/Ice-Cream-Bombes-An-Impressive-Summer-Dessert I've had a small obsession with ice cream bombes ever since I saw a certain domestic mogul make one into a watermelon look-alike on TV. With summer coming up, I decided to start experimenting with them for fun. An ice cream bombe is really just l... Test Kitchen Desserts Thu, 14 May 2009 11:29:08 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/5/14/Ice-Cream-Bombes-An-Impressive-Summer-Dessert Melissa Rubel http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/5/13/TEST-KITCHEN-TIP-OF-THE-DAY Not long ago, I discovered that pecans and walnuts (two very fatty and delicate nuts) toast beautifully in the microwave. This morning, with no time to preheat the oven for a meager handful of hazelnuts, I decided to put the microwave method to the t... Cooking Test Kitchen Gadgets Ingredients Wed, 13 May 2009 10:23:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/5/13/TEST-KITCHEN-TIP-OF-THE-DAY Grace Parisi http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/4/21/Microplane-Magic As if I didn't already believe that Microplanes are the single best kitchen (and other-makes a great pedicure tool, too!!) tool, I serendipitously discovered yet another brilliant use this weekend when I made grilled lemongrass chicken. I had a f... Test Kitchen Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:07:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/4/21/Microplane-Magic Grace Parisi http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/3/27/The-Pine-Nut-Menace It started on Tuesday in the Test Kitchen, when I took a bite of bucatini with fresh tomato sauce. It was absolutely delicious until, oddly, it started tasting slightly bitter. I had a heaping portion of tuna-noodle casserole, which was supersatisfyi... [More] Test Kitchen Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:37:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/3/27/The-Pine-Nut-Menace Kristin Donnelly http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/2/26/Kitchen-Sink-Salad-or-How-to-Clean-Out-Your-Fridge Sadly, F&W's Test Kitchen is temporarily relocating to another space while our offices undergo renovations. Unfortunately, that means packing and moving equipment, pantry items and all sorts of nonperishable necessities. What it also means is... Cooking Test Kitchen Recipes Ingredients Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:37:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/2/26/Kitchen-Sink-Salad-or-How-to-Clean-Out-Your-Fridge Grace Parisi http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/2/12/Nifty-Thrifty-Cherry-Sorbet With little notice, we are moving our Test Kitchen to temporary digs across town. Not only do we have to pack up equipment and tools, we have to empty our freezers—freezers that (in my case) have housed long-since-forgotten items, held on to fo... Baking Cooking Desserts Test Kitchen Recipes Blogs Ingredients Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:28:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/2/12/Nifty-Thrifty-Cherry-Sorbet Grace Parisi http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/2/4/Upcycling-ReduxAnother-Use-for-Broccoli I like to think of myself as resourceful and clever  and not just cheap, especially when it comes to scraps  ("orts" if you do crosswords...). But this new use of broccoli stems is SO resourceful and clever, it makes me angry I di... Cooking Ingredients Chefs Test Kitchen Recipes Blogs News Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:42:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/2/4/Upcycling-ReduxAnother-Use-for-Broccoli Grace Parisi http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/1/28/Never-Mind-the-Butter-Heres-the-Sex-Pistols I'd buy Country Life butter—for no other reason than because I can't imagine a bigger disconnect between product and spokesperson. In this spot on British TV , John Lydon, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, is seen in a stuffy pri... Cooking Test Kitchen Recipes Ingredients Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:21:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/1/28/Never-Mind-the-Butter-Heres-the-Sex-Pistols Grace Parisi http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/1/20/American-Lamb For quite some time now, the only lamb I've been able to buy is from New Zealand. Thanks to Costco, it's cheap and sold in bulk (good for feeding my family). The only downside is that I never find it all that flavorful. I guess that's fin... Cooking Farms Test Kitchen Recipes Ingredients Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:29:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/1/20/American-Lamb Grace Parisi