http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off Food and Wine Editors' Blog en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:21:30 -0500 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:41:31 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/2/9/Freezer-Weather It's the middle of winter and I don't feel like cooking—not even a warming soup or stew. My savior is the freezer. When I decided to make potpie last November with leftover Thanksgiving turkey, I doubled the recipe and prepared a second... Cooking Recipes Blogs Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:41:31 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/2/9/Freezer-Weather Michelle Shih http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/1/14/How-to-Help-Haiti The New York Times’s blog, The Lede, has amazingly in-depth coverage of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on Tuesday, including ways to help out. One method endorsed by the White House is texting “HAITI” to “90999... Cocktails Recipes Blogs News Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:01:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/1/14/How-to-Help-Haiti Ratha Tep http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/1/12/Party-Lessons-for-2010 I threw a holiday open house a few weeks ago and learned a few lessons for next year. Hot hors d'oeuvres were a big hit: I'll definitely serve fried wontons and Chorizo-Filled Dates Wrapped in Bacon (above) again—both can be cooked ahea... Entertaining Recipes Blogs Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:29:51 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/1/12/Party-Lessons-for-2010 Michelle Shih http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/29/Chicagos-Terzo-Piano When I was heading to Chicago for a long weekend, I asked friends what was a must-see. Everyone mentioned the new Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago, designed by star architect Renzo Piano, which opened in May. An added appeal for me: The mu... Blogs Travel Restaurants Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:16:48 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/29/Chicagos-Terzo-Piano Michelle Shih http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/9/Salmalandcom The noise this week may have been about the latest Zagat and Michelin guides, but one of my new favorite NYC dining sources is by F&W's own former travel editor Salma Abdelnour. Salma kindly downloaded her brain into a new website launched th... Travel Blogs News Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:35:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/9/Salmalandcom Emily Kaiser http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/8/Simple-Japanese-Recipes Last weekend I tried a few recipes from the new cookbook Everyday Harumi. The author, Harumi Kurihara, is a homemaker-turned-cooking-star in Japan, where she has a TV show, magazine, tableware line and restaurants. The photographs in her book are bea... [More] Cooking Cookbooks Recipes Blogs Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:41:23 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/8/Simple-Japanese-Recipes Michelle Shih http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/7/Tournament-of-Cookbooks Food52, a website and online community launched about a month ago by Amanda Hesser (ex–New York Times food editor) and Merrill Stubbs, celebrates the "unsung heroes" of the food world: home cooks. There's a growing database of use... Cookbooks Blogs News Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:42:27 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/7/Tournament-of-Cookbooks Emily McKenna http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/7/The-Eater-Goes-National-Party You don’t need me to tell you that Eater, the obsessive restaurant website that knows more about most places than their owners and chefs do, has recently gone national. All my friends read it at least a dozen times daily (“I’ve alre... Blogs Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:41:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/7/The-Eater-Goes-National-Party Kate Krader http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/24/Cooking-Minestrone-with-the-Stove-Off Retained-heat cooking has been around for ages, but I just discovered the idea by accident. Last Sunday, my son had a soccer game that took us out of the house from 3:45 until 6 p.m.—prime cooking hours. I had a Parmesan rind on hand, so I deci... Cooking Recipes Blogs Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:04:38 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/24/Cooking-Minestrone-with-the-Stove-Off Michelle Shih http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/18/An-Unexpected-Benefit-of-Compost My family started composting in our backyard last year, and this summer, my husband scattered some of the resulting soil in the bed where we plant thyme, basil, parsley and sage. A few weeks later, out sprouted two big, leafy plants we didn't rec... Cooking Blogs Ingredients Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:04:15 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/18/An-Unexpected-Benefit-of-Compost Michelle Shih http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/2/Yelping-for-Discounts Bad reviews posted on a website like yelp.com or urbanspoon.com can be the death of a restaurant, while glowing reviews can triple business. In an effort to generate more positive buzz, Mel’s Drive-In on Mission Street in San Francisco is doing... Menus Blogs News Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:14:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/2/Yelping-for-Discounts Jen Murphy http://172.31.0.189/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://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/28/The-New-Sort-of-KidFriendly-Food Grace Parisi http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/15/Le-Bernardins-Amazing-Vermont-Cheese I spotted an unusual cheese on both of Le Bernardin’s tasting menus recently: la faisselle. When I asked about it, I discovered that it's a soft, creamy cheese handmade exclusively for the restaurant by the Vermont Butter & Cheese Compa... Blogs Menus Restaurants Ingredients Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:17:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/15/Le-Bernardins-Amazing-Vermont-Cheese Jen Murphy http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/25/Food--Wine--Etsy Today on Etsy.com, the world's largest online market for all things handmade, F&W's amazing style editor, Jessica Romm, picks out some great things to buy for a clambake, including nautical-themed items like this sailboat (left). Over the... Entertaining Design Blogs Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:07:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/25/Food--Wine--Etsy Emily Kaiser http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/16/Posh-Poutine Grub Street and Eater.com are all over New York City's of-the-minute food trend: haute poutine, dressed up versions of the beloved Quebecois junk food of french fries, gravy and cheese curds. The latest NYC poutine spotting comes via a Tweet by F... Blogs Chefs Restaurants News Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:09:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.189/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/16/Posh-Poutine Ratha Tep