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First Aired - 12/07/2010 06:30PM
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This week on Why We Cook, Erica defends ground meat. Not only is ground meat one of the more profitable ventures for small farmers, it can also be some of the most delicious and affordable meat. Tune in and re-live Erica's experiences working on a lamb farm, learn about Actomyosin and find out why you should never ever throw away that leftover crust after coking. This episode was sponsored by Fairway Market - like no other market.
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Why We Cook Introduction: Gound Meat (12:50)
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Erica Wides, Why We Cook, Chefsmartypants, Heritage Radio Network, Fairway Market, Grand Army Plaza Farmers Market, New Amsterdam Public Market, Brooklyn Food Shed Market, Atlantic Ave, we have many market options in NYC, fatty rich dark meat, ground pork, ground lamb, pigs bred for the Hapsburgs, descended from wild boar, heritage breeds, Heritage Foods USA, Erica ate a lot of ground beef growing up, grassfed burgers, fear of e coli, industrially raised cattle, line moves quickly, meat contamination from fecal matter, too fast too much too mechanized,Why Buy Ground? Erica's Experience on a Lamb Farm (9:08)
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ground meats can be very versatile, less expensive than whole cuts, profitable for small meat producers, Erica interned at a lamb farm, hosing down carcasses, they go from animals to meat very quickly, Erica stayed with the family, lamb is the best meat, seared patties, crusty and pink, lamb should be eaten medium rare, cauliflower with turmeric, burgerettes, meatballs, deglazed crust with white wine, tablespoon of heavy cream, sweedish meatball sauce, IKEA meatballs if they migrated to Sicily,Actin + Myosin = Actomyosin! (8:17)
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actin, myosin, gives meat its structure and shape, when you grind and mix it the actin & myosin combine to form actomyosin, creates webby glue that holds together the ground meat, bolognese sauce, always deglaze, don't throw out the crust!, Erica harvested her honey!, her bees ate a lot of the honey,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/08/2009 04:15PM
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This week, Nicole Slaven & Gaeleen Quinn host Steven Sadoff, owner of Ground Support, in SoHo, and Tara Berman, a consultant to the coffee, retail, and bakery industry, on The Caffeine Stream.
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Caffeine Stream Introduction (11:12)
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Nicole Slaven, Gaeleen Quinn, The Caffeine Stream, how does one differentiate their coffe shop, every bakery has coffee, rethinking the restaurant model, more than a coffee bar less than a restaurant, Steven Sadoff, Ground Support, Tara Berman, SoHo, rich history of creative and smart people, the pace of business in New York is so fast,Nicole & Gaeleen Taste Some Coffee From Roberta's (10:48)
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the sound of balance, budgeting, the specialty coffee customer is very educated, food enthsiasts, the smell of melting cheese, non coffee drinkers, creating the brand experience, varying amounts of milk, playing with different sized cups, ceramic and paper, the recipe for a small or large cappuccino,Specialty Coffee & Liqour Liscences (14:24)
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providing training and service, equipment, sales team, choosing your coffee roasting is like choosing a partner in business, speciality coffee, trusting the coffee shop, meat or milk infrastructure, technology, machines, beer and wine liscence, community customer base, making the transition into a beer and wine restaurant, the coffee market in New York, independant shops, expansion, additional shops, funding, how do you retain staff?, hospitality industry,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/23/2009 01:00PM
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Amy Kalafa of the film Two Angry Moms talks school lunches, Bob Frye stops by for an Obituary, Bonnie & Mary discuss their after-school arts program Step Right Up, plus Gwen of Roberta's and Mo Frechette!
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Amy Kafala and Her Film 'Two Angry Moms' (5:59)
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www.AngryMoms.org, childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes, fast food and junk food moving into the mainstream, prepackaged chicken nuggets, we spend $200 per person on health care, this generation of children will be the first in the nation's history to live shorter lives than their parents, Michelle Simon, Marion Nestle, CDC, local community activists, certified organic poultry and game farm, big food profits vs. children’s health, Americans spend 200 billion dollars a year in diet related health costs, Dean & Deluca, eliminating toxins in food can reverse obesity statistics, Amy Kafala,School Lunches with Amy Kalafa (6:07)
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school diet, school food in the 1970's was not great, but better than now, school food became a profit center for schools, districts were forced to sell chips and french fries because they were money makers, there is more profit to be had with junk food, trans fats, fewer whole vitamins, contaminated beef, beef, chicken & cheese, protein dense meals, school gardens are becoming more popular, the school environment is being examined, Susan Rubin, Pepsi Co, The Institute of Medicine,Teaching Kids to Garden & The Educational Food Revolution with Amy (14:07)
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Alice Waters, the fairy godmother of whole foods, The Colbert Report, The CDC sounded the alarm, Victory Garden, Michelle Obama, White House Garden, organic garden, if it doesn't sound like food, it ain't food, if your grandmother cannot recognize it, it's not food, Peninsula Restaurant, outside corporate caterers, nobody thought of children’s health, wellness committees, Eleanor Roosevelt, USDA, FDA, NYU, Atlanta,Bob Frye: Don Hewitt Obituary (11:05)
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Bob Frye, Former Executive Producer of ABC News, Don Hewitt, 60 Minutes, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, This Week Has Seven Days, BBC, Don was as important as Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, Leslie Stahl, 60 Minutes was a victim of it's own success, pressures of commercial television, Wall St. Journal, Don allowed journalists to go deep into a subject, a little meat on the bones is good for the meal,Bonnie & Mary of Step Right Up (4:25)
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after school program, step right up, theater, http://steprightupprogram.blogspot.com, fifth graders, pizza, nonprofit, education, Williamsburg elementary school, Arts For All, 97 Green St October 3rd, www.arts-for-all.org,Mo Frechette of Zingerman's Mail Order (6:24)
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, mail order, Zingerman's, shipping across America, FedEx, UPS, lobster, freshness issues, Columbia Record Club, shipping chargers, catalogs, brownies, bread, word of mouth, Mo Frechette,Gwen of Roberta's Talks About Urban Gardening (11:33)
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Roberta's, gardening, Gwen, public access format, open mic night, rooftop garden, basil, pizza chef, tomatoes, peppers, growing vegetables year round, don't let the vegetables freeze, broccoli, microclimate, Roberta's is exposed from it's industrial surroundings, seasonality, tomato blight, rodents, raccoons, white flies, slugs, white powder mold, white spots on the leaves of your plants, squash, rain, solar power, locavores, Midwest, summer crops, arugula,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
