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First Aired - 02/16/2010 06:00PM
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This week is all about Asian food traditions for new year celebrations, both lunar and Gregorian.
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Why We Cook Introduction: Tet! (15:26)
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Why We Cook, Erica Wides, Heritage Radio Network, Cotton Tree Lodge, lunar new year, Chinese new year, Tet, Vietnam, Streets International, Vietnam War, Tet Offensive, Mardi Gras, Carnivale, President's Day, Olympics, America's Cup Sailing Race, Westminster Dog Show, Valentine's Day, Korea, Tet is supposed to be the beginning of Spring, most famous food in Veitnam for Happy New Year is Banh Tet, ground pork, sticky rice, banana leaves, Banh refers to bready foods,Food Traditions for the Lunar New Year (9:24)
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Asian lunar new year, sticky rice cakes, kumquat, small oranges, kumquat trees are given as gifts, they look like gold coins and represent money, the tree is bountifully fruited, blooming peach blossoms, melon seed, watermelon seed, red is the official auspicious color of good luck, preserved fruit, ancestors, you should not eat duck during Tet, it brings you bad luck, shrimp, you cannot throw out leftover food until after the 4th day, Korea is simpler, they eat a special new years soup, sliced white rice cakes, topped with colorful garnishes, scallions, dried nori, sliced up hard boiled egg, sesame seed, Korean dumplings, the soup must be eaten on New Year's Day, white is the color of purity in food, Banh Tet,Japanese Gregorian New Years Traditions (6:13)
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leave a comment on the show!, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Japanese switched to the Gregorian calander, seaweed, fish cake, mashed sweet potatos with chestnuts, gobo, sweetend black soybeans, osechi, many dishes traditionally sour, salted, or dried, stores closed during the new year, multi-course meals, women in Japan aren't supposed to do any work a few days after new years, mochi, Streets International,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/04/2009 03:00PM
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This week on Why We Cook, Erica turns her attention to Eggplant and the history of the much maligned vegetable. Also on the show, farmer Lee Jones.
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Fried Eggplant Doesn't Taste Like Pizza! (9:17)
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eggplant, seasonality, Long Island, teaching, vegetables, electric skillet, deep fried eggplant, food snob, green markets, purple Italian eggplants, Turkish eggplant, ichiban, Kermit, thai curry, fish stew, charming anecdote,The Much Maligned Eggplant: Cooking Techniques (12:58)
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eggplant is technically a berry, the French call eggplant Aubergine, eggplant has nothing to do with eggs, eggplant is native to India and Southeast Asia, originally thought to be poisonous, eggplant is an example of why we were meant to cook, nightshade, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, tobacco, and Deadly Nightshade, bitterness, caramelized sugar, eggplant contains nicotine, twenty pounds of eggplant contain the amount of nicotine in one cigarette, toxins, raw, salt and drain, salting pulls out moisture, modern cultivators, breeding out bitterness, babaganoush, sautee, roasting, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil and tahini, and a pinch of salt, fried, greek eggplant salad, Baingan Bartha, peppers, tomatoes and zucchini, nori, scallions, farmers market, steamed, mushroom, moisture, vegetables contain a lot of water, microwave, white miso, mirin, the first cultivated varieties were white and yellow,Interview with Lee Jones of the Chef’s Garden in Ohio (11:15)
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Lee Jones, varieties, chef's garden, farm, carefully nurtured vegetables, sustainable, 65 varieties of tomato, roasted, curried eggplant soup, coconut milk, puree, farmers, compost, we eat with our eyes, Casper, Little Fingers, biodegradable black plastic, drip tape, environmentally friendly, weeds, home garden, absorption rate, saturation, roots, evaporation, baby carrots, different preparations, don't compost blight-affected produce, spores will stay to affect future crops, blight, spores,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/18/2009 05:00PM
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Tracy Ryder and Carole Toplian and a talk with organic farming expert Elliot Coleman.
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Welcome to Edible Communities with Tracy Ryder and Carole Toplian (14:07)
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Edible Communities, Launched Spring 2001, independent publications, local staff, 15 million readership, Passalong rate estimated at 3 people per issue, Consistency as formula for success, www.EdibleCommunites.com, Farmers, retailers, fisherman, ranchers, readers, recipes, community, photography, Publications throughout the US and Canada, Network of 55 regional food magazines, quality content,New Media and Social Networking (7:27)
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1 million web visitors a month, each publication as a resource for travelers and locals, no shared content between publications, writers, Edible Nation column and blog links all publications, twitter, facebook, phenomenon,Book Talk (8:04)
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book divided by regions and season, local food heroes, Release March 2010, 75 recipes from across the US, Martha's Vineyard, Scallops have eyes, recipes, bound, print, travel, photography, backroads, oxen, John Wiley Sons Publications,Elliot Coleman and Year Round Growing (7:58)
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New Book: The Winter Harvest Handbook, Four Seasons Harvest, year round growing, temperate zones, latitude location connect continents, market farmers in Europe, watering patterns, recyclable hydration, water conservation, dedication, stubbornness, Winter, greenhouse, Harbor side Maine,Elliot Coleman's Winter Harvest Handbook (7:32)
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Winter planting and eating, leafy greens, prefer cool moist climate, Asian greens, Swiss Chard, California weed known as Miner's lettuce, French Winter Corn Salad, Spinach is best winter green, vegetables, Arugula, scallions, low cost operation, www.FourSeasonFarm.com, high potential,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
