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First Aired - 12/01/2009 06:30PM
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On this week's Why We Cook, Erica casts a lens on exotic oil varieties, explaining their origins, their extraction methods, and how to best use them in your dishes.
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Behold the Winter Squash (9:15)
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unseasonably warm weather, hard shell squashes, kabocha, delicata, varieties, delicata easiest to cook no peeling, roast your squashes, high vitamin A content, vital part of winter cooking, Erica's old days as a line cook, butternut squash, pumpkin seed oil, pumpkins brought from Europe, pumpkin growing flourished in Austria, www.hayriver.net, orgnic American-grown pumpkin seed oil,Seed and Nut Oils (12:18)
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only recently has an American producer begun making pumpkin seed oil, color of pumpkin seed oil changes depending on how much of it you're looking at, dichroomatism, pumpkin oil expensive to produce, intensely nutty flavor and smell, health benefits of pumpkin seeds, loses its nutritional quality if heated, Argan Oil, Argan Oil eaten and sold in Morocco for thousands of years, Argan tree dissappearing, Argan seed oil very delicate and expensive, very high in vitamin E,High Heat Cooking Oils (10:59)
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high smoke points, good for cooking, olive oil suffers when you heat it, loses health benefits, if you're cooking something in high heat you want an oil with a high smoke point, commodity crops, grape seed oil, clean and neutral can be paired with other strong flavors, grape seed oil thin and light texture, grape seed oil great for making popcorn, grape seed oil great for damaged skin around the eyes, also good for shaving, also very good for itchy feet, avocado oils, pressed from the fruit of the avocado not the pit, smoke point of 500 degrees, macadamia nut oil,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/01/2009 04:00PM
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On this week's ATR, Erin speaks with molecular cocktail guru Eben Freeman.
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Week In Wine Recap (3:15)
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At The Root of It, Erin Fitzpatrick, Roberta's, Week in Wine Recap, heritage turkey, Loire Valley, France, crop report, great 2009 vintage, across the board in Europe, yields are slightly lower than 2008, market feed, wine world is shrinking, global consumption is falling, EU, new compensation scheme, Hearst Ranch,Eben Freeman Explains The Second Golden Age Of The Cocktail In Asia (13:42)
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Eben Freeman, bartender, Asia, New York, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, wine business abroad, there is a lot of development in Asia, casinos, transference of celebrity chef kingdom to Asia, corporate structure, the second golden age of the cocktail, the first golden age was before prohibition, conditions are similar, tough economic times, downturn in business in the United States, The Singapore Sling, Indonesia, molecular mixology, Wiley Dufresne, the bartender should adapt his vocabulary to that of the chef, WD 50, Sam Mason, cryovac machine, the bar is not just a place where you put customers before you seat them,Asian Flavor Differences & Cocktail All Stars (13:38)
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Hearst Ranch, Thailand, starfruit, cultural history, spicy cuisine, bitter flavors, adapting drinks, Asian culture is very complex, fresh fruit, natural sweetness, Cocktail All Stars, balanced product, ingredients, Japanese, strategic events, entering new markets, hotels, creating excitement through events, introducing flavors, pop up events, Ryan Fitzgerald, San Francisco, London, Sydney, wine cocktails, sustainable produce, locally sourced food, local noodle bars,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/30/2009 02:00PM
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Fleishers & Alan Astor
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Snacky Tunes Jingle & Opening Song (4:16)
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Snacky Tunes Jingle By Wallpaper, Finger On The Pulse, Jack Inslee, Wreck Tech,Clean Meat With The Applestones of Fleisher's (9:24)
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gross rainy gray Monday, today is cyber Monday, the modern Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Alan Astor, Roberta's, The Applestones, Fleisher's, how to handle proteins, pork, chicken, meat, butchering, cooking at home, how to defrost meat, not on your countertop, the best way is keeping at a cool temperature, refrigerator is the best, or put it in cold water, below 40 degrees, sustainably raised meat, free range, ethically slaughtered, hormones and antibiotics, Kingston, The Hudson Valley, local dairy, local produce, organic kids!, pasture raised, seasonality, lamb, poultry, sausage, nose to tail philosophy, whole animal cooking, marrow bones, marrow butter, soap, candles, pastries, deep fried turkeys, french fries, ox tails, beef cheeks, HACCP plan, jowels, guanicale, lamb loin, www.ifc.com/dinnerwiththeband,Music Break (3:39)
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Eating With Your Eyes & Whole Animal Cooking (10:05)
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weather, mood, case work, butcher, making raw meat look like candy, plating, eating with your eyes, presentation, the difference between sustainable and commodity meat is unbelievable, thinking of meat like wine, teroir, carrot tops, onion skins, pork skin gnocchi, braised pork skin, ground beef, steers, steak has always been expensive, tongue, mythology, Sizzler, steak used to be a rarity, USDA prime, factory farming, the big change happened after WW2, industrial slaughterhouses, feed lots, breeding programs, self selective, Long Island,DJ Never Forget Live Set (8:15)
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Alan Astor Interview (6:52)
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Alan Astor, www.alanastor, Lauren Flax, The Dark Room, Dubai, Summer to Winter mixtape, Jet Phoenix, DJs Are Not Rockstars, KWVA, Pitchfork, Fantastic Fantasy, the transition from rock to dance music,Alan Astor Live Set (12:02)
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Alan Astor Live Set 2 (4:20)
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