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First Aired - 02/15/2011 12:00PM
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You've got issues - Dave's got answers. Tune into the latest episode of Cooking Issues for help with topics such as tempering chocolate and cooking authentic French macaroons at home. Learn more about okra, nopales and almond paste and also hear Dave get stumped on air for the very first time! Also tune in to hear a heartbreaking Valentine's Day rejection story. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch - the nations largest single source supplier of grassfed and grass finished beef.
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Cooking Issues Introduction: Food And Drink Museum & Tempering Chocolate (19:06)
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Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold, Nastassia Lopez, Heritage Radio Network, sympathy carnations, Dave's first successful Valentine's day was when he was 20, preserved lemons, indian lime pickles, salt curing citrus, Museum of Food and Drink, fundraiser Sunday March 27th, $250, 5 hour extravaganza, Del Posto, Wiley Dufrense, caveman food, Mark Ladner, ancient Rome, Nils Noran, fad diets, Cesare Casella, shriveled meat, Carlo Mirarchi, New York food circa early 1900s, Brooks Headly, Hebrew food and Italy, Christina Tossi, space food, Audrey Saunders, Thomas Waugh, Pernot Ricard, Damon Boelte, David Chang, http://mofad.eventbrite.com, tempering chocolate in the microwave, type 4 beta prime crystals, The Science of Chocolate,In Defense of Okra (11:59)
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caller question, nitrous infusion, what would happen with honey or scented syrup?, cloudy water affect, water and ethanol, heating it up increases solubility, okra, nopales, extracting the slime, commercially used cactus based thickening agents, thickening,Funky D & Macaroons! (14:36)
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authentic French macaroons, how to accomplish the flat polished look, try use a finer grade of sugar, deflate your egg whites, if the oven is too hot it will puff up and collapse too fast, leave your oven door ajar, ground almond paste and sugar with egg whites, the word macaroon came from macaroni, coconut was added later, double decker macaroons, fat content in almonds, almond paste, food science, Dave USES science to make food, The Curious Cook, Harold McGee, you need friends in the food world, eat as much as you can, Dave will be starting his own consulting company on March 1st,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/16/2010 12:00PM
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This week on Cooking Issues Dave and Nastassia attempt to reach out to a community of listeners with cooking issues. This week they talk Szechuan peppercorns versus Szechuan buttons, what to do and NOT to do with Xantham Gum, and how to minimize the tannin-y acrid overtones of some homemade walnut liquor. This episode was sponsored by Cabot Cheese of Vermont, Dairy Farm Family owned since 1919
Szechuan peppercorns
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Cooking Issues Introduction: (17:51)
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caller question, Vietnamese egg soda, soda cooks the egg?, how does it foam up so much, sweetened condensed milk, egg yolk doesn't get cooked in this procedure, low temperature cooking, sous vide highly marbleized meat, wagyu beef, marbling, searing before and after, ISI whip cream makers, read more at cookingissues.com, nitrous oxide, pressurizing, quick infusions, raw chocolate, if somebody sends dave a raw chocolate bar that he enjoys he will only eat raw food for a week,Szechuan peppercorns & Immersion Circulators (15:58)
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Szechuan peppercorns, a little bit of mouth cooling, Szechuan buttons, so strong that it tastes like you put your tongue on a car battery, vinegar soda poured over fig, immersion circulator, safety override, don't go into calibration mode and change the temperature,Xanthan gum, Walnut Liqour & Mummy Dust (15:37)
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Xanthan gum, don't snort it!, not a good straight substitute for agar, complex sugar, walnut liquor, pungent astringentness, American persimmon, there a few strains of walnut in California with skins that have low tannin levels, try doing the liquor with ISI, clarifying pineapple juice, proteolytic enzymes, is sous vide a fad?, greatest pomalogical reference, ground up mummy's used to be used as medicine, mummy dust, mummy pea,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/24/2010 12:00PM
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This week on Cooking Issues Dave and Nastassia tackle a bevy of questions and add some sage advice on all-you-can-eat restaurants for good measure. Dave helps a new college student sans kitchen (or even a hotplate) by explaining how to smelt metal in her microwave (seriously), and lends a hand to a fledgling food writer. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch: purveyors of grass-fed beef from the coast of California.
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Cooking Issues: Pot Roast Sous Vide, Career Advice & Smelly Chicken (15:00)
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Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold, Nastassia Lopez, email question, how do you cook in a dorm room?, induction burners are totally safe and should be allowed, you might have to convince th RA, Westinghouse Turkey Oven, sous vide cooking, immersion circulator, allows you to heat water to an accurate temperature, you can achieve stunning results in a small amount of space, you don't need to vacuum seal you can use ziplock bags, don't make your own or buy one on Ebay, silicon carbide sharpening stones, put them in the microwave, those blocks will be glowing red hot, they absorb microwaves, you can smelt metal, they become searing stones, caller question on sous vide pot roast, sometimes used circulators aren't the best, grass fed beef, cook for 2 days at 62 degrees, 60 degrees celcius for 48 to 50 hours on a short rib, career question, how can one get a job as a reasearcher?, writing is a good way to start, consultancy work, high tech catering opportunities, heritage chicken that smells sulfuric, is it safe to eat?, the bag is still tight, give it a quick drip rinse in water or some vinegar, don't serve food that makes you nervous to other people, Nastassia was scared to eat the bear that Dave cooked,Herb Grinders, Aunt Ruby German Green Tomato & Staying Away From Open Bar (15:00)
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using a weed grinder to grind herbs instead of a mortar and pestle, freezing immulsion based sauce, last week New York Magazine gave Dave the shaft, they wrote up about his favorite tomaro, Aunt Ruby German Green Tomato, now it's completely sold out, the German Stripe was the 2nd best tomato listed, Stokes Farm, different tomato varities taste different based on where they are grown, it all depends on the farmer, heirloom tomatoes, Handbook of Hydrocolloids, very technical book, Dave recommends Hydrocolloids: Practical Guides for the Food Industry, Eagan Press, Dave tries to avoid all you can eat and open bar situations,More On Ice & Cocktails (15:00)
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how do you get a date with the hammer?, Dave says don't bother, stay away, how does larger ice affect how long a drink stays cold, it will get more diluted due to surface area, you don't win with smaller ice, when you are stirring a cocktail it takes a long time for the cocktail to get to an equilibrium point, size of ice matters most in stirring, nobody stirs a drink until it reaches its temperature plateau, chilling and dilution are linked, ice cubes from the freezer chills the drink a little bit before it melts, freezer ice cubs get the drink a half a degree colder, check cookingissues.com for a blog post on ice tests, thanks to Hearst Ranch,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
