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First Aired - 12/14/2010 12:00PM
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This week on Cooking Issues, Dave addresses the growing concern over Nastassia's lack of on-air time and Nastassia responds with...well, a little bit more on-air time than usual! Dave finished last week's question on egg substitutes, and also ponders what pigs milk might taste like. He also explores rice cooking techniques, coffee extraction and nixtamalization. Tune in and find out why in the world Dave wants to become a Mexican grandmother one day! This episode was sponsored by Tekserve & The Lower East Side Ecology Center's "E-Waste Events". Find out everything you need to know about recycling your old electronics by clicking here!
An 1836 lithograph of tortilla production in rural Mexico.
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Cooking Issues Introduction (14:57)
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Dave Arnold, Cooking Issues, Nastassia Lopez, Tekserve, E-Waste Event, Dave will be preparing and eating only raw food for a week, a fan email suggests Dave should go raw vegan, Dave accepts the challenge, Dave would rather eat nothing than eat separately from his family, question about egg substitutes, xanthan gum, eggs contain a good bit of fat, makes it taste better in baking, lecithin, you CAN buy soy lecithin, you will get back a lot of the same properties you would get in an egg, modified cellulose product, can you drink alcohol on a raw food diet?, Pure Food, biodynamic wine, people into organics never do blind taste tests,Pigs Milk & Rice Cooking Technique (14:59)
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email question:, why not pigs milk?, there is cheese from all other types of milk, when a pig gives birth you use that milk to feed the piglets, the pig then stops lactacting, pigs unlike other animals are meat machines, they are not multi use animals, pigs don't produce nearly the amount of milk that other animals do, basmati rice, rink soak and drain rice before cooking, other recipes tell you never to do this, every culture has their own style of rice and rice cooking techniques, enriched rice sometimes has nutrients dusted on, rinsing would remove nutrients,Aerobie Coffee Machines, Meausing Coffee Extraction & Nixtamalization (17:43)
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what defines an espresso?, Espresso: The Chemistry of Coffee, Aerobie coffee machine, what is extracted at varying temperatures?, brewing kinetics are extremely complicated, refractometer measuring coffee extraction, total dissolve solids meter, alkalinity, myard reactions, calcium hydroxide, nixtamalization is the reason people from America are not dead, nixtamalize corn, nixtamalizing, put calcium hydroxide in water with dry corn, heat it for a while and let it steep, makes it easier to mill and grind, tortilla production, Dave's life long goal is to become a Mexican grandmother,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/15/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy and Ray sat down with Jon Lundbom (of importer B. United), Ben Granger (of beer retailer Bierkraft), & Mike Cadoux (of Peak Organic Brewery).
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Italian Craft Beer & Pouring Techniques (17:15)
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Beer Sessions, Heritage Radio Network, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Great Brewers, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Tom Peters, Philly Beer Week, Jon Lundbom, B United, Ben Granger, Bierkraft, there is no purity law in Germany, Italian beer, the craft beer scene in Italy got started in 1996, Slow Food movement, terroir, using local ingredients in beer making, local beers reflecting local food, www.bunitedint.com, Piccolo Birrificio, Bierkraft is one of the best beer stores in New York, www.bierkraft.com, Baladin, craft beer has come a long way, there is no pretention in the beer business, Bierkraft is in Park Slope, Batemans Brewery, XXXP, other good retail beer shops?, New Beer, Thrifty American Beverage, Spuyten Duyvil, you can now drink in Bierkraft!, ideal bar crew, hold the glass close to the sprout, dont get too much head, English don't like any head, Belgians and Germans insist on a lot of head, you want an inch of foam at the top of a Belgian wheat beer, on an English IPA there should be very little head, how do you train somebody to pour beer?, growlers take practice, how often should you clean lines?, every few weeks, Birra del Borgo,A Listener Question: Energetic Beer? (17:54)
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The Kinks, Ray Davies, Mugsy's Chow Chow, Sunswick 3535 Bar, Belgian Beer Fest, listener question: energetic beer recommendation?, beer isn't meant to keep you awake, beer made with espresso and coffee, Peak Organic Brewery, Portland Maine, www.peakbrewing.com, Espresso Amber Ale, breakfast beer, Coffee By Design, caffeinated beer, there is a great beer culture in Portland Maine, Allagash, winters are tough in Maine, Peak Organic has no merchandise, tanker service, De Dolle Brouwers,Italian Craft Beers & Beer Gone Viral (15:43)
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Great Brewers Test, learn about the origins of beer, when did beer start?, beer is the reason man settled down, ideal vegetarian diet, Dave Brodrick, Italian beers are very expensive, scale of operation in Italy, single person operations, Italian tax code hasn't gotten up to speed with the movement, Scandanavian beers are expensive too, Giovanni Campari, Ducato, it's easy to make a beer that tastes like an ingredient, educational component to the beer industry, beer can be viral, Blue Moon, in Bavaria wheat beers have more Co2, all organic grain, IPAs, some less educated drinkers call them eepa's, www.peakbrewing.com, tomorrow night at Blind Tiger: Great Divide Brewing Company, Thursday at The Gate: Founders Night, Mondays: liquids of interest at d.b.a., www.meatopia.org, Meatopia, Governors Island,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/16/2012 12:00PM
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This week on The Main Course, Patrick Martins is talking coffee with Ed Kaufmann, the Director of Roasting at Joe Coffee. Tune into this episode to learn about each step of the coffee supply chain, and how quality is affected at each link in the chain. Learn about the roasting process from the master himself! Find out how caffeine levels vary between expensive and inexpensive cups of Joe. How do experts like Ed determine the quality of a roast? Learn about New York City as an innovative coffee city in the U.S., and hear Ed's top five coffee shops in the city! What is coffee's role in the restaurant world, and why are more people in the service industry paying attention to quality beans? Get educated on this week's installment of The Main Course. This program has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.
"If you just had an awesome meal and the best-tasting dessert, and then you have an awful shot of espresso to warm you up on your way home- it can ruin your whole meal" [30:40] -- Ed Kaufmann on The Main Course
"If you just had an awesome meal and the best-tasting dessert, and then you have an awful shot of espresso to warm you up on your way home- it can ruin your whole meal" [30:40] -- Ed Kaufmann on The Main Course
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The News with Patrick Martins (6:51)
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James Beard, Helen Hollyman, Paul McCartney, Martin Short, Connecticut shooting, Saturday Night Live, NRA, gun control, hunter's rights, unions,Ed Kaufmann, Master Roaster (36:13)
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Joe, Director of Roasting, espresso, chai, sourcing, forager, roasting coffee beans, barista, Ed Kaufmann, sharing coffee, Paris, milk, enjoyment, caffeine, Folger's, low-quality, arabica, coffee growers, soil content, pruning, green coffee, New York City, Steve Jenkins, olive oil, tomatoes, locavores, imported, 9th Street Espresso, Starbuck's, deli, expensive, freshness, grind, origin, Seattle, brew to order, wine list, Cafe Grumpy, bitters, Stumptown, Red Hook, The Breslin, Third Rail, Variety, traceable, fair, brewing temperature, Mr. Coffee, cappuccino, oxidize, Eleven Madison Park, free association, Juan Valdez, Napa wines, Alice Waters, Good Food Awards, food production, coffee tasting, Ethiopia, the Brew Doctor,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
