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First Aired - 03/05/2013 05:00PM
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NYC Beer week is over and we're here for a whole new show with guests James Tai, Ben Granger from Beirkraft, Avanish Vellanki of Independence Brewing Company and a pre-recorded interview with Norman Sinclair of Orkney Brewery. Tune in for everything from pork and beer pairings to anecdotes about beer in India. Discover how Independence Brewing Company is working hard to change the way beer is enjoyed in India and acting as a true advocate for craft beer worldwide. Later in the show, learn about the work Norman Sinclair is doing with Orkney Brewery in Scotland. This program was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com
"The drinking culture [in India] is not one where people casually sit down to savor a beer. If you're drinking a beer, you're gonna pound it down. The strong beer category has taken off in India for that reason. We're trying to [...] show people that craft beer and the varieties that go along with it are so tremendous, complex and varied that they deserve to be savored like any gourmet food." [22:00]
--Avanish Vallenki of Independence Brewing Company on Beer Sessions Radio
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Pork & Beer! (18:37)
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GreatBrewers.com, NYC Beer Week, James Tai, BeerAcolyte, Ben Granger, Bierkraft, fermentation space, draft lines, India, Pune, Møsefund Mangalitsa, pork and beer pairing, Heidi Normand, pork belly, braising, crowd sourcing,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/13/2011 12:00PM
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This week's discussion on A Taste of the Past focuses on curry, one of the most widley used - and misused - terms in the culinary lexicon. Joining Linda is Colleen Taylor Sen, a food historian and journalist specializing in the cuisine of India. Linda and Colleen trace the history of curry, from the East India Trading Company to British fast food chains. Tune in and learn what should and shouldn't be considered curry and how curry leaves differ from curry powder. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery. For more information visit www.cainfive.com
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A Taste of the Past: Colleen Taylor Sen (20:14)
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Heritage Radio Network, A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio, Cain Five, Cine Vineyard & Winery, www.cainfive.com, Colleen Taylor Sen, food historian and journalist, author of Food and Culture in India, kari, curry as any dish made with curry powder, curry leaves grow wild in India, South Indian restaurants, madras curry powder, curry powder need not necessarily use the leaf, first commercial curry powder was 1739, produced in Britain, health benefits of curry powder, turmeric, curry is the national dish in Britain, sold everywhere, Indian food has never caught on in the US like it has in Britain, East India Trading Company, black pepper trade, first great multi national corporation, Columbian exchange, Indonesian dutch food, Currywurst, Vietnamese curry powder, Indian food can be very labor intensive, Indian fast food, ready made curries, global trend towards spicier food, Thai curries, Japanese curry, 40% of the population Trinidad is Indian, Jamaican goat curry, what is the greatest myth about curry,Curry: A Global History (11:58)
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misconceptions about Indian food, ordering off the menu can be daunting, most people only order 4 dishes, tandoori chicken, naan, different styles of Indian restaurants, regional Indian restaurants are rare in the US, Bengali food, many restaurants are owned and staffed by Bangladesh, differences between bland and pungent and spicy food, it's hard to generalize by region, Madras curry means it's pretty spicy, the word curry is appearing more on restaurant menus, Bunny chow,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 09/30/2010 12:00PM
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This week on A Taste of the Past Linda talks salt, pepper, and spice: currency, commodity, and culinary aid. Author and culinary historian Michael Krondl breaks down the roles that specific spices played in their respective empires; the English and Dutch colonies that were built to trade it, Venice as a spice-stuffed world financial hub, and how many peppercorns made a nickel. Plus Krondl reveals that the cinnamon in your cupboard is an impostor. This episode was sponsored by Fairway: like no other market.
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A Taste of the Past Introduction: Some Spicy History (20:15)
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A Taste of the Past, Heritage Radio Network, Linda Pelaccio, Fairway Market, Michael Krondl, spices, preserving meat, The Taste of Conquest, salt, most imported spices were grown in India or Indonesia, from Arab middlemen to Europeans who marked them up, something $1 per pound in India eventually became up to $22, peppergrower's plantation, saving pepper for a rainy day, nutmeg trade, pepper trade, spice trade with China from India, porcelain, blue and white pottery, originally Chinese, in, England,More on the History of Spice Michael Krondl (17:16)
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religion, Portuguese fought for Christianity and fought out infidels, trade ships with priests on board, Dutch West India Company, Sri Lanka, East India Company, clothes and pepper, some of the largest wholesalers of spices are still in Holland, spice route map, changed over the centuries, peppercorns, pepper was used as currency, it became a middle class thing, the thing we call cinnamon is not actually cinnamon it's cassia, Cannella is true cinnamon, the price of spices has risen, people are more aware of where spices come from, more spice is being used in food by industry, medicinal spice, don't chew peppercorn for medical purposes!, we take every day spices for granted, it's hard to imagine cooking without spice, nutmeg,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
