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First Aired - 10/12/2010 06:30PM
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This week on Why We Cook, Erica has a special guest in the studio - Pastry Chef and Culinary Instructor Chad Pagano. Erica and Chad talk about all things related to baking, including sugar varieties, the shelf life of flour and how egg quality really DOES matter. This episode was sponsored by Egglands Best, in support of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Fresh Fruit Tart using Pastry Cream (recipe based on one from a class by chef Chad Pagano) via Pretty Tasty Cakes
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Why We Cook: Pastry Chef Pagano (12:39)
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Erica Wides, Why We Cook, Heritage Radio Network, Egglands Best, Chad Pagano, pastry chef, Institute of Culinary Eductation, Chad served oversees, he was in the US Army, Erica started out in pastry, she also went to art school, sculptural side of pastry, Erica loves using up scraps and leftovers, thrifty nature of cooking, baking, flour is perishable, sugar is also a flavor not just a sweetener, caramelization, ChefSmartyPants Radio Show,All About Baking & Pastries (10:20)
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pastry dough, Sucre, Sable, protein content, when we hydrate protein it becomes glutton, shortening, shortening glutton strans, eggs, backbone body and structure from the whites, richness and flavor from the yolks, all cooking is about is removing water from food, good quality eggs, you can taste the difference, also lends itself to better structure, airation, freshness is a huge factor with eggs, Kings of Pastry,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
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On the very first episode of Edible Brooklyn Radio, Rachel Wharton & Brian Halweil talk about the tradition of Jews eating Chinese Food on Christmas.
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Edible Brooklyn Radio Introduction: Jews, Chinese Food & Christmas (15:00)
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Rachel Wharton, Edible Brooklyn Radio, Fairway Market, Jews, Chinese food, Christmas, Brian Halweil, Edible Manhattan, Edible Brooklyn, Time Out Magazine, Village Voice, Rachel Blackwell, why is there such a long relationship between Jews and Chinese food on Christmas?, it makes Jews feel cosmopolitan, they can pretend it was kosher, because Chinese cuisine rarely has dairy, moo shu pork, Chinese food restaurants are open on Christmas, Buddhism, there is no indication of Christmas in the restaurants, Orthodox Jews sometimes eat pork, kosher cooking, Judaism is filled with exemptions, New York Jews, Peking duck, The Christmas Story, nobody can escape from Christmas, Christmas is a joke holiday, Pagan traditions, Chinatown, intensifying commercialism, Lazy Susan, smoked fish, Lox, Sable, Herring,Holiday Traditions: Cooking At Home or Eating Out (18:00)
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Fairway Market, cooking at home, eating out, Brazilian food, coquito, coqui, restaurant holiday menus, tradition, Thanksgiving at Tavern On The Green, farmers markets, the age of foodism, new food experiences, people want every event to be centered on food, the idea of sitting at home seem inferior, pork belly, elaborate presentation, the process of cooking becomes the backbone of the holiday, lamb shank, boiled eggs, outsourcing holiday meals, Pork For Passover, lefover matza balls boiled in bacon fat, Chinese food, Cantonese food, southern Chinese food, Dong Bai, Szechuan, James Joyce, Chinatown remains an exotic destination, culture shock, Peking Duck House, Pings, East Harbor, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Hong Kong Cantonese style restaurants,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/09/2010 12:00PM
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This week on The Naturalist Bernie sat down with frequent collaborator Carol Butler to discuss some fascinating aspects of mimicry in the animal world, specifically the domain of etymologists. Learn about the surprisingly complex sex life of butterflies, how moths get those scary eye patterns on their wings, and what exactly makes a cricket's testes so very big. This episode was sponsored by Acme Smoked Fish: a culinary mainstay in NYC for over 55 years.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Avoid the Eyes! (12:33)
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The Naturalist, Bernie Wides, Heritage Radio Network, sable, black cod, Mimicry, Batesian mimicry, predators learned which prey in the range were to be avoided, a lot of mimicry involves eye spots, moths in Costa Rica, eye spots on butterflies, caterpillars have eye spots on the back, butterfly metamorphosis, natural selection, hard wired response in a close encounter with a danger signal, eyes are to be avoided, insects bodies and beahvoirs are tuned to their social environment, field crickets attact females by rubbing fore wings together to make sound, males that can't sing lurk near crickets that sing,Sperm Competition & Plants (12:34)
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hearing chirping is like watching a porno for a cricket, when females mate with multiple males, sperm competition is common with a lot of critters, some males put in plugs to prevent other males from mating with a female butterfly, sperm competition in guppies, male guppies mate with females using courtship or sneak-mating, males that sneakily mate are less ornamental than the ones that court the female, sneak mating males have faster sperm than courtship males, the ejaculate of ladybird beetles, etymologists are wonderful people, male ladybird beetles transfer larger ejaculates or more sperm, does increased sperm mean a shift in allocation of resources or just more ejaculate?, ejaculate is made of sperm non-sperm ejaculate and spermataphore, studied manipulated condition of beetles, better condition ejaculated in larger proportion, animal pollinated plants have a complicated job, they have to attract a pollinator, they need to try and remain inconspicuous, seasonal timing of flowers, night flowering tobacco plant, attracts nocturnal hawk moths,Motivational Asymmetry: Why Some Males Try Harder (19:56)
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Rutgers University Press, Carol has a new book about Birds of Prey, How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?, motivational asymmetry, older butterflies might be more persistent in territories or younger butterflies might be more active, bet on the resident to win territorial contests, body size and age don't have any effect in terms of territory, butterflies establish territory in large sun spots, comparative studies, how does a butterfly act as a stranger in their territory?, mate locating behavior in butterflies and moths, perching or patrolling, territoriality, zebra butterflies, mate locating behavior of butterflies and moths, rate is when a male rests and watches for females at a sight and flies out to investigate, flating is when males fly around a mating site to wait for females, fleeking is when males fly further away to find a receptive female, flenting, they often fly far away to find a scent that the female emits, if you're ever in Seattle: take Route 2 to the Eastern Cascades, Carol says it's the most beautiful drive ever, Leavenworth, Bavarian theme,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
