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First Aired - 08/22/2012 04:00PM
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On an informative and conversational episode of The Speakeasy, Damon Boelte is joined by friend and fellow bartender Aaron Polsky or Neta and Amor & Amargo. Damon and Aaron talk shop and discuss classic cocktail variations and the use of lower ABV spirits including Soju and Sherry. How can cocktails and food live in harmony? What does it mean to mess around with classic cocktail formats? Tune in for a great conversation on interesting drinks, customized bars and innovative bartending. This program was sponsored by Heritage Meat Shop.
"At Neta it's important for us to create drinks that go with food. The great thing about Soju is that its a distillate that has 25% alcohol. You can make cocktails [with Soju] that are significantly lower in ABV and go better with food."
"If you're a bar - stand behind what you are and what you do!"
"Nobody knows the drinks better than the bar staff and nobody knows the food better than the chef. Why not work very closely together to make that ideal relationship between the two?"
--bartender Aaron Polsky on The Speakeasy
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First Aired - 11/15/2011 12:00PM
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This week on Cooking Issues Dave Arnold vows to have corn nuts make a comeback and to wean you off that terribly bland deli turkey this turkey season. From recounting his science and cooking lectures at Harvard and the 2011 Eater Awards to exotic corn products from Peru this is an episode not to miss. Learn about DIY hacks for apirators, the benefits of super freezers, and Dave's
thesis on making the perfect french fry. This episode is sponsored by The Modernist Pantry.
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Nuts and Bratwurst (13:50)
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Cooking Issues, Nastassia Lopez, Eater Awards, milk soup, Columbian soup, corn nuts, Harvard, Harold McGee, Fishbone, sausage, soy protien, bratwurst, tenderize, circulator, frozen taste, deli turkey, Heritage Foods, Patrick Martins, JB Prince, sauce funnel, Modernist Pantry, indie Jesus,Peruvian Delicacies (16:36)
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unpopped kernel, widows, fried Peruvian corn, Peru, unwashed goat fur, naturally freeze dried potatoes, EIY style, Modernist Cuisine, aspirating nozzle, reductions, roto vap, DIY hacks, distillate, circulator pump, super freeze, turkey, sushi, Del Posto,Tannins and the Atwater System (18:51)
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CLR, persimmon, tannin, tannin reaction, tea, spinners, apples, garlic, Ariel Davis, limes, kombu, Russet potato, starch, French Fries, Nathan Mhyrvold, ultrasonic bath, french fry sizes, salt, salting, searing, turducken, butcher's twine, Wylie Dufresne, Atwater System, vegan, corn oil,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/13/2009 04:00PM
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On this week's At the Root of It, Erin brings us an interview and tasting from the field with Tal Nadari of Bols Genever. The pair talk about the history of genever, its flavor profiles, and what to expect from Bols Genever in the future.
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Genever: Origins and Exportation (10:39)
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Tal Nadari, Bols Genever, authentic spirits, established in Amsterdam in 1575, distillery in heart of Amsterdam, distilled liquors, origins of curacao, brandy, grain distillation, rye, wheat, corn, barley, malt wine, Dutch ruled the seas with East India Company, 400 years ago that East India Company with Henry Hudson discovered New York, without genever gin would not exist, what is the definition of gin?, genever has its own AOC category like a bordeaux, Bols Genever: Best New Spirit at Tales of the Cocktail, October 2008: Bols Genever relaunched in US, malt wine is the heart of genever,The Bols Genever Aroma Distillate Kit (12:44)
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Tal Nadari, Bols Genever, spirits, John Collins, Holland Gin, the real cocktail: genever sugar water and bitters, versatility of genever, American cocktail movement reverting back towards classics, aroma kit, featured botanicals inside the genever, juniper berry distillate, genever often reminiscent of grappa, genever is somewhere between whiskey and gin, different genever recipes,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
