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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 - 11/22/2011 03:00PM
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On today's THE FOOD SEEN, Aliya LeeKong brings her multi-national home (Indo-Pakistani, Tanzanian, Trinidad, Hong Kong) to the forefront through her video series, Exotic Table. Though she travels to far off lands like Turkey, Goa, and South Africa, she also finds flavor inspiration here Staten Island where a band of grandmothers run the kitchen at Enoteca Maria. Aliya is also the Culinary Creative Director at Junoon, a restaurant highlighting South Asian cuisine, where she blends spices as she does cultures. This episode was sponsored by Fairway Market.
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First Aired - 09/28/2011 11:00AM
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Mitchell Davis continues the exploration of taste on his show Taste Matters with guests Adam Rapoport of Bon Apetit Magazine and Ed Behr of The Art of Eating. Together they explain why grandmother's food isn't always the best and how Jewish food can sometimes taste underwhelming. They also discuss some magical food pairings, strange food idiosyncrasies and strong flavors. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.
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Taste Matters: Adam Rapoport & Ed Behr (17:12)
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Mitchell Davis, James Beard Foundation, Heritage Radio Network, Cain Vineyard & Winery, Adam Rapoport, Bon Apetit Magazine, Ed Behr, The Art of Eating, magazine, advertisements, print media, digital media, taste memories, flavors of the past, steakhouses, sustainability, agriculture, public health, hamburgers, Rosh Hashanah, family traditions, comfort, grandmother's food,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
