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First Aired - 01/13/2010 05:00PM
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Has fancy bacon killed vegetarianism? Find out on this week's episode of Brooklyn Eats.
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Brooklyn Eats Introduction: Fancy Bacon Has Killed Vegetarianism (15:41)
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vegetarians, McDonalds, Rebecca Marx, Edible Manhattan, vegequarian, pancetta, bacon, lardo, Brooklyn, everybody loves to put bacon in greens, cornbread, diabolical pairings, tofu and green peppers, sustainably raised meat, when is the off season for mangos?, ultra indulgent phase, mad cow disease, Scotland, industrial farming, New York has always been ahead of the curve, green market, Jack In The Box, beef, tomatoes, peanut butter, Diet For a Small Planet,Whole Animal Gimmickry & Chicken Slaughter (16:01)
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sustainable meat, whole animal, horse tastes like crappy steak, black bird, pig roasting, blogging, organic, food trends move quickly, breaded deep fried pigs trotter, carnivores, raising animals, turkey, overfed animals, removing innards, slaughtering, chickens, poultry, humanely raised meat, 99% of restaurants don't care where the meat comes from, ideals and morals, realities of cost, gimmickry,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/04/2010 01:00PM
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Today on Let's Eat In, Cathy Erway and guests try to decide which is sexier: sweetness or spice.
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Let's Eat In Introduction (15:19)
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Cathy Erway, Let's Eat In, Fariway Market, Heritage Radio Network, Roberta's, artisinal food, Mama O's Kimchee, www.kimcheerules.com/, Anarchy In A Jar, Kheedim Oh, cabbage, fruit, seasonality, seasons, pickled herring, jam, pickling, small farms, local farms, spirituality, essence of fruit, what's the sexiest food you can cook?, cake, chili, condensed sweet spread, www.anarchyinajar.com, kimchi butter, vinegar, Greenpoint Food Market, Korean red pepper, Thai peppers, unique flavor combination, sugar, classic flavors, strawberry and balsamic, chutney, chipotle pear, rooftop farms, Brooklyn Grange, spicy fruit salad, R. Kelly, The Beatards,Sweet Vs. Spicy (15:30)
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cooking for a date, The Godfather 3, Sophia Coppola, kimchi is smelly, freshens your palate, it's a bonding experience, bad breath, taste profiles, sweetness excites the tip of your tongue, mangos, cubes, the fruit right next to the core tastes great, spicier is sexier, watching somebody take a spoonful of jam can be hot, licking jam off somebody's body, what would you cook for a cheap date?, jam pizza, jam instead of sauce, prosciutto fig jam and arugula with Parmesan cheese, pulled pork, pizza is a good dish to cook on a date, morning after cooking, first dates are uncomfortable, eating at a restaurant can be formal, omelets with kimchi, scones with jam,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/24/2010 06:30PM
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This week on Why We Cook its Back to School week! Join Chef Erica for a quiz on all things fruit. Learn how to find the best watermelons, the difference between ripening and maturing, and what the single most sold item at Wal-Mart is. Tune in for this extremely helpful fruit-picking-primer. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods.
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Why We Cook Introduction: Quiz Time! (10:51)
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Why We Wook, Erica Wides, Heritage Radio Network, Whole Foods Market, LA Story, back to school season, Why We Cook quiz!, do peaches continue to ripen after they are picked?, how do you define ripeness?, Erica says yes they do continue to ripen, a peach farmer says no, they just get softer, California Tree Fruit Agreement, maturity happens on the tree and ripening happens off the tree, perceived sweetness changes as acid levels drop,Know Your Fruits (10:26)
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melons, which melon is the only type that continues to ripen off the vine?, cantaloupe and musk melon family, background color should be yellow not green, when melons are ripe they detach themselves from their vines, smell your fruit!, shopping by smell, fruit is a game of chance and randomness, taste before you commit, melons should feel heavy, what does wall mart sell more of than anything else?, bananas!,Closing Questions (8:02)
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back to school week, which classic American fragrant flower is the first cousin of many of our favorite fruits, the rose, roses produce a fruit, the rose hip, there were many rose bushes planted along the West Side Highway, vitamin C often comes from rose hips, pectin makes fruit thicken, it's watermelon season now, it should be heavy for its size, it should feel substantial, it should not sound hollow, you're looking for a resounding thud, it should have a yellowy whitish brown patch, the longer it ripened the bigger it would be, watermelon starts to taste better after a few days in the refrigerator, it seems to get sweeter, what's the most commonly eaten in the whole world, mangos!,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
