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First Aired - 06/12/2012 12:00PM
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Dave and Nastassia are back from Japan and Cooking Issues has returned! Dave's mailbox is full and he attempts to answer as many questions as humanly possible. From coffee brewing to cow muscles to intervase enzymes, Dave continues on his mission to solve any and all Cooking Issues on-air. Learn more about egg free custards, ways to prepare foods for those allergic to eggs and how to effectively roast meat. Ever try making bagels and pretzels at home? Hear some tips about avoiding lye disasters in the process and hear Dave's pretzel rules. This program was sponsored by The International Culinary Center.
"If you add fat to your pretzels, I have a problem with you and your pretzels. It's an abomination, it turns into a cracker - it's terrible. Also, if it's not twisted it's not a pretezel, it's a pretzeloid. The best pretzels I've ever had in my life are from Martins Brothers - you can get them by mail order."
--Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues
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Back from Japan! (18:43)
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi, fish markets, Tokyo, sushi, coffee filters, coffee brewing, coffee machines, sous vide, Sous Vide Degrees Celsius, low temperature cooking, enzymes, breaking down proteins, texture of fish, tenderizing meat, tendons, muscles, www.BeefResearch.org, invertase, sucrose, inverting sugar,Egg Allergies & Dave's Pretzel Rules (29:50)
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Gastropod, egg free custards, meringue, Versawhip, egg allergies, custard, roast meat, prime rib, grilling, botulism, sichuan, spicy food, garlic, oil, bagels, pretzels, lye, drain cleaner, nixtamalization, baking soda, alkalinity, myard, Martins Brothers Pretzels, blended mixed drinks, Gourmet Whip, cheddar cheese sauce, squeeze bottles, stove top smoking, wood, steamer baskets,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/19/2011 06:30PM
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Erica returns from a break to talk about her trip to Arizona and her recent taco bender. Tune in to learn about what makes the best kinds of taco's and what the secret ingredient is in cooking cornmeal to avoid pellagra. This episode is sponsored by Whole Foods Market.
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Episisode 92: My Friend Cal (13:00)
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Why We Cook, Erica Wides, Burrough Hall farmers market, sweet corn, corn season, field corn, citrus fruits, desert botanical garden, Gallo Blanco Restaurant, Clarendon Hotel, haboob, good tortillas, America's Taco Shop, elote,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
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
