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First Aired - 09/28/2011 04:00PM
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This week on The Speakeasy, Damon drinks some 50 year old cognac and eats oysters with Dana Hale of Island Creek Oyster Farm. Tune in to learn more about the popular and sensual raw seafood that has New York City buzzing. Find out how oyster mating affects taste and how farming is one of the most safe and sustainable ways of raising shellfish and seafood. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.
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The Speakeasy: Island Creek Oysters (18:10)
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The Speakeasy, Damon Boelte, Dana Hale, Island Creek Oysters, Island Creek Oyster Bar, oyster farm, Cape Cod Bay, oysters, mating, texture, bite, endorphins, energetic food, shucking, genital likeness, beer and oyster pairing, stouts, pilsners, cognac, expression of the ocean,Oysters & Cognac (14:32)
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New York City, oysters, Gowanus canal, filtering water, Duxbury, Massachusetts, oyster farming, shellfish, seafood, tides, harvesting, young farmers,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/21/2009 06:30PM
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This week on Why We Cook Erica presents a primer on cooking shellfish on the grill and interviews Bernie Wides of the New York Estuary Oyster Project.
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Erica at the Chef's Garden Food and Wine Festival (8:35)
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tuna on the brink of collapse, high mercury, luxury proteins, surplus of lobster, lobster fishery well-managed, weak economy=no one is buying lobster, grilling shellfish, only buy seafood that are sustainable and species that aren't being overfished, Bernie Wides, Chef's Garden Food and Wine Festival,Summer Shellfish on the Grill: Some Ideas and Techniques (11:05)
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during lobster surpluses they get sent to Canada and frozen, blanch or steam lobster, boil in clean sea water, don't use grill to cook something all the way through, don't overcook shellfish, cook shellfish just until opaque, soft shell crab, all shellfish should be bought still alive, mussels, benefits of shellfish farming, ease of cooking mussels on the grill, with shellfish simple preparations are best, clams, oysters, cook oysters very gently, squid,The New York Estuary Oyster Gardening Project (16:19)
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Why We Cook on Facebook, Bernie Wides, oysters, Oyster Gardening Project, New York New Jersey Bay Keeper, oversee bays and Hudson Estuary, project origins, historically the New York Estuary was loaded with oysters, main food supply in colonial times, earliest New York restaurants were called oyster bars, New York one famous for its oysters, oysters kept bay clean, now waterways have become polluted, goal of project: reintroduce oysters to estuary, growing oyster reefs, baby oysters came from Flowers Company Oysters, oysters are very effective at cleaning water, Big Oyster, Mark Kurlansky,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/26/2010 02:00PM
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This week on Snacky Tunes Finger on the Pulse sat down with Sandy Ingber from the world famous Grand Central Oyster Bar. Ingber talked about his "schooling" in the world of oysters; how he learned about all five species, the gradations of brininess you find unfolding from north to south in the Atlantic, and the efficiency necessary to sell 4,000 oysters a day. Philly & NYC DJ Skinny Friedman of the Philadelphyinz also stopped by to drop an incredible 25 minute DJ set and talk about Young Robots and why starting a label is simply a matter of starting a label!
Photo 1: Sandy Ingber, Photo 2: clams oreganatto, Photo 3: Skinny Friedman
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Snacky Tunes Opening Song & Jingle (1:54)
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Snacky Tunes, Jingle by Wallpaper, Finger on the Pulse,Sandy Ingber of Grand Central Oyster Bar (16:24)
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Finger on the Pulse are back for the summer!, Skinny Friedman, Philadelphyinz, Sandy Ingber, Grand Central Oyster Bar, there are 5 different species of oysters in America, he buys all the oysters direct, upwards of 30 oysters on the menu daily, Fulton Fish Market, oyster bars are mostly about freshness over creativity, average time between sea to table is 48 hours, 3,000 oysters on a half-shell a day not including cooked ones, East Coast Oysters versus West Coast Oysters, depending on what part of the coast they're from determines brine and salt content, roasted blue point oyster with chipotle tobasco, fried food is popular, trend towards using different ingredients, caviar and champagne vinegar,Gulf Coast Oil Spill and it's Effect on the Seafood Industry (15:21)
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gulf coast oil spill, gulf seafood, how has the oil spill affected the resources and pricing of the restaurant, oysters have been affected tremendously, fish is the least regulated industry in the gulf, oysters and shellfish are highly regulated, it will get worse before it gets better, oysters are now being sourced from more expensive areas, what is his favorite oyster?, west coast: maitake,Skinny Friedman Live Set (18:20)
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Skinny Friedman Interview (12:55)
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Young Robots, RCMP, Skinny Friedman, Philadelphyinz, starting a label is just a matter of having music to put out and connections to get distributed, Digital DIY, the barbary, Philadelphia, it's got the diversity of Brooklyn but it's still small enough that the scenes are intermixed,Show Wrap Up & Closing Song (6:52)
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