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First Aired - 02/28/2012 12:00PM
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The lines are off the hook this week on Cooking Issues as Dave answers live caller questions from Australia to Moscow. Find out how to make your own sous vide machines at home, truffle infusion tricks and more information on meat glue. Learn about some interesting DIY projects, espresso pump science and leg of lamb cooking tips. As always, novices and pros alike can learn something on the most scientific food radio show on the planet! This program was sponsored by Modernist Pantry
"The inherent problem with a leg of lamb is the leg has many muscles that want to be treated differently. If you cook a leg of lamb for 24 hours some muscles will be delicious, and then there are others that would be better with a quick grill. That said, sauce can make up for a lot!"
--Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues
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Cooking Issues: From Moscow to Australia (44:53)
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meat glue, ammonia, fish, protein bonding, wood grain effect, truffles, truffle infusion, truffle butter, vacuum infusions, sous vide, modified deep fryers, home made cooking equipment, immersion coffee heaters, DIY projects, gas burners, espresso, woks, tandoori, Pacojet, Vitaprep, leg of lamb, buttermilk, yogurt, chicken tikka, water bath, slaughter stress, tenderized, pickling, salt solutions, kimchi, lactic acid bacteria, sauerkraut, cultures, back slop, horse butt, tablet press, Crisco, lard, vegetable shortening, peptic enzymes, fruit juice, rotovap, dry ice, leaking,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/09/2010 12:00PM
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Rose Levy Beranbaum of Rose's Heavenly Cakes called in to break down the different types of cake out there. Gina DePalma of Babbo & Michael Laiskonis of Le Bernadin reflected on pastry's journey in the last decade "from whimsy to irony".
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The Main Course Introduction (9:26)
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The Main Course, Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, Brooklyn Bowl, www.brooklynbowl.com, Heritage Radio Network, Happy Mother's Day, Rose Levy Beranbaum, The Cake Bible, Rose's Heavenly Cakes, IACP Award, Best Cookbook of the Year, HRN reaches 150,000 people per month, US Census Bureau,Baking With Rose Levy Beranbaum (17:25)
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Rose Levy Beanbaum, www.realbakingwithrose.com, baking can be savory or sweet, baking, Rose's Heavenly Cakes, The Cake Bible, it's in the 47th printing, new cakes after 21 years, new kitchen technology, oil cakes instead of butter cakes, iPhone apps, iPhone applications, shopping list apps, step by step guides, iPad, Kindle, Amazon, e-books, pdf files, cookbook publishing, are sales still a strong segment of publishing, catering to an audience, new media, social media, changing times, the future of writing, self publishing is easier than its ever been, pushing dessert into new directions, thyme, using herbs, basil, there is too much sugar in cakes and baked goods nowadays, sugar accentuates flavor, salt, caramel, what are the basic categories of cakes?, butter and oil cakes, layer cakes, pound cakes, flourless cakes, based on nut or air, egg whites, custard cakes, cheese cake, ice cream cake, baby cakes, cupcakes, wedding cakes,More with Rose (14:32)
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the cake is the last memory of a meal, history of cake, evolved based on baking powder, New York Times, Golden Lemon Almond Cake, Deep Chocolate Passion Wedding Cake, chocolate chiffon, adding egg whites at the end, soft even in the freezer, what are the tools that are a necessity to have for baking?, the oven is the common denominator of failure, calibrating cakes, the smaller the oven the more even, butter type cake, sponge cake, instant read thermometers are indispensable, using a scale, baking can be very scientific, flours are different, volume is different, it frightens people, following directions is easier, you don't have to be a scientist to be a great baking, imperical scientist, bleached flour, cooking without it, flour can differ greatly, butter can differ greatly, mathmatics and baking, Carnivale, Cuisinart,Gina DePalma & Michael Laiskonis (23:25)
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Tribute, Detroit, Babbo, Michael Laiskonis, Le Bernardin Restaurant, Michael went to school for Fine Arts, he learned science as a pastry chef, visual presentation of deserts, Gina DePalma got into pastries because she needed a job, pastry chefs relationship to the head chef, the last thing people remember from a meal, deceptively minimal food, meatless mondays, Mario Batali, whimsy on the plate, from whimsy to irony: the trajectory of deserts over the past 15 years, using exotic Asian ingredients, greatest hits of Japanese flavor, creating something that nobody has ever had before, Nicole Taylor, The Hot Five, The Hot 5, Hot Grease,Mmmmmmmmm Desserts! (22:37)
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utilizing time, order fire, pastry is often an afterthought in kitchen design, issue of freshness in pastry, what are the highlights on the dessert menus?, Gina: rhubarb, enough with the ramps!, seasonality, produce, locally grown, citrus, flavor components, formats, cover desserts, like cover songs, honoring a classic recipe, hallmarks of the industry, Gina pays homage to herself, Claudia Flemming, Gramercy Tavern, cereal milk, WD 50, Sam Mason, David Chang, Milk Bar, Bill Corbett, Fat Duck, England, Micheal's signature dish, chocolate caramel and salt, Chez Panisse, Heritage Radio Network Archive, most influence pastry chef pre and post Claudia, flavor forward, using herbs in dessert, familiar pairings presented in a new way, global pastry world,The Life of a Pastry Chef (16:19)
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Dolce Italiano, it's hard to find time to write a cookbook, Gina has 4 full time employees, 13 flavors of ice cream and sorbet every day, employee structure in the kitchen, Michael has 7 including himself, assigning roles, production, Michael is the first one in around noon, first dessert orders go out 12:45-1:00, chocolate work is done at night in between orders, a world within a world, pastry chefs run their own restaurant within a restaurant, making ingredients, plating, what is the personality of the pastry chef?, ability to be a self starter, pastry chefs have the hardest job in the kitchen, they are protective of what they are allowed to have, the other side of the kitchen is more course, the kitchen is like a pirate ship, Anthony Bourdain, Anne Saxelby, cheese as dessert,Cheese with Dessert & Pastry Chef Inspirations (25:28)
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Anne Saxelby, Saxelby Cheesemongers, cheese first and dessert after, keeping desserts on the light side, palate cleansers, live large!, wine cheese and dessert, trying all combinations, Anne promotes American cheese, cheese in dessert, ricotta, tasting desserts, Gina has 13 desserts and 12 to 13 flavors of ice cream, it takes a good 4 to 5 days for Gina to get it to work, some ideas don't work and need to be shelved, Michael works six nights a week, Pierre Herme, chocolate and thyme cake, Italy, simple dishes there are earth shattering here, chefs are a lot like musicians, Brooks Headley, friendly competition, pastry chef comradery, Angela Pinkerton, 11 Madison Park, tweel, ground up microwave popcorn, technical equipment, recipe testing, pacojet, what tools do you need at home, everybody should have a KitchenAid stand mixer, what is the go to pastry book, The Cake Bible, important step to understanding how ingredients go together, James Peterson, Alice Medrich, Lindsey Remolif Shere,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
