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On this week's Why We Cook, chef Erica Wides shows the root vegetables some love! Learn about preparations, techniques and obscure vegetables hidden in your produce section. Also, very special guest Claire Handleman, blogger and chef at Del Posto.
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The Humble Roots (10:50)
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call in with questions/comments, www.whywecook.com, the homely humble forgotten root vegetables, turnips, celery root, artichokes, parsnips, state of the industry, Michael Pollan, eat food mostly plants not too much, consider a vegetable-heavy diet, roots and tubers, puree of parsnips, vegetable refrigeration, root cellar, duck confit, root vegetables easy to preserve, cooking specifics,Consider the Sunchoke and the Parsnip (11:12)
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listen to any show anytime on archive, listen to podcasted shows on itunes, call in: 718-497-2128, the wallflowers of the vegetable world, parsnip, sunchoke, parsnips: starchier texture than carrots, simmer in liquid like chicken stock then puree for soup, parsnips and scallops good pairing, boil and mash parsnips like mashed potatoes, don't confuse parsnip with parsley root, sunchoke: tubers from sunflower plants, the adjective rube came from the German word for turnip, mostly eaten boiled but this is not the best way to prepare them, great raw, glazed turnips, Japanese turnips, turnips misunderstood and underappreciated, chop parsnips up toss in oil or fat and roast them until caramelized, roast until very dark toss with herbs and sea salt,Claire Handleman: Pro Chef and Blogger Extraordinaire (16:16)
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Why We Cook on Facebook, Claire Handleman, food blogger, notfinedining.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/its-a-go-ippudo/, the difficulties of being a line cook, unreasonable hours, front of house often makes more than cook, waiters can pull in $2000 in a week while chefs often make less than that a month, being a chef not always the most appealing career, people who make it are those who can tough it out, the glam side of celebrity chefs attracts wide-eyed aspirants to culinary schools, even cooks at the best restaurants in the city make small wages, often cooks at the best restaurants are paid the least, Claire: a report from the field in Africa, fasting, the miracle fruit, show a little love to the kitchen, best restaurants feel its a privilege for cooks to work with them thus lower their wages,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
