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First Aired - 05/14/2012 06:30PM
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This week is Cutting the Curd's 100th episode! Congratulations to Anne Saxelby, Sophie Slesinger, and everyone else who has either been a guest or supported Cutting the Curd thus far! For this very special episode, Brian Keyser, Dimitri Saad, and Leigh Friend of Casellula Cheese & Wine Café are in the studio for a seven-course cheese tasting! More specifically, Anne and Sophie are taking a lesson in cheese pairing from everyone at Casellula. Hear about some of the cheese condiments at Casellula, as well as how to do your own cheese pairing with food from your pantry. Learn some general basics in terms of complimentary and contrasting tastes and textures. Sit down with a plate of cheese and some of your favorite snacks to pair, and listen to the 100th episode of Cutting the Curd! This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
"There are no rules to pairing- that's something I like to make clear. Whatever you like to eat together is what goes well together... But two rules of thumb are that you either want to compliment or contrast." -- Brian Keyser on Cutting the Curd
"I believe that it's easier for us sometimes to go for something that's going to compliment, but the fun part about what we do at Casellula is that we taste everything. So sometimes you're going to get that experience from something that is completely unexpected." -- Leigh Friend on Cutting the Curd
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Pairing with Casellula (46:19)
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Bryan Keyser, Casellula, Salvatore smoked ricotta, Leigh Friend, Hudson Valley Fresh, toasted, pairings, marshmallows, sm'ores, chocolate ganache, pecan tuile, cookie, savory, condiment, rosemary pine nuts, clover honey, salt, caramelized nuts, pasta, cheese condiments, seasonal cheese, Pipe Dream Farm Ashed Goat Cheese, ash rind, red pepper jelly, bloomy rind, aesthetics, color, yellow pepper jelly, lemon and sweet basil curd, curd, emulsion, lemon, lemon poppy seed, Dimitri Saad, farmers markets, markets, asparagus, pickled, peas, poach, rosé wine, Pawlet, Consider Bardwell Farm, washed rinds, mustard, red wine, pea pesto, pecorino, cookbook, Casellula Cheese and Wine Cafe, pickles, compote, Queso Del Invierno, roasted onion, burnt orange, ferment, brittle, pumpkin seed, queso de bola, double cream, olive oil, quesadilla, acidic, shitake mushrooms, fennel, beets, tapenade, fruit, cotija, barnyard, Boucher Blue, Green Mountain Blue Cheese,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/13/2010 06:30PM
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This week on Why We Cook Chef Erica delved into the world of summer stews and slow cooking. Since vegetables are mostly water, slow cooking helps get the water out of veggies and caramelize the sugars inside them. Tune in for an enormous amount of tips and tricks (punch holes in eggs to poach them in the pot, use pomegranate molasses for a sharp sweetener) to making the best summer stew you've ever eaten; patience is key! Ratatouille, Turkish stews, Italian summer stews, and every combination therein is covered--tomato, eggplant, and lentil based stews abound. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods: proud to support independent farmers and small business in our community.
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Why We Cook Introduction: Curriculum Knows No Season (10:54)
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Why We Cook, Erica Wides, Heritage Radio Network, Whole Foods Market, Erica has been teaching for 12 years now, Institute of Culinary Education, curriculum knows no season, stewing braising and steaming in 103 degree weather, Turkish Eggplant Stew, spin off version of summer stew, based on eggplant, you have to cook stew slowly, three stew making techniques, approach it slowly, let the sugars caramelize, add tomatoes, don't rush and boil!, you'll get a big mushy soft wet pot of goop, it has to take its time, people weren't as whiny and temperamental when these dishes were first around, Episode 50 of Why We Cook!, eggplant can transform,Episode 50! Summer Stew: Ratatouille (12:50)
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summer stews seem like an oxymoron, Ratatouille, the dish in the movie wasn't done right, Mastering the Art of French Cooking Volume 1, Julia Child, in her technique she makes a hybrid Ratatouille, she says you should saute the eggplant and zucchini first separately, then saute onions garlic and bell peppers, then layer everything back in the pan and cover it with tomato, then bake it, Erica likes to dice all vegetables first, she uses whole plum tomatoes, the Turks love eggplant the most, their flag should be purple!, pomegranate molasses,A Trip to Sicily: Agrodolce (6:37)
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recipes will be posted on the Why We Cook facebook page!, Sicily, they love eggplant in many different ways, agrodolce, Caponata, intense sweet and sour, combining sugar and vinegar, throw in olives and capers, it all pivots on the tomato, leave comments on the HRN website!,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/01/2011 12:00PM
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This week on Cooking Issues, listen in as Dave solves issues ranging from blow torched meat to Maillard reaction eggs. Hear about Dave's experience "fluffing" up the Food Network stars and talking to kids about liquid nitrogen. Find out which carbonation/infusion technique is for you and learn about lilikoi, control loops and ultra sonic french fries. Got an idea for Dave's new break song? Send it to us! This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch - the nations largest single source supplier of grassfed and grass finished beef.
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Cooking Issues Introduction: Fluffing up Food Stars (18:38)
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Dave Arnold, Cooking Issues, Nastassia Lopez, Heritage Radio Network, Hearst Ranch, fluffing up Food Network stars, little kids asking Dave about liquid nitrogen, rare tropical fruit spots in Florida, Dave is a fruit nut, Fruit and Spice Park, black sapote, Miami-Dade County, Nathan Myhrvold, Chr, The Modernist Cuisine Cookbook, preserved lemons, yeast, rapid infusion, iSi, soda siphon vs whipper, liter vs half liter, a liter will need an extra charger, what temperature should one poach an egg at?, immersion circulator, myard reaction eggs, browning reactions in the oven, evaporative cooling,Torching Meat (10:36)
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Armandino Batali, Mario Batali's dad, used to be a chemical engineer, lamb prosciutto, Italian style ham, American country ham, Sam Edwards, fundamentally different than European style products, sous vide steak, how about using a blow torch?, myard reaction on meat, torch taste, the more fat the more you can taste the torch taste, butane smells less, Chris Young, Mapp gas, torching is also uneven, some spots are darker than others,Hawaiian Passion Fruit, Control Loops & Perfect French Fries (20:26)
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lilikoi, Hawaiian passion fruit, carrageenan, Locust bean gum, methocel f50 meringues, mooses that act like egg whites, meringue out of a passion fruit, Pepperoni Bill, Pizza expo in Las Vegas, Dave's never been to Las Vegas, control loops, PID, temperature control, it's hard to make your control loop, commercial circulators are 1000 watts, most circulators are built for standard 15 watt plugs, accuracy and precision, premade PIV controller with digital readout, solid state relay, Josh Ozersky, ultra sonic french fries, SPL, Dave will put his 1/2 inch french fry up against anything, there's no such thing as the perfect french fry,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
