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First Aired - 09/01/2009 06:30PM
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This week on Why We Cook: Erica talks slimy, oily fish, trying to cast a brighter light on anchovies, sardines, and mackerel with some brainy histories and quick prep tips.
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Oily Fish: A Primer (8:45)
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listen to the HRN Archives, podcasts coming soon, anchovies, mackerel, sardines, call in!, article about bluefish in NYTimes Magazine, oily fish, bluefish: maligned and misunderstood, Sam Sifton, avoid bluefish because of mercury and PCB contamination, tuna overfished, there are not plenty of fish in the sea, www.seafoodwatch.org, list of dangerous fish, Omega 3's, oily fish high in Omega 3's,Silvery, Slick, Fast Swimmers (11:10)
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mackerel, consumed extensively in Asia and Mediterranean, braised with fish sauce and caramelized sugar, Americans afraid of mackerel, Americans like dull fish, mackerel often associated with poverty and hard times, poor man's fish, Atlantic not Spanish or King mackarel, Spanish and King high in mercury, only get Atlantic mackerel, oily fish spoil quickly, fish ready for cooking should smell like high tide not low tide, mid-water fish caught in more sustainable and safe way, mackarel is a mid-water fish, you want cured not raw mackerel, mackerel contain anisakis, anisakis is a parasite that burroughs in the stomach lining, salting and vinegaring oily fish makes them taste better, creates umami, umami: the fifth taste, mackerel responds well to fast intense heating, fish skin is like fish bacon,Focus on the Anchovy and Sardine (9:00)
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send Erica fan email!, why do people hate anchovy?, Anchovy: #1 umami food, the French write love songs to the anchovy, add flavor complexity to any dish, the future of fish is in small fish, natural boom and bust cycle in sardine and anchovy populations in Atlantic, sardines spoil easily, cook fast and hot, make an acidic marinade boil and pour over sardines, buy them with bones and skin, anchovies and sardines have very little mercury because they are small, herring, skip the tuna at the fish market!,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/07/2009 12:00PM
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Patrick Martins and Katy Keiffer speak about changing the way children eat with movement leader Alice Waters, sourcing local with Shanna Pacifico from Back Forty of NYC. And Italy and Gelato talk with owner of Roberta's in Brooklyn Chris Parchini.
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Introduction and Show Summary with Patrick Martins and Katy Keiffer (3:17)
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Alice Waters, Sourcing locally, Italy, Gelato,Alice Waters on Changing the way Children of America Eat (11:51)
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Princeton University's Honorary Degree, Washington, sourcing local, Yale Sustainable Food Project, support, change out of necessity, food education, what people don't know about their food, Obama Administration, knowledge, interactive experience for children in garden and cafeteria, Public School System to leave no child behind, to prevent the addiction to junk food, agriculture, buying, Food Inc., the movie, criteria for buying sustainably raised local foods, Doctorate, Publisher Hamilton Fish, opportunities for future of gastronomy, White House garden, students fed from farms nearby, overcoming challenges of better school food, local food costs more money, providing and learning of an alternative way to eat, weave food into every course of school subjects, teach children to respect the land, Alice Waters' stimulus plan would be to feed all children from pre-school to high school for free, ecology, gastronomy, Alice suggests students count beans instead of buttons, Alice suggests speaking of geography of spices in India when studying the country of India,Shanna Pacifico of Peter Hoffman's Back Forty of NYC (9:41)
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jowl nuggets, Shanna has been chef since opening, menu creation and execution, philosophy behind Back Forty's menu, what makes it different, Average check is $30 per person with drink, French Culinary Institute, First cooked at Peter Hoffman's Savoy Restaurant in 2000, local movement was not in full swing yet, burgers, fish, accessibility, inexpensive, artisanally still isn't recognized on spell check,Pork Jowl, Burgers and Sourcing Fish with Shanna Pacifico (13:51)
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sourcing fish local isn't always easy, trout, catfish, some things are bad farm raised some things are okay, jowl nuggets on menu originated from a guanciale experiment, chefs help lead the way with changing the way people eat, Long Island Sound, local and sustainable food supporter restaurateur: Peter Hoffman, Peter's two restaurants share parts of a half steer: burgers for Back Forty and steaks for Savoy, whole animal buying, Long Island's porgy considered poor man's fish, menu philosophy, affordable and accessible, seasonality,Owner of Roberta's Chris Parachini just back from Italy! (10:30)
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vacation, Canary Islands, Princes Icasa Hotel, west corner of North Africa, volcanic Islands formed not that long ago, drive through what is like the surface of the moon, Atlantic Ocean, plant all crops below the surface of the volcanic rock, large vineyards and wine producers build lava rock walls to grow grapes to protect from windy climate, pungent mineral taste in everything, terroir, pigs and goats are native livestock, the popular fish eaten locally is a mix between clam and abalone, tasted best goat cheese, organic rennet, D.O.P status to allow for this process of cheese-making, old-school technique, Hometwon of Roberta's partner Mauro, last eruption lasted 8 days only 100 some odd years ago, cheese wrapped in a variety of packaging like grass,Gelato Cart Coming Soon with Owner of Roberta's Chris Parachini (10:30)
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Piemonte, went to Lanzarote to train with Gelato maker from Genova, shows where the magic is: a locked stainless steel cabinet in the wall filled with powders, chemicals and mixes, talked about gelato the history and its current state, Paolo, Mauro's brother taught them the way they wanted to learn, Gelato is in a sad state in Italy right now, what exactly is gelato?, fruit based made with water and egg, nuts and other standard flavors are made with milk and eggs, Chris wanted to learn the basics using the best rawest ingredients he can find, Gelato maker with secret cabinet has a large demand for gelato hence the stabilizers, Italians eat 10 kilos of gelato on average a year, Germans eat 55 kilos on average a year, Gelato will be made at Roberta's and sold just a few blocks away, gelato cart, milk in Italy cream in America,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/06/2009 12:00PM
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The Main Course is now officially a two hour powerhouse of a show! This week, blogger and recession chef Erica De Mane talks about southern Italian cuisine. Mike Edison comes by on the second half of the show to remember the life of Andy Kaufman.
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The Main Course Introduction: Trash Talk! (15:54)
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Hearst Ranch, Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, The Main Course, William Neuman, Kate Manchester, Edible Santa Fe, William Nueman and Kate Manchester are on the trash talk list, Frank Reese, Bill Niman, old journalists should leave their post and go somewhere new, school lunch, doers not talkers, Bill Telepan, talking doesn't change the world, there are few of us who act, meat industry, cattle industry, 10,000 turkeys are not a threat, Al Franken, health care,Erica De Mane On Blogging and Southern Italian Cuisine (31:01)
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Erica De Mane, Keith Olberman, Worst Persons Ever, Scott Carlson, Kate Manchester, William Neuman, www.ericademane.com, Southern Italian Food, women holding fish, blogging, blogs, blog, love hate relationship, viscous cycle, flavor combination, food in terms of color, three posts a week, food blogs, Skinny Guinea, immigration, Lou Dobbs, reinventing Italian heritage, bloggers, the food blog business has been capitalized, http://www.behindtheburner.com, guanciale, pancetta, Recession Cooking, Italian food can be very cheap and healthy, fresh ingredients, a series of regional cuisines, Northern Africa, Morocco, vikings, anchovies, grains, vegetables, garlic, pork fat, hot chili, pantry items to mix with spaghetti, olive oil, pesto, pasta, white flour, eggs, fettuccine', Bologna, la cucina povera, poor cooking, traditions, Sicilian fish, cous cous, Brooklyn, only the Japanese have conciously maintained tradition deliberately,More With Erica De Mane (14:20)
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The Flavors Of Southern Italy, cookbook by Erica, she has dreams of food often, pine nuts, Pomegranate, wild rice, Cranberries, burrata, passion fruit, pulp, paw paw, Flott, oil packed, salt packed, anchovies, Sicily, calzones, wood burning oven, lightly stuffed, sauteed onions, truffles, ten ton veal chop, homemade pasta, labor intensive, cheese, ricotta, byproduct of cheese making, mozzarella, where is the imaginary line between north and south in Italy?, it's the first town south of you, Venice, Rome,Andy Kaufman With Mike Edison (8:45)
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Andy Kaufman, Mike Edison, Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, Ol Dirty Bastard, Wu Tang Clan, Barack Obama, Afganistan speech, American imperialism, Pakistan, Canada, taliban, professional wrestlers, Lou Albano, Andy Kaufman died 25 years ago, a new book of hate mail, Taxi, performance artist and comedian, The Great Gatsby, youtube, Tom Carvel, Apex Technology, Dorothy Hamilton, James Beard organization, Slow Food, local TV, Crazy Eddie, Nobody Beats The Wiz, Chiller Theater, WPIX, WWOR,More On Andy Kaufman (20:10)
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Jerry Lawler, antisemitism as a gimmick, back when wrestling was a regional business, David Letterman, butcher, WWE, Wrestlemania, Chris Jericho, Mickey Rourke, Rick Flair, Kaufman riled people up, he got fired from Saturday Night Live, nobody believed it when he died, Fridays, Larry David, Michael Richards, Latka, Bronson Pinchot, Carole Kane, Kristen Schaal, Flight Of The Conchords, Billie Jean King,Andy Kaufman & Jerry Lawler On David Letterman (15:06)
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drugs, Andy Kaufman used to sleep with the women he wrestled, Rachel McLish, Andy Kaufman, Jerry Lawler, why did Taxi get cancelled?, wrestling crossover, kayfabe, Man On The Moon, Bob Zmuda, dodgeball, Andy Kaufman could never wrestle as a good guy, called the fans stupid, Lenny Bruce, physical comedy, post beatnik social commentary, George Pataki pardoned him, he was found guilty of lewd behavior, John McCain is trying to pardon Jack Johnson, neuro-linguistic programming,Show Wrap Up: Mike Edison and the Space Liberation Army (9:39)
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I Walked With a Zombie, Mike Edison and the Space Liberation Army, pro methamphetamine Christmas message from Mike!, speed isn't the problem, LSD is an activity, drugs, www.MikeEdison.com, comics, videos, bong guitar, I Like To Hurt People, Dirty Dirty Dirty: The Unlikely Fall of Americas Porn Kings, magazine publishing, Hugh Hefner, queer, Playboy, Larry Flint, Al Goldstein, lost his money and his marbles, nuclear power scheme, Penthouse, Hearst Ranch, Jack Inslee, Wreck Tech, Anne Saxelby, Cutting The Curd,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
