New York Times food writer Harold McGee tackles a question we here at Phoodie have honestly never considered: Why use so much water when boiling pasta? In this time of super sensitivity towards wasting anything, McGee began to ponder all the energy needed to boil quarts of water per pound of pasta, and the water [...]
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How To: The World Is Your Bagel, You Make The Cream Cheese.
Aired February 18th, 2009 on Breakfast, Cheese and How To.3 CommentsCream cheese and Philadelphia go pudgy hand in pudgy hand, right? Actually according to Kraft Foods’ website, the first cream cheese was made in New York in 1872 by a genius dairyman/glutton named William Lawrence (Never trust a man with two first names unless he makes cream cheese.) It was branded Philadelphia Cream Cheese because [...]
La Bomba: Your Paella Is Not Paella Without It
Aired January 8th, 2009 on How To, Superfoods and Tapas.0 CommentsWe were lucky enough to check out an advance press dinner on Tuesday for Valanni‘s upcoming Forks & Corks/Paella & Wine dinner the other night, which we’ll be telling you a little bit more about closer to the event. But we feel we’d be remiss if we didn’t tip you off to a hot little [...]
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Dept. Of Recession Chic: Infuse Your Own Damned Vodka
Aired July 24th, 2008 on Drinks, How To and Superfoods.2 CommentsApothecary got us to thinking: We’re not sure that $10 cocktails are really ok, let alone cocktails reaching multiples of that number, even if they have rare and crazy (and with all due props, delicious) ingredients. If you’re as broke as we are, try infusing your own liquors. “Infusing” is a fancy restaurant/lounge word for [...]
How To: Get Your House Smellin’ Like Palace At The Ben
Aired May 29th, 2008 on How To and Indian.0 CommentsYou know an Indian restaurant is some kinda contender when it’s able to take over the scent of nearly a whole city block in the most godly fashion possible. Sadly, this has been our sole experience of Palace At The Ben thus far, but not for long: Perusing the website alone reveals that this is [...]
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YouTube Users Finally Solve The Riddle Of How To Eat A Cupcake
Aired May 16th, 2008 on How To, Junk Food, Phoodies, Sweets and video.0 CommentsThe more you know!
It’s Time.
Aired April 18th, 2008 on Beer, Condiment Kingdom, Drinks, Hot Dogs, How To, Junk Food, Phoodies and Superfoods.5 CommentsHow To: Order At Tacconelli’s
Aired March 19th, 2008 on How To, Phoodies, Pizza, Superfoods and Uncategorized.15 CommentsYou’ve heard the drooling tales. You’ve read the gushing press. If you’re lucky, you’ve even tasted for yourself. But on the occasion of Tacconelli’s being named one of America’s Ten Best Pizzerias by Forbes Magazine, our esteemed editor, a lifelong consumer of the Somerset Street pie, lays out in no uncertain terms how it’s done, [...]
At least it wasn’t when I was there this past year.
