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• Rediscovering a Kitchen Memoir

  Not much sticks in my cranial sieve these days, but I was sure on reading James J. Kilpatrick's obits last week that he had been the columnist whose wife had written a pretty engaging little cookbook, one I reviewed back in the last century for the newspaper Read More... Posted Monday, August 23, 2010 12:01 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Books, Trends, History, Reflections, southern food, Budgets, Backyard Chickens, Regina Schrambling

• Foodways Texas Is Birthed

  I've been the director of the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi since its inception in 1999. It's an amazing gig. We document, study, and celebrate the diverse food cultures of the changing American South. We do oral history Read More... Posted Friday, July 23, 2010 2:02 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Trends

• Summer Flavor, From Fall Pumpkinseeds

  I joked the other day about the absurdity of trying to determine trends in the overkill that is the Fancy Food Show, because you can always find three examples of even the most out-there food/flavor/product among the 180,000 on display. So I'm not going Read More... Posted Friday, July 09, 2010 9:01 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Trends, cooking, seasonal, twitter, Budgets, Regina Schrambling

• The Right (and Leftist) Way to Fry Chicken

  I squander way too much of my life online reading what my consort calls "pol porn:" blogs where unabashed liberals get ridiculously worked up about Obama and the wars and health reform and which bloviator said what on the Sunday talk shows. It's all very Read More... Posted Monday, June 07, 2010 12:01 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Chicken, Blogs, Trends, cooking, Law and Politics, Regina Schrambling, Current Affairs

• For Real Mango Flavor, Eat a Real Mango

  Not to pick on the Wall Street Journal too much, because its mission is to keep the money people up on what makes money, but its piece on the new push for more intense flavors in processed food was pretty depressing. It goes on and on about the race to Read More... Posted Friday, May 28, 2010 9:03 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Trends, Fruit, healthy, Reflections, seasonal, News & Gossip, Budgets, Regina Schrambling, Current Affairs

• New Diet Trend: Baby Food

  Last time I ate baby food was when, well, when I was a baby. Oh yeah, and when I got my wisdom teeth out. Both times I had no choice but to eat foods that were in a liquid or puréed form. When I had dental surgery, I made my own juices, smoothies, and Read More... Posted Thursday, May 06, 2010 2:00 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Trends, healthy, diets, Carolina Santos-Neves

• Hot or Not: The iPad Integrated Kitchen

  One technologically-savvy and handy homeowner has taken the next logical stop in digitally-inspired cooking and mashed up his kitchen cabinet with the Apple iPad. According to a post on the technology blog engadget, iPad owner Alan Daly took built his Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 05, 2010 5:59 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Trends, kitchen, gadgets, kitchen tools, News & Gossip, Josh Friedland

• Squirrel: The Perfect Low-Fat Local Meat?

  Scots chefs and diners seem to think so. Scotland's Herald newspaper reports that the darting, climb-y rodent will be the star attraction at a "Wild Food" dinner at Glasgow bistro Stravaigin in May. Colin Clydesdale, owner of the eatery, offered diners Read More... Posted Friday, April 30, 2010 6:00 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Trends, Meat, Roasting, cooking, eat local, Joanne Camas, food and drink

• Coming Soon: Food Truck Television

  The gourmet food truck trend has really come into its own as of late. Roy Choi, founder of L.A.'s Kogi BBQ truck was just named one of Food & Wine's Best New Chefs, and now comes details (well, as many details as one can learn in 140 characters), of a Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:35 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Trends, tv, News & Gossip, Josh Friedland

• News Roundup: Civet Coffee, eNoses, and Cake Balls

  Electronic noses - also known as "eNoses" - can predict pleasantness of smells: Scientists have developed an "electronic nose" that can "predict the pleasantness of novel odors, just like a human would perceive them - turning the popular notion that smell Read More... Posted Monday, April 19, 2010 6:00 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Blogs, Science, Eating out, Dessert, Trends, Coffee, chefs, Wacky, Josh Friedland

• Tapas Guides, Ratatouille Restaurant, and Haggis-Flavored Chocolate

  Finally, haggis-flavored chocolate: A Scottish chocolate-maker has come up with a unique haggis-flavored chocolate. There's no offal in the sweets, only a range of spices used in haggis, such as nutmeg and pepper, as well as oatmeal. Workers resist beer Read More... Posted Monday, April 12, 2010 6:00 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Travel, Beer, Chocolate, Trends, Wacky, News & Gossip, Current Affairs, Josh Friedland

• Flavored Vinegar: Saving Tarragon in a Bottle

  I know canning is the new knitting, but I'm too timid to jump on that bandwagon: I'm not crazy about either botulism or hard work. But I'd forgotten how almost instantly gratifying it is to make your own flavored vinegar. Back in the Eighties, when "The Read More... Posted Friday, March 19, 2010 9:01 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Cookbooks, Trends, cooking, Budgets, Regina Schrambling, Quick & Easy

• Man Up! Gender Equality for the Cupcake Crowd

  Are cupcakes too cute for men to enjoy? Well, now there's a new bakery just for dudes who may appreciate a diminutive cake, but bristle at pastel-hued frosting. If Magnolia Bakery's cupcakes became synonymous with "Sex and the City," Butch Bakery's mancakes Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:00 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Baking, Dessert, Trends, cakes, products, News & Gossip, Josh Friedland

• News Roundup: Eggs and Pop Stars, Food Safety, and Flying Sushi

  Doctors seek choking labels on food: The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling for changes in the way food is designed and labeled to minimize children's chances of choking. Fight brews in France over Halal fast food: A decision by Quick, a French Read More... Posted Monday, February 22, 2010 6:00 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Science, Trends, tea, chefs, food safety, diets, Wacky, News & Gossip, Current Affairs, Josh Friedland

• News Roundup: Beer and Bone Health, Vindaloo Against Violence, and the State of Molecular Gastronomy

  Beer and bone health: New research suggests that beer could be a significant source of dietary silicon, which increases bone mineral density. The University of California-Davis study found the highest levels of silicon in hops and in the husk of the barley. Read More... Posted Monday, February 08, 2010 6:00 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Candy, Blogs, Beer, Trends, Fruit, Coffee, websites, Weblogs, News & Gossip, Josh Friedland