This week's Food Makers hangout on Google+ will air Oct. 31 at 2pm PT and will focus on food preservation and fermentation. Guests will include Cama Davis from the Portland...
Posted by Stett Holbrook | Monday October 29th, 2012 4:37 PM
Categories: Food & Beverage, Home | 5 Comments
Making cheese isn't anything I ever considered, especially fancy cheese. But recently, I had the pleasure of taking a Beginning Cheese Making class with author and chef Mary Karlin at...
Posted by Sabrina Merlo | Thursday December 22nd, 2011 4:31 PM
Categories: Craft, Home | No Comments
Before we completely close out our Food theme, we wanted to highlight the amazing food art of Ray Villafane. We posted about Ray's "art pumpkins" last year and it's become...
Posted by Nada Raoof | Tuesday June 14th, 2011 2:30 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Craft, Food & Beverage, Home | 1 Comment
I have a confession to make: I'm a picky eater. My everyday cooking is much more about healthy, simple foods that get the job done than the over-the-top, involved productions...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday June 7th, 2011 2:30 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Food & Beverage | 5 Comments
My favorite bartender/mixologist/drink blogger Jefferey Morgenthaler has written a number of excellent articles about making your own cocktail compounds, such as homemade tonic and grenadine. I recently dug up this...
Posted by John Edgar Park | Saturday June 4th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Food & Beverage | 18 Comments
Let's face it. Likely a large majority of us eat at our desks. I eat nearly all of my meals here (and my keyboard is crummy enough to prove it!)....
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Wednesday June 1st, 2011 7:30 PM
Categories: Food & Beverage | 184 Comments
I treat knives as the second most dangerous implements in the average kitchen. (Microplanes and mandolins hold the top spot.) When using a knife, I’m always thinking about the “failure...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Friday May 27th, 2011 4:00 PM
Categories: Food & Beverage, Tools | 8 Comments
In this second Skill Builder installment on Kitchen Equipment, Cooking for Geeks author Jeff Potter discusses more essential tools and their use. Next up: Knife play! -Gareth Measuring Cups and...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Friday May 27th, 2011 3:01 PM
Categories: Food & Beverage, Tools | 4 Comments
In this installment of Food Skill Builder, our guest geek chef, Jeff Potter, discusses some essential kitchen tools (ooh… tools) and tips for their proper use. In part 2 (tomorrow),...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Thursday May 26th, 2011 4:30 PM
Categories: Food & Beverage, Tools | 11 Comments
One of the great things about learning food science is the need to test everything. I say "need" because, in truth, it's a lot of fun to geek out over...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Wednesday May 18th, 2011 5:30 PM
Categories: Food & Beverage, Science | 16 Comments
Jeff Potter’s book, Cooking for Geeks, is based on a simple premise: “We geeks are fascinated by how things work, and most of us eat, too.” Food month here on...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday May 17th, 2011 5:00 PM
Categories: Food & Beverage | 4 Comments
“Sous-vide” is fashionable French for a method of cooking that involves longer cooking times at lower temperatures and reduced atmospheric pressures. It means, literally, “under vacuum.” Commonly, food is sealed...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday May 17th, 2011 1:30 PM
Categories: Food & Beverage | 4 Comments
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