Normally, when I peer into my mailbox, my heart skips a beat when I see that it's overflowing because something much too large for my tiny apartment box is filling it up. It's my newest issue of Saveur magazine, and whenever I receive it, I can hardly wait to get upstairs to my apartment. I toss all the bills and junk mail onto the kitchen table and stand over my sink eating a bowl of cereal, reading the magazine.
This month however, Saveur is extremely ho-hum. This is about the time when I do a summary of the articles and features in the magazine so you can decide if you want to go spend the $5.00 at the newsstand to buy it. But there is almost nothing in the magazine that I want to mention, and even though my summaries are usually fairly inclusive whether or not I would actually cook or bake certain things, overall, the entire issue is blah.
Oh well, I do it anyway.
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In Spain, corn is considered animal feed, and is not used much in the cuisine. However, in the region of Asturias, corn is highly revered as the grain practically saved the the Asturian people from starvation in the 1600s. There's a recipe for an Asturian corn cake.
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The cookbooks of the month are The Breakfast Cereal Gourmet, which we covered here at Slashfood, and an enormous volume called Mango and Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent.
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Seven doughnut shops around the US get a mention for providing good ol' fashioned doughnuts.
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Vegetarian cook Deborah Madison shares how she cooks in her tiny 11'x9' kitchen in New Mexico.
Second Helping of Slashfood - June 19
Competitive-Eating Contest to Pit Humans Against Elephants
The Backyard Boom - The Hungry Bride
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5-05-2006 @ 9:25PM
kn said...
don't know where you're at, but grain alcohol is actually illegal in many states -- including new york where i am. when i want to make limoncello, i either have to take a trip to jersey, or i order it online: http://www.internetwines.com
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