Garlic, Gripes and Green Wheat -- The New York Times in 60 Seconds
by Monika Bartyzel (Subscribe to Monika Bartyzel's posts)
Posted Aug 5th 2009 12:00PM
Filed under: In Sixty Seconds
- It might not win you any suitors, but researchers say that freshly crushed garlic can help your heart.
- Writer Jhumpa Lahiri writes about the inadequate culinary tools housed in the rental kitchens of Cape Cod.
- Gripes about sharing kitchens with friends, from terrible salad dressings to cleaning up other people's messes.
- Beaujolais might not have the most haute reputation, but some winemakers are producing high-quality versions of the vino.
- Iraq's masquf -- a technique that cooks gutted fish in a roaring fire -- is re-gaining popularity.
- Over-harvesting couldn't keep the oysters out of the Chesapeake: Scientists have "re-established a significant population."
Tags: beaujolais, Cape Cod, garlic, green wheat, kitchens, masquf, oysters, State Liquor Authority, The New-York Times, Union Square Cafe