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'Jamie's Food Revolution' - Cookbook Spotlight

Posted Oct 16th 2009 2:00PM by Kat Kinsman
Filed under: Cookbook Spotlight

Photo: Hyperion

'Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals'
by Jamie Oliver
Hyperion -- 2009
Buy it on Amazon

The revolution will not be supersized. Jamie Oliver is a man on a mission to reclaim traditional home cooking from the fast and processed food purveyors of the world via simple, inexpensive, appealing recipes.

The book kicks off with a rah-rah manifesto that dovetails with Oliver's televised traveling roadshows geared toward getting the least healthy eaters in the UK and the USA to back out of the drive-thru and drive home healthier eating habits, centered around the debatably lost art of home cooking. He presents a compelling argument with solid, satisfying building-block recipes and oddly heartstring-plucking photo profiles of plain ol' folks cooking at home.

See what we tested and find out whether the book's worth buying after the jump.

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Best Bites of YumSugar

Posted Oct 8th 2009 1:00PM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: YumSugar

caramelized balsamic figs and ricotta mousse

Caramelized balsamic figs & ricotta mousse. Photo: YumSugar.

Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week:

Balsamic caramelized figs make a prime topping for ricotta mousse.

Warming soups that are perfect for the season.

Eight tasty libations straight from the set of "Mad Men."

Macaroni and cheese goes TexMex with chiles and cilantro.

Even if you don't live in wine country, have a harvest party full of fall flavor.

Mixed-mushroom pizza makes for a fast and easy dinner.

Would you say yes if your significant other proposed via cupcake?

Not-So-Simple Mac & Cheese - Feast Your Eyes

Posted Sep 1st 2009 10:00AM by Emily Farris
Filed under: West Coast, Cheese, Comfort Food, Feast Your Eyes

Mac & cheese with duck and bourbon. Photo: Beer & Nosh.

This picture of macaroni and cheese with croutons, from the San Francisco-based blog Beer & Nosh, looks delicious. A simple statement, sure. But macaroni and cheese is simple food. And there's really no denying the goodness of such a perfect combination of starch and fat -- especially with some extra (and crunchy!) starch thrown on top. But what if we told you that this particular macaroni was "swimming in duck fat?"

According to the blog's author Jesse, one of America's most beloved comfort foods was made even more comforting -- and, admittedly, heart-attack inducing -- with duck fat croutons, duck fat roux and even duck skin cracklings (you guessed it!) fried in duck fat.

While we feel a little sorry for the poor duck, we have to thank him for giving this macaroni and cheese his all, literally. Oh, there's also supposedly some bourbon in there, but at this point, who really cares?

[Via Beer & Nosh]

Ways to Make Mac n' Cheese - Slashfood Ate (8)

Posted Jan 13th 2009 12:00PM by Max Shrem
Filed under: Cheese, Recipes, How To, Slashfood Ate, Comfort Food

Growing up, macaroni and cheese usually involved boiling macaroni and then mixing it with a powdered cheese, milk, and butter. It was not until I discovered the diversity of cheeses available that I began to experiment. I say, throw away the powder and go to your local cheese purveyor to discover the various ways you can master the mac n' cheese.

Like fondues, I think that using more than one cheese can add a heightened richness. During these cold months, I crave a warm, creamy, milky, crunchy macaroni and cheese with a savory flavor. I often use cheddar cheese as the base. Then, I add a small amount of Gorgonzola Dolce and Emmenthaler.

Below are 8 ways to make the perfect mac n' cheese:

Martha Stewart's World's Best Mac and Cheese - The chipotle chile powder in this recipe is sure to spice up your ordinary mac n' cheese.
Cheesemonger's Mac and Cheese - This one uses Brie.
Grant's Mac and Cheese
Mac n' Cheese with Bacon
Wisconsin Mac and Cheese
Mac and Cheese with Leeks and Gorgonzola
Mac and Cheese with Buffalo Chicken
Mac and Cheese with Caramelized Shallots

What are some of your favorite cheeses to use when making mac and cheese?

Tantalizing Tofu: Mac 'n Cheese

Posted Feb 2nd 2008 1:30PM by Ellen Slattery
Filed under: Vegetarian/Vegan, Ingredient Spotlight

Everyone's favorite comfort dish gets a tofu twist.

Macaroni and Cheese with Tofu
From: Moosewood Restaurant New Classics
Serves: 4-6

You will need:
12 oz. pasta (white or whole wheat)

Cheese sauce:
12 oz. low fat silken tofu
1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt
1 up grated cheddar cheese
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp. minced garlic
2 tsp. yellow mustard
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1/4 tsp. turmeric

1/4 cup minced onions
1/4 cup fresh parsley
1/2 bread crumbs mixed with 1/4 cup grated cheddar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 2-qt. baking dish with oil.

Bring water to a boil, and cook pasta according to package directions.

Combine all cheese sauce ingredients in a blender or food processor and puree.

Drain pasta, and mix it along with cheese sauce, onions, and pasta, into baking dish. Sprinkle bread crumb/cheddar mixture on top. Bake for 30 minutes covered, and then 5 minutes uncovered.

Back to home

Real Simple tastes boxed mac and cheese

Posted Mar 5th 2006 2:14PM by Nicole Weston
Filed under: Dinner, Grains, Cheese, Magazines, Lists, Comfort Food

Because so many parents cannot resist the convenience of boxed macaroni and cheese when it comes to feeding their kids, there will probably always be a market for it. Some of the options are just not appetizing, with clumps of cheez-powder and either crunchy or gummy noodles. But because it is a marketable product, not to mention a popular comfort food, more companies are releasing tastier versions of boxed mac and cheese and Real Simple sat down to taste a few in this month's issue. Their top three versions were Whole Kids Organic White Cheddar Cheese , Annie's Homegrown Creamy Deluxe Shells & Real Aged Wisconsin Cheddar and Back to Nature Crazy Bugs. Tasters liked the "authentic cheese flavor" of the Whole Kids brand. Annie's brand came with a packet of cheese sauce instead of a powder. The Crazy Bugs pasta is shaped like bugs (it doesn't include real bugs) and has a slightly sweet cheese. The magazine had kids taste the contenders, as well as adults, to get their feedback and all the kids loved these versions of macaroni and cheese. All three of the taste test winners are available at stores like Whole Foods, but may be available in your local grocery store, too.

Macaroni & cheese the biggest thing in food media this month

Posted Jan 11th 2006 8:31PM by Sarah Gilbert
Filed under: Grains, Dairy, Magazines, Trends, Newspapers

macaroni and cheese is hot this month (hee hee)

Do you do mac-n-cheese? If you're reading any mainstream food media this month, chances are, you do. Today's Seattle Times Food & Wine section has a cover feature on macaroni & cheese. They must have been reading The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which did a cute "blue" variety of the dish earlier this month. Or the New York Times, where "Crusty Macaroni & Cheese" has been a top-five most-emailed story for a solid week. (They also did creamy, it wasn't nearly so popular.) Everybody's doing it.

But I think it all (obviously) started here. Sarah Gim did her macaroni & cheese liveblogging on Christmas Day. And in early January, mainstream media goes mad for mac-n-cheese. Coincidence? You be the judge.

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'Jamie's Food Revolution' - Cookbook Spotlight

Best Bites of YumSugar

Not-So-Simple Mac & Cheese - Feast Your Eyes

Ways to Make Mac n' Cheese - Slashfood Ate (8)

Tantalizing Tofu: Mac 'n Cheese

Real Simple tastes boxed mac and cheese

Macaroni & cheese the biggest thing in food media this month

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