A beer expert vs. a wine expert. - If you ever have to roast a sucking pig, here's how to do it.
- A foodie road trip to Jamaica.
- Three outdoor escapes, in Montana, Wisconsin, and California.
- A list of what to drink this summer.
- Here are 15 simple condiments you can make, along with 12 healthy fruit desserts (including the Concord Grape Granita, above).
- This month's recipes include: Sunflower Seed Dip with Dill, Sweet and Sour Carrots, Buttermilk Chicken with Crispy Cornflakes, Grilled Mini Meat Loafs, Vietnamese Chicken Salad, Four Citrus Salsa, Hot Dogs with Grilled Coleslaw, Chocolate Fondue with Fruit and Grilled Pound Cake, and Zen Sangria.
Posts with tag meat loaf
Food & Wine in 60 seconds: Salsa, Sangria, and Sunflower Seed Dip
The Boston Globe in 60 seconds: Meat Loaf and Mash Cones
- Is this the ultimate comfort food?
- How Boston chef Ken Oringer beat Cat Cora on Iron Chef America.
- A look at the SideSwipe spatula mixer blade.
- The right way to hard boil eggs.
- Are doughnuts really Canadian?
- What the heck is a mash cone?
- Restaurant reviews: Persephone and Rizelli Cafe.
- This week's recipes: Bean and Cheese Burrito, Beets with Yogurt, Yellow Rice, Cauliflower and Cilantro Soup with Brown Butter, and Chicken Salad.
Amy Sedaris does Halloween!
As readers of our TV Squad blog know, I'm a huge Amy Sedaris fan. She has a new book out that is not only "good," it's fantastic. A cookbook/entertaining book that isn't just all humor. It's a book you can actually use. It has some great idea, recipes (a couple hundred, actually), great pics. A lot of thought went into it. Oh, and it's funny as hell too.Over at Gourmet magazine, they asked her to give some tips for the perfect Halloween celebration. It includes a discount movie theater dinner party, a meal made to be eaten in the dark (meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and corn - you don't have to see it to eat it), her famous cupcakes, and drinks (Bloody Marys and Zombies, of course). She even likes to have her Halloween night guests carve a pumpkin.
Click here to order Amy's book, and check out her tour schedule here.
Braking for burgers and drinking pink: The Boston Globe in 60 seconds
- It's springtime, so that must mean it's time to drink something pink.
- Michael and Jane Stern are the king and queen of road food.
- Fiddleheads: they look like fiddles, but taste like asparagus!
- A review of Roy Finamore's new cookbook, Tasty.
- This week's recipes: Seared Scallops with Watercress and Shiitakes, Rhubarb Compote, and Real Good Meat Loaf.
Comfort me with meatloaf
Meatloaf is the ultimate comfort food. It is hearty, flavorful and can be subject to nearly infinite variations. Some meatloaves are all beef, while some are made with turkey or even faux meat, which preserves the spirit of the dish, if not the meat. Meatloaves have been around as long as ground meat and are larger versions of meatballs. Due to their size, they can easily be served as a main course and the leftovers sliced for sandwiches. Flavorings and some "filler," in the form of vegetables, egg, breadcrumbs or rice, are added to help the loaf maintain its shape. The practice of "stretching the meat" with filler was popular and widely practiced during the lean war years of the early 20th century.
After a decline in popularity, due in part to many years of inclusion in frost-bitten, over-processed, microwaveable meals, meatloaf is working its way back onto the plates and into the hearts of diners everywhere. It is on upscale restaurant menus, where it is recognized as classic American fare, as well as being a staple at diners and neighborhood restaurants across the country.The Meatloaf Pages
One of the most popular comfort foods is meatloaf. But how do you put one together? Meat in a loaf pan? The Meatloaf Pages are here to help with
possibly the largest, tested meatloaf recipe collection on the internet. The have recipes from Emeril's Most Kicked Up
Meatloaf Ever to the posh Veal,
Chicken and Wild Mushroom Loaf, which is fit for the finest restaurant table but simple enough to serve on a
weeknight at home. Every recipe includes the observations and comments of their professional, experienced meatloaf
chefs, as well as advice for improving the recipes.
And if you're looking for meatloaf inspiration, take a look at the Flickr meatloaf gallery, with photos of meatloaf, meatloaf sandwiches and the most popular meatloaf side dish: mashed potatoes. The photo above is one of my favorites, and a Flickr member's first attempt at homemade meatloaf.
DIY Foods: Making homemade sausage
Cakes so amazing they'd be hard to cut into
Fruit juice: An invitation to diabetes?
