"round up" news and stories

• Brooklyn is the epi-center of a food revolution, where anyone with passion, dedication and a little know-how can become an artisanal producer.
• Harold McGee challenges the long-held belief that you need to boil 6 quarts of water for every pound of pasta you're cooking.
• The newest thing in California cuisine - the mobile Korean taco truck.
• Eric Asimov encourages ethnic restaurants to tend more carefully to their wine lists.
• Buttermilk Channel is one of the hottest restaurants in Brooklyn at the moment and Frank Bruni finds that it has much to recommend it.
• Julia Moskin makes new restaurant Seasonal sound homey and appealing.
• The struggles over the coat check, poor tipping and the general resistance people have towards checking their coats.
• There's little that's better than a soup made with long simmered stock from the bones.
  
• The Minimalist is enamored of a starter made from sliced oranges and black olive paste.

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.

• Can you freeze meat that's been defrosted? YumSugar (and the USDA) both say yes, but with some caveats.
• There's a new food-based reality show coming to NBC on March 11th called Chopping Block. British chef Marco Pierre White will be hosting and he's sat down to talk with the Sugar team.
• Today's produce may not be as good for you as the produce of the past.
• PartySugar reviews the new cookbook, It's About Time by Boston chef Michael Schlow. The clever thing about this tome is that it groups recipes by how long they take to prepare.
• Learning that Kate Winslet's mother is an award-winning pickler makes me love the actress and her family even more.
• Peanut Corporation of America, the company that put tainted peanuts into circulation, files for bankruptcy.
• The James Beard Foundation announces the semi-finalists for the 2009 awards.

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• In need of a quick, portable and impressive amuse bouche, PartySugar settled on making a batch of Spanish Cream Cheese Toasts and says they're a real winner.
• Did you hear that Burger King is adding mini breakfast burgers to its morning menu? Called breakfast "shots," they hope to capitalize on the cute factor.
• Northern California is having something of a dry spell, which means that the region's wine production will be affected.
• Nothing like a good veggie stew to lighten up after some heavy eating. Check out this recipe for Indian Cauliflower Stew.
• Maybe you're in need of even more vegetables! What about this Greeniest Salad.
• Disneyland is going green, by reusing the oil from the park's fryers to power the trains that circle the park.
• Inquiring minds want to know, do you prefer to cook alone or with friends and family?

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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.

• Try these Sloppy Joes, perfect for your game day meal.
• Are Mario Batali and Gordon Ramsay locked in a blood feud?
• We all know that it's better for our health and our wallet to cook at home. However the ease of takeout often wins out. How often do you order in?
• How to tell if that bottle of red someone brought to your housewarming (three years ago!) is still good.
• Check out this slideshow of things that PartySugar loved at the recent San Francisco Fancy Food Show.
• Hosea apologizes for the kiss he shared with Leah on Top Chef.
• In need of a good Chinese New Year dish? Try these Garlic Soy Shrimp!
• Former President Bush enacted a tariff on Roquefort cheese just before leaving office and it's got the French up in arms.

Each Most (I had a memory lapse last week and forgot to do a round-up. My apologies.) Thursdays, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week.

• The FDA announces that genetically engineered meat won't require additional labeling.
• Bravo TV announces that the Top Chef finale will be held in New Orleans and that Emeril Lagasse will be the guest judge for the episode.
• It used to be easy to make a restaurant reservation, all you had to do was call the restaurant and give your name. YumSugar wants to know how you feel about the growing trend of online reservation services requiring a credit card number to book a table.
• Bobby Flay's in hot water over reports that some of his restaurant employees were stiffed on their wages.
• Looking for a decadent birthday dessert? How about this Sticky Toffee Pudding from Sheila Lutkin's Ten!
• Get dinner on the table in a jiffy with these Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa.
• Tampa, FL was recently named the most caffeinated city in the country. Check out the rest of the list of jittery cities here.

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