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Meat and Wine
If you are a gourmand, you also know that a good meat dish should also be paired with an equally fine wine.
Anyhoo: how do you choos...
25
Mar
Tag Archives: meat
09
May
Meat, cooking and connective tissue
What distinguishes a meat ideal for grilling from one that is more suitable for slow cooking?
Not everyone knows it, but the secret ...
27
Apr
Umami’s in town
Not many, at least in Western countries, know the 5 basic tastes.
In fact, if you ask someone which is the fifth of these (besides s...
12
Apr
Prehistoric meatballs
Meatballs are a common dish in a lot of different national or local cuisines.
Starting from the Italian polpette (forgive my chauvin...
05
Jan
Venice: a church, a bridge and a restaurant
In case you've never done it before, if you happen to reach Venice by train, you'll notice a splendid Baroque church just behind the tr...
10
May
The colour of the meat
One of the most clever pieces of diet advice I ever heard comes from Tom Smothers, part of the musical comedy duo "Smothers Brothers":
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29
Oct
Catering Equipment and Human Evolution
About 2.5 millions years ago, the Homo Habilis introduced meat in his diet. Raw meat, more precisely.
The guys back then spend hours...
18
Oct
Dry-ageing like a Hun
The Huns were a nomadic people, very inclined to war and pillage.
Their raids caused so many troubles to the Roman Empire and to the...
