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Fresh Sriracha (aka, home made ‘Rooster’) – Recipes – food52

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How to make Sriracha “rooster” hot sauce at home

Well, I know what I’m doing this weekend: here’s a recipe for how to make sriracha hot sauce, the ubiquitous Asian restaurant condiment in that clear plastic bottle with the little white rooster on the side. (via Farhad)

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Space Food Turns Gross Within a Year

CHICAGO — Most people find the palatability of in-flight entrees an oxymoron. But even frequent fliers seldom encounter more than a few such meals per week. Astronauts, in contrast, may have to survive months in orbit dining on a really limited menu… Continue reading

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The Word of Mouth KFC challenge | Life and style | guardian.co.uk

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The Word of Mouth KFC challenge | Life and style | guardian.co.uk

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Grocery store ripoffs

Livecheap enumerates five common grocery store product-categories that delivery less stuff at higher prices — things like diluted bleach, plumped chickens, and hint of fruit “juice” that are mostly water. (via Consumerist)

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Common Cooking Myths You Can Easily Dispel [Science]

Kitchen “tips” and habits made up a big percentage of things we discovered we were doing wrong. Searing meat to seal in juices? Baking soda absorbing fridge odors? Alcohol that “cooks off” instantly? T… Continue reading

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Seven Myths About Grilling a Steak [Grilling]

Cooking instructor and author of Planet Barbecue Steven Raichlen knows a thing or two about grilling a steak, and today he’s debunking a few grilling myths that’ll help make your weekend barbecue that … Continue reading

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Sweet Maria’s

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Book: Ratio

Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman. Scribner, 2009. Ruhlman gives readers the ratios behind many basic recipes, and tells you when you should follow them and when you may need to make adjustments … Continue reading

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Book: Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper

Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop. W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. Fuchsia Dunlop gives us an entertaining account of how she fell in love with Chinese food and cooking, as … Continue reading

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A Chili Sauce to Crow About – The Origins of Sriracha Sauce

Good article in the New York Times on where Sriracha sauce comes from. The lure of Asian authenticity is part of the appeal. Some American consumers believe sriracha (properly pronounced SIR-rotch-ah) to be a Thai sauce. Others think it is … Continue reading

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Book: Heat

Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford. Anchor Canada, 2007 In Heat, Bill Buford, a writer for The New Yorker, leaves his job to become a … Continue reading

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