Slashfood

• The New York Times Dining & Wine section in 60 seconds: Mocktails, tomato jam, raspberry figs
  

  Filed under: East Coast, Business, Vegetables, Newspapers, America, in sixty seconds, Summer

  
  Eric Asimov discusses the new breed of lighter, subtler Napa Valley Cabernets.
  
  Applebee's moves beyond the riblet in an effort to save itself from Bennigan's fate.
  
  The Hamptons get real Mexican-style tacos. Yay?
  
  The Minimalist makes tomato jam.
  
  Recipes for icy summer mocktails. And not just virgin daiquiris - think homemade tonic with lavender, chamomile, fresh herbs and lime juice.
  
  Meet the raspberry fig.

  Newspapers, in sixty seconds

  • Looking for a new way to bond with your neighbors? How about hiring a caterer to cook up a weekly neighborhood dinner for you and the folks on your block!
  • The chef who cooks those weekly dinners draws inspiration from her Southern roots, cooking up Southern "Dolmas" With Brown Rice, Dates and Pecans, Savory Blueberry Sauce, Corn on the Cob With Ivy's Zippy Mustard-Lime Glaze, Southern-Style Peach Cobbler and Coconut Whipped Cream. When she needs a little extra inspiration, she turns to an arsenal of cookbooks.
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  • The stingiest airlines are charging for water
    

    Filed under: Business, Newspapers, America, Food News

    
    Flying domestically over the past few years has become increasingly more and more nightmarish. Just last week we had a post on the lack of complimentary food served on domestic flights. Last Sunday, the New York Times had an article about airlines, such as US Airways, that are charging $5 for snacks and $2 for water. Airlines no longer offering basic amenities, like luggage space and meals, is depressing. But, it's more or less expected from airlines that are all on the verge of going out of business. To...
    
  
  
  
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer in 60 seconds: Loose leaf tea, lunch trucks and Le Bec Fin
    

    Filed under: Newspapers, in sixty seconds

    • Cynthia Wahl imports teas, but she's not a purveyor, she's a tea sommelier and she wants Americans to eschew the bag for loose leaf.
    • If you want to give up the tea bag, here are some local spots to buy loose leaves, a primer on how to brew your new tea and a piece about Japanese tea ceremonies.
    • Le Bec Fin, the restaurant widely acknowledged to have started Philadelphia's restaurant revolution in the early 1970s, is remodeling.
    • Maria Yagoda takes us on a tour of University of Pennsylvania lunch trucks, and admits that it's better...
      
    
    
    
    • The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Tomatoes, marinara sauce and shade grown coffee
      

      Filed under: Newspapers, in sixty seconds

      • Baltimore home cooks celebrate the arrival of home grown tomatoes.
      • A new generation of chocolate makers play with their formulas and produce chocolates the likes of which cacao lovers have never seen.
      • Need inspiration for an outdoor meal? Kate Shatzkin reviewsPicnic: 125 Recipes with 29 Seasonal Menus.
      • Add anchovies to homemade marinara for a quick dinner that's full of flavor.
      • A Sun reader was searching for a cake recipe. Turns out it was the 'Better Than Sex' cake.
      • Erica Marcus answers the question, What is shade grown coffee, exactly?
      • Landmark soda fountain is closing and...
        
      
      
      
      • The New York Times Dining & Wine section in 60 seconds: Snobbery, specialty coffee, slow-cooked beans
        

        Filed under: Wine, Coffee, East Coast, Business, Vegetables, Recipes, Newspapers, America, in sixty seconds, Coffee shops, Celebrities

        
        Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter picks up his second restaurant, Monkey Bar. His first, the Waverly Inn, has been luring a high wattage crowd for two years, despite not being officially open.
        
        L.A.'s fast food moratorium raises questions about choice and personal responsibility.
        
        The Minimalist makes chapati, Indian flat bread.
        
        A recipe for slow-cooked green beans.
        
        Eric Asimov sips the crisp white...
        
      
      
      
      • Memories of airplane food, an endangered species
        

        Filed under: Newspapers

        

        I've taken two trips in the past two weeks. The first was to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Frontier Airlines. Snacks were available for purchase and they even tried to sell bottled water (although, if you waited a few minutes you could get a cup of water with the regular beverage service). The second trip was to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Southwest Airlines. Southwest offered as many cheese nips and peanuts as you could eat. While it was a step up from Frontier, it was a far cry from the early days of flying.

        In a New York Times article, William Woys Weaver (on a totally unrelated note, I...
        

      
      
      
      • The NY Times profiles baking competition at the Marquette County Fair
        

        Filed under: Newspapers, Summer

        
        Growing up in cities (Los Angeles and then Portland, OR), county fairs really weren't a part of my life. However, they've always fascinated me, particularly the competitions in which people enter their baked goods, cans of jam and garden veggies. If you have a similar fascination, you'll love this piece, which appeared today in the Dan Berry's This Land column in the New York Times, titled Where the Competition Is Stiff but Sweet.
        
        Berry regularly delves into the less-visible aspects of American life and this week features the baking competition at the Marquette County Fair in Sands Township, MI....
        
      
      
      
      • The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Staycations, beer and pickles
        

        Filed under: Newspapers, in sixty seconds

        
        
        • Trading your vacation for a staycation this summer? That's no reason not to indulge in home cooked vacation meals.
        • After being outstripped by wine in 2005, beer is back on top, according to the 2008 Gallup Poll of US consumption habits.
        • The many varieties of pickled tomatoes, beans and beets that used to be on our dining tables have been replaced by the ubiquity of the cucumber pickle. Explore a little and pickle something out of the ordinary (they've got a recipe for pickled grapes).
        • Jill Rosen reviews the new bookWine & Food A New Look at Flavor By Joshua...
          
        
        
        
        • The New York Times in 60 seconds: Ice, white wine and apricots
          

          Filed under: Wine, East Coast, Farming, Business, Vegetables, Recipes, Fruit, Newspapers, America, in sixty seconds, Summer

          
          The Curious Cook discusses cooking with cold - liquid nitrogen-chilled foams, inside-out pancakes cooked on the icy "anti-griddle."
          
          Eric Asimov sips the white wines of Greece.
          
          Supermarkets add more varieties of fruits and veggies, to compete with farmers markets.
          
          The Greenmarket debates grower rules.
          
          China temporarily allows shipments of California strawberries. Strawberry shortcakes for all gold medalists!
          
          Honey-apricot parfaits, with recipe.