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In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found ‘her true calling.’ (via dancingspoon.com)

Updated Apr 25, 2007

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If you thought making wine in your kitchen was exciting (see Is it Wine Yet?) how about becoming a real winemaker without the fuss of actually having a vineyard. There’s a company in California called Crushpad, located in the heart of San Francisco, where you can do just that.

While making your own wine will be fun and exciting, at Crushpad it's also serious business. You won't be alone when you set out to create that perfect cult wine: Crushpad provides grapes from California's top vineyards, they have their own winemaking team, and a state-of-the-art winery. You choose your level of involvement and they “do the rest.” Their very robust web site is great at getting the juices flowing (sorry, couldn’t resist that one), whether you’re a new winemaker or an experienced one. More at (via Dancingspoon.com)

Updated Apr 23, 2007

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Dancing Spoon: PB&J Updated

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I still like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I've just updated mine a bit. Here's how I make 'em now:

I toast a couple of slices of good bakery sour dough bread. I smear one slice with high quality chunky, salted peanut butter. Then instead of the little kid's grape jelly, I use orange marmalade. I sprinkle some dried cranberries on top, and then just a bit of honey to temper down the bitterness of the marmalade and cranberries. Pop on the top slice and you're good to go. (via dancingspoon.com)

Updated Apr 17, 2007

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I use this all the time at home and at work for measuring curing ingredients.

Updated May 19, 2006

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Dancing Spoon: The Artisan Baker

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There are large-scale operations that have successfully created artisan breads while remaining true to their roots. Artisan Baking in America, now updated with Artisan Baking, a wonderful book by Maggie Glezer, documents some of these, and the late Lionel Poilâne’s manufacture (not a factory, mind you) in France is a testament to the fact that it can be done. But it’s not easy, and it’s certainly not cheap, and that is what makes artisan bakers unique.
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Updated Apr 13, 2007

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Winepod: Wine Geek Meets, Well, Geek

Forget the bucolic scene of the wizened old French winemaker with his dusty beret, stubble on his chin, and a cigarette plugged into the corner of his mouth. Think of what a child of R2D2 and your Sub-Zero refrigerator would be like. Well, it would be like a WinePod.

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The WinePod people tell us that, “The WinePod is a state-of-the-art tool for small lot artisan winemaking. The WinePod integrates fermentation, pressing, and ageing in one elegant unit yet it is simple and easy to use. The WinePod controls the heat of fermentation and maintains appropriate ageing temperature using electronically controlled thermoelectric heating and cooling. Your wine ferments and ages in a variable-capacity stainless steel tank with an integrated wine press.” More at: (via dancingspoon.com)

Updated Apr 25, 2007

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Dancing Spoon: Keep Your Knives Sharp

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At its foundation, cooking really only needs a few tools. They should be as good quality as you can afford and you should take care of them. This is especially true of your knives.

Here're the basics of knifedom. Knives are for cutting. To cut they need to be sharp. When you use a knife it becomes dull. You need to sharpen your knives.

Here's what happens. Through usage, a knife's edge actually wears away. To bring back the sharpness to the knife you must remove a small amount of material from the sides of the knife. That's what a sharpener does.

There are many types of sharpeners, from sharpening stones (I've used them) to a manual sharpener like the Wusthof 2-Stage Sharpener (I've used them) to the electric sharpeners. I'm currently using the Chef's Choice 300W Diamond Hone Knife Sharpener pictured at the top.

From the web site: The Chef's Choice sharpens in the two different stages: the sharpening stage and the second honing stage, which polishes the blade to a razor edge. Those two stages create different bevels, putting a "shoulder" on an edge instead of sharpening with a single bevel. The shoulder strengthens the edge so it lasts longer.

And I think it does. The first time you use the sharpener you create those two bevels. After that, putting a new edge on takes just a minute or so. To make sure the angle is correct it has magnetic guides that hold the blade at the proper angle. (via dancingspoon.com)

Updated Apr 29, 2007

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Dancing Spoon: Dean & Deluca Chef's Apron

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Okay, I cook a lot, therefore I drop a lot. Mostly on me. Luckily, someone more clever than I invented the apron. And then DEAN & DELUCA had these great aprons custom-designed. They've got an extra-long front panel, they're made of sturdy canvas-weight cotton and they hold up to many washings. I need that.

Now, if they only had something for my floor... (via dancingspoon.com)

Updated Mar 23, 2007

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Are you a better person just because you're a Foodie? Of course you are! Let the world know! (via DancingSpoon.com)

Updated Mar 16, 2007

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Dancing Spoon: Portable French Press

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These are great. They can be used for french press coffee or loose leaf tea on the go. Once I went french press, I cant go back, but it stinks having to wait for it to brew and such if I need to be somewhere. This is a great solution. It would also be good for camping or Burning Man, but it's only big enough for one cup so if you have thirsty campmates you'll need something bigger!

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