10/13/2009
I was all set to delve into a mounting discourse on how Rick Bayless is a veritable culinary Quetzalcoatl among wee cookery men, conquering fine dining, upscale casual, street food, retail, publishing, locavore-minded horticulture, television and the realm of celebrity chefs—really, whatever he sets his mind to—with seemingly effortless, humble, self-directed, meticulous determination, but I was ...
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10/08/2009
Before we had umami, we simply had delicious … that savory, brothy, mouthwatering sensation of protein-driven satisfaction. But thanks to the efforts of the Japanese firm Ajinomoto, we have a name to lay claim to that fifth taste never fully grasped by varied permutations of the other four.
Even though we in the States have only recently begun to, en masse, take the umami bull by the horns ...
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10/01/2009
As someone who has been tuned into the keen profit potential of the “natural food” market for some time now, I welcomed the arrival of stevia—and, more specifically, its user-friendly constituent, highly purified rebaudioside A—onto the market with open arms (something I wrote about in the context of natural functional foods in a recent issue of the magazine). Yes, stevia has displayed some lingering ...
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09/23/2009
Not that I ever disembarked, but it looks like our nation of ardent peanut lovers is back on the bus. As noted in a recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution article, sales have rebounded for peanut butter, back up to $78 million for a four-week period in July and August (compared to $67.5 million during February in the wake of the infamous Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella outbreak which ended ...
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09/18/2009
After my recent post (see below), I’ve been following the still-circulating hubbub on Great Lake with interest. I found this recent NYT blog entry a fun read—particularly the comments responding to the author’s suggestion that Great Lake try to scare a portion of its customers away with a substantial, opportunistic price hike. If you think that’s good advice, I’ve got some Macy’s stock to sell ...
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