Comments on: Delicious Food

By: zhando

zhando — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:56:51 +0000

rice? I prepare brown basmati rice like pasta.

Comes out fine. Don’t know about what this does to the nutritional content though.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:26:56 +0000

Great post Yehuda. In the last year, Michael Pollan has become one of my favorite authors. Even though I spent the first 20 years of my life on a farm, I was amazed to learn how little I knew about food.

You might enjoy the film, King Corn: http://www.kingcorn.net/ (it’s on netflix). Michael Pollan is actually in it, albeit briefly.

Keep up the good eats!

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:07:03 +0000

I know exactly what you are talking about. Since I have been cooking a lot more at home, I find it a lot harder to find a restaurant where the food tastes as well as at home. This might sound arrogant but I think it has mainly to do with the ingredients.
In SF, it’s still relatively easy to get tasty and healthy food, but once further East, it gets a lot harder.
You motivated me, have been looking to join a CSA for a while, my friend says, farm fresh to you is good!
Regarding snacks: in summer, all the berries are such easy prey!!

By: matt

matt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:57:04 +0000

don’t forget about the very superb book called “The China Study” which is an epidemiological study of nutrition.

By: wycats

wycats — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:55:46 +0000

@hunter regarding grass-fed beef: absolutely. I found that bison meat (which is commonly grass-fed) is pretty awesome too. Will add that book to my list :)

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:53:17 +0000

Some great ideas coming out of those books, especially on the unprocessed food and organic produce. You might be interesting in adding this to your reading list – http://www.amazon.com/Good-Calories-Bad-Gary-Taubes/dp/1400040787. A little more on the science of healthy eating.

Have you looked at grass fed beef and other meats? I switched a while back and discovered the rich flavours that are typically lost in mass market meat.

By: Lar Van Der Jagt

Lar Van Der Jagt — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:49:39 +0000

Good post, also enjoy seeing this kind of “off topic” commentary from people I respect in the industry.

Also, it’s pretty sad how often important ideas are brushed aside for fear of sounding like a “kooky hippie.” Glad to see that is starting to turn around in the food realm.

By: dc

dc — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:32:25 +0000

CSA 懐かしいなぁ. I moved from SF to tokyo – i wish we had CSA veggies here. webvan with a healthy face.
we do have rice-makers in abundance tho :D

By: Ryan Bergeman

Ryan Bergeman — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:32:06 +0000

Yehuda, what rice maker did you purchase?

By: Andrew White

Andrew White — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:42:45 +0000

Bread makers are cool – I got one last year and I haven’t bought a ordinary loaf since. If you stick it on the timer you can wake up to the smell of freshly baked bread in the morning. There’s also a whole range of different flours you can use as well – these are the best in my opinion (http://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/listing.html?categoryId=137) but I don’t think they’re available in the US.

Did you get one with a dispenser in the top? They’re great for doing seeded and fruit loaves – cinnamon and raisin or apricot and almond are my favourites.