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January 18, 2023 (October 12, 2022)

Q&A with Ken Albala, author of THE GREAT GELATIN REVIVAL

food Q&A

Ken Albala, author of The Great Gelatin Revival: Savory Aspics, Jiggly Shots, and Outrageous Desserts, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: […]

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May 31, 2022 (May 10, 2022)

Q&A with Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish, editors of FOOD INSTAGRAM

communication food popular culture Q&A

Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish, editors of Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation, answer questions on their influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from their new book. Q: Why did […]

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November 9, 2021 (November 9, 2021)

Q&A With Rachel E. Black, Author of Cheffes de Cuisine

culture European history food gender studies Q&A women

Rachel E. Black, author of Cheffes de Cuisine: Women and Work in the Professional French Kitchen, answers questions on her culinary influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: […]

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October 28, 2021 (October 18, 2021)

Halloween and the Brach’s Royals

Chicago food

Whatever industry group planted National Chocolate Day on October 28 did a great job. There’s no better positioning than a few days before Halloween. It’s the holiday dedicated to candy […]

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October 28, 2020 (August 21, 2020)

Q&A with Ann Flesor Beck, Author of Sweet Greeks

authors culture food Illinois / regional migration Q&A

Author, Ann Flesor Beck of Sweet Greeks: First-Generation Immigrant Confectioners in the Heartland, answers questions about her family influences, purpose for writing and myths she hopes to dispel about first-generation […]

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February 26, 2018 (January 30, 2018)

County Fairground Soup: Ken Albala shares his recipe

food

County Fairground Soup I love when serendipity, season, and whim dictate the contents of a recipe. A cooking demo for a farm-to-table event and whatever happened to be available at […]

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February 21, 2018 (January 25, 2018)

Duck Soup Noodles: Ken Albala shares his recipe

food

Penang, Malaysia: Duck Soup Noodles This state’s major city, Georgetown, was founded by the British in 1786 as a trading center. Consequently, it attracted influences from not only throughout the […]

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February 14, 2018 (January 25, 2018)

Pulled noodles: a how-to with Ken Albala

food

The noodle, properly pulled, can take a soup from “good” to “that meal your friends talk about ten years later.” Called “the ultimate noodle” by Ken Albala, and he would […]

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February 7, 2018 (January 25, 2018)

Shirataki, the strangest noodle: Ken Albala shares his recipe

food

This is the strangest noodle I have ever made, and doing it from scratch is more like an alchemical experiment than an exercise in cooking. Among everything in this book, […]

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January 24, 2018 (January 18, 2018)

Homemade rice noodles: a how-to with Ken Albala

food

The perfect rice noodle… it is El Dorado and the City of Z, and those questing for it wonder, “Will my journey ever end?” Let Ken Albala be your great and […]

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January 22, 2018 (January 18, 2018)

Making noodle soup: a how-to with Ken Albala

food

If you live in the hemisphere currently undergoing winter, you know that few foods offer the sanctuary of satisfaction to be found in a bowl of great noodle soup. Ken […]

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January 4, 2018 (January 5, 2018)

Happy National Spaghetti Day

film food

“There’s a reason that this genre film never worked. It must be ethnic to the core—you must smell the spaghetti. That’s what brought the magic to the novel—it was written […]

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