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Deen there, done that

By E on January 21, 2012

I’ve been experiencing various levels of annoyance at various times over the last few days. Much of this is heat(-wave) related, but mostly it’s from witnessing the brouhaha over the Paula Deen “scandal’ in the food media world. Practically every media outfit has their own take on it, but the facts are these: – Deen [...]

Posted in Food Media, Rants | Tagged Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chefs, Deengate, diabetes, food media, Frank Bruni, Jose Andres, Novo Nordisk, Obesity, Paula Deen, Victoza | Leave a response

Recently spotted in the Doctor’s kitchen

By E on October 29, 2011

Magic, really. I thought I was marking exams, but suddenly there was a brownie occurrence. Specifically, goat’s cheese fudge and smoked almond brownies: The best part? You can do this too! All you need is: 1 good brownie recipe waiting for a new identity; 1 batch of goat’s cheese fudge lurking in the freezer (preferably [...]

Posted in Cooking, Food Media, Jamie Oliver, Rants | Tagged brownies, brunost, fudge, Giada de Laurentiis, gjetost, Ina Garten, Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson | Leave a response

Burger schmurger

By E on July 24, 2011

Two weeks or so ago the Philosophe asked if I would consent to being all ‘Capetonian’ and hitting the Loading Bay for a burger. The Loading Bay, for all non-Capetonians (and that includes some of you who actually live in the city but who – like ourselves – roll on different wheels), is a clothing-accessory [...]

Posted in Cooking, Food Media, Rants | Tagged hamburgers, heston blumenthal, Loading Bay, Spur | Leave a response

Making a milkshake out of yoghurt

By E on April 18, 2011

I have been reading (and writing) about Mr. Oliver’s latest LA venture for some time now, but I didn’t get to *enjoy* the full spectacle of the first episode until last night. Late at night was a stupid time to watch, because it sent me to bed depressed. Smite me with your bleeding heart if [...]

Posted in Food Media, Jamie Oliver, Posts, Rants | Tagged celebrity chefs, food TV, Jamie Oliver, jamie oliver's food revolution, Obesity | Leave a response

Pop that in your corn and smoke it

By E on March 26, 2011

So Heston Blumenthal has been entertaining his viewers (me) with some more fascinatingly cringe-worthy television with his/Channel 4′s latest Mission Impossible (or as someone else puts it, his Michelin Impossible). Brief: take world’s UK’s quackiest chef, put him in places where he does not belong, turn on liquid nitrogen, watch. That is, watch him try [...]

Posted in Cooking, Food Media, Posts, Rants | Tagged heston blumenthal, michelin impossible, mission impossible, popcorn ice cream | Leave a response

Alton Brown-ies (or, glutton for punishment?)

By E on March 6, 2011

Being an honorary South African (or Swazi, or Dane), I am a relative latecomer to the phenomenon of Alton Brown – who, as per above, has apparently been teaching (American) geeks how to cook since 1999. He’s entertaining and whacky in a Heston Blumenthal sort of way, except the comparison stops at invention: they’re both [...]

Posted in Cooking, Food Media, Rants | Tagged alton brown, brownies, cocoa brownies, heston blumenthal, willy wonka | Leave a response

Homeopathy to blame for obesity! #ten23

By E on February 5, 2011

This morning I swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills. I had a handful of headache pills too, and I think some opium for good measure. This is how I felt afterwards: Well, OK, I felt a little sick first, but that’s only because I’m not used to stuffing hundreds of sugary ‘pillules‘ into my mouth [...]

Posted in Food Media, Rants | Tagged bad science, bullshit, CAM, homeopathic drugs, homeopathy, Obesity, pseudoscience, quackery, ten23 | Leave a response

The fight to fight obesity

By E on January 22, 2011

A few days ago the LA Weekly reported that Jamie Oliver’s latest US crusade was off to a bad start, because the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) had banned the chef access to all their schools. He responded with this remarkable statement: “Normally getting into schools isn’t a problem. We’ve never had a total [...]

Posted in Food Media, Jamie Oliver, Rants | Tagged celebrity chefs, Food Revolution USA, Jamie Oliver, Jamie's Food Revolution, Michelle Obama, Obesity, Walmart | Leave a response

2011: The (pizza) wheels go grinding on

By E on January 12, 2011

Well I’ve more than once intended to post pictures of groaning festive season tables over the last few weeks, but technical problems have gotten in the way of that venture (probably for the best, since no one really needed to see a picture of me wearing a paper hat that came out of a Christmas [...]

Posted in Cooking, Food Media, Reading | Tagged 21 May 2011, bad science, bullshit, detox, doomsday, MMR vaccine, penn & teller, powerbalance, wakefield | Leave a response

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