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Rainier Cherries
Nothing says summer as much as stone fruit. I’m an arch-locavore but my much-anticipated first taste of stone fruit isn’t local. No apologies. Al and Becky Courchesne at Frog Hollow Farms in Brentwood in the Sacramento Delta, growers of some … Continue reading
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Tagged Al and Becky Courchesne, Bing cherries, brix, cherries, flavor, Frog Hollow Farm, Rainier cherries, refractometer
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The Beautiful Taste: Fishing with Chefs in Boston. Fish Handling, Part 2
The flavor, texture and “mouthfeel” of a fish depends on how it is handled on deck the first three hours out of the water. Rarely is there an opportunity to demonstrate how it all works. When I learned Paul Greenberg, … Continue reading
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Tagged albumin, Amy Bodiker, Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, Back 40, bleeding, Blue Moon II, bluefish, Boston, Boston Harbor, Bruce Sherman, Chefs Collaborative, Chefs Collaborative National Summit, Clean Water Act of 1972, current, filet, fish, fish handling, fish quality, fish story, fisheries management, fishing, flavor, fresh, Hotel Marlowe, Jennifer Maloney, juiciness, kitchen, lactic acid, Lauren Maloney, Leigh Belanger, longline, Lumiere, menhaden, Michael Leviton, mouthfeel, Neponset, Neponset Sport Fishing Charters, North Pond, Paul Greenberg, Peter Hoffman, pollution, pre-rigor, Right Stuff, rigor, rigor mortis, Robin Schempp, rod and reel, Savoy, scales, Skipper Jim Maloney, skunk, skunked, striped bass, striper, texture, The Most Important Fish in the Sea, troll
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Cidering: Dave and Ruth’s Annual Cider Pressing Party
Friends Dave and Ruth have a 125 year-old family cider press that Dave lugged back from Vermont. I am lucky to be included in their annual ritual of gathering apples from abandoned trees and bringing friends together for pressing them … Continue reading
Umami—“the beautiful taste”
An old word dusted off for a new age As a bit of background, I first heard the word umami in a presentation on the quality of flatfish in the Bering Sea harvest by NOAA research scientist Dr. Diane Green. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ajinomoto, beautiful taste, flavor, Jon Rowley, Masa Takayama, senses, taste, umami
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