Kaffeepresse.de is a Terrific Website on Coffee if You Can Read German

Systemcheck: Filterkaffee, Tassimo, Senseo, Nespresso und Dolce Gusto im Vergleich | Kaffee-Espresso-trinken - Blog: Rund um das schwarze Gold - Senseo, Nespresso, Tassimo, Dolce Gusto und Vollautomaten: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

The Bouchons of Lyon

For the Bouchons of Lyon, see Les Bouchons Lyonnais: Lyon's answer to the tavern, by Emmanuelle Jary at ViaMichelin Travel.

Tradition vs. Modernity: Konnopke's World: Berlin's Most Famous Sausage Stand Fights Changing Times and Tastes - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Konnopke's World: Berlin's Most Famous Sausage Stand Fights Changing Times and Tastes - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

My Turn: Food allergies are answer to medical mystery - latimes.com

My Turn: Food allergies are answer to medical mystery - latimes.com
by Ed Rockey Special to the Los Angeles Times, April 5, 2010

"After a series of tests and misdiagnoses, he discovers his weakness and nausea were caused by allergic reactions to milk, wheat and other foods."

Döner Kebabs Surpass Hamburger in Germany

The German Missions in the United States publish a Newsleter "The Week in Germany" [TWIG], which is also available online and contains some remarkable facts about "the real world" which suggest, as a recent TWIG article titles one of its paragraphs, that "Integration Through the Stomach" is the key solution to the world's political problems - after all, you are what you eat:

"Integration Through the Stomach

The döner kebab is one of the most popular fast foods in Germany.

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The döner kebab is one of the most popular fast foods in Germany, and is often available at Turkish-style eateries in cities across the country well into the wee hours of the morning.

"They have even set a record. Last year, more kebabs were sold than hamburgers," actor Adnan Maral, who presents Turkish and Bavarian cuisine on the regional TV station Bayerischer Rundfunk, said in a recent interview published by the Goethe-Institut and at Germany.info.

According to gourmets like Maral, the way to integration is through the stomach."

Food & Wine Magazine | Recipes, Menus, Chefs, Wine, Cooking, Holidays, Entertaining

Food & Wine Magazine | Recipes, Menus, Chefs, Wine, Cooking, Holidays, Entertaining

Folie à Deux: The Mind-Boggling Street Foods of the Philippines

Folie à Deux: The Mind-Boggling Street Foods of the Philippines

De Gustibus - Snacking Nation - When Did Grazing Take Over Our Children? - NYTimes.com

Jennifer Steinhauer at NYTimes.com and "Snack Never Ends" at De Gustibus - Snacking Nation - When Did Grazing Take Over Our Children? - NYTimes.com

Secret of a healthy old age may lie in right balance of proteins - Times Online

Secret of a healthy old age may lie in right balance of proteins - Times Online

"They found that an amino acid called methionine had a particularly significant effect. When this was added to a low-calorie diet, the result was increased lifespan without decreased fertility. A reduced methionine intake in an otherwise full diet also had a similar effect.

"Methionine is found at high levels in foods such as sesame seeds, Brazil nuts, wheat germ, fish and meat."

The cookie eaten around the world : Julianne Glatz : Illinois Times

From Julianne Glatz : Illinois Times

The cookie eaten around the world

FuturePundit: Lymphoma Progression Linked To Low Vitamin D

Take your vitamins, especially in the winter. FuturePundit reports that
Lymphoma Progression Linked To Low Vitamin D.

Top Ten Restaurants in New York City according to Zagat

The Sunday Telegraph of April 20, 2008 had a highly palatable article by Douglas Rogers in the Travel section, Critic's Choice: Tim Zagat's Gourmet Tour of New York, who (nearly) toured the New York top ten restaurants in one day with Zagat, "who knows them better than anyone". They did not make it to all ten, but to most of them. Here is the current Zagat list of the top 10 New York restaurants (for more, see Zagat New York Restaurants):

1. Daniel 2. Sushi Yasuda 3. Le Bernardin 4. Per Se 5. Peter Luger Steak House 6. Jean Georges 7. Bouley 8. Chanterelle 9. Sushi Seki 10. L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon

Bon Appetit!

Some Food and Beverage Blogs

Take a look at the following food and beverage blogs:

One of my favorites, Kate Hopkins has a food and beverage blog at Accidental Hedonist. In 2004, Kate launched the "Food Blog Awards".

Food and beverage blogs are touted at many websites.

FOODBlog has a comprehensive list of blogs and other food and beverage resources, including coffee links, wine blogs, other drink blogs, Chicago food resources, food blog meta-sites, food forums, food podcasts, food industry links, other food-related sites, non-food related but food named blogs, and (this is quite handy to weed out the blogs) dormant food blogs. Globe correspondent Ethan Gilsdorf points to many of the leading food blogs in his January 12, 2005 article, Food bloggers chronicle their delicious obsessions. Forbes has a list of "Best Food Blogs" by Breckinridge Ely while a Guardian article by Vicky Frost serves us up with The world on your plate, "a taste of the best of the blogs". There are also many articles online on gastronomy.

Here is a small selection of food and beverage blogs on the web.

Chez Pim is the blog of Pim Techamuanvivit, which has been hailed for its restaurant reviews and also contains things like a recent series of postings on the wine harvest in Burgundy by a Burgundian wine maker.

Heidi Swanson, a cookbook collector out of San Francisco, goes into the world of 101 Cookbooks.

Clotilde Dusoulier has a very popular blog in English, Chocolate & Zucchini. Her new book Chocolate & Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen is set to launch soon and can be pre-ordered at Amazon. Vicky Frost at the Guardian lauds Dusoulier's blog for "great photography and inspiring recipes".

Andy Hayler's Food Site contains "notes on restaurants around the world".

Meg Hourihan was cofounder of Pyra, the company behind Blogger before it was purchased by Google. Megnut is Meg Hourihan's site about food.

Amy Sherman's blog Cooking with Amy hails out of San Francisco and focuses on "original food writing providing recipes, restaurant and product reviews, contests, essays and insight into culinary news."

Adam Roberts serves to us the Amateur Gourmet, a blog made instantly famous by CNN, which featured his photo essay on the Janet Jackson breast cupcake.

For those who speak French, Pascale Weeks has a "cuisine best-seller" at C'est moi qui l'ai fait [It is I who made it] - but not available in English.

An interesting site, not a blog but more of a message board "for those who live to eat" is the food and drink community at Chowhound.com.

For the Gourmet Blogger - 2006 Nominations for The James Beard Awards

We were looking at Epicurious, a nice site for the gourmet, and discovered they also have an editor's blog, which pointed us to the 2006 nominations for the James Beard Awards for culinary professionals. Take a look.

Creme Brulee Recipe

Trish Wilson, The Countess, has the gourmet posting of the year today, October 2, 2005, because it is a recipe for creme brulee, one of my favorite desserts.
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