Articles tagged “restaurants”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

A South American Day In Los Angeles By Julia Austin IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 12 2011 There are two kinds of staycations. The kind where you want to completely relax and treat your city as though you are a tourist in it, experiencing all of the things that are so fill in your city here. And then there is the type of staycation in which you want to feel like you’ve gotten far, far away + READ MORE

8 Germiest Public Places That Could Be Making You Sick By Laurel House IN Food & Health Mar 25 2011 When you travel, you leave your controlled, clean, routine environment and venture into unmarked territory. You touch, eat, even sleep on lots of foreign and possibly dirty things. But if, like me, you have an ongoing case of wanderlust, the world’s germs aren’t enough to deter your globetrotting ways. You have just learned how to prepare for them. Because the fact is that you can plan and organize your life to a T, but if you get sick all your plans go down the drain. Goodbye trip to Hawaii you planned months ago, goodbye presentation you’re supposed to give at work tomorrow… + READ MORE

6 Intoxicating High Altitude Restaurants By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 3 2011 Adventurous eating doesn't have to consist of gnawing on indigenous creep crawlers or mysterious internal organs. Exciting bites can be the result of the faces and places that you choose to eat. If heights give you the willies then this may be too much for you, but for all those bold eaters out there, why not consider dining in the clouds? + READ MORE

Christian Pilosi is Creating a Thriving Vegan Community in...Scranton? (Interview) By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Oct 25 2010 "I decided it would be more rewarding to change the part of the world I live in and believe it or not, eden has been thriving right here in Scranton!" + READ MORE

5 Great iPhone Apps for Vegans By NaturallySavvy.com IN Tech & Transport Oct 10 2010 Being vegan can be difficult, particularly when you're just starting out, but vegan iPhone users can get a little help with a variety of apps gears toward people who don't eat animal products. + READ MORE

Fast Food Kid's Meals Have Adult-Sized Fat, Calories and Salt By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Aug 26 2010 Happy meals are cholesterol and salt bombs marketed to kids with toys and tie-ins. Why is this legal? + READ MORE

Cooking, Eating, and the Gulf Oil Spill: Chef Joey Camapanaro of NYC's The Little Owl (Interview) By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 29 2010 Joey Campanaro is Chef/Owner of Blackfoot Consulting, which includes the restaurants The Little Owl, Market Table, and The Village Belle, all in New York City. We caught up with him to see what he thinks about the oil spill and the future of food in the Gulf of Mexico. + READ MORE

Eat Up - No Food Waste Allowed at This Restaurant By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Jun 9 2010 The world could do with a lot more restaurants (and homes) that prohibit food waste the way Australia's Wafu does. + READ MORE

Free Parking is Actually Pretty Expensive By Virginia Sole-Smith IN Tech & Transport Apr 1 2010 My town has free parking all along Main Street. It's the kind of thing visitors always remark on: "No meters!!" And we smugly say, "Nope, not here!" and pull up right in front of the nearest restaurant or antique store. Yep, life seemed pretty sweet... until I realized that the abundance of free parking meant one thing: I. Drive. Everywhere. + READ MORE

In Search of Perfection Episode: Fish & Chips By Team Planet Green IN In Search Of Perfection Mar 24 2010 Chef Heston Blumenthal's crusade for culinary perfection becomes more complex as he struggles with batter and potatoes in his quest for a superlative plate of fish 'n' chips. To get his taste buds bursting, Heston stops off at his old... + READ MORE

In Search of Perfection Episode: Spaghetti Bolognese By Team Planet Green IN In Search Of Perfection Mar 24 2010 Heston turns his attention to the much-loved Spaghetti Bolognese. The recipe is broken down and dissected, with versions from the traditional to the radical being tried and tested. Heston travels to the Bologna region of Italy and to the Trattoria... + READ MORE

In Search of Perfection Episode: Chicken Tikka Masala By Team Planet Green IN In Search Of Perfection Mar 24 2010 Heston turns his attention to Chicken tikka masala. He heads to Delhi where he trys to unravel the complicated roots of this dish. On returning to his restaurant in Bray, Heston try to build his own tandoor but soon realizes... + READ MORE

In Search of Perfection Episode: Peking Duck By Team Planet Green IN In Search Of Perfection Mar 24 2010 Heston's quest to recreate some of Britain's best-loved dishes takes him to Beijing, the home of Peking duck to visit two of its most famous duck restaurants - the traditional Quanjude and the cutting-edge Dadong. Back home Heston decides to... + READ MORE

Future Food Episode: Inedible to Edible By Team Planet Green IN Future Food Mar 17 2010 Sometimes, a crazy experiment goes right and produces results beyond everyone's wildest expectations. Other times, well, it ends in disaster. When a cooking experiment using a paint gun filled with capsicum oil and a flamethrower produces a mess of inedible... + READ MORE

Future Food Episode: French Evolution By Team Planet Green IN Future Food Mar 17 2010 French cuisine has a certain...je ne sais quois—and it's not only challenging for the rugged American palate. Indeed, even top chefs consider it the ultimate challenge to craft refined French food—and that includes the culinary wizards of Future Food. In... + READ MORE

Future Food Episode: Burger Wars By Team Planet Green IN Future Food Mar 17 2010 The system that places a pound of pre-ground beef in a plastic-wrapped Styrofoam tray on a supermarket shelf is a complex and—let's face it—largely unnatural one. But it doesn't have to be this way. In this episode, Omar and Ben... + READ MORE

Frozen Watermelon Sashimi By Team Planet Green IN Future Food Mar 12 2010 Can you have seafood without fish? Moto chefs say yes you can... here we have the recipe for "Frozen Watermelon Sashimi." Ingredients: 1 small watermelon 2 tablespoons of Envision 1 tablespoon salt 5 sheets Nori, ground to a powder in... + READ MORE

Frozen Crepes Suzette By Team Planet Green IN Future Food Mar 12 2010 A recycling theme begins with the chefs at Moto decide to reuse leftover French Toast to make tasty crepes. Ingredients: For the Crepes: 3/4 cup half and half 3 eggs 2/3 cup four 1/4 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon salt... + READ MORE

A Twist on a Quebecois Traditional Dish: Ploye By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 27 2010 My son's girlfriend Rebecca had a dinner party last week and the theme was Quebecois cooking. I took a tortiere as my contribution to the party and she served a fantastic vegetarian French onion soup and vegetarian poutine. However, the piece de resistance for the evening was the ploye. + READ MORE

Forget Fast-Food French Fries: Study Finds National Chains Using Less-Healthy Vegetable Oil Options By Mat McDermott IN Food & Health Jan 19 2010 Want a healthier french fry? Choose a local independent restaurant rather than a national chain. + READ MORE