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2012 Chicago Bib Gourmands Announced!
Chicago, have you dined at a Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant recently? Today, we’re thrilled to announce the...
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It’s time for THE GRUB STREET FOOD FESTIVAL MENU! WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP!!!
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Chicken n’Waffles: Vanilla “Waffle” cake, vanilla...
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quay, sydney
you know how excited some people get when their chosen troupe of athletic professionals achieves some form of triumphant gain? well,...
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Prune stuffed gnocchi @ Park No 9, Boston
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Posts tagged "food definitions"
- also spelled oenology, it is the science or study of viniculture or wine making
- one who studies the science is called an enologist (or oenologist)
- any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes
- a cosmetic gel
- French, jelly, from Middle French
- French for "under vacuum"
- a technique pioneered in Europe where ingredients are combined in vacuum-packed pouches, cooked under a vacuum, then chilled.
- most often by hotels, restaurants and caterers, though it's expected to become increasingly available in supermarkets
- clarified meat or fish broth
- a soup or sauce base served either hot or cold
- the flavor of a consommé can be enhanced through a reduction to half the volume
- A wine waiter
- A restaurant employee who orders and maintains the wines sold in the restaurant and usually has extensive knowledge about wine and food pairings.
- 1. the practice or art of choosing, cooking, & eating good food.
- 2. the cooking of a particular area: "traditional American gastronomy"
- 3. Wylie Dufresne, as in WD~50
- 1. used as a way to cleanse the palate in between courses
- 2. small, light and refreshing, usually a sorbet or light sparkling wine
- 1. a single, bite-sized hors d’œuvre
- 2. a small complimentary appetizer offered at some restaurants
- French, literally, (it) entertains (the) mouth
- 1. The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the nose and the mouth in vertebrates.
- 2. A person's appreciation of taste and flavor.
