Umami all the way.

Umami all the way.

Umami /uːˈmɑːmi/,
a savory taste, is one of the five basic tastes (together with sweet, sour, bitter and salty).

A loanword from the Japanese (うま味?), umami can be translated as "pleasant savory taste".

This particular writing was chosen by Professor Kikunae Ikeda from umai (うまい) "delicious" and mi (味) "taste". The kanji 旨味 are used for a more general sense of a food as delicious.

People taste umami through receptors for glutamate, commonly found in its salt form as the food additive monosodium glutamate (MSG).
For that reason, scientists consider umami to be distinct from saltiness.
#Umami

Originally shared by Lynn Keller

Why You Should Hard-Cook Lots of Eggs and Soak Them in Soy Sauce
After peeling the eggs, you move them to marinate in the fridge in a small vat of soy sauce, sherry vinegar, and sugar for a few hours. (I’ve left them overnight too, which I actually found to be extra salty and delicious.)

The soak isn't just about salting them, but a more rounded seasoning—a little sweet, a little tangy, but mostly a lot of umami. You can vary the marinade as you like—add sake, scallions, ginger, mirin, garlic, chiles, or rice wine vinegar. What’s to stop you?

Since these will be your new weekly fridge companion, you’ll have plenty of opportunity.

Momofuku's Soy Sauce Eggs
Adapted slightly from Milk Bar Life by Christina Tosi
Makes 6 eggs

6 tablespoons warm water
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
¾ cup soy sauce
6 large eggs
Maldon or other flaky salt, for serving
Black pepper, for serving

#eggs   #hardcookedeggs   #momofuku  
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/05/14/momofuku_s_soy_sauce_eggs_recipe_the_perfect_protein_supplement_for_any.html?wpsrc=fol_tw

98 Cubes of Real Food Hi res picture.

98 Cubes of Real Food Hi res picture.
Recommend zooming in
From http://petapixel.com
H/t Hans Youngmann​​

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees
Pablo Neruda
#Cherries

Originally shared by Ani ta

Mmmm Super Choc ♥♥♥

Mmmm Super Choc ♥♥♥

Originally shared by Lynn Keller

Yes.

Ingredients
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 tbsp. confectioners' sugar
3 tbsp. Grand Marnier (or other orange-flavored liqueur)
8 tbsp. unsalted butter, plus more for greasing
1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
4 oz. good-quality bittersweet chocolate (preferably Valrhona), coarsely chopped, plus shavings for garnish
2 eggs, plus 2 yolks
Instructions
Using a hand mixer, beat cream, confectioners' sugar, and Grand Marnier in a bowl until stiff peaks form; refrigerate until ready to use.
Heat oven to 450°. Grease four 6-oz. ramekins with butter and coat with half the granulated sugar; place on a baking sheet. Melt butter in a 4-qt. saucepan over low; add chocolate and let sit for 2–3 minutes. Stir until chocolate has completely melted; cool slightly.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine remaining granulated sugar, the eggs, and yolks; beat on medium until thickened and pale, 3–5 minutes. Slowly add the melted chocolate mixture, whisking until combined. Divide the mixture among ramekins and bake until just set, about 8–10 minutes. The tops will puff up slightly like soufflés but the centers will be deliciously soft and gooey. Cool on a rack for 10–15 minutes before serving, or bake before dinner and serve at room temperature.
To serve, arrange ramekins on dessert plates and top with whipped cream; garnish with chocolate shavings.
#chocolatelovers   #saveurmagazine   #dessertrecipes  
http://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/bittersweet-chocolate-pudding-cakes?4ZR2im0xJICp9o0g.30

Invention of cooking made having a bigger brain an asset for humans

Invention of cooking made having a bigger brain an asset for humans

Humans' move to a cooked diet, possibly first adopted by Homo erectus, and their bigger brains yet smaller bodies, left spare energy which allowed further rapid growth in brain size and the chance to develop the big brain as an asset rather than a liability, through expanded cognitive capacity, flexibility and complexity.

Human guts are about 60% of the expected size for a primate.
The small size of human guts (combined with our having the same basal metabolic rate as any other primate, relative to body mass) means that we have some spare energy, which contributes to explaining how we can afford a relatively large brain.
And the reason we have been able to evolve small guts is that we have been able to rely on eating our food cooked.
#ShotsofAwe  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pun6tbz8Rzw

I have a question

I have a question
What is wine?
There was silence.
Four seconds, five seconds, 10 seconds.
  
Finally, cautiously, someone offered, A drink?
  
Mr. Adrià's eyes widened. Maybe it is a drink if I put it in a cup

But what if I make it into a sauce and cook with it?
His voice was sharp.
More silence.

Mr. Adrià spun away and began walking again. Now he said over his shoulder as the crowd shuffled in his wake,
What if I turn the wine into ice cream?
What is it then?
Ferran Adria #21stCenturyDigitalFood  

Originally shared by Jon “the chef” Hole

Trend No. 137 - Digital Gastronomy

The celebrity chef, who closed El Bulli, widely regarded as the best restaurant in the world, last year, says his next recipe involves a sprinkling of algorithms, a pinch of digital technology, an emulsion of raw data, and a few generous glugs of innovation to create La Bullipedia

“Cooking shares many characteristics with the internet - both are the sum of many parts and both enjoy the rare gift of limitless potential. Digital technology, when combined with innovation, plays a key role to unlocking this potential,”

“We are taking fundamental aspects of digital technology such as algorithms and data and applying it to food. We are putting the combined knowledge of El Bulli online where people can adapt and modify it, and draw inspiration from some of the most innovative recipes ever created.

“We have journeyed part of the way to discovering the genome of cuisine. Digital technology will allow us to take the final step.”

Extracts from   ALEX WATTS blog  http://goo.gl/F6KO8

#21stcenturydigitalfood

Not chocolate salty balls from Jamie SCHLER

Not chocolate salty balls from Jamie SCHLER 
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin also said :
Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman
her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved
#Chocolate        #Truffles  
http://www.lifesafeast.net/dark-chocolate-sesame-truffles/

The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today Lewis Carroll

The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today Lewis Carroll
My favorite food website from Jamie SCHLER now with new hotel best of luck looks super.
http://www.lifesafeast.net/bitter-orange-marmalade-3-ways/

Sunday afternoon Tea Jazz with french fancy cakes.

Sunday afternoon Tea Jazz with french fancy cakes.

Part of hosting a tea party is learning how to set the tea table.

Tea and tea snacks will be laid on a table covered with white linen tablecloth (or lace tablecloths) just before the guests arrive.

The tea table is usually set up in dining room, though the mingling of people may not be confined to the dining room.

Prepare two large trays, one for tea and one for the coffee and set them at both ends of the table.

Even though its a tea party, you should serve coffee for the coffee drinkers. You may also serve hot chocolate.

The cups and saucers are placed at the left of the tray, from the viewpoint of the person pouring the tea. That makes it easy to reach for him or her as tea is usually poured with the right hand unto the cup and saucer held by the left.

What if you don't have all the trays, table cloth and all that jazz ? Host it anyway! :)
#Teajazz   
https://soundcloud.com/spacemonkey-1/tea-jazz