In today's New York Times' Dining Section... not a lot going on for a cook. Must be August.
Forbidden? Not the Mangosteen: The banned fruit and its devotees.
Summer Soup With Zing: A Dash of Wine: The Minimalist makes a Cold Cherry Soup with Mango (and a nice helping of fruity red wine). Be sure to watch the video.
A Party Menu That the Host Can Enjoy: The Bringing It Home column, focusing on wares from the Greenmarket, serves a Leek, Mushroom and Goat Cheese Tart and Smoked Trout with Lemon-Chive Sauce
PLUS...
• The Customer Wants a Juicy Steak? Just Add Water: Marian Burros explains how a juicy steak may have more to do with the water and saline solutions injected into the meat by the food industry than how you marinate or cook it.
• Refined Tequilas, Meant to Be Savored: Asimov takes the week off of wine (and margaritas) and tries some sipping tequilas.
• A Tangy Chaser That Tastes as Good on Food as It Does in a Glass: Florence Fabricant offers two recipes to serve with sipping tequilas: Smoky Sangrita and Sangrita Carnitas.
Florence Fabricant's Food Stuff talks about tomato water and cocktails made from tomato water including an Unbloody Mary.
Does anyone have a take on tomato water?
The mangosteen article was great. I have never been to Asia but my Asian friends are always going into raptures about mangosteens. They seem to inspire quite the obsession...
Sent the mangosteen article to my sister, who loves the fruit. I find it ironically hilarious that it is the cold climate of Canada that let us import such a delectable tropical fruit.
Talked to a lady working a fruit shop in the Little Saigon area of Westminster, CA. She said that she hoped to have her first shipment of fresh mangosteens this fall.
After I get my mangosteen, I'll want my rose apple next!
After a summer of nationwide temperatures hottest in recorded history, I find it appalling that the New York Times, a seemingly liberal newspaper, would write an article extolling the virtues of fruit which has traveled thousands of miles via plane for us to enjoy.
I am all for new flavors, I also like the silky feel of fur and the ease of driving a car; however, it is this insatiable greed that is digging our collective grave.