The Epi-Log (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Last month, Epicurious hosted its first Epicurious Entertains NYC event. The 5-day food extravaganza included dinners prepared by Mario Batali, Daniel Boulud, Paul Liebrandt, and Marco Canora, plus the Ultimate NYC Lunch Break, a day of football and barbecue (from Chef Zak Pelaccio's Fatty 'Cue), and cooking demonstrations from some of our favorite chefs and experts. At each and every demo, we kept...
yumsugar (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Now that Party's cleared up the mystery around one foreign spirit, Pimm's , I'm going to attempt to demystify another mixer - orange flower water. A delicate flavoring used in desserts, drinks, and other dishes, orange flower water is a natural extract made from distilling orange blossoms from bitter orange or Seville orange trees. Sometimes known as orange blossom water, it has a delicate yet powerful,...
yumsugar (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Even though Memorial Day seemed like yesterday, Labor Day's already crept up on us. If you don't have major travel plans for the long weekend, celebrate Summer's last hurrah with a gaggle of glorious food festivals, big and small. Enjoy potjie , a three-legged South African cooking pot, in Texas, butterbeans in Alabama, and hamburgers in Pennsylvania. The two events I'm really dying to attend? The...
yumsugar (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
As we head into the weekend, it's time to turn our attention to the very important topic of brunch cocktails. Though a bloody mary or mimosa is the obvious choice, I find that a Ramos gin fizz functions as an excellent morning drink. If you're a fan of fizzes, you'll find plenty of the gin-infused variety. Yum celebrates her happy brunch hours with a family recipe . This classic version, invented...
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