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Korean style tacos, a trend that started in Southern California, has started spreading around the country.

Source: July 27, 2010 NY Times article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

In the past, farmers used to bring their produce to top chefs, begging for them to it. Today, chefs are courting farmers with high quality produce in order to ensure they get the best product possible when a million other restaurants want the same thing.

Source: July 20, 2010 NY Times article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

The new website, Food on the Table, takes basic information from you about what you’d like to eat that week, and what is most important at the time, like health, saving money, etc., and builds you custom menus and a grocery list. I haven’t explored the recipe section, but this could be a very interesting site!

Source: July 13, 2010 LifeHacker Article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

British researchers have discovered the answer to the age old question, which came first, the chicken or the egg?  Using a supercomputer called HECToR to “zoom in” on the structure of an eggshell,  they discovered that it contained a key protein that is found only in the ovaries of chickens. That means an egg can only exist if it’s first been inside a chicken. So the chicken had to have come first! BUT…researchers are still baffled as to why the chicken crossed the road, but are hoping for a break through by mid-2012.

Source: July 14, 2010 Slate Article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

In a bid for possibly the grossest food product ever, the British line Bompas and Parr have created a line of jams known as occult jams. Originally created for a surrealist art show in London, their “occult jams” mean jams infused with different objects in a search for eternal life. You can now buy their jams, including their milk jam infused with Princess Diana’s hair, a jam of absinthe and pineapple with sand from the Great Pyramids or plum and oak jam with wood from the British warship The Victory, Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Source: July 5, 2010 CNN.com article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

This is too awesome to believe, and makes me sad I forgot to watch it this year. The Annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, held on July 4th for the past 90 years or so, was interrupted this year by former multiple champion Takeru Kobayashi, who was banned from participating this year because he refused to sign an exclusivity contract with Major League Eating. Kobayashi stormed on stage as his former competitor, Joey Chesnut, pulled ahead in the contest, but he was arrested before he caused any damage. Kobayashi is clearly strung tight about the contest, which makes sense, as he practices all year for this one contest (they covered him in an MTV episode of True Life). You can take a man away from his weinies, but…

Source: July 6, 2010 Slate article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

Looking for a good new food blog to read? Check out Cooking Issues, the French Culinary Institute’s Tech n Stuff blog, written by chefs Nils Noren and Dave Arnold, teachers at the FCI in NY. Critics call it Cook’s Illustrated meets Myth Busters. For example, one Thanksgiving, they created a bionic turkey, which they deboned and replaced the bones with aluminum sprinkler piping filled with butter and duck fat.

Source: Cooking Issues blog

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

A new article details the genius behind artisan ice cream shop Humphrey Slocombe in San Francisco. Highlights include Secret Breakfast (Jim beam and cornflakes), Jesus Juice (red wine and Coke), and Bocalone Prosciutto.

Source: June 19, 2010 NY Times article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

Thanks to the Huffington Post (and food pal Marianne), we now can feast our eyes on the top crazy ass cookbooks of all time. Highlights include Cooking with a Serial Killer and Save Florida: Eat an Iguana cookbook.

Source: June 23, 2010 Huffington Post article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!