November 2011
20 posts
the izakaya that makes other izakayas blush. →
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Bull penis and turkey testicles would be considered a delicacy, but all the softcore SM porn posters suggest that it’s part of Kenka’s overall theme of obscenely cheap and good food.
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As an industry, restaurants are on the cutting edge. Not just in culinary technique and quality, or décor and service, but in the quality and production standards used to make the ingredients in our recipes.
Yes, naturally and humanely raised meats cost more. Maybe you can counter the higher monetary cost by offering smaller portions. Or expect chefs to charge more money for it.
I do not think the solution to our food supply problem is to use poorer quality ingredients because they cost less money. In the long run, the true cost of these meats is so much higher.
” —George Faison, co-owner of Debragga, in his letter to chefs (and anyone who eats). via Mark Bittman.
Interesting to note:
(It’s worth noting, if for no other reason than to answer the inevitable question, which I asked myself, that George doesn’t only sell naturally-raised meats – he sells industrially-produced stuff as well. But he’s on a campaign to persuade the chefs who insist that’s what they want to change their minds, and I know he’d like to supply only the right stuff.)
“The universal cry of all the cheftestants, whenever they’ve made one of these dubious, slapped-together dishes, is “I’m willing to go home if the judges don’t like it, but this dish is me.” Dude, nobody cares! It doesn’t matter who you are. It doesn’t even matter if you can think of something new to do with pork belly, which you can’t. At least, it doesn’t matter from the point of view of the poor customer who is going to be eating your stuff once you have been bounced from the show.”
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Josh Ozersky, on “Why Top Chef is Bad for Gastronomy”.
Touché.
I have Mr. Ozersky to thank for summarizing my overall feelings about reality cooking shows in one extremely useful, pithy, easy-to-understand phrase: “Dude, nobody cares!”
