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- | [[reading notes]] from **Cooked** (present in the [[foam library]] https:// | + | [[reading notes]] from **Cooked** (present in the [[library:foam library]] https:// |
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Cooking, even though it may start by breaking things down, is the opposite of entropy, erecting complex new molecular structures from simpler forms. | Cooking, even though it may start by breaking things down, is the opposite of entropy, erecting complex new molecular structures from simpler forms. | ||
- | Yet however arbitrary such prohibitions may be, they retain the power to knit us together, | + | Yet however arbitrary such prohibitions may be, they retain the power to knit us together, |
- | Compared with the contemporary chef, the pit masters present themselves | + | Compared with the contemporary chef, the pit masters present themselves |
The microwave is as antisocial as the cook fire is communal. | The microwave is as antisocial as the cook fire is communal. | ||
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WATER | WATER | ||
- | That is (...) how economists seem to view the question of work and leisure: as antithetical terms that neatly line up with the equally antithetical categories of production | + | That is (...) how economists seem to view the question of work and leisure: as antithetical terms that neatly line up with the equally antithetical categories of __production |
- | With a modicum of technique and a little more time in the kitchen, the most flavorful food can be made from the humblest of ingredients. This enduring formula suggests that learning one's way around the kitchen - knowing what to do with the gnarly cut, the mirepoix, and the humble pot - might still be a good recipe for eating delicious food without spending much to make it. These are skills that confer | + | With a modicum of technique and a little more time in the kitchen, the most flavorful food can be made from the humblest of ingredients. This enduring formula suggests that learning one's way around the kitchen - knowing what to do with the gnarly cut, the mirepoix, and the humble pot - might still be a good recipe for eating delicious food without spending much to make it. These are skills that confer |
- | (...) salt - the only mineral we deliberately eat - (...) Most of the salt we eat comes from the processed foods (...) "So, if you don't eat a lot of processed foods, you don't need to worry about it. Which means: Don't ever be afraid of salt!" (...) salt brings out the intrinsic flavors of many foods and can improve their texture and appearance. | + | (...) __salt__ |
- | Historically, | + | Historically, |
(...) roasting and boiling (...) " | (...) roasting and boiling (...) " | ||
If the first gatronomic revolution unfolded under the sign of community, gathered around the animal roasting on the fire, and the second that of the family, gathered around the stew pot, then the third one, now well under way, seems to be consecrated to the individual: //Have it your way//. | If the first gatronomic revolution unfolded under the sign of community, gathered around the animal roasting on the fire, and the second that of the family, gathered around the stew pot, then the third one, now well under way, seems to be consecrated to the individual: //Have it your way//. | ||
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+ | In the story of a stew, the pot is the stage and the water the hero (...), the elemental actor that supplies unity of character and makes things happen. | ||
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+ | The difference between innate taste and learned smell (...) | ||
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+ | Like salt and sugar, (__umami__) evokes a universally positive response and, also like them, it signals the presence of an essential nutrient, in this case protein. | ||
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+ | But though umami can make a food taste " | ||
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+ | (...) __dashi__, the classic Japanese stock (...) a cooking water designed, albeit unwittingly, | ||
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+ | (...) __human breast milk__ is rich in this particular (umami) taste. | ||
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+ | "Stone soup" is the __ancient parable of this everyday miracle, of turning water into food__. In the story, which has been told for centuries in many different cultures (sometimes as "Nail Soup" or " | ||
+ | "Stone soup," the strangers explain. " | ||
+ | "You have given us the greatest gift," one of the village elders declares, "the secret of how to make soup from stones." | ||
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+ | These days, recipes are steeped in the general sense of panic about time, and so have tried to speed everything up, the better to suit "our busy lives." | ||
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