1 Week Before Ugliest Gourmet
8 Nov 2007

1 Week Before Ugliest Gourmet

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It’s almost here. In little over one week, this blog will become a virtual showcase of the most horrendous cooked creations ever known to have tasted good. Just imagine all the re-learning these cooks are doing for it – making a go of mashing things once again, chopping with reckless disregard for uniformity, focusing their lenses on not the appetizing crust but instead on the slimy grease that was formed in the process. Can you hardly wait? Thanks to all … Read More

The Chowder Surfer in the Rye: Cooking with Ben Sargent
6 Nov 2007

The Chowder Surfer in the Rye: Cooking with Ben Sargent

by | posted in: Profiles | 11

It’s November and the end of the warm water surf season, that is, to New York-based surfers like Ben Sargent. To the rest of us average human omnivores with tastebuds that signal richness, warmth, nostalgia and most of all deliciousness, however, it is most certainly the beginning of chowder season. Fortunately for us, Brooklyn’s own Chowder Surfer is here to share both of these high seasons all year ’round. Ben Sargent, self-taught chef, former proprietor of New York’s surf bar … Read More

Cream of Cauliflower Soup
3 Nov 2007

Cream of Cauliflower Soup

by | posted in: Recipes, Soups & Stews, vegetarian | 28

This is going to sound terrible. But until today, I had been prejudiced towards vegetables based on color. I adored deep colors. I bought produce according to my preconceived notion of their superiority alone. And when I passed the lowly, pale white cauliflower, I turned up my nose without giving it any further thought and went, ‘peh.’ And reached for a more becoming candidate in the Brassicaceae oleracea family, like Brussels sprouts. I was a vegetable bigot.

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