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Gamification comes to the kitchen

January 26, 2014 by antdina

Twister is a fun game. The dial spins. Left hand on red dot. Another spin. Left foot on blue. Then right on yellow. It continues until the family contorts into a modern sculpture anchored on a blanket of colored circles. Then gravity bests even those with the mightiest of yoga skills. The group collapses and laughter erupts. The game resets with everyone on their feet. We continue to play until our bodies, not our brains give out. The combinations stimulate […]

Categories: Design • Tags: appeteaser, apricots, burrata, dessert, fruit, Gusto, Ina Garten, Italian, Mario Batali, mincemeat pies, Otto, proscuitto, salad, savory, tagine, Twister, Tyson Cole, Uchiko

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Use the ingredient that no one can steal

January 5, 2014 by antdina

Cooks treat the year-end holidays like recess. Time slows and rules evaporate. Experimentation increase. Role play moves creativity like water in a waterwheel. Family recipes are brought to life once more as recipe cards emerge from their tin coffins. Home-made lasagna can take minutes to prepare and decades to perfect. Food companies like Progresso or Barillo sell miles of pasta and oceans of sauce.  The time laden steps of stewing meaty tomato sauce is replaced with a brightly decorated jar. […]

Categories: The Taste Lab • Tags: cooking, holiday, Italian, lasagna, lasagna bolognese, Mario Batali, meat sauce, pasta, ragu, ricotta, sauce, spinach pasta

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Delight dinner guests with a hidden surprise

June 16, 2013 by antdina

Long before Tootsie gave us a pop or Kinder hatched their eggs, kitchens in Naples surprised us with arancini, or “little oranges.”  The recipe is quite simple. Gooey rice wraps around something tasty and forms a ball. Then these delicious treats bob in a fryer until they gain the perfect crunch. Typically Italians embed a hunk prosciutto cotto (cooked ham) and maybe some cheese. If you ever wander the streets of Naples, don’t hesitate to savor them from a street vendor. It is part of the immersion process. […]

Categories: Food Finds • Tags: arancini, arborio, asparagus, bacon, blue cheese, Cherry Street, crunch, gouda, Italian, Kinder egg, little oranges, Naples, prosciutto, rice, surprise, Tootsie

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Having fun with anagrams of flavor

March 23, 2013 by antdina

Tom Douglas is a Seattle food genius.  His restaurants cluster around a couple neighborhood blocks in downtown Seattle. He mesmerizes diners through clever, simple dishes. The most notable is pizza.  Serious Pie is a place to dive into pizza theater based on concepts from your grandpa from Naples and a dimly lit speakeasy.  Simple ingredients showcase on bubble dotted crust. But what you may not appreciate at first bite is the intellectual game he is playing. Your teeth sail past the crunch of perfectly baked dough. Flavors of kale, […]

Categories: Food Finds, Uncategorized • Tags: anagram, CPR, egg, inversion, Italian, Lewis Carroll, Naples, Neapolitan, Pizza, Roy H. Williams, sausage, Serious Pie, theater, Tom Douglas

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Italy in my pocket

March 12, 2012 by antdina

A long table of Italian vintners settle into conversation at San Francisco’s own A16 Restaurant.  They come to witness where their bottles are uncorked nightly.  The come to meet the owners face to face.  They come taste Southern Italy on their palates. Nearby, colleagues look over butcher paper covered table tops.  Some are native to SF and others traveled here.  Tonight we soak in Italy.  We are pulled by a gravitational force from a busy kitchen where carbohydrates flow like lava.  The wine list […]

Categories: Food Finds • Tags: celebration, cuisine, dining, food, Italian, meat, pasta, Pizza, San Francisco, umami, vintners, wine

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