Alex

Given the holiday, I suppose I should cook some hearts, but we're fresh out, so I'll make the next closest organ that we do have: liver (chicken, from these good folks). Mushroom sauce w/demi-glace, cognac, and cream. Some sort of potato thing that doesn't require much work -- maybe just steamed, w/garlic butter, parsley, and Maldon. My semi-famous gluten-free torte-like brownie w/Fabbri Amarena cherries. Wine(s) TBD.

From the February 16 & 23 New Yorker:

And today's Pearls Before Swine:

Today's Pearls Before Swine:

Welcome, Kevin. Lots of fun and informative rabbit holes here—many from way back when. Speaking of way back when, I also found eG via a one-line mention, but in 2003, in the third paragraph of this article in the New York Times Magazine—and in a quote from pre-Alinea Grant Achatz, no less.

OK, let's try again. Lured into a rabbit hole by this article in the NY Times, I just ordered a bottle—the brand weinoo posted on eG here—plus, just for the heck of it, a bottle of saba. Here's the updated Serious Eats article. As liuzhou posted in the same fish sauce forum, colatura di alici is used as a flavor enhancer, most famously in Spaghetti con la Colatura (one two). It's also used in salad dressings, especially Caesar. Any direct experiences here, either cooking or eating?

Gritty ghee:

Five minutes ago (via a crossword puzzle in The Atlantic) was the first I've heard about a "lasagna cell," aka "lasagna battery." Has anyone ever experienced this?

I think this is what happened. When the meat thawed, it realized it was situated in an entirely different magnetic field from where it started, so it tried to head back home. Unfortunately, only the water was able to escape in time.

And here's another example, related to the above, from this morning's Washington Post.

I know we're not supposed to discuss politics here, so I won't, sort of, but the first three pages of the full report are a perfect illustration of how politics (and economics) and food are inseparable.

Zingerman's annual "Balsamic Blowout" is back.

Nobody Likes Me

Ah, this one isn't soggy at all.