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This Weekend in 'New York Times' Food News

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Chicago's Brewing Renaissance: These days, great local beer is popping up all over town.

Rice and Beans: Nuyorican rice and beans are "an authentic taste of a New York that real-estate developers and change can never diminish."

Travel: Quirky pizza toppings and champagne in Paris; 36 hours in Cork, Ireland; Thrace in the northeast of Greece, is home to sheep's milk ice cream and hand-picked Darjeeling.

Crab Boil: Back Forty on Avenue B hosts Maryland-style all-you-can-eat crab boils on Tuesday nights.

Deviled Eggs: Spicy eggs tinted red with tomato paste make the dish more devilish.

Infusing Oil: It's easy to buy olive oil and fresh herbs and make your own flavored cooking oil.

Outerlands in San Francisco: The cozy restaurant makes great Dutch pancakes and chicken soup with lemon, parsley and wild rice.

Veggie Pies: Mediterranean vegetable pies are impressive, healthy ways to make use of a farmers' market bounty.

Cheese Galore: The Village Cheese Shop in Mattituck serves fondue and keeps records of its customers' favorite cheeses.

A Farm in Queens: The Queens County Farm Museum raises livestock and is a link with Colonial New York.

The Varnish: This bar in downtown Los Angeles is great for actually speaking with friends.

1 Comment:

I watched Mark Bittman's video on infusing oils on Friday, and I was shocked that he said doing it with garlic was a great idea. Even in the article, he calls garlic oil "super."

It may be super, but never make this at home. Making home-infused garlic oil can easily give you botulism.

To be safe, a garlic and oil mixture, has to be refrigerated AND it has to have some acid agent like citric or phosphoric acid added.

Infusing oil with other herbs is as easy and delicious as he says, but not garlic. Bittman lost a lot of credibility with me over this one. I would have left a comment at the New York Times about it, but their site doesn't accept comments on that page.

But now we all know: don't make garlic-infused oil at home.

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