Magic Diet

Home Cured Bacon

So this may not be part of your magic diet, but it sure sounds delicious!!

I demoed home-cured bacon at the Blogher 2010 after party Saturday night, with the help of the excellent students of the California Culinary Academy (thanks for the perfect set-up, chef-students!). I couldn’t do it start to finish, of course. You need to give the belly a dry rub for a week. Then you need to cook it for an hour or so. People drinking bacon martinis on a Saturday night don’t want to stand around watching pork belly cure.

Via Michael Ruhlman (you've seen him on Boudain!)

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October 20, 2010

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Spiders Are The New Pesticide

Yes, a magic diet has many components – and healthy, chemical free food can certainly be a huge component!

Watch this video and see for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/v/SwQq1fIlG48&hl=en&fs=1

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October 11, 2010

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Spaghetti Tacos??

So a joke on a TV show turns into the latest unhealthy food fad? WOW. Definitely NOT a way to lose weight really fast!

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/spaghetti-taco-night-anyone-2397421/

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October 8, 2010

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Pay Fatties to Lose Weight?

I'm kidding right? Not – and hey, maybe getting paid to lose the pound is the actual magic diet secret!

Very opinionated op-ed type article, read it here.

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October 5, 2010

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Harvesting Seeds From Your Garden

Watch this video – pretty dog-gone cool and definitely factors into the magic diet!

http://cookingupastory.com/harvesting-and-saving-seeds-from-the-garden-part-1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+CookingUpAStory+(Cooking+Up+A+Story)

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September 30, 2010

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Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread

Could this be an important part of your free weight loss program?

After a little tinkering in the kitchen, I created a gluten-free version of Rosie's spicy, sweet bread. While developing the gluten-free version of the recipe, it was important to me that the pumpkin and spice flavors came through. I didn't want to mute the flavors of the bread with strongly flavored gluten-free flours. To help with this, I looked to white rice flour and cornstarch. They did the job nicely. Not only does the flavor of the bread shine, they also combine to create a great texture. The crumb is damp and soft, like a good quick bread should be. If you prefer to bake with brown rice flour, however, you can substitute it successfully in this recipe. Brown rice flour adds a slight nutty flavor and a bit of a coarser texture to the finished loaf.

More here: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/09/gluten-free-tuesday-pumpkin-bread-recipe.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+seriouseatsfeaturesvideos+(Serious+Eats)

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September 29, 2010

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Insects and Worms

Definitely part of a balanced magic diet!!

My wife’s said that insects are the food of the future. But some are embracing that future voluntarily already. San Francisco-based “chef and artist” Phil Ross is bringing insects and worms to fine diners in San Francisco and New York, with unexpected results.

http://technoccult.net/archives/2010/09/24/eating-insects/

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September 24, 2010

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Triple D for Charity!

A key ingredient of fast diets? NOT!

My main man Guy Fieri and some other chefs are doing an awesome charity event!

Details at http://eater.com/archives/2010/09/19/mario-batali-and-guy-fieri-talk-trash-over-asphalt-chef-competition.php

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September 23, 2010

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REALLY bad pizzas

Definitely not a part of your free weight loss program!

Some of these pizzas are UNBELIEVABLY bad for you!

But…here's the very worst:

#1: Worst Pizza in America

Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza (Individual)

2,310 calories

162 g fat (54 g saturated fat)

4,920 mg sodium

Wait, wait, wait. This is a one-person pizza? Yup. All 2,310 calories are destined for one soon-to-be expanding belly. This pie has been a perennial pick for us over the past three years, and the reason is simple: No other personal pizza in the country even begins to approach these numbers. It breaks every single caloric recommendation on the books, and it does it under the guise of a must-have “classic” dish. With the country being plagued by obesity, Uno should have the decency to banish—or significantly improve—this dish.

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/eatthis/7-worst-pizzas-america

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September 21, 2010

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