Tim on October 19th, 2008

Q. Why is it when you steam or wilt fresh spinach you get that iron-tinny taste? How do you prevent it?
A. We’re guessing you have been cooking your spinach in an aluminum or unlined copper pan. Pans made of aluminum or unlined copper react with the sulfur compounds in green vegetables to create unpleasant odors […]

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Tim on July 31st, 2008

I’ve got a post at Websites and Beer talking about adding vinegar to beer. Blasphemy? Maybe not…read on.
I’m reposting this here, because it’s sort of a follow up to my post about cheap versus expensive wines. Hooray for food. Hooray for science. And hooray for food & science together!

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Tim on June 18th, 2008

They clearly love James Dean and Betty Boop — the walls are plastered with pictures — so the place has a real classic American-1950s feel to it. And, it seems, in the 1950s, breakfast was delicious.
I had Donna’s Skillet (served to me by Donna herself), which is

home fries
onions
corned beef hash
scrambled eggs
cheese

Add hot sauce and […]

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Tim on June 4th, 2008

Let’s take the average person. They want to go into Burger King and order a Whopper. They don’t want to order 4 oz of ground beef (precooked weight, tolerance of +/- .2 oz, stored above 140F for no more than 2 hours); a bun with sesame seeds (gross weight 5 oz, between 50-70 sesame seeds […]

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Tim on March 11th, 2008

If you’re in the East Orlando area, and are looking for a good bite to eat, let me clue you in on some local deliciousness.
Fratellos
Fratellos is an Italian-American takeout/delivery store with some amazing pizza and subs. Everything they serve looks like real food, no mystery mush. They say their dough and sauce are made fresh […]

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