housemade
Term used by restaurants to indicate food items prepared from scratch such as "housemade pickles," "housemade gnocchi," and "housemade horseradish." Replaces the more amateur-sounding "homemade." Courtesy of Newsweek.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Food Jargon of the Day: test tube meat and schmeat/shmeat
test tube meat
Meat produced via in vitro processes, i.e., grown in test tubes, rather than on farms. Test tube meat is an attempt to create humane, slaughter house-free meat.
schmeat/shmeat
Schmeat or shmeat, depending on your preferred spelling, is another term for "test tube meat." Coined by Dr. Vladimir Mironov, a biologist at the Medical University of South Carolina, who is working to culture meat from animal tissue.
Meat produced via in vitro processes, i.e., grown in test tubes, rather than on farms. Test tube meat is an attempt to create humane, slaughter house-free meat.
schmeat/shmeat
Schmeat or shmeat, depending on your preferred spelling, is another term for "test tube meat." Coined by Dr. Vladimir Mironov, a biologist at the Medical University of South Carolina, who is working to culture meat from animal tissue.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Food Jargon of the Day: Wildharvesting & Urban Foraging
wildharvesting
fancy term for foraging.
urban foraging
foraging in urban spaces - finding wild foods and edibles in local fields, backyards, playgrounds, public land.
fancy term for foraging.
urban foraging
foraging in urban spaces - finding wild foods and edibles in local fields, backyards, playgrounds, public land.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Food Jargon of the Day: Meat Cards
Meat Cards
Business cards created from "100% beef jerky" - contact information is seared onto the jerky with a laser. Seriously.
Business cards created from "100% beef jerky" - contact information is seared onto the jerky with a laser. Seriously.
Monday, May 04, 2009
Food Jargon of the Day: Aporkalypse Now!
Aporkalypse Now!
term du jour used by journalists to refer to the swine flu epidemic.
term du jour used by journalists to refer to the swine flu epidemic.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Food Jargon of the Day: Dry farming
Dry Farming
a type of farming practiced in arid areas without irrigation by planting drought-resistant crops and maintaining a fine surface tilth or mulch that protects the natural moisture of the soil from evaporation.
a type of farming practiced in arid areas without irrigation by planting drought-resistant crops and maintaining a fine surface tilth or mulch that protects the natural moisture of the soil from evaporation.
Food Jargon of the Day: S.O.L.E./ S.O.L.E. Food
S.O.L.E./ S.O.L.E Food
An acronym for "sustainable, organic, local and ethical" eating; a theory of eating that takes into account the numerous factors related to each of these concepts.
See also: http://tinyurl.com/dmxefj
An acronym for "sustainable, organic, local and ethical" eating; a theory of eating that takes into account the numerous factors related to each of these concepts.
See also: http://tinyurl.com/dmxefj
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