I have been looking for a recipe for Ezekiel Bread. I had one which my wife used for a while (it was fantastic) but am not sure where it went. Does anyone...

Hello, I am testing the waters here. I am a painter and a food lover. I grow some of my own vegetables and paint them and then eat them. I paint small...

Fresh water Prawn as an Aquaculture Product http://www.prawnpark.blogspot.com

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fat_Duck: quote As of March 2007 there are two menus; A la carte costs £80 per person and the tasting menu costs £115...

Hello, For an article I'm researching, I've run into a dead-end -- or, rather, a surfeit of useless leads. My question: Were (purchased, pre-assembled) fruit...

Just decided to post an interesting thing I have run into. I have an old (undated sniff) Hires booklet, and it contains a recipe for Black Cows. It is...

I decided to try writing a test piece, and, for better or for worse, I chose the subject of chocolate chip cookies. I figured the facts would be easy enough...

Karen Hess, 88, Dies; Culinary Historian Who Challenged Standards By ERIC ASIMOV Published: May 19, 2007 The New York Times Karen Hess, an American culinary...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Florence Caught an episode tonight of "Ultimate" and, remembering him from his "How to boil water" days, am wondering if...

This is an updated version of a post I made on August 24, 2006. To make searches for such information easier, I am copying that post here, and adding some...

Sporge flooding of rec.food.historic will commence in a few hours. This will render rec.food.historic useless. For an example, see Sci.Crypt. Supernews...

Since this group is so slow... I always thought margarine was not an animal product, so I found this interesting. From Swift & Company's Kitchen...

Over the years, I've often mentioned that I was at work on a book on herbs and spices -- and equally often asked for the help of participants in the...

Dear All, I would like to post traditional recipes around the world at http://www.click-restaurant.com, if you have any time to help me please send your...

I same across these interesting facts - 1. One of the world's tastiest and most popular cuisines, Mexican food also may be one of the oldest 2.Ancient...

I have found some references on the web to giant hogweed being cultivated in the Caucasus so that its seeds could be used as a spice. What does it taste...

I am starting to catalog my cookbooks and recipe booklets on librarything. I was just doing an entry for a Merrell-Soule Booklet and wonder if any of you...

Hi all, Our family is interested in trying a meal or two from the Native American diet, as an educational experience. There are a couple of problems with the...

Season 11 episode 2 "Pretzel logic" of Alton Brown's "Good eats" spends a disproportionate (IMHO) amount of time on mustard preparation and the consumption...

In the golden days of rec.food.historic we helped the Oxford English Dictionary find the earliest use in the printed English language of 'tom yam'. Today OED...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3954847.stm "My whole body smells like a lunch box!" she is said to have yelled. Anyone have any similar incidents...

I collect cookbooks and recipe booklets, and this was my acquisition of the day. I thought it was kind-of interesting and decided you might like a few...

Egad! I was just perusing a booklet put out by Knox in 1929, and I was envisioning some sort of effervescent product. Suddenly, I started thinking that the...

Does anyone have a recipe that closely approximates the famous Fuller's Walnut Cake? Also, descriptions of the texture and composition and flavour would be...

Steve just posted a gut wrenching recipe for turkey set in lime jello. It reminded me of a series of posts some years ago about hypothetical but perturbing...