Read Up On It For April 12th, 2013
It’s been a couple weeks since the last Read Up On It, but it’s back with stories about berry treasure, butch peppers and bastardly words.
Chiles in Port Of Spain, Trinidad
- Meat Monger/Farmer (and former Passable Podcast subject) Chris deWaal was recently asked to write an op-ed for the site Rustik on what he calls “the real cost of food.” Check it out.
- A great read in the NYT about a woman in Portland who teaches people all about butchery: from slaughter to quartering to learning about cuts, and most of all, the value of the life taken.
- A writer at Slate writes about his experience with the scorpion pepper, the most current “hottest pepper in the world.” Why, oh why, do people do this to themselves…
- Although I tend not to post press releases, this one was worth noting. A group in British Columbia claims to have harvested black truffles in the Fraser Valley.
- I know I’m guilty of this one: the misuse of the word “unctuous”, as decried by the Huffington Post.
- Although you wouldn’t think of The Smithsonian’s website as a great place for food writing, in this case you would be wrong. The story of Kolaches and the wonders of Tex-Czech cuisine.
- As for us writers at Passable, while Melissa was away in Spain eating amazing meals (you should really read her series of Dinners with Albert) I had the opportunity to write about the humble yet potent Haskap berry, and its possible impact on Nova Scotia.
Fernet image via Wikipedia
espressosnob is discussing. 
Not to discount That Dutchman, but some of the best regional cheese is coming from NB. New Brunswick’s Fromagerie Au Fond des Bois and La Bergerie Aux 4 vents produce amazing chèvre and blue cheese, some of which is available at the Historic Farmer’s Market (Gold Island Bakery — second level) and Ratinaud French Cuisine on Gottingen.
Sadly, Fernet Branca and good amaros (e.g. amaro nonino) are not available in this province. Perhaps, Bishop’s can fix that. Similarly, not much in the way of bitters are available in this province, making trips to TO or online shopping necessary to pick up something beyond Angostura or a few varieties of Fee Brothers @ Petes.