THE CHEF FROM HELL

Each week, we scan the cyber soup to find the top food related blog posts!

August 29th

The blogger at wasabi cowgirl posted a wonderful recipe titled Barbecue Linguine.  Some of the ingredients included fennel, sun dried tomatoes, fresh basil and balsalmic vinegar.  A nice application of outdoor cooking as applied to what is usually considered an indoor dish (i.e. pasta).  To view the recipe, go to Barbecue Linguine

August 31st

From one of my favorite blogs, evil jungle prince, comes a simple recipe for seafood stew that rocks.  For any of you out there who like cooking asian style dishes this is a must read blog.  To view this recipe, go to seafood stew

Sept. 4th

From blogsoop.com comes an interesting post about granola and how it's image of being a healthy breakfast food isn't all that it's cracked up to be: "Granola experienced a popular resurgence in the 1960’s when fruits and nuts were added to it and it became popular with the ‘hippie movement’, but by then it had departed from its predecessors’ hearty and heart-healthy roots.  Loaded with refined sugars and high in oil, granola packs a caloric punch and lacks fiber. As for the grain, rolled oats now take precedence over the bran-rich Graham flour - since they’re cheaper and easier to manufacture - and easier to coat in oils and sugars. One cup of Quaker Granola has as much as 40% of your day’s dose of saturated fat and rivals a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder in caloric content."

Sept. 5th

From the Muriella's Corner site is a post, titled The Chemicalization of the American Breakfast, which is also related to breakfast food that's well worth reading.  Here's a taste: "...describes how the extrusion process used for these cereals  destroys the fatty acids and even  the chemical vitamins that are added at the end. The amino acids are rendered very toxic by this process and lysine, a crucial nutrient, is especially denatured by extrusion. This is how all the boxed cereals are made, even the ones sold in the health food stores.  All dry cereals that come in boxes are extruded cereals."

Sept. 5th

The blogger at the Wild Schwein site posted a great recipe for a country style pate which is a hearty combination of flavors and texture.  To view this recipe, go to Wild Schwein

Sept. 5th

The folks over at the food museum blog posted a nice piece on roasted green chilies.  Take a gander at the post as it lists a couple of great mail order sourccs for green chiles!  Go to The Scent of Green Chiles

Until next time, we'll keep scanning the cyber soup!  Adios!