Comments on: episode 50 :: a new england christmas http://www.mylifeasafoodie.com/2009/12/18/episode-50-a-new-england-christmas/ a podcast exploring food and food culture Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: mylastbite http://www.mylifeasafoodie.com/2009/12/18/episode-50-a-new-england-christmas/#comment-971 mylastbite Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:52:49 +0000 http://mylifeasafoodie.com/?p=585#comment-971 I've been listening to your shows via iPod (instead of website) and keep forgetting to post comments. I can't believe it's already been a YEAR since we met. Lucky me. xo I’ve been listening to your shows via iPod (instead of website) and keep forgetting to post comments.

I can’t believe it’s already been a YEAR since we met. Lucky me.

xo

]]> By: Phil http://www.mylifeasafoodie.com/2009/12/18/episode-50-a-new-england-christmas/#comment-970 Phil Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:10:51 +0000 http://mylifeasafoodie.com/?p=585#comment-970 Kirk, thank you for your continued passion and for sharing it with us here on the site. Your description of the duck was so perfect that I almost imagined what that might have been like. What an awesome experience. I so wish things were like that here, you have to pay for living in the city, unfortunately. I hope your holiday was enjoyable, and that your holiday feast(s) were as delicious as they sound. Thanks for your kind words, and encouragement about the show. So greatly appreciated, I can't even tell you. Kirk, thank you for your continued passion and for sharing it with us here on the site. Your description of the duck was so perfect that I almost imagined what that might have been like. What an awesome experience. I so wish things were like that here, you have to pay for living in the city, unfortunately.

I hope your holiday was enjoyable, and that your holiday feast(s) were as delicious as they sound.

Thanks for your kind words, and encouragement about the show. So greatly appreciated, I can’t even tell you.

]]> By: Kirk http://www.mylifeasafoodie.com/2009/12/18/episode-50-a-new-england-christmas/#comment-969 Kirk Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:50:07 +0000 http://mylifeasafoodie.com/?p=585#comment-969 Phil, I am so happy for you (and me) that you made it to 50 episodes. As I have said before, and will do so most likely in the future, what you are doing is great for food, awareness, and entertainment. About the overfishing. I think it is a major concern and the governments should get off their asses and protect the stocks for the future. The major problem I see are the illegal fishing that goes on in a massive scale. I remember reading somewhere that the country most responsible for illegal fishing was Japan. They were caught pillaging fish off the shores of America. They have and insatiable appetite for fish and the worldwide sushi craze will continue to deplete the fish. I try to follow the safe fish list whenever possible, find it here for your area: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/download.aspx I wish you and Katrina a very happy Christmas and new year. By the way, duck is on the menu at our house. We found a very nice poultry farm by us that raises all the poultry free range. When I say free range I really mean it. They have a large range that includes an apple orchard and wooded area. When we went to get the duck he walked out into the orchard with a bucket and clanked it around. Suddenly, we were surrounded by ducks. We picked the one we wanted and it was prepared and plucked. Yesterday we ate the liver and gizzard, with a neck soup. Today the duck is getting slow roasted. Ten minutes before it is finished I will flash fry the skin crispy in some peanut oil. Accompanied by some rotkohl and potatoes roasted in the rendered duck fat and rosemary. I will stop before I write a book. Take care and good feasting, I can't wait to hear about it. Kirk Phil,

I am so happy for you (and me) that you made it to 50 episodes. As I have said before, and will do so most likely in the future, what you are doing is great for food, awareness, and entertainment.

About the overfishing. I think it is a major concern and the governments should get off their asses and protect the stocks for the future. The major problem I see are the illegal fishing that goes on in a massive scale. I remember reading somewhere that the country most responsible for illegal fishing was Japan. They were caught pillaging fish off the shores of America. They have and insatiable appetite for fish and the worldwide sushi craze will continue to deplete the fish. I try to follow the safe fish list whenever possible, find it here for your area: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/download.aspx

I wish you and Katrina a very happy Christmas and new year.

By the way, duck is on the menu at our house. We found a very nice poultry farm by us that raises all the poultry free range. When I say free range I really mean it. They have a large range that includes an apple orchard and wooded area. When we went to get the duck he walked out into the orchard with a bucket and clanked it around. Suddenly, we were surrounded by ducks. We picked the one we wanted and it was prepared and plucked. Yesterday we ate the liver and gizzard, with a neck soup. Today the duck is getting slow roasted. Ten minutes before it is finished I will flash fry the skin crispy in some peanut oil. Accompanied by some rotkohl and potatoes roasted in the rendered duck fat and rosemary.

I will stop before I write a book.
Take care and good feasting, I can’t wait to hear about it.
Kirk

]]> By: Phil http://www.mylifeasafoodie.com/2009/12/18/episode-50-a-new-england-christmas/#comment-968 Phil Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:12:56 +0000 http://mylifeasafoodie.com/?p=585#comment-968 Drew, thanks for the comments and for the clarification on iTunes. I noticed that myself when I was linking back to some of the music for the show. The quality has always been reasonable to me, so bumping up the bit-rate is fine by me. :-D Was great to talk with Greg again. Thanks for your feedback on the interviews. Afaf's is definitely tops on my list, and I really enjoyed having Vic Tim on the show as well. I could talk to both of them forever. It's been really fun for me having more interviews on the show, and I hope to bring more of that next year. Thanks again for your comments. Have a great holiday. Drew, thanks for the comments and for the clarification on iTunes. I noticed that myself when I was linking back to some of the music for the show. The quality has always been reasonable to me, so bumping up the bit-rate is fine by me. :-D

Was great to talk with Greg again. Thanks for your feedback on the interviews. Afaf’s is definitely tops on my list, and I really enjoyed having Vic Tim on the show as well. I could talk to both of them forever. It’s been really fun for me having more interviews on the show, and I hope to bring more of that next year.

Thanks again for your comments. Have a great holiday.

]]> By: Phil http://www.mylifeasafoodie.com/2009/12/18/episode-50-a-new-england-christmas/#comment-967 Phil Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:08:27 +0000 http://mylifeasafoodie.com/?p=585#comment-967 Appreciate it, Charles. It has been such a great year for me, and meeting you guys and bonding like we have has been perhaps the best part of it. I'm so glad you got a copy of the Les Halles Cookbook. The way the recipes are written, you will have a good laugh. A lot of the classics are there, and the directions are written as if a drill instructor was telling you how to cook. Ludo Bites was awesome. I will be writing about it over the weekend (when I have time to collect my thoughts). For me, eating at Ludo Bites is less about the food and more about the experience. Ludo is more than just a chef - he's an artist. That's why I think it's perfect that this latest pop-up was inside of an art gallery. Thanks again, Charles. Happy Holidays! Appreciate it, Charles. It has been such a great year for me, and meeting you guys and bonding like we have has been perhaps the best part of it.

I’m so glad you got a copy of the Les Halles Cookbook. The way the recipes are written, you will have a good laugh. A lot of the classics are there, and the directions are written as if a drill instructor was telling you how to cook.

Ludo Bites was awesome. I will be writing about it over the weekend (when I have time to collect my thoughts). For me, eating at Ludo Bites is less about the food and more about the experience. Ludo is more than just a chef – he’s an artist. That’s why I think it’s perfect that this latest pop-up was inside of an art gallery.

Thanks again, Charles. Happy Holidays!

]]> By: Phil http://www.mylifeasafoodie.com/2009/12/18/episode-50-a-new-england-christmas/#comment-966 Phil Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:04:37 +0000 http://mylifeasafoodie.com/?p=585#comment-966 Afaf, you're the best. Thanks for your support and comments this year. It's really been a fantastic year getting to know you and Ray and I look forward to an even better 2010! Afaf, you’re the best. Thanks for your support and comments this year. It’s really been a fantastic year getting to know you and Ray and I look forward to an even better 2010!

]]> By: Phil http://www.mylifeasafoodie.com/2009/12/18/episode-50-a-new-england-christmas/#comment-965 Phil Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:03:31 +0000 http://mylifeasafoodie.com/?p=585#comment-965 Thanks man. Glad you like the show, and I hope it provides you with some motivation to cook at home more often. My show is less about cooking than it is about food, but it's all the same sometimes. Whatever you pull from it, I hope it's positive. Happy Holidays! Thanks man. Glad you like the show, and I hope it provides you with some motivation to cook at home more often. My show is less about cooking than it is about food, but it’s all the same sometimes. Whatever you pull from it, I hope it’s positive.

Happy Holidays!

]]> By: Phil http://www.mylifeasafoodie.com/2009/12/18/episode-50-a-new-england-christmas/#comment-964 Phil Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:01:45 +0000 http://mylifeasafoodie.com/?p=585#comment-964 Bill, that's more than likely what they did to recreate those dishes. I looked through it thoroughly after the show and the recipes seem pretty simple. Again, it's more about technique - especially if you're trying to get the plating exactly like they have it in the book. I too think we know just about all we need to about lobster after this interview. :-) After the first interview, I was thinking "Damn. I should have asked him this. I should have asked about that." So when I got the opportunity to do it again, I followed up. The only question I didn't ask him that I intended to was if he was a Patriots fan, and if so what he thought of going for it on 4th and 2 from your own 26 yard line when Payton Manning has about a minute and a half left on the clock. But he was really busy and I didn't want to get off topic. Thanks for your comments, Bill. Bill, that’s more than likely what they did to recreate those dishes. I looked through it thoroughly after the show and the recipes seem pretty simple. Again, it’s more about technique – especially if you’re trying to get the plating exactly like they have it in the book.

I too think we know just about all we need to about lobster after this interview. :-) After the first interview, I was thinking “Damn. I should have asked him this. I should have asked about that.” So when I got the opportunity to do it again, I followed up.

The only question I didn’t ask him that I intended to was if he was a Patriots fan, and if so what he thought of going for it on 4th and 2 from your own 26 yard line when Payton Manning has about a minute and a half left on the clock. But he was really busy and I didn’t want to get off topic.

Thanks for your comments, Bill.

]]> By: Phil http://www.mylifeasafoodie.com/2009/12/18/episode-50-a-new-england-christmas/#comment-963 Phil Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:56:54 +0000 http://mylifeasafoodie.com/?p=585#comment-963 Paul, thanks for your comments, and for supporting Fine Lobster. I think it's a great gift idea for anyone who loves seafood, but an excellent idea if you're trying to surprise someone with a gift they really won't expect getting. Glad you liked the clips too. There were so many I could have added there, but I didn't want to make the show longer than it already was. Have a happy New Year! Paul, thanks for your comments, and for supporting Fine Lobster. I think it’s a great gift idea for anyone who loves seafood, but an excellent idea if you’re trying to surprise someone with a gift they really won’t expect getting. Glad you liked the clips too. There were so many I could have added there, but I didn’t want to make the show longer than it already was. Have a happy New Year!

]]> By: Phil http://www.mylifeasafoodie.com/2009/12/18/episode-50-a-new-england-christmas/#comment-962 Phil Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:55:04 +0000 http://mylifeasafoodie.com/?p=585#comment-962 That's what it was - Fish Friday! I think this is why I was under the impression that it was a catholic thing. Would be interesting to hear from other Italians on this tradition. It's a lot more interesting to me now than it was when I was a kid. Thanks for your comments, Spoon. That’s what it was – Fish Friday! I think this is why I was under the impression that it was a catholic thing. Would be interesting to hear from other Italians on this tradition. It’s a lot more interesting to me now than it was when I was a kid. Thanks for your comments, Spoon.

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