Friday Food Links & Recipes July 23 Edition

Welcome to yet another addition of Friday Food Link & Recipes. Today you can read about which foods have been recalled and why, European food trends, what goes into an In and Out Burger and a perplexing food product for those who lead busy lives. And of course, a variety of recipes for  your to test. The Sweet toothed will be happy for this week we have more desserts than entree’s. We search for yummy food links and recipes, so you don’t have to. Enjoy!

CHANGES TO THE USDA DIETARY PYRAMID

Do Americans really pay attention to these food rules?

FOOD RECALLS

Where you aware that baby food had rocket fuel or that McDonald’s and Burger King have higher standards than the US government?

A SANDWICH IN A CAN

If you say you have seen everything as far as canned foods go, then I call bluff. You have never seen this. Candwich. A sandwich in a can for those ‘on the go’. I am simply speechless over this item. Seriously…how lazy can you be and how god awful could this taste? Would you eat this?

EUROPEAN FOOD TRENDS: VEGETABLE TASTING MENUS

Photo: Gauthier Soho

“We need to have more of a relationship with vegetables,” says chef Alain Ducasse, as he serves some delicate slices of beetroot, carrot and celeriac that have been gently poached in a light vegetable stock, and coated with a Montgomery cheddar gratin, during an intimate lunch for eight at the Dorchester hotel in London, where his three Michelin star restaurant is housed. He is showing off a new signature dish — the Cookpot — which focuses on seasonal vegetables. Read whole article: wsj

THE INS AND OUTS OF AND IN AND OUT BURGER

HUNGARIAN SCRAMBLED EGGS

CHILLED AVOCADO SOUP WITH CRAB MEAT SALAD

Photo courtesy of The Wandering Eater

CUBAN BURGERS

RIGATONI WITH SPINACH AND CHEESE

Yup, you stand the pasta straight up.

SPAETZLE WITH GRUYERE AND CARAMELIZED ONIONS

GINGER PEACH MUFFINS

CHOCOLATE BABKA

BLACK BERRY AND PEPPER ICE BOX PIE

MAPLE BACON ICE CREAM

PEACH PIE

We saved this link for last…Wild Recipes. Weird and exotic recipes for foods that people really eat.  Like Fried Brains, Rootworm Beetle Dip, Mustard Munchies and Grasshopper Gumbo. Hey some people like this stuff.

Happy Cooking!

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