Friday Food Links & Recipes June 11 Edition

This week’s Friday Food Links we have an interview with Anthony Bourdain, an article all about onions, a Scottish Tablet recipe, Sushi facts, how to watch the world Cup 2010 and dine as if you were in South Africa and a multitude of recipes, even one by film director Robert Rodriguez. We search for yummy food links and recipes, so you don’t have to.

FAMOUS COCKTAIL GUIDE “THE HOUR” IS BEING RE-ISSUED

In the spirit of of the male identity, by which American men were expected to know how to mix a signature cocktail, Bernard DeVoto wrote a book titled “The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto” that was first published in 1948.

Illustration by William Barss (how apropos… Bars…get it…anyway…)

Being out of print for decades, it is now being re-issued by Tin House Books. Read whole article: nytimes

You can purchase this book here under the category ‘Misc‘.

FIVE WAYS THE GROCERY TAKE YOU FOR MORE MONEY THAN YOU KNOW

5 of the most common ways that stores separate you from your money without you even knowing it.

ANTHONY BOURDAIN ON BEING WRONG

Anthony Bourdain talks the right and wrong of cooking.

THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS OF ONIONS AND GARLIC

What do garlic and onions have in common with gunpowder? A lot.

COOKING BY NUMBERS

Have a bunch of stuff in your fridge and pantry but have no idea how to put them together? Enter Cooking by Numbers where you check off  what you have on hand in your fridge and it will give your recipes based on your input.

HOW TO MAKE THE SCOTTISH SWEET ‘TABLET’

Never heard of this before? Me neither. It’s like toffee, but not chewy and it’s like fudge, but more grainy. Here is a recipe for a different kind of ‘sweet’ that is sure to make your cavities happy.

SUSHI FACTS

Want a plethora of knowledge about sushi? Check out these sushi facts. From complete sushi etiquette to terminology, to how to use chopsticks properly.

WORLD CUP 2010: SOUTH AFRICA ON A PLATE

Get a taste of South Africa while watching the game with this in-depth article on South African food and where to get it around the country.

JAPANESE BRAISED PORK

For all you pig lovers.

QUESO CHICKEN PASTA

MAC N’ GREENS, FRITO MISTO WITH SPICY TOMATO DIPPING SAUCE

Can’t leave out the vegans.

LETTUCE WRAPS AN UNDERRATED SANDWICH: ROMAINE LETTUCE WRAPS WITH ROSEMARY ROAST BEEF, PROVOLONE AND AND ROASTED RED PEPPER

TURKISH LEMON MINT TEA

LEMON CUPCAKES WITH LEMON CREAM CHEESE ICING

CREAM CHEESE POUNDCAKE

Photo: cherryonacake

ROBERT RODRIGUEZ SIN CITY BREAKFAST TACO

We all know Robert Rodriquez makes hit movies such as Sin City, Planet Terror and From Dusk Till Dawn, but did you know he also makes short cooking school videos? Here he is showing us how to make a breakfast taco with home-made flour tortillas.