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Giant Humboldt Squid

Having worked with the same fish purveyor for over 10 years they kind of have an idea what I like. So when Chris called me from ports seafood and said he had giant squid from Humboldt averaging 30lb each I jumped at the chance to get them. Once I had this giant squid at the restaurant I was amazed at how big it really is, it really makes me not want to go swimming.  Chris later explained to me that they are caught when there is a current shift and they come up from warmer waters. To keep thing easy on how to cook this giant squid I have included a photo guide.

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Jamies Olivers Fowl Dinners

What can I say but Jamie has got a set of brass ones for doing this, and I think its great more power to him for sticking it to the big food companies who want to treat animals like shit. Battery chickens what a fucked up process, what ever happened to coq a vin, now we know you cant get roosters cause they kill them at birth because they don’t produce eggs. I know this is a bit old but I am proud to show this and stand by Jamie and his efforts. Please take the time to watch theses videos there are graphic but very educational. Not only does Jamie slaughter chickens in front of the dinners he shows them the horrors of factory farmed chicken and eggs. Dont be offended remember this was a show on the BBC all over the UK.

To see the rest of the shows read on.

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The Devil in the Kitchen

On Tuesday May 8th I had the honor to cook for one of the culinary greats Marco Pierre White. He was here to promote his memoirs “The Devil in the kitchen”

Photo courtesy of Mary Ladd
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Who Are the Modern Offal Eaters?

About a month or so I received a email from the UK asking about offal and different resources to help with a paper being written on the decline of offal consumption. I just received the finished paper and have learned quite a bit, and felt that I should share it with you. Remember this paper is written for the decline of offal consumption for the united kingdom, I am sure there are a lot of similarities here in the United States.

Guest Author Nathan Hoskins is 22 years old an studying at the University of West of England, Bristol, UK.

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Stop Cloned Meat

The FDA has approved cloned meat and milk with no special labeling. This will give a whole new meaning to “molecular gastronomy.” As if factory farming isn’t bad enough we are now just going to make animals in a labratory to factory farm them. And if the FDA does as planned, this meat will sit in the cooler next to all the other meat and you will not know the difference. This is frankenfoods at its best. They don’t know what affects it can have on people in the long run either. Is this where you want your meat to come from?

The final decision will be made in a couple of months and the FDA is currently accepting comments from the public. Go now and tell them what you think about cloned meat. Go to the FDA website or mail comments to:
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