Food in today's NY Times...
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lsandersonHow Many Calories in a Pansy?
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
"For bakers planning their Valentine's Day goodies, Sweetfields, a company in Southern California, offers lovely crystallized edible flowers. Pansies, rosebuds, violas, snapdragons and other varieties are coated with egg white and sugar and will never wilt on top of chocolate mousse, for example. Prices start at $10 for 10 small blossoms. A special Valentine's assortment of 20 flowers in pink and red is $30. To order: www.sweetfields.com."
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Lemons, Yes, but Please! Don't Squeeze
By DAVID KARP
"FOR over a century lemons came in only one model in the United States: oval, yellow and tart. The California and Arizona lemon industry thrived and saw no reason to change. But lately some flashy new styles have arrived, with pink flesh and green-striped skin, or bright orange rind and pulp. One is the size of a grapefruit, and another is mild and delicious enough to eat as a fresh fruit. And seedless varieties are arousing a flurry of interest."
In Defense of Poor, Maligned Chocolate
By NIGELLA LAWSON
"WE all know the allure of forbidden fruit, but chocolate seems to suffer from its naughty-but-nice image. The cocoa bean is both lusted after and demonized, so much so that eating anything made from it is often deemed a deviant pleasure: sweet, rich, fattening, sinful."
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
"For bakers planning their Valentine's Day goodies, Sweetfields, a company in Southern California, offers lovely crystallized edible flowers. Pansies, rosebuds, violas, snapdragons and other varieties are coated with egg white and sugar and will never wilt on top of chocolate mousse, for example. Prices start at $10 for 10 small blossoms. A special Valentine's assortment of 20 flowers in pink and red is $30. To order: www.sweetfields.com."
Related Sites: Log On and Go Of
"Here are some of the Web sites where restaurant staff members vent..."
Lemons, Yes, but Please! Don't Squeeze
By DAVID KARP
"FOR over a century lemons came in only one model in the United States: oval, yellow and tart. The California and Arizona lemon industry thrived and saw no reason to change. But lately some flashy new styles have arrived, with pink flesh and green-striped skin, or bright orange rind and pulp. One is the size of a grapefruit, and another is mild and delicious enough to eat as a fresh fruit. And seedless varieties are arousing a flurry of interest."
In Defense of Poor, Maligned Chocolate
By NIGELLA LAWSON
"WE all know the allure of forbidden fruit, but chocolate seems to suffer from its naughty-but-nice image. The cocoa bean is both lusted after and demonized, so much so that eating anything made from it is often deemed a deviant pleasure: sweet, rich, fattening, sinful."
