Showing posts with label Harold McGee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harold McGee. Show all posts

Monday, March 4, 2013

The other type of "canning" the literal one

Harold McGee has written a very interesting article in Slate on how canning (in tins) can actually add flavours to the food the longer it is kept in the can.  He also describes some of the processes involved in packaging in cans - worth reading!

Age Your Canned Goods
Why I now think of best-by dates as maybe-getting-interesting-by dates.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Just in time for the summer heat - iced coffees and teas!

Harold McGee just wrote an excellent column for the New York Times on the merits of hot brewing and cold steeping coffee and tea.

His conclusion - both are delicious but in different ways!

I think I will go and start some cold coffee steeping...hot days ahead....