Daily Food Links 04/21/2008
How to Cut Off a Finger or Worse
How to Chunk a Pineapple Like a South Seas Island Boy - Instructables - DIY, How To, food - Annotated
Island Boy Tip: Please be careful when using a knife for any purpose. You must respect the blade. It can cut you.
I highly recommend not following that tutorial. The first comment, second link, to an about.com page, is far safer for the average home cook. Anytime you are not keeping a flat surface on your cutting board, you are asking for stitches. Specifically step 11, which I'd bet one out of every 4 people who try it will wind up with a cut of some sort. If an "island boy" were to be working for me using that technique, it'd be a short lived experience on their part.
I'd also argue that follow the about.com link would result in less waste, as you can control the amount of the outer "skin" being cut off.
Color and Food
Color + Design Blog / Color and Industrial Food by COLOURlovers
Testing diigo and their send to blog feature, as well as pointing out how food not only inspires at the table, but can also inspire design.
See also the Colors of the Kitchen for more color inspiration.
Alessi Pasta Pot
I'm quite intrigued by this piece of equipment, but not so much to spend the $238 on it. Basically it was designed to replicate a cooking style of Olive Pickers, who, limited in their supply of water, cooked their pasta in a similar fashion as risotto, versus our traditional manner of vast amounts of boiling water. I'm sure it was meant for more macaroni type pastas, and Earthier types of dishes, but nonetheless, I'm sure it yields a delicious meal. I'm very fond of simple, rustic dishes, and this seems right up my alley.
Add to that the developer is Alain Ducasse, on of the world's most renown chefs, and it becomes a piece of art, as much as a utilitarian tool. I might have to test the concept with my enamel over cast iron dutch oven.
Hat tip to Uncrate