Word: artisanal
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...With the number of products we’re bringing from Kenya, we can increase the standard of living of the average Kenyan artisan by over 20 percent every year,” Captain said...
...restaurant Manresa in Los Gatos, California, salute Patterson for breaking new ground in the use of scent to amplify flavor. "Aroma really is the most central part of how we experience food," says Patterson, who has co-written a new book on the subject, aptly titled Aroma (Artisan; 216 pages). tel: (1-415) 956-3004; www.frissonsf.com
...seems. Once the exclusive province of professional bakers, artisanal breads have become increasingly popular with home bakers despite the many hours or even days it takes to create them. "The number of our members who are serious home bakers has increased over the past several years," says Gina Piccolino, executive director of the Bread Bakers Guild of America, an organization for artisan bakers. A stream of new bread-recipe books, a variety of Web lists and forums for enthusiasts, and jammed baking courses further attest to the trend...
Leader tells his students not to worry about perfection. But for others, seeking it is the whole point. A large contingent of artisanal home bakers will settle for nothing less than flawless, golden-hued, crackling crusts and varied-textured interiors that evoke the rustic bounty of Tuscan villages and French boulangeries. "There's a big difference between a pretty good loaf and a fabulous loaf," says Atlanta-based Maggie Glezer, author of A Blessing of Bread: Jewish Bread Baking Around the World (Artisan; 352 pages). A beginning baker producing a baguette, she concedes, "probably won't get those gorgeous...
...Hall wrote, “has a lot to do with ‘materialism’ and lots of other pejorative stuff.” Puritans of the 17th century, it turns out, were not the Scrooges Will portrayed; instead, they “were basically agricultural artisan, not proto-industrialists; no evidence that they stinted, etc. They liked rich food and strong colors, and danced at weddings (well, some hints of disapproval of this!). I.e., they weren’t hostile to the ‘material world’ at all, but welcomed its fruits and blessings...