Why we cook — Chef Erica Wides' Blog http://www.chefsmartypants.com/chefblog Why we cook and other lessons from Chef Instructor Erica Wides Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:08:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en About.com video shoot! Last month I shot 3 instructional videos on Thai cooking for about.com, here’s a link to the first one posted.

http://video.about.com/thaifood/Traditional-Tom-Yum-Soup.htm

]]> http://www.chefsmartypants.com/chefblog/2010/06/about-com-video-shoot/251/ Interview on Garden Fork Radio, with Eric Rochow. Eric Rochow is a very cool guy from Brooklyn, who contacted me after listening to my  ”Why We Cook” episode on cabbage and fermentation. Not to be confused of course with last week’s episode on kombucha and fermentation!

Eric has a great blog and web radio/tv  show called Garden Fork, which is full of all kinds of interesting things about food, cooking, gardening, home repairs, beekeeping…basically everything that I love too!

He is also interested in fermentation (but who isn’t?) and wanted to chat. He asked me to do an interview on ...]]> http://www.chefsmartypants.com/chefblog/2010/05/interview-on-garden-fork-radio-with-eric-rochow/248/ Inside F&B online article about Streets International, and me! Darren Atkins, of dmanburger fame (www.dmanburger.wordpress.com) and a writer for insidefandb.com, did a great piece on the benefit we had in March for Streets International. He also wrote some very nice things about me!

here’s the link

http://insidefandb.com/2010/05/for-the-vietnam’s-poorest-streets-international-gives-them-a-future/

Thanks, D-Man!

]]> http://www.chefsmartypants.com/chefblog/2010/05/inside-fb-online-article-about-streets-international-and-me/245/ Mindkitchen! A few weeks ago I was a guest on The Mindkitchen, a virtual cooking competition show on Heritage Radio. It was pretty freaking funny. If you listen, make sure to listen to the very end of the last segment, after the music.

http://www.heritageradionetwork.com/archives?search=mindkitchen&x=0&y=0

]]> http://www.chefsmartypants.com/chefblog/2010/05/mindkitchen/243/ Why We Cook: The Breakfast Show This week on Why We Cook: Erica turns your ideas of breakfast on their heads. Forget what you think you know about the first meal of the day!

Listen to Why We Cook online.

]]> http://www.chefsmartypants.com/chefblog/2009/09/why-we-cook-the-breakfast-show/228/ Why We Cook: Anchovies, Mackeral and Sardines, oh my! This week on Why We Cook: Erica talks slimy, oily fish, trying to cast a brighter light on anchovies, sardines, and mackerel with some brainy histories and quick prep tips.

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]]> http://www.chefsmartypants.com/chefblog/2009/09/why-we-cook-anchovies-mackeral-and-sardines-oh-my/218/ Erica with the Chickens Laetiporus Sulphureus—chicken of the woods mushrooms.]]> http://www.chefsmartypants.com/chefblog/2009/08/erica-with-the-chickens/201/ Why we cook: Outcast Veggies http://www.chefsmartypants.com/chefblog/2009/08/why-we-cook-outcast-veggies/153/ Why We Cook: Veggies http://www.chefsmartypants.com/chefblog/2009/08/why-we-cook-veggies/140/ Martha Stewart Morning Living: Winter Veggies! (pt 2) http://www.chefsmartypants.com/chefblog/2009/08/martha-stewart-morning-living-winter-vegetables-part-2/88/