Archive for September 27th, 2011

Leila Lindholm: Contributing To A Butter Shortage – Sweden

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Aftonbladet, a Swedish tabloid, claimed this week that Leila Lindholm and fellow TV cookery stars were encouraging the normally health-conscious Swedes to shun less fatty “artificial” alternatives to butter.
The newspaper even ran a butter recipe for readers wanting to churn their own. All they would need, the paper told them, was a mixing bowl, whipping cream and salt. “Swedes think butter is delicious,” said the tabloid.
Aftonbladet singled out Lindholm as a particularly influential butter evangelist. “I only bake with real butter,” the newspaper quoted her as saying. “Butter is the best flavor enhancer and tastes fantastic.”
The dairy association said that while butter had enjoyed a recent spike in sales, there had been a reduction in the amount of milk and butter produced annually in recent years. Younger Swedes are not attracted to work in the dairy business as well.

Out of the kitchen go the light, additive-filled butter substitutes. In comes the pure raw butter, preferably containing as much butterfat as possible. It seems to be cheered on by both TV chefs and nutritionists.

Heston Blumenthal, His Book; ‘Heston Blumenthal at Home’ – U.K.

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Culinary Tidbits . . . As set forth in the UK edition of FT.com, Heston Blumenthal of Fat Duck fame is a self-taught chef, and he knows just how perplexing cooking can be. So he has always been keen to demystify the process. For some time he has wanted to write a book that has both exciting recipes and all the background information that explains how they actually work. A book that makes people feel at ease in the kitchen. Heston Blumenthal at Home is the result.