Hot Sake - Food News You Can Use

- Passover is here, so naturally it is time for matzo brei, there was even a brei off at Makor over the weekend. While we are at it, here is a take on matzo ball soup for the excellent Cooking for Engineers.

- Speaking of the Passover holiday, apparently the recipe for Coke switches in order to conform to kosher rules, here is a look at what it means to you and how to find it.

- We don’t dig yogurt, but those who do may want to check out Ganda’s Yogurt Battle.

- The Paupered Chef takes an insightful look into frozen fries, touching on the selection process used by chefs’ at high end places and home preparation. After tasting the new ones at the Shake Shack the report is that they are an improvement, but still way below par - for that manner everything was kinda blah. For the great Meyer beef blend try the Blue Smoke burger. Also, one note, while the folks at Bouchon do not use Sysco product, but rather frozen fries from a small unnamed producer who may (or may not) distribute through Sysco.

- It’s always a pleasure to when Sam Sifton actually puts pen to paper for the readers benefit. This Sunday he gave us a treat with a look into an abridged history of Cold Sesame Noodles.

- We all watched with revulsion as he did the 30 day Mickey D’s diet, but what does a week of eating in NYC look like for Morgan Spurlock ?

- So the real Gordon Ramsey IS an insane manipulative SOB. Based in the reviews he has been getting in NYC he should probably focus more on the food hitting the plate.

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