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A Cook's Notebook - reflections on food and cooking in our kitchens and in our lives - airs weekly on WAMC
Deep-fried Turkey aired on Nov. 2003
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A Cook's Notebook - reflections on food and cooking in our kitchens and in our lives - airs weekly on WAMC Deep-fried Turkey aired on Nov. 2003 PROMOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST and can read something like: This is Ali Berlow, join me for A Cook's Notebook, reflections on food and cooking in our kitchens and in our lives.... Accompanying recipes available at www.cooksnotebook.com
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Review of A Cook's Notebook: Deep-Fried TurkeyThis Thanksgiving-ready piece stimulated my palate
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Transcript
The turkey gets a bath - well really it's more like a spa treatment. It rinsed and dried throughout and its pale nakedness beckons attendance. I comply. I tweak and pull any remaining pinfeathers with tweezers. I massage herbs and spices into its skin inside and out, in-between drumsticks and wingtips. The skin absorbs cumin, allspice and brown sugar, staining the bumpy rawness a rich, earthy sienna. The pungent rub penetrates my senses and spices warm my hands.
The Women-Guests assemble with drinks in hand and comment admiringly on the fullness of breast, the elegant curve of the thigh. 'And all naturally enhanced' they exclaim! This is a hormone and antibiotic-free bird. The label implies it lived a life using its legs to run and its wings for flight.
Our expectations mount. Deep-fried turkey is such a break from tradition - few of us have had anything like it for Thanksgiving....
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Posted on February 10, 2004 at 05:00 AM | Permalink
Review of A Cook's Notebook: Deep-Fried Turkey
Pegged to Thanksgiving, so time-sensitive and has limited shelf-life. Nice writing, and pleasant delivery, tho a bit quick. I wanted to hear her slow down some, stretch it out, and talk to me more directly...not sound like she was reading from a script. The format -- 3:40 -- and fresh personality could be a nice fit for those looking for new material to drop into local programming as an interstitial or a magazine segment.