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Lindi from ThermalCookware in Australia shows how to cook lamb shanks in a Thermos Shuttle Chef thermal cooker. For more details on thermal cooking visit www.MrDsKitchen.tv

New Zealand's meat industry could miss out on opportunities for international growth and lose out to rivals if it does not change its ways, a Government study says.

A Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) discussion document…

PGG Wrightson, the local sharemarket's primary rural sector player, has slashed its earnings forecast for the third time in six months, citing the global recession which it says is hitting the dairy sector particularly hard.

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PGG Wrightson has revised down its projected full-year earnings, due to global recession and a dairy sector slowdown.

The company said today net operating earnings for the year to the end of June were likely to range from $30 million…

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NYU chemistry professor Kent Kirshenbaum. Photo: Jeff Potter

Like many inquisitive scientists, Kent Kirshenbaum regularly scans the ingredient list of prepared foods to uncover the chemical composites lurking within. The substance that most recently piqued the New York University chemistry professor’s curiosity is liquid smoke. “My immediate thought was that it was a horrible mix of chemicals,” he told us.

After distilling the concentrated smoke and liquid mix (often sold at the grocery store by the bottle to enhance barbecue) down to its roots of water and more than 400 chemical compounds, the scientist (who in person comes across as one part Einstein, one part Malcolm Gladwell) learned that liquid smoke is actually “safer [for human ingestion] than untreated wood smoke.”

Kirshenbaum discussed his discovery last week during a monthly gathering of the Experimental Cuisine Collective — food nerds who love to make things like edible foam. We caught up with him to chat smoke, bongs and homemade liquid smoke.

What is liquid smoke?
Liquid smoke is very simply smoke in water. Smoke usually comes as a vapor, but there are ways to condense it and turn it into liquid and that liquid can then be carried in water.

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This Indian biriani, adapted for the Shuttle Chef, can be served on its own as a scrumptious meal, or dressed up for a festive occasion with fresh tomato chutney, vegetable curry side-dishes and crunchy popadoms. The lamb (mutton) needs to marinade for an hour at least (overnight if convenient). If you are cooking in the morning and want to save time then brown the onions the night before. Ingredients for 6 - 8 servings (halve the ingredients for 3 people).

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As promised, we’re beginning our recap of the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party this past weekend, featuring 15 of the best pitmasters from around the USA. After you take a dip in the barbecue sauce fountain, courtesy of Mike Mills and Amy Mills of 17th Street Bar & Grill, click on the post to see our photos. “Peace, Love & Barbecue,” everyone!

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Manufacturers' sales volumes were up marginally in the March quarter but only because dairy factories and meatworks were busier.

Statistics New Zealand's quarterly survey of manufacturing recorded a 0.2 per cent rise in sales volumes…

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Morgan before his BK ad. Photo: Ferdaus Shamim/WireImage

Way back when Burger King first launched its Flame fragrance in the U.S., Slashfood said the ad featuring a naked King was “sexier than a naked David Hasselhoff with a puppy.”

Well company officials must have been reading as they tapped Piers Morgan, Hasselhoff’s co-judge on “America’s Got Talent,” to peddle the “fragrance with the hint of flame-grilled beef” to his British brethren.

“I know what you’re thinking,” Morgan says in a video on Burger King’s U.K. Web site. ‘Hard to improve on perfection.’”

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