Ben Gibbard on Tour Cooking

This was just too perfect
a musician that I love
talking about road cooking.

I'm a big fan of Death Cab for Cutie,
but I am an even bigger fan of
The Postal Service.



Extra Credit,

This is Ira Glass Introducing
Ben Gibbard,
But some guy comes up instead
and make fun of Ben Gibbard,
And Then ...

Ira Glass on Story Telling

This is a series
of youtube videos.
In which
Ira Glass explains
how to tell a story.




The way he he explains it
you feel like you can
make radio like he does.




Ira Glass is a hero of mine ,
I don't think we use that word enough.
A hero usually does something stronger than
just a person you admire. I think Mr. Glass has.
He is trumpeting a new form of public radio.
A public radio that doesn't have to be boring.
A public radio that can entertain and teach at the same time.




Sometimes on public radio
it seems like that
is something
that you have to fight for.



found on Your Daily Awesome

Cooking w/Alex s01e01 - My Coffee

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Show Notes

Chemex
I love my chemex. I have experimented with everything. I started with a machine. Then I moved on to a french press. The problems I had with the french press stem from the exact nature in which you have to use a french press. Because the water and the ground steep together you have to time them to get the best coffee. Timing for a roast is one thing, but for coffee I need it to be simple. That is where the chemex, or any method that uses gravity, shines. Everything is set up so the coffee spends a set time with the ground. Then its just a function of the volume of water you pour over said grounds that is the biggest determinate in the flavor. I suppose you could get the same affect with a funnel and filter over a cup. That is where my penchant for modern design comes into play. The chemex just looks great.

The Story of the Chemex
I was wrong about being invented in the 50s it was made in the 30s and it was invented by a guy named Peter Schlumbohm

Coffee Selection
I didn't cover this in the video its self. I think that most coffees will work. I would suggest buying from small batch roasters. If you don't want to go out of your way trader joes house brand coffee is perfectly fine. In the end what matters most is that you get through your coffee roughly once a week I think is a good time, like a thing every two weeks on the far side. If you don't want to buy coffee that often I think a good idea would be to freeze some of it when you first by it then pull it out as you need. You don't want to use straight from freezer coffee though.

The best coffee in the city of San Francisco is definitely Blue Bottle Coffee Company they are at near hayes valley or at the ferry building farmers market.