Ben Starr

The Ultimate Food Geek

Tag: cooking with tobacco

  • A FRANK Tale: Side B

    Photos in this blog appear courtesy of Christian Eggers, unless otherwise stated. It has been 1 year, 1 month, and 2 weeks since I blogged last.  I’m lame. Actually, I’m just incredibly busy.  FRANK’s momentum has skyrocketed (along with its popularity…we’ve got almost 8,000 people on our list now) and it has kept me so…

  • Tobacco Chocolate Ice Cream

    Tobacco is little-used in cooking, which is a shame, because it has a marvelous flavor.  Tobacco contains nicotine, a stimulant that is deadly in the right dose, most folks shy away from cooking with it.  But the National Institutes of Health has done plenty of research about nicotine toxicity, and I published an article that helps consolidate…