Wednesday Links: How Not to Die from Liquid Nitrogen, and The Future of Food Media

[Photographs: chispita_666/Flickr CC and Cooking Issues blog]

Wednesday Links is our weekly collection of the four most interesting food reads we've discovered in the past week. Enjoy!

• Artisanal vs. Industry Pasta
• Why pay more for "fancy pasta?" Here's why. We've been preaching the pricey pasta gospel around here for awhile.
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• A Liquid Nitrogen Primer
• Working with a dangerous, fascinating chemical in the kitchen.  One of the most interesting blog posts we've read in months. This blog has become required reading.
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• Rendering Lard
• More than we ever thought we'd need to know about lard.
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• Michael Gebert and Michael Nagrant Discuss
• Two Chicago food writers have a fascinating exchange about where we're headed in food media.