Serious Eats
Sampler Platter: From the Serious Eats Team
Items you may have missed from the Serious Eats universe ...
- Sandwich man Zach Brooks throughly reviews Midtown Manhattan's new Zen Burger, a vegetarian McDonald's-like chain. "If you’re interested in something that tastes like fast food, but is 30% more healthy-Zen Burger might be your new favorite place." [Midtown Lunch]
- Chicago correspondent Michael Nagrant praises the "superb" food at Powerhouse despite the off-putting dédecor, spotty service, and periodic rumblings from nearby metro lines. [Hungry Mag]
- Soup master Gurgling Cod looks at the practice of restaurants putting up Chowhound reviews in their windows and asks, "if the criticism there is not worth putting in the window of your place, is it worth anything at all?".[The Gurgling Cod]
- Chocolate contributor Emily Stone lists chocolate metaphors for teaching and writing after finishing up the past semester of teaching "Seminar in Composition" at the University of Pittsburgh. [Chocolate in Context]
- Serious Eats contributing editor Adam Roberts gives his top food recommendations in Seattle for those new to the city. [The Amateur Gourmet]
- Cooking With Kids contributor Matthew Amster-Burton shares a list of his current recommended food-related reads. [Roots and Grubs]
- Dinner Tonight contributor Blake Royer shows how 2007 was his biggest traveling year of all time with a roundup of travel posts from last year, including San Antonio, Maine, New Haven, Seattle, and Madrid. [The Paupered Chef]