Serious Eats
Sampler Platter: From the Serious Eats Team
Items you may have missed from the Serious Eats universe ...
- Baking maven Dorie Greenspan officially declares baconized desserts as the next big trend [DorieGreenspan.com]
- Sunday Night Soup master Gurgling Cod examines the media response to Burger King's "Whopper Freakout" campaign. [The Gurgling Cod]
- Snapshots from Vietnam contributor Cathy Danh taped a segment for Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey, part of a BBC series on food in Asia that will air in 2009.
- Chocolate contributor Emily Stone takes a break from chocolates and reflects on the egg as a staple ingredient. [Chocolate in Context]
- Sandwich man Zach Brooks posts the "fat man's guide" eating at Tom Colicchio's 'wichcraft in NYC for under $10. [Midtown Lunch]
- Dinner Tonight contributor Nick Kindelsperger gives a go at making his own beef jerky using a crock-pot... which didn't work out too well. Good thing he had a back-up plan! [The Paupered Chef]
- Cooking with Kids contributor Matthew Amster-Burton discovers Valrhona Perles Croquantes, cracker bits enrobed in dark chocolate, and recommends putting them on top of ice-cream. [Roots and Grubs]
- Cocktail connoisseur Paul Clarke finally gets around to making an Oaxaca Old Fashioned: "The Old Fashioned is one of the oldest of cocktails, but with this side trip to Oaxaca, the old dog has learned a spectacular new trick." [The Cocktail Chronicles]
- Chicago correspondent Michael Nagrant holds up Alton Brown as Food Network's last hope, but wonders if he's jumped the shark, and implores for him to "keep it real." [Hungry Mag]