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Sampler Platter: From the Serious Eats Team

Posted by Emily Koh, February 2, 2008 at 4:00 PM

Items you may have missed from the Serious Eats universe ...

• Dinner Tonight contributor Blake Royer shares an informative guide on two ways to preserve Meyer lemons while they're still in season. [The Paupered Chef]
• Sunday Night Soup master Gurgling Cod is not a fan of the Japanese government's new campaign to authenticate Japanese restaurants worldwide, saying that the state has no place in regulating culture. [The Gurgling Cod]
• Chicago correspondent Michael Nagrant spent some time with Patrick Bertoletti, the no. 2 ranked competitive eater, while eating over 100 hot wings for Chicago's Time Out: "You figure a mohawked competitive eater might be a punky meathead with a chip on his shoulder, but Bertoletti who's also a culinary school grad, is a thoughtful passionate gourmand." [Hungry Mag]

• Baking maven Dorie Greenspan visits Kitchen Library at New Oxbow Market in Napa, which Steven Rothfeld has stocked with books, photography, vintage finds and more. She also recommends you check out other various stalls at the market, with more stands and a weekly farmers' market due to open this month. [DorieGreenspan.com]
• Cocktail connoisseur Paul Clarke lets us know about the upcoming Bittersmens Bitters products which includes bitters like Xocolatl Mole, Grapefruit, and seasonal ones like "Squirrel Nut" pecan-vanilla flavor. The artisan cocktail products won't be available for sale until this summer, although they're available at bars in New York, Boston, San Francisco, London, and Seattle. [The Cocktail Chronicles]
• Sandwich man Zach Brooks welcomes new neighbor Wall Street Journal into midtown, now that they have relocated to the News Corp building on 48th St. and 6th Ave, and offers a helpful round-up of lunch options within the area. [Midtown Lunch]
• Chocolate contributor Emily Stone says although she's never heard of a supposed chocolate belt in Pennsylvania and Ohio, as the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review claims, she does tell us about a new chocolate shop opening in Pittsburgh called A Taste of Chocolate: Exquisite Chocolate. [Chocolate in Context]
• Cooking with Kids contributor Matthew Amster-Burton has some bones to pick with an article in the Seattle P-I on "when good foods go bad." [Roots and Grubs]
• Snapshots from Vietnam contributor Cathy Danh stays cool with the Vietnamese drink chè nhãn, made from dried longans and agar jelly, and tastes like "a soda-less cream soda with hints of vanilla." [Gastronomy]
• New Orleans correspondent Blake Killian offered six jars of Blake Makes Peanut Butter Dulce de Leche to readers, and asked for feedback on his first batch of creamy peanut butter mixed in with milky caramel. [Blake Makes]

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