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This Week's Tasty 10

Posted by Adam Kuban, November 1, 2008 at 9:00 AM

According to our handy site-metering utility, the top 10 most delicious items on Serious Eats this week were ...

1. Chewing the Fat: Alton Brown on Doughnuts
Alton Brown and Ed Levine chat about the art of the doughnut.

2. Cooking with Kids: Bacon Doughnuts
"See these awesome maple-bacon doughnuts I made? I actually can’t take any credit for them. The idea came from Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, Oregon, where they serve a maple bar with bacon strips on top."

3. The Haute Cuisine 'Submarine' Burger from Father's Office in Los Angeles
"It is a hot day in Los Angeles. I have a plane to catch in a scant two and a half hours, yet I am heading in the opposite direction from both my hotel and the airport. I am on a mission to eat what has been widely lauded as the best burger in L.A." [from A Hamburger Today]

4. America's Regional Candy
Like sports teams and hot dog styles, candy inspires fervent regional loyalties. Thanks to the Great Depression, the candy industry was booming during the early 1900s, when a nickel was all people could afford for a high-energy snack or meal. It's kind of scary—maybe exciting for the sake of candy—to think we've come full circle, but regardless, economic crisis or not, we'll never stop loving the candies from home.

5. Served: Welcome to the Restaurant World
"Guys, stop for a second," P. orders, gesturing with her wine bottle as if it were a weapon. It is after midnight, and we are still running around in full-fledged frantic mode. "Let's hold a moment of silence." J., P., and I grasp hands and summon a focused, deliberate prayer: "Please, please, no crazy restaurant rush."

6. What Do You Put on Pasta?
"You're home alone and you're hungry. There's not much in the fridge, but you're pantry is well stocked. You make some pasta. What do you put on it that's laying around the house? [from Talk]

7. Sunday Brunch: Ina Garten's Hashed Browns: Best Ever?
Ed makes Ina Garten's hash browns. Readers give him trouble about typos—and the difference between hash browns and home fries. [from Recipes]

8. Dinner Tonight: Lemony Chickpea Stir-Fry
"The brilliant secret to this recipe, an unclassifiable number that's kind of a stir-fry but with none of the usual ingredients, is the way chickpeas will caramelize and turn nutty-brown if you heat them over high heat in a skillet." [from Recipes]

9. The Best Chocolate Biscuit Ever: Fortnum & Mason's Chocolossus Biscuits
"Say what you will about the British and their food, our friends across the pond are very good at dipping things in chocolate. And Fortnum & Mason's Chocolossus Biscuits are no exception. In fact, they may be the tastiest chocolate biscuits I've ever eaten."

10. The Perfect BLT
"What is your idea of the most brilliant homemade BLT? Help me out here ... I know it's a basic, and I have my own ideas ... but I'd love to hear from you guys." [from Talk]

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