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This Week's Tasty 10

Posted by Adam Kuban, December 20, 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. Rocco DiSpirito: Misunderstood Chef of the People or Megalomaniacal Celebrity?
"What DiSpirito really loves to do is bring attention to himself Paris Hilton–style and try to cash in on it."

2. Chewing the Fat: Batali and Bourdain on Fatherhood
"Over a glass of wine and some tasty nibbles Mario and Tony discuss everything from the pleasures of fatherhood to what they would eat for their last supper. They truly enjoy each other's company, and their conversation turns out to be revealing, intimate, and surprisingly moving."

3. When Do You Serious Eats?
"Recently, I noticed that there are a couple of night owls other than myself on Serious Eats; late night posts, super early morning comments- that kind of thing. Which led me to wonder what time other users find themselves spending time on Serious Eats...." [from Talk]

4. Recipes: Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres
Our Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres landing page was popular this week. My guess is that people are looking for solid holiday entertaining recipes. [from Recipes]

5. Mike's Pastry vs. Modern Pastry Shop: Holy Cannoli!
"While Boston's streets are lined with pasticcerie, the cannoli landscape revolves around two major contenders: Mike’s Pastry and Modern Pastry Shop, facing off on opposite sides of Hanover Street. Mike’s is the tourist-trafficked favorite, but many locals prefer Modern’s modest storefront and delicate pastry shells. So which of these two is the real cannoli king?"

6. Serious Cookies: Shuna Fish Lydon's Shortbread
"Shuna Fish Lydon, who blogs at Eggbeater, has been baking sweets in New York and California kitchens for more than 15 years. She now resides in London as the pastry chef of Gail's Bread. When asked for a 'Serious Cookie' recipe, Lydon responded with the classic buttery biscuit, shortbread." [from Recipes]

7. Served: Social Butterfly Duty
"I'm exhausted. But it's not so much from running up and down the stairs for more bottles of moscato or from being on my feet all night. It's from being on, all the time. Nice to everyone. I'm tired from having to be funny, witty, bubbly, and relentlessly, uncompromisingly hospitable all night. " [from BlogName]

8. We Smell Burger King Flame
"It smells like this He-Man action figure I had that would spit out a liquid you filled it with. Or like this girl I dated in junior high who had a leather jacket that smelled just like that."

9. In Videos: SNL Digital Short, 'Cookies'
Guest host Hugh Laurie announces layoffs at a company meeting, but Fred Armisen only cares about scarfing up the cookies in the middle of the table.

10. Parents with Different Nationalities, What Do You Still Make?
"... Has anyone grown up with mixed heritage parents? How has the melding of cuisines colored your current culinary lifestyle. If so, what recipes were adapted to meet both tastes?" [from Talk]

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