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This Week's Tasty 10

Posted by Adam Kuban, January 10, 2009 at 9:00 AM

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

1. 'Top Chef' Season 5, Episode 7: Toby Young Rocks
Ed and Erin dig Toby Young as Top Chef judge. The Serious Eats community does not. Said jcesar4: "So far Erin is pretty much the only food writer/blogger i've read today who gave Toby props. Everyone else seems to universally despise him. His jokes were stale, and his 'insights' (the fennel gave the dish an anise flavor?—yeah, no kidding) make him look like an unqualified fool."

2. Chewing the Fat: Batali and Bourdain on Baby Food
So what kind of delicious eats does a dad like Tony Bourdain raise his baby daughter on? We found out in this week's webisode. If you haven't, we'll give you a hint: Wild boar is on the menu, horse meat is not.

3. Guess Who?
You guessed it. It's Ed Levine. When he was a hippie.

4. Unfriend 10 People on Facebook, Get a Free Whopper
In the continuing saga of questionable marketing campaigns, Burger King is now offering a free Whopper if you unfriend 10 people on Facebook. Use the Whopper Sacrifice application on Facebook to get started. [from A Hamburger Today]

5. Please Read: Serious Efforts
In response to a thread posted, "Please Add a Professional-Level Efforts Topic" a number of Serious Eats members expressed the desire for a way to pose more practical questions and get the same response in kind. The author of the original post, mongoose, has generously worked with us to help define exactly what "Serious Efforts" are. Below is what we've come up with as a starting point, your feedback is naturally welcome! A new year is as good a time as any to try something new, so let's give this a go. [from Talk]

6. In Videos: Slap Chop Infomercial Featuring Vince, the Enthusiastic Host
Who's Vince? Just an enthusiastic infomercial host (also of Shamwow fame) who wants you to get a Slap Chop, a tool that chops, minces, and dices in seconds. But it does so much more.

7. Served: The Hook-Up
"The restaurant owner’s parents had flown in from Texas. After all, their son was opening his first restaurant. They sat at Table 1. It was our second night of service, and we were still ruminating about how to classify our tables and split them up into waiter stations. Yet somehow, it happened that I was to wait on B.’s mom and dad. They seemed thoroughly easy-going and amiable, yet I was mildly terrified."

8. What to Do With Leftover Wine: Mulled Wine Syrup
"Did you wake up on New Year's morning swearing off the sauce forever? Do you have more half-empty bottles of vino than you know what to do with? Here's a way to repurpose the plonk, without the pain." [from Recipes]

9. Absentminded Kitchen Disasters
I cannot believe what i just did. Here's the scenario: I'm starving, and in the middle of a dozen projects at home. I'd decided to try the Bittman "vegan and whole grain until 6 p.m." approach to eating, so after looking in the fridge for an appropriate snack, I decided on popcorn. I put some olive oil and a handful of popcorn in the pan, turned on the burner, and WALKED AWAY to attend to another task. Who else is prone to being absentminded in the kitchen?" [from Talk]

10. Pizzeria Delfina, in San Francisco's Mission District
"Somehow, Delfina is able to crank out some satisfyingly proper-crusted pizzas in a gas-fired oven. That the toppings are fresh and outstanding doesn't hurt either. We shared four different pizzas to eat through a variety of what's on offer at this small space next door to the heralded original Delfina restaurant." [from Slice]

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