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This Week's Tasty 10

Posted by Adam Kuban, April 18, 2009 at 9:00 AM

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

1. One Dozen Trader Joe's Eggs, Each with a Double Yolk
Each egg in this dozen from Trader Joe's had a double yolk!

2. Served: The Ballsy Waitress
"You should feel free to say something," T., the fromager chimed in. "Just go up to them really sweetly. Say, ‘Is this what you meant to leave as a tip? Just wanted to make sure there wasn’t a mistake or anything, and that everything was OK.'"

3. In Videos: Paula Deen's Fried Mac and Cheese Bacon Bites
Mac and cheese wrapped in bacon, breaded, and then deep-fried makes perfect sense if you first stop and ask yourself, "What would Paula Deen do?" And she has done it. The video evidence, after the jump.

4. Guilty Food Pleasures
"The Disgruntled Foodie topic got me thinking...I'd like to know what guilty food pleasures do you have? I'm not talking about weird concoctions or high end stuff. I'm talking about common foods that you're almost embarrassed to admit you like to eat! A few people mentioned their love for the orange hued Kraft M&C. That's the kind of thing I'm talking about. Sure, you'll make Coq Au Vin or roll your own Sushi but what types of common things do you like that will never go out of style in your house?" [from Talk]

5. Laid-off Restaurant Critic's Plan B? Cook
"Talk about the tables turning. After more than 15 years reviewing restaurants for newspapers in Spokane, Washington, Memphis, and, most recently, in Seattle, I now find myself in a very foreign place: working in restaurant kitchens for Tom Douglas, a nominee for outstanding restaurateur at this year's James Beard Foundation."

6. Trichinosis in Free-Range Pigs: Cause for Concern, or Sloppy Editing and Writing?
"It was the mention of trichinosis that got to me. I began to worry that this news makes a serious liar out of me. For years I've been telling people not to worry about ordering pork chops medium-rare because there hadn't been a case of trichinosis reported in the U.S. in many years."

7. What Do You Put on Your Biscuit?
"... So, I was wondering what you put on your biscuits? Does it depend upon the type (i.e. baking powder v. Pillsbury, et cetera), or is it a regional thing? Have you ever seen any put anything on them that just seemed to not make sense (for me that would have to be gravy—where did that come from, anyway?)?" [from Talk]

8. Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 62: What Does a Serious Eater Do with Restaurant Leftovers?
"I like to order lots of things just to try them, even if I'm with only one or two friends. Either way, I end up with a ton of leftovers. How I dispose of those leftovers, and whether I should even lay claim to them, are two questions that loomed over every meal in New Orleans. Hell, they loom over every meal everywhere. How do other people deal with the restaurant leftovers problem?"

9. Healthy and Delicious: Pasta e Ceci
"My most recent foray into Giadalogy was Pasta e Ceci from her Everyday Pasta cookbook. Serious Eats’ Blake Royer made Jamie Oliver’s version last month, but Giada’s recipe differs enough—and was so tongue meltingly delicious—that I had to post it anyway." [from Recipes]

10. How To Save Money at Supermarkets
"What are your tips for saving money at the supermarket?"

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