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This Week's Tasty 10

Posted by Erin Zimmer, June 20, 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. Taco Bell's Volcano Taco with Lava Sauce Returns to Menus Nationwide
First introduced last September, the Volcano Taco appeared on Taco Bell's menu for only three months. Whether it was the red crunchy taco shell or the spicy orange goop (which goes by "Lava Sauce") or the limited-time-only appeal, people were into it. Really into it. When it disappeared from menus, people freaked out, but thank heavens, it's back.

2. Photo of the Day: 'Back to the Future' Wedding Cake
If you love red velvet cake and Back to the Future, and happen to be getting married, you're in luck.

3. Serious Cheese: What Happens When a Curd Nerd Becomes Lactose Intolerant?
Gasp! Could our Serious Cheese columnist actually be lactose intolerant?

4. Summer reading and food: Anyone read these two or suggestions?
NPR recommended two food memoirs that sound interesting. Have you read them? What else is on your food-related summer reading list? [from Talk]

5. Top Chef Masters,' Episode 2: The 'Lost' Dinner
Did you watch this week's episode? Find out what each of the four contestants made using crap from vending machines during the Quickfire, and Darma Initiative–approved canned and preserved foods for Lost writers and producers during an island-themed elimination round.

6. How do YOU make a tomato sandwich?
"Here's how I've enjoyed tomato sandwiches since childhood which may be different from how you grew up eating them - two slices of very fresh Sunbeam white loaf bread, Miracle Whip spread on each piece, chilled tomato slices, black pepper and lots of salt. Now tell me how you make yours." [from Talk]

7. Served: Friends at Restaurants
"I love having friends come in to eat and drink when I’m waiting tables or working behind the bar. It’s great seeing people who I love, and cool having the party come to me. The hospitality industry is about making people feel welcome and taken care of. It’s about showing them a good time. This is a fun role to play—it’s why I like my job. And it’s even more fun when the customers are your friends."

8. Who's The Most Serious Eater In Your Life?
"I count a huge number of foodies, restaurant obsessives, and bottomless pits among my acquaintances, but Faye is in a league of her own. Who’s the most serious eater in your life? And what have they proven themselves capable of?"

9. Mixed Review: Jiffy Pie Crust Mix
"Nothing instills fear in novice home bakers more than the prospect of making a pie crust from scratch. Will it roll out neatly? What if tears while transferring from work surface to pie plate? Can anything be done if it starts to bubble or burn in the oven?...At 79 cents a box, Jiffy is by far the most economical option."

10. French in a Flash: Chaussons aux Pommes with Cinnamon Craime Fraiche
"Like slippers, Chaussons aux Pommes are harbingers of home and of comfort. Though it is an old-sounding word, it expresses timeless human emotion far more effectively and evocatively than the more modern 'turnover' ever could. Mine start simply with Golden Delicious apples, done French—as in, without cinnamon. They are folded into a simple pocket of bought puff pastry. The American apple-cinnamon duo is completed with a slightly sweet, certainly spicy cinnamon crème fraîche in which to dip the warm chausson before munching it down burning from the oven."

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