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This Week's Tasty 10

Posted by Adam Kuban, August 15, 2009 at 8:00 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. Get in My Belly Now: Doughnut Ice Cream Sandwich from Peter Pan Bakery
"An ice cream sandwich made with doughnut halves instead of cookies. Why didn't I think of that? Why haven't I ever eaten one before? Why aren't I eating one right now?"

2. Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
"Milk chocolate often gets dismissed as the immature younger sibling of dark chocolate, but we are not ashamed of loving it. When good, milk chocolate melts on the tongue like butter. Of the ten brands we tried in a blind tasting, see which were the most butter-melty, which had weird notes of beef jerky, and which belong only on s'mores. Our results, after the jump."

3. Harry Potter and the Legend of the ICE Cooking Class
"Instead of sleeping in last Saturday morning, I found myself sitting at a long table discussing the menu for the day. First, Hagrid's Stew had to be prepped for a two hour stay in the oven. Then onto Snape's Scones, Butterbeer, and the Cockroach Clusters; the list went on, and I realized it was going to be a busy day."

4. Anthony Bourdain Drunk on Latest Episode!?!?
"Did anybody happen to see how trashed Bourdain seemed while he was at the sushi place on the newest No Reservations episode?"

5. A Return Visit to Royal Tavern, the Best and Worst Hamburger I Ate in Philadelphia
"In Philadelphia the burgers most often lists in the top lists have all types variations on the standard architecture—some are stuffed, use Kobe beef, or are topped with exotic cheeses. Such is the case with the hamburger at Royal Tavern, a veritable Jenga stack of unorthodox ingredients that the establishment claims is the 'best burger in Philadelphia.'"

6. Eat for Eight Bucks: Coq au Two-Buck Chuck
"This past weekend ... I revisited the coq au vin of my college days. I have a gas stove now, and all the equipment I could need. But that bottle of Two-Buck Merlot from Trader Joe's (Three-Buck, here on the East Coast) was even worse than the vin de table I used to cook with in France. In the stew, though, it was great."

7. Serious Eats Presents The Greenmarket: One Farmer's Story
"Last week we began talking about farmers and farmers' markets and the crucial role they play in the food culture (as far as we're concerned, they're heroes). This week we met one of our favorite farmers, Rick Bishop of Mountain Sweet Berry Farm in Roscoe, New York, who grows strawberries and vegetables and sells them at the Union Square Greenmarket in New York City."

8. Recipe: Sicilian-Style Square Pizza Pie
"....The baking process is very much influenced by Dom DeMarco's method for making the square pies he turns out at Di Fara Pizza in Brooklyn. Thanks to all the food bloggers and YouTube uploaders who, between them, have almost the entire process captured on video, although I should clarify that in no way is this pizza recipe intended as a 'Di Fara copy'..."

9. What Do You Go 'Out' For?
"Well, I was at dinner with my SO on Saturday night and again, I was unimpressed with dinner. When I mean unimpressed I mean that I could have made the dish better than what I got. I ordered fish tacos and he had a burger, both of which, are not overly complicated....Is it too much to ask to have good uncomplicated food? With that said, I know there are many things other people make better than I do. What is something you go out for, rather than making it at home? Me, homemade corned beef hash (from Hot Suppa in Portland, ME) and eggs benedict....They just get it."

10. Seriously Meatless: Caramelized Onion, Potato, and Blue Cheese Tart
"Most of my home-cooked meals tend to be both relatively easy and healthy—but this tart is definitely an exception. No getting around it, this is a bit of work and on the rich side. I think it's best served as a three-bite appetizer, where you can really enjoy the big flavors of the caramelized onions, smoked paprika, and blue cheese. I improvised it for an annual block party, and let's just say the entire sheet pan was gone in about 15 minutes."

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