Tempting Ed Levine
So Serious Eats overlord Ed Levine is on a diet. Which kinda blows for the rest of us here in the office because it means the days of "Oh, I just stopped at the bakery on the way in and picked up one of everything they had" are over. That's why I'm supporting Kevin Weeks (right, proprietor of Seriously Good) in his (good-natured, I think?) blog war against Ed:
So over the next 12 months I will tempt Mister Ed Levine with sandwiches. Sandwiches he, the fancy New Yorker, can’t possibly duplicate or, if he does, will be bad for his health. I, too, am risking my health in this culinary Russian Roulette, but I'm confident that I will prevail and at the end of 2008 we will see that Ed Levine really isn't that serious about eating—or sandwiches.
Kevin: Please tempt away. But know that Ed has been surprisingly steadfast with his diet, powered as he is by his 100-calorie snack packs. (Speaking of which, look for expanded snack-pack coverage on the site—as opposed to expanding waistlines!)
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So, sandwich lovers, if you began with duck confit for a sandwich, where would you go next? I'm thinking this demands panini as a cooking treatment, but am I wrong? What do you think? How can we kill Ed Levine? Or at least contribute to the expansion of his waist line?
And Adam, I don't really want to kill Ed, just tempt him. It's my hobby this year. Last year it was preserving meat and next year it may be foods made with peas. Food has no limits in how we can explore it and make it part of us and how we touch the world.
Kevin at 9:24PM on 01/04/08
Oh, and I note Ed hasn't responded.
Kevin at 9:50PM on 01/04/08
100 calorie snack packs=bad times. Sandwiches starting with duck confit=extra good times.
cakespy at 10:51PM on 01/04/08
Oh, come on now. Eating more healthfully does not mean eating less tastily/seriously. Although I do agree that 100 calorie snack packs = bad times and a waste of money. If he had the willpower, Ed could easily buy the regular-sized stuff and portion them to 100 calorie packs himself.
Vincci at 2:29PM on 01/05/08
Since I started this post, I'll have to point out that Ed does portion out things himself, too. Plus, he says he's found some seriously tasty snack packs. It's a world I'm fairly unaware of but one that Ed says is inhabited by TONS of products. We've been on him in the office about brining in his favorites for a taste test.
Adam Kuban at 12:08PM on 01/06/08