"I was being really careful, taking only one bite of everything, but you don't have to know differential calculus to realize that comes out to 20 bites of insanely rich and serious delicious food." All week I've exhibited what I consider to be great self-control, and I fear it's going to come to naught. My interim daily weigh-ins have not been encouraging, and I don't know why. Perhaps I need to reflect more carefully on what I really did eat this week? Last Saturday we headed to Baltimore for the weekend for a friend's surprise birthday party. We spent that afternoon wandering around the city. It was really fun and mostly not food-related, though I did have a few bites...
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Photograph taken by Stephanie Shapiro The 200-year celebration for Enoch Pratt at Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library featured a special cake by star cake designer Duff Goldman of Charm City Cakes. This edible stack of books included H.L. Mencken's The American Language, Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat, Anne Tyler's Breathing Lessons, and Laura Lippman's Every Secret Thing, and was topped with a small figurine of Pratt wearing a suit and a birthday hat. Related Coming Soon to Charm City Cakes: Duff Goldman Action Figure Photo of the Day: Super Mario Kart Wedding Cake Photo of the Day: Homer Cake #2...
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Photograph of Duff Goldman from Wikipedia; Photograph of action figure from Action Figure Insider Duff Goldman, star of Food Network's Ace of Cakes and head baker at Baltimore's Charm City Cakes, can now add "immortalized as an action figure" to his list of accomplishments. This isn't your run-of-the-mill action figure modeled after a baker—Duff's accessories include "two of the shop’s signature cakes, a drill-powered mixer, a chainsaw, wooden spoon, spatula, guitar and flame-thrower!" The action figure made by Diamond Select Toys will be available through Charm City Cakes this fall. [via Food Network Addict]...
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Editor's note: New York Times best-selling novelist Laura Lippman, author of the upcoming Another Thing to Fall, is passionate about all aspects of Baltimore life, including food. In fact, having read all her books, I can tell you that her characters eat in all the best places in Baltimore. So when I asked Laura to become a Serious Eats Baltimore correspondent, she graciously agreed. Laura travels frequently promoting her books, so I have a feeling she might be filing dispatches from all over the globe. —Ed Levine WORDS BY LAURA LIPPMAN | I've had some reason to think about reviews lately. A good friend, one with a palate far superior to mine, didn't like Cinghiale, the latest addition to Cindy...
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