Entries tagged with 'Halloween'
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Last year's first place winner: "OMNOMNOMNOMNOM." [Flickr: shaggy67] It's time for our second annual Serious Eats Pumpkin Carving Contest. We take a break from eating pumpkins (in bread, chili, and pie form) to whittle away at them. To enter, just upload your photos to our easy-to-use Photograzing (you'll need to log into your Serious Eats account, or sign up). We want to see your orange masterpieces, be they funny, creative, or just plain freaky. Obviously we give extra points to any food-minded designs such as last year's winner: "OMNOMNOMNOMNOM." Deadline: You have until Sunday, November 1 at 6 p.m. (EST) to upload photos. We'll announce the winners on Monday afternoon (November 2). What we're looking for: Originality, creativity, and...
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Surely jack-o-lantern-flavored, cinnamon-perfumed beer isn't
serious beer. We tried seven pumpkin beers, and as it turns out, some were actually pretty good—especially with a bowl of chili.
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[Photograph: craftster.org] The only thing better than a toddler toddling around is one wearing a wig and spectacles, masquerading as Colonel Sanders. A woman on the craft forum Craftster shared this photo of her daughter from Halloween last year in a thread about wig-making. Somehow a kid posed as a geriatric chicken icon is really adorable and not creepy at all in this scenario. [via Neatorama] Related Best Food-Inspired Halloween Costumes Foodie related halloween costumes ideas anyone? [Talk] Colonel Sanders and Leon Trotsky Look Alike...
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We know you've been waiting for this, so we won't keep you in suspense any longer, bwahahahahahah. The winners of the inaugural Serious Eats Pumpkin-Carving Contest are: 1. Grand Prize OMNOMNOMNOMNOM, by sunkid Prize: Viking Professional Chef's Cutlery Starter Set (includes: 5-inch flexible boning knife, 8-inch chef's knife, 4-inch paring knife). 2. First Runner Up Castle of the Wicked Witch, by stike Prize: 8-inch Viking Professional Chef's Knife 3. Second Runner Up No Country for Old Men-o'-Lantern, by gavinworth Prize: 4-inch Viking Professional Paring Knife 4. Third Runner Up Joker-o-Lantern, by jenhappy Prize: Williams-Sonoma Pumpkin-Carving Kit Note from the Serious Eats Team: Hope your thumb is healing nicely! Thanks to everyone who entered. This was a really tough decision, with...
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Photograph from HeyGabe on Flickr This adorable girl definitely fits in the proper age range of trick-or-treaters. But you know who you are: you're still holding that bucket, with a Blackberry in the other hand. Just put on that mask and poof! They'll never know! Ageless. Time to get all the Twixes before the toddlers do! Though there really shouldn't be an age limit on dressing up, trick-or-treating is another story. Some old woman will eventually call you out: "Aren't you getting too old for this?" And while there's an inner child in all of us, maybe she's right. I pushed the limits and went through high school (because I believed my costumes were so thoughtful, awesome, and worth...
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I was surprised to see this limited edition version of chocolate-filled biscuit snack Koala's March when I visited Japanese shopping center Mitsuwa last weekend. More surprising was finding out that the only difference between this version and the Halloween version is the packaging and the designs printed on the cookies; the flavor is the same (I was hoping for pumpkin). It's a pretty damn cute design though. Related Pumpkin-Flavored Pocky Snacks The Best Japanese Chocolate and Cracker Snack Shaped Like a Mushroom...
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Clicking in to the Serious Eats inbox, we've got ... Hey, Serious Eats! I love your website and just realized I am wearing a food-themed Halloween costume and wanted to share it with you guys!I'm a piece of flying fish roe, and the costume is completely homemade except for the dress! I also have chopsticks in my hair :)Well, keep up the good work! —S. B. The costume, after the jump....
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We've already got a bunch of great submissions for the first annual Serious Eats Pumpkin Carving Contest, but here's a little nudge reminding you there's still time. Polls will close on Saturday at 6PM EST. So far, we've seen a cereal reference, tragic injury (how's that thumb?), and pomegranate sneak into the mix. After tonight's trick-or-treating, add your carving creation to Photograzing for a chance to win cookbooks and Viking knives....
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Photograph from chippenziedeutch on Flickr In Talk earlier this week, JerzeeTomato asked where to find a blue pumpkin. After a three-day search, in which she checked back in on the thread to update us all, she finally found one at a small farm stand in Delaware. But not before she left a lot of us wondering what the heck a blue pumpkin looked like. The pumpkin photo above isn't from Jerz—I just wanted to highlight it to show everyone blue pumpkins. I've only ever seen them in photos. This one is from Flickr user chippenziedeutch. And here's a photo of a 'Queensland Blue' split open. The contrast of blue skin and deep orange flesh is quite striking....
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There was a lot of candy corn celebrating yesterday. Yeah, that's going to stop right now. For all of you who detest the triangular ickiness, watch this and feel validated. Cartoon couple Moose and Zee have a good head on their shoulders: they know even feet might taste better than candy corn. Thanks to Montmc for the sharing the video! Watch it, after the jump....
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