OK. Now we've come to the Top 10 Talk topics of the year. This one was a little funny, because when I ran the numbers, I found that most of the highest-ranked posts were from the beginning of the year. That's because they've had all that extra time to accumulate pageviews. So what I've done is highlight the Top 10 overall and then the No. 1 post of each month, which gives you a better idea of what was popular in a given time period. —Adam 1. Breakfast for a Crowd: Any Ideas? "I need some ideas for breakfast that will feed 10 people. I would like to prepare something relatively simple that incorporates at least one fruit/vegetable to make...
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Photograph from lauromaia on Flickr The “Mother Road”—or what’s left of it—turns 82 today. Which reminds me, serious eater robincat asked in Talk about serious eating options along the historic highway. There are only a handful of replies so far. Come on, people! There's gotta be more great food along this route. Get your kicks on in Talk....
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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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Your wish is our command. You said you were frustrated with the way the Talk section worked. We took your feedback and—presto chango!—made some improvements to the way you can view the many useful, fun conversations happening in Talk. Recently Commented On: This new tab puts the thread with the most recent response at the top of the page. See it in action » Hot In Talk: Sorting by this tab puts the "hottest" topics at top. "Hot topic" status is based on total comment activity over the last 24 hours. See it in action » The original view, Latest Topics, sorts the column the way you may be used to—newest topic at top. Thanks for the feedback. It's...
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And some more housekeeping to take care of here, though this announcement is hardly a chore! Yesterday marks the 5,000th Talk topic started on Serious Eats by our community of awesome food lovers. And who broke the tape? Who set off the flashing lights and sirens? Who are the virtual balloons raining down on? None other than JerzeeTomato, with the topic Weird Parental Food Preparation. Thanks, Jerz! And to mark the occasion, we're sending you The Complete Keller: The French Laundry Cookbook & Bouchon. And, of course, JerzeeTomato didn't do it alone. We're immensely grateful to everyone who has ever created a Talk topic and to everyone who has ever responded to one. I wish we had Complete Kellers enough...
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