Most Serious Eaters love chocolate, so thanks to the good folks at Garrison Confections today we're giving away a chocolate gift that keeps on giving—a year's worth of serious chocolates. How does the Year of Chocolate work? About every three months, you will receive a 24-piece box of a Garrison Confections Seasonal Collection: Winter Solstice, Vernal Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox....
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Today we're giving away a package of two prime, dry-aged ("longer than four weeks") porterhouse steaks, thanks to the generous folks at Peter Luger. These steaks are not small. Each weighs more than two pounds. The steaks come with two bottles of Peter Luger steak sauce and a bag of chocolate coins. To win, just answer this in the comments below: What's your favorite cut of steak? You have until noon ET tomorrow (Saturday, December 1) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. PS: If you just can't wait for this contest to be over and want to order steaks right now from Peter Luger, you may...
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We're going to start by giving away a package of New York Nostalgia from Russ & Daughters. I've known Russ & Daughters' Mark Federman and his family ever since I came to New York 32 years ago. When I knew very few people here I used to just come to Russ & Daughters to kibitz and just feel like I belonged somewhere. It's a place I still visit for shelter from any storm. And for the company and the Russ family's incredible food. They know smoked fish like very few other people in this world. What's in this package of New York Nostalgia? One pound of Gaspé Atlantic smoked salmon. A half-pound of sliced smoked sable, one pint house-cured herring...
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At Serious Eats we don't think 12 days of Christmas are enough. Ditto for the eight days of Hanukkah, or the seven days of Kwanzaa. Nope, at Serious Eats we're going to be celebrating the holiday season by giving away seriously delicious stuff every day for the 33 days between now and New Year's Day, beginning today. What kind of seriously delicious stuff? Bacon of the Month Club memberships from the good folks at the Grateful Palate, steaks from carnivore kings Peter Luger, killer Elgin Smoked Sausage from the Southside Market in Texas, New York brunches from the venerable Russ & Daughters, gift certificates from my friends at the Zingerman's Catalogue, chocolates from one of the best chocolatiers in America,...
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