Entries tagged with 'announcements'
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The contest entries have been extraordinary, and keep them coming, but the piece by my buddy Johnny Apple in yesterday's Times should have reminded all of us that Apple was an inspiration to all food writers and food lovers. Nobody bought more passion and knowledge, not to mention reportorial skill and know-how, to food writing than Johnny. Johnny's posthumously published story yesterday had me thinking about jumping on a series of planes immediately, and I don't have the frequent flyer miles or the cash to do so....
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Who's your favorite restaurant critic? Adam Platt? Frank Bruni? Legends Ruth Reichl (shown above, incognito) or Gael Greene? Alan Richman? You can nominate anyone you want, not just the names above. Write a hundred words or less on who your favorite restaurant critic is and why. Here's a cheat sheet with the issues you should consider in making your choice: Food and Wine Expertise: Do they know their stuff when it comes to food and wine? Writing Chops: How well do they write? How good are they at describing food, setting scenes, turning a phrase, making you feel like you're at the restaurant as you read them? Authority: How authoritative are they? Are their reviews trustworthy? Do you believe...
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The response to the Food Rorschach test has been overwhelming and extremely gratifying. So gratifying that I feel compelled to offer a second food rorschach, based in part on questions posted by readers. And maybe what we'll do is try to do a single food rorschach question every day. I figure between our collective imaginations we should be able to come up with one good one a day for the foreseeable future. And if it stops being fun and starts to seem forced, you'll tell me and we'll stop. So here is the Day 2 Rorschach Test: 1) Thin or Thick-Crusted Pizza (Known in certain locales as a casserole) 2) Fried Chicken Drumstick or Wing 3) Ruffles or Regular Potato...
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Presenting the first annual Serious Eats Food Rorschach Test. Your answers will provide a window into your inner soul (food and otherwise). But unlike other (psychologists and psychiatrists) professionals who administer Rorschach tests, I have no way of interpreting the results. And since this is a self-administered Rorschach, you can interpret the results any way you see fit. If it's not too painful I would appreciate everyone who takes the test to share his or her results in any way you deem appropriate. 1) Haggen Dasz or Ben & Jerry's? 2) Skippy or Jif? 3) Bagel or Bialy? 4) Whipped or Regular Cream Cheese? 5) Relish or Sauerkraut on your hot dogs? 6) Milk or Dark Chocolate? 7) Salted...
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Happy July 4th from everyone here at Serious Eats. I want to apologize for being absent these last nine days. I've been working 18 hours a day finishing the cookbook I'm writing with Dave Pasternack, the chef at Esca, the Italian seafood restaurant in New York's theater district. The book is called The Young Man and the Sea, and it is coming out next spring. I'll be posting recipes from the book in the coming days and months....
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I am as big a champion of sustainable agriculture and responsibly, ethically raised meat as most, but I have to say I'm baffled by Whole Foods' recent decision not to sell live lobsters and crabs in their stores because these crustaceans suffer unnecessarily in captivity and subsequent death. I'm sure lobsters and crabs don't look forward to being put in tanks, killed and eaten, but if we can't eat lobsters and crabs with impunity, what's next? Whole Foods banning the sale of Bumble Bee (or even a fabulous fancy-pants brand like Ortiz) tuna because the tuna suffer horribly on their way to the can? Talk about slippery slope....
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Ad Age reports that the success of the 100 calorie packs are bringing many new players and products into the category....
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According to today's New York Times, Chicago's City Council yesterday became the first city in the country to outlaw the sale of foie gras. According to the Chicago Sun Times Chi-town mayor Richard M. Daley had this to say in response: "We have children getting killed by gang leaders and dope dealers. We have real issues here in this city. And we're dealing with foie gras? Let's get some priorities." Finally, a politician I can get behind. Richard M. Daley for President! He's a decider. And a prioritizer....
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Okay, I finally went to my supermarket to check out the caloric content of the national cookie brands to compare them to the 5o calorie (and rather small) South Beach Diet Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies. Sure enough a regular Chips Ahoy cookie has 53 1/3 calories, a s does a regular Oreo, and a Fig Newton has 55 calories. The only conclusion a sane man could come to: Eat two Oreos or Fig Newtons. Of course the problem is they don't make 100 calorie packages of regular Oreos or Fig Newtons. But doesn't this suggest a marketing opportunity for Nabisco?...
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Willie Mae Seaton makes the best fried chicken I've ever had in my life. And I've eaten thousands of pieces of fried chicken across America in search of the best. Willie Mae Seaton's chicken has a crisp and crunchy exterior, is just salty enough, and has that cosmic "oneness" between skin and crust. And if you want to taste it, listen up. Now pushing ninety, Ms. Seaton was wiped out by Katrina. Her restaurant, Willie Mae's Scotch House, was until a few years ago a true neighborhood treasure savored by her fellow Treme residents and some foodies in the know from New Orleans and beyond. Now the Southern Foodways Alliance, along with the Viking Range Company, is trying to raise...
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