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Fruit: A Risk vs Reward Analysis
My favorite blog post I've read so far this week is by far the a risk vs. reward analysis of fruit by Justin of Guardedly Optimistic. Here's what he has to say about the humble banana: fruit: bananarisk: lowreward: moderateanalysis: Never a bad choice, the banana is the .290 hitter of fruit. When was the last time you had a surprisingly bad banana? Never, that’s when. More importantly, the banana offers the most easily interpreted warning signs in the fruit family: if it’s slightly green or covered in brown spots, you know you’re rolling the dice. You will most likely never eat a memorable banana, but for a low-risk fruit that pays out solid dividends, you can’t do better....SPAMARAMA 2007
The 29th anniversary of Austin's pandemonious potted pork festival is coming up—this year's SPAMARAMA® will be held April 7, from noon till six. There's a SPAM™ cook-off, of course, with cash prizes going to the winners of the Open and Professional categories, as well as the People's Choice Award; the SPAMALYMPICS™ features storied events like "the SPAM® Disc Shoot, the SPAM™ Call (remotely similar to a hog call), the SPAM™ Can Relay and the SPAMBURGER® Eating Contest". Keep Austin weird, indeed. [via Weird Eats]...Waffle House Grill's Cook's Cheat Sheet
Nick Gray recently posted this amazing photo of a Waffle House Grill Cook's Cheat Sheet—the position of each condiments on each plate are a code that allow the chain's cooks to visually keep track of multiple orders without having to refer to paper tickets. [via kottke.org]...The Great Big Vegetable Challenge
"Welcome to the World's First Great Big Vegetable Challenge! Take one seven year old boy named Freddie and his mother as they face the challenge of turning him from a Vegetable-Phobic into a boy who will eat and even enjoy some of life's leafier pleasures. Join us as we work through the A to Z of vegetables!" Fred's mom posts photos and the recipes they've tried (some suggested by readers) and Fred himself rates dishes—recently he's given potage crecy a nine and courgette quesadillas a full ten, so he can't really be that much of a vegetable hater, he certainly seems to like them more than I do! The GBVC is first and foremost a fantastic idea but it's...The Diving Pig
A full third of the Serious Eats staff* owns prints of this lovely painting by German artist Michael Sowa. You can get one for yourself for $19.99 at Art.com, or you can get the hardcover book Sowa's Ark and see the Diving Pig plus 54 more of his animal paintings for $24.95 from Amazon. * Two people, but we carry big sticks....Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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