Entries tagged with 'chips'
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"We all tried not to eat more than 20 chips a day..." This week I found myself confronted by three foods I find utterly irresistible: Apple crisp, potato chips fried in lard, and really good chocolate. Do you share these weaknesses? Encountering any one part of this terrible-but-terrific trio would be cause for alarm in a given week. Encountering all three is, for me, the equivalent of a drug addict being inadvertently locked overnight in a pharmacy. It must be said that I did not seek any of the three out. I was not searching for lard chips or crisp or chocolate. All three of them just happened to fall into my path. I'll explain....
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Oprah gained 40 pounds, and one of her vices was blue corn chips. Hain-Celestial, the makers of the chips Oprah held up in the episode, gently encouraged her to stick to a single serving. On the same note, the Times warns that foods with a "health halo" can be evil....
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There are so many things I've eaten or read about that I didn't get around to blabbing about on Serious Eats this year. Hey—I only have four eyes and two hands! So forthwith, posthaste, and ex post facto, here's a tasty tidbit that has been languishing in draft for much of 2008. The scene: Late 1970s, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. My family's Buick Riviera sits in my aunt's driveway, engine ticking as it cools from a 20-hour drive from Kansas City. My cousin Dan whips down the driveway on his Green Machine to greet us. We grab the last of the Pepsis from the travel cooler, dump the water and what's left of the ice from it, and head inside. The Kuban...
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Bakeddoritos.com is the No. 1 Baked Doritos fan site on the web....
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Glenny's, maker of Soy Crisps, also makes American Fries, snacks that "have the great potato taste of French Fries but are baked and have 70% less fat than potato chips!" Available in ketchup, yellow cheddar, and sea salt flavors, they're "krinkle cut for crispy flavor." I'm not entirely sure what makes these snacks "American"—is it the ketchup flavor? The cheddar? Or were they just afraid to call them "French" fries and wise enough to not call them "Freedom" fries? It's clever marketing, using the Old Glory in the background to rouse up patriotic sentiments of a nation. Somehow, America = fries + ketchup! Or, worse: America = dry, starchy, baked potato matter that stinks of ketchup. The unmistakable ketchup odor...
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In honor of the invention the recently deceased Dr. Fredric J. Baur was most proud of, we submit a handful of Pringles commercials for your approval. From a 1973 spot that introduces the "newfangled" potato chip to a bewildered nation to a Weird Science meets Pretty In Pink meets Revenge of the Nerds commercial from the '80s. There's also the SoCal-styled Pringles ad that Brad Pitt makes an early appearance in. And, so, so sugoi, a Japanese Pringles commercial that introduces "Funky Soy Sauce" flavor chips. Grab a couple Pringles, make a duck mouth, and watch with us after the jump....
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I am currently in Barcelona eating as much ham as I can before leaving on Sunday. In between porcine bites, I sometimes venture into places like supermarkets just to see what a supermarket in Barcelona looks and feels like. Last evening, marching down the snack aisle, I came across two kinds of Lay's potato chip bags with a drawing of what looks like a chef. I pick the bag up and discover it is none other than Ferran Adriá of El Bulli fame, the man often described as the greatest chef in the world and the man who moved foam from the shaving kit to the dinner plate. Lay's is putting out a line of Ferran Adria "Artesanas" potato chips....
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With artisan potato chips showing the same detailed preparation and ingredient experimentation as micro-brews and independent wineries, it was only natural that Serious Eats would hold a tasting.
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Gary Allen's In the Chips: Dipping Into the History of the Super Bowl Favorite: "Recently, Jan Petersen wrote in to ask, "When did dips for chips first become popular?" With the Super Bowl just around the corner, we're interested in delving into the history of these gridiron staples. Jan's question may sound like a version of the old conundrum about chickens and eggs — at least as regarding which came first — but in this case there is an answer." I'd recommend it even if it weren't so timely, it's such a fantastic piece of writing....
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Island Jerk is the winning Kettle Chips People's Choice flavor, beating out Dragon Five-Spice and Twisted Chili Lime in what was apparently a tight three-way tie. You can order all three plus the other two finalists (Aztec Chocolate and Royal Indian Curry) in a party pack before supplies run out in a a five bag mix-and-match pack for $14.95 or two sets of the five-bag mix-and-match pack for $24.95; prices include a free world music CD, a metal chip-bag clip, food pairing suggestions, drink recipes, and, best of all: shipping....
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