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Raisin Bread: Way or No Way?

As evidenced by today's sandwich dispatch, raisins in bread is quite the polarizing topic. Whether you're an advocate or naysayer, you probably have an opinion on the issue. Should it be allowed as the bread foundation for reubens or other savory sandwich fillings? Grilled cheese? Turkey? Blasphemy, or sweet and salty nirvana? Please share your thoughts on raisin bread (and whether or not the presence of cinnamon swirls is a factor).

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65 Comments | Posted by Erin Zimmer, July 18, 2011 at 6:15 PM
Tagged: bread, raisin cinnamon swirl bread, raisins

Videos: Chinchillas Eating Raisins

Today is National Raisin Day and Animals Eating Friday. And thus I bring you this collection of chinchillas eating raisins.

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9 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, April 30, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Tagged: animals eating, cute, raisins, videos

Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 41: Just a Box of Raisins for Dinner

I admit it. My life is not exactly made to order for conventional dieting programs. In any given week I end up going to a couple potential diet-busting events that could make my Friday morning Serious Eats weigh-in problematic. So I've adopted some strategies and tactics that may sound nutty but have been surprisingly effective. For example, I weigh myself every day, which Weight Watchers frowns on as regular practice. I know my weight can fluctuate two and even three pounds depending on how much water I am retaining, even without going to one of these food events. But by getting on the scale every day, I get some sense of how I have fared each day and can adjust...

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6 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, November 14, 2008 at 8:45 AM
Tagged: David Chang, diets, Ed Levine's Serious Diet, health, Joël Robuchon, raisins, weight

In Videos: Raisin Dancing in Champagne

If you have a flute of Champagne and a raisin and you're really bored, you can plop the raisin into the glass and watch it "dance." This movement is due to the repeating accumulation (causing the raisin to rise) and loss (causing the raisin to drop) of carbon dioxide bubbles on the raisin's irregular surface. The first time I saw this trick was on the first day of my 7th grade science class, when my teacher showed us a glass of translucent yellow-greenish liquid containing a few dark, bouncing blobs. She insisted it was a glass of urine with swimming bugs in it. While she was probably trying to teach us some kind of scientific property (besides see how...

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4 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, September 8, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Tagged: champagne, raisins, science, videos