Posted by Lucy Baker, May 5, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Trust me: you mom has a wild side. It may not be as extreme as what-happens-in-Vegas-stays-in-Vegas, but she has definitely fantasized about trading in her prim office heels for a pair of beaten-up cowboy boots, and her calming mug of herbal tea for a killer watermelon margarita.
That's just what chef and food writer Paula Disbrowe did when she left the skyscrapers of New York City for the wide open plains of rural Texas. In Cowgirl Cuisine, this week's Cook the Book selection, Paula presents a collection of big-hearted, bold recipes, from breakfasts, soups and salads, to burgers, barbecue, and seductive desserts. All the dishes are composed of healthful ingredients such as whole grains and fresh local produce, but this is not a diet cookbook. Cowgirls don't have time to count calories.
'Win Cowgirl Cuisine'
We'll be excerpting a recipe from Cowgirl Cuisine everyday this week that's perfect for preparing for your mom, so on Sunday you can surprise her with brunch in bed, or better yet, a decadent, whiskey-spiked chocolate cake. In addition, you can enter to win her one of five copies of the book. Just tell us in the comments section below: what is the most memorable meal your mother has ever prepared for you?
Posted by Lucy Baker, April 28, 2008 at 2:15 PM
This week's Cook the Book feature is Lidia's Italy by Lidia Bastianich, famed restaurateur, Public Television personality and—as of last week—Papal chef. In her latest culinary compendium, Lidia takes home cooks on a whirlwind gastronomic tour of ten different places in Italy, from northern Piemont and central Rome, to southern Puglia and the island of Sicily.
These are the regions that Lidia loves best, and the ones that have most informed her own cooking. As she writes in her introduction: "Now I ask you to come with me to some of my favorite places in Italy. I want to introduce you to my friends and to some of the very fine food artisans who are keeping the Italian culinary tradition alive. I want you to meet some of the special people who make up the heartbeat of the cities in Italy, to experience the way they enjoy life, to see how they shop, and how the cook with these traditional products."
Win 'Lidia's Italy'
The 140 recipes are homey and diverse, from traditional pasta and fish dishes (think tomato ragu and brodetto), to innovative antipastos and desserts (roast peppers stuffed with tuna and anchovy, babàs with limoncello). We'll be excerpting one every day this week as part of our ongoing Cook the Book feature. In addition, we're giving away copies to five lucky readers. To enter for a chance to win, simply tell us in the comments section below: when you're cooking to impress, what dish do you prepare?
Posted by Adam Kuban, April 21, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Oprah Winfrey probably isn't the first name you think of when you reach for a recipe or cookbook, and the omnipresent TV show host would be the first to tell you, in the intro to her new cookbook, that she's not the best in the kitchen ("Though I do a pretty mean corn fritter," she says). Still, one thing that Oprah knows exceedingly well is how to surround herself with talented folks who can deliver the goods to her audience. Since 2000, she's been doing just that with her magazine, O, which features recipes from top-name chefs and food writers. In The Oprah Magazine Cookbook, she's collected many of those recipes—from the likes of Marcus Samuelsson, Leah Chase, April Bloomfield, and 60-some others. We're featuring it as our Cook the Book entry this week, and we'll be highlighting one recipe a day from it until Friday. The first one will be up shortly, but let's take care of some business here:
Win The Oprah Magazine Cookbook
All you have to do to win is tell us in the comments section of this post—oh, I don't know ... tell us what TV talk show host you'd most like to break bread with and what meal you'd share with him or her.
Three (3) people will be chosen at random from among eligble comments below. Comments will close Monday, April 28 at noon ET. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Robyn Lee, April 21, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Be a part of Jones Soda history by voting for the winning lolcat photo to appear on a Jones Soda bottle. And if you're desperate to use your own lolcat photo on a bottle, you can order personalized labels.
Contest: The Flayvors of Washington. Get it? Bobby Flay? Flavors? Heh. That's going too far for me, and I love the puns. And that's Washington State. Whip up a wine-inspired recipe that uses at least one approved Washington-y ingredient, and you could win a trip to New York City to dine with and cook with Flay. [via Food Network Addict]
Posted by Adam Kuban, April 16, 2008 at 1:30 PM
This week's Cook the Book is another from the great River Cottage book series. The author, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, is a celebrity chef in Britain, known for such series as TV Dinners and, after he moved full-time to his country home, River Cottage, for several shows based around the sustainable-farming lifestyle he cultivates there. The River Cottage Cookbook brings elements of his previous books under one roof, and provides detailed guidance on everything from gardening to choosing and keeping livestock. In fact, it's organized into four parts—gardening, livestock, fish, and hedgerow—based on the provenance of the featured ingredients.
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Posted by Adam Kuban, April 7, 2008 at 3:45 PM
I love cornbread. When I'm out for lunch or dinner somewhere and it on the menu or—better yet—on the plate as an unexpected side, my meal's pretty much made. My only problem then is, do I greedily eat it right away or wait till I'm done with everything else so as to hold on to the anticipation of the thick, crumbly, savory golden square?
I've tried to make it at home, but it never comes out as good as the versions made professionally. And, I've got a small confession to make, too: All the super from-scratch versions I've made at home have never lived up to that damn light-blue-and-white Jiffy box mix. Why is that? What am I doing wrong?
I'm hoping this week's Cook the Book can answer that. The Cornbread Gospels by Crescent Dragonwagon has more than 200 cornbread recipes in it, so I've got faith that I'll find cornbread religion in this good book. So, in a little bit, we'll bring you the first of this week's daily featured recipes. But first, as is always the case with Cook the Book, we've got a number of Cornbread Gospels to give away to Serious Eats readers.
Win The Cornbread Gospels
All you have to do is tell us in the comments section of this post where you get your favorite cornbread, whether its homemade, from a relative's kitchen, or from some hole-in-the-wall down-home-cookin' joint.
Five (5) people will be chosen at random from among eligble comments below. Comments will close Monday, April 14 at noon ET. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by The Serious Eats Team, April 7, 2008 at 3:00 PM
We've got something sweet for six lucky Serious Eaters this week. The folks at Häagen-Dazs headquarters have given us a flavor preview package of their new Reserve flavors. But it doesn't end there. We in turn have six flavor preview packages to pass along to you. And because the Häagen-Dazs folks are willing to share the wealth, each of those six Serious Eaters will be able designate three friends to receive their own shipments of the Reserve flavors. Think of it as a the Häagen-Dazs Reserve Chain Letter, only it's a box of ice cream instead.
The preview includes flavors from the Häagen-Dazs Reserve Series, with ingredients like French sea salt and Mediterranean pomegranates. There are also ice cream products that support the Häagen-Dazs Loves Honey Bees campaign, a program focused on helping fund research to protect these disappearing pollinators.
How to Win
The six packages will go to the six separate folks who make our favorite comments this week. We'll be watching comments on all posts on Serious Eats and in the Talk section for insightful, funny, and useful comments. Our six favorite comments and/or Talk topics this week will get the packages. (And, sorry, it's only open to U.S. residents.)
So for many of you, all you have to do is keep on doing what you normally do. Good luck.
Posted by Adam Kuban, March 31, 2008 at 6:30 PM
This week's Cook the Book featured cookbook is The Sweet Melissa Baking Book by Melissa Murphy. Murphy's desserts are well known among New Yorkers, but even if you don't live in the Big Apple, you may have caught her on the Food Network, where she won the "Edible Ornaments" challenge toward the end of last year.
Win 'The Sweet Melissa Baking Book'
We'll be excerpting a recipe a day this week as part of our ongoing Cook the Book feature. The first of those will be up shortly, but for now it's time to let you in on how you can enter to win a copy of this book. Simply tell us your favorite dessert in the Comments section below.
Five (5) winners will be chosen at random from among eligible comments, and comments will be open until noon ET, Monday, April 7. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Adam Kuban, March 24, 2008 at 5:45 PM
This week's Cook the Book featured cookbook is Nigella Lawson's Nigella Express. The subtitle of the book is "130 Recipes for Good Food, Fast," and with the exception of a handful of recipes in this title, it's a pretty accurate description—with dishes that are either assembled and finished quickly or those that are assembled quickly and then finished in the oven, allowing the appliance to do most of the work while you lounge or take care of other more pressing matters.
Win 'Nigella Express'
We'll be excerpting a recipe a day this week as part of our ongoing Cook the Book feature. The first of those will be up shortly, but for now it's time to let you in on how you can enter to win a copy of this book. Simply share your favorite time-saving tip in the Comments section below.
Five (5) winners will be chosen at random from among eligible comments, and comments will be open until noon ET, Monday, March 31. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Ed Levine, March 20, 2008 at 11:45 AM
We at Serious Eats love all the food traditions associated with Easter, but we must admit there is a special place in our hearts and in our stomachs for chocolate easter eggs.
So we have undertaken an extensive search for great chocolate easter eggs, and we have found some at John & Kira's, an artisanal chocolate-maker from the Philadelphia area. I have been writing about and eating their terrific chocolates for years now, and I know how much love and care goes into every piece of chocolate they make. So we're excited that John Doyle today has graciously consented to letting us give away a box of 36 hand-decorated chocolate Easter eggs filled with delicious 64 percent Valrhona dark chocolate ganache.
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Posted by Ed Levine, March 19, 2008 at 11:30 AM
We at Serious Eats love all the food traditions associated with Easter, but we must admit there is a special place in our hearts and in our stomachs for chocolate easter eggs.
So we have undertaken an extensive search for great chocolate easter eggs, and we have found some at John & Kira's, an artisanal chocolate-maker from the Philadelphia area. I have been writing about and eating their terrific chocolates for years now, and I know how much love and care goes into every piece of chocolate they make. So we're excited that John Doyle today has graciously consented to letting us give away a box of 36 hand-decorated chocolate Easter eggs filled with delicious 64 percent Valrhona dark chocolate ganache.
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Posted by Ed Levine, March 18, 2008 at 11:30 AM
We at Serious Eats love all the food traditions associated with Easter, but we must admit there is a special place in our hearts and in our stomachs for chocolate easter eggs.
So we have undertaken an extensive search for great chocolate easter eggs, and we have found some at John & Kira's, an artisanal chocolate-maker from the Philadelphia area. I have been writing about and eating their terrific chocolates for years now, and I know how much love and care goes into every piece of chocolate they make. So we're excited that John Doyle today has graciously consented to letting us give away a box of 36 hand-decorated chocolate Easter eggs filled with delicious 64 percent Valrhona dark chocolate ganache.
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Posted by Ed Levine, March 17, 2008 at 5:00 PM
We at Serious Eats love all the food traditions associated with Easter, but we must admit there is a special place in our hearts and in our stomachs for chocolate easter eggs.
So we have undertaken an extensive search for great chocolate easter eggs, and we have found some at John & Kira's, an artisanal chocolate-maker from the Philadelphia area. I have been writing about and eating their terrific chocolates for years now, and I know how much love and care goes into every piece of chocolate they make. So we're excited that John Doyle has graciously consented to letting us give away a total of four boxes of 36 hand-decorated chocolate Easter eggs filled with delicious 64 percent Valrhona dark chocolate ganache every day between now and Thursday.
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Posted by Adam Kuban, March 17, 2008 at 4:00 PM
If there are two cuisines Arthur "The Food Maven" Schwartz knows best, they're Jewish and Italian. He's already done an Italian book, so he tackles the likes of latkes, kreplach, knishes, and kugel in Arthur Schwartz's Jewish Home Cooking. If you're not lucky enough to have grown up with a bubbe fussing over you and cooking you some of the most amazing comfort food ever, then this book can help you approximate the experience yourself.
Win 'Jewish Home Cooking'
We'll be excerpting a recipe a day this week as part of our ongoing Cook the Book feature. The first of those will be up shortly, but for now it's time to let you in on how you can enter to win a copy of this book. Simply tell us what your favorite Jewish food item is in the Comments section below.
Winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters, and comments will be open until noon ET, Monday, March 24. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Adam Kuban, March 10, 2008 at 2:00 PM
If you're a food lover, you've asked and answered the question. Many times. You reevaluate your answer every so often, refining it with each meal. At Serious Eats, we even include it as a field in everyone's profile page: Last bite on earth?
My Last Supper is a book that takes that meme to the people you'd most want to hear from on this subject—50 of the best-known and most-loved chefs in the world. It's a beautiful book—almost equal parts portraiture, interview, and cookbook. Each chef is photographed by author-photographer Melanie Dunea in an environment that befits his or her personality, accompanied by an interview with Dunea, and, toward the back of the book, a recipe.
Win 'My Last Supper'
We'll be excerpting a recipe a day this week as part of our ongoing Cook the Book feature. The first of those will be up shortly, but for now it's time to let you in on how you can enter to win a copy of this book. Simply tell us what your last meal story is. What would you eat, with whom, and where?
Winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters, and comments will be open until noon ET, Monday, March 17. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Adam Kuban, March 8, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Occasionally on weekends, we give away a food-related book. This week, we've got a few copies of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles to give away. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles is New York Times reporter Jennifer 8. Lee's obsessive look into all things having to do with Chinese food—from packaging to labor to human trafficking to, of course, the origin of the wise little cookie that comes at the end of a meal at most Chinese restaurants in the U.S.
It's an entertaining read, full of great tidbits that will stick with you and bubble to the top of your brain each time you feast on Chinese food. (For a more in-depth take on it, you can check out what I wrote here).
We've got five (5) copies to give away. All you have to do is comment in the Comments section of this post and tell us what your most memorable fortune cookie was and whether it came true.
The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. Comments will close on Monday, March 10 at noon ET.
Posted by Adam Kuban, February 25, 2008 at 2:15 PM
This week's Cook the Book is one we've mentioned before on the site—Roast Chicken and Other Stories by Simon Hopkinson. If you haven't heard of Hopkinson, chances are you aren't English; in Britain, this book was voted the most useful cookbook ever by a group of chefs, food writers, and readers. We've already featured Roast Chicken's namesake Roast Chicken recipe, so this week we'll be highlighting additional dishes each day. Monday's will be along shortly, but first ...
Win 'Roast Chicken and Other Stories'
And as is always the case with our weekly Cook the Book volume, we've got five (5) copies of this book to give away to our readers. Simply tell us your chicken story in the comments section below. We leave it up to you to interpret what a "chicken story" is and what it consists of. Good luck!
Winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters, and comments will be open until noon ET, Monday, March 3. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Ed Levine, February 22, 2008 at 9:00 PM
If you read the New York Times this past week, you probably saw the lengthy feature on Trail of Crumbs
author Kim Sunée. You probably thought to yourself, "that sounds like a good book."
Well, it is a good book—a really good book in fact, and we've got five (5) copies to give away this weekend. What is Trail of Crumbs about? The subtitle says it all: "Hunger, Love, and the Search For Home."
Sunée was abandoned on the street by her mother in South Korea. She was adopted by a family in New Orleans and ends up falling in love with a famous, successful French businessman while visiting Europe after graduating from college. The writing is graceful if overwrought at times, her story is alternately heartbreaking and harrowing, and the recipes that follow each chapter are appealing and refreshingly off-center.
Want a chance to win a copy of Trail of Crumbs? Just answer the following question in the comments: What food do you crave in times of stress?
Winners will be chosen at random from among the comments below. Comments will remain open until 6 p.m. ET, Monday, February 25. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Adam Kuban, February 19, 2008 at 2:45 PM
This week's Cook the Book volume is Jamie Oliver's Cook with Jamie. I've admired Oliver's work over the years; I mean, what's not to like? Not only is he a good cook, he places education and betterment at the heart of his mission, whether it's through his Fifteen foundation and restaurant or his attempt to bring better school lunches to Britain's kids.
Cook with Jamie carries on that tradition. And even though it's Oliver's seventh book, it's the one he says he feels he should have written first, since it's a "basics" book. It's textbooklike in size and heft, with beautiful photographs and handsome type design—so much so that you'd almost feel bad about staining the pages as you cook from it.
We'll be featuring excerpted recipes adapted from Cook with Jamie over the course of the week. The first one will be along shortly. Until then ...
Win 'Cook with Jamie'
Anyway, as is always the case with our Cook the Book feature, we've got five (5) copies to give away. All you have to do to have a chance to win one is answer the following in the comments section below:
Who taught you to cook?
Winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters, and comments will be open until noon ET, Monday, February 25. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Ed Levine, February 16, 2008 at 10:30 AM
The Serious Eats Weekend Book Giveaway is back with a vengeance this holiday weekend with a really cool book, Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink, edited by New Yorker Editor-in-Chief David Remnick. The book features food and drink-related stories and cartoons that have appeared in the New Yorker by such heavyweights as Calvin Trillin, Anthony Bourdain, A. J. Liebling, Jim Harrison, John McPhee, and Roz Chast. It's the perfect bedside table companion for serious eaters.
Thanks to the generous folks at Random House, we've got seven copies of this book to give away. Just answer the following question in the comments:
Who is your favorite food writer?
Winners will be chosen at random from among the comments below. Comments will remain open until 6 p.m. ET, Monday, February 18. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Ed Levine, February 12, 2008 at 12:00 PM
You didn't think we'd leave you hangin' for Valentine's Day, did you? Of course not. Thanks to the generosity and Valentine's Day spirit of Charles Chocolates founder Chuck Siegel, we are giving away one of his Heart Collections (featuring an edible box) today. That means every box of chocolate will arrive in time to present it on Valentine's Day to your valentine.
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Posted by Ed Levine, February 11, 2008 at 11:15 AM
You didn't think we'd leave you hangin' for Valentine's Day, did you? Of course not. Thanks to the generosity and Valentine's Day spirit of Charles Chocolates founder Chuck Siegel, we are giving away one of his Heart Collections (featuring an edible box) today. That means every box of chocolate will arrive in time to present it on Valentine's Day to your valentine.
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Posted by Ed Levine, February 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM
You didn't think we'd leave you hangin' for Valentine's Day, did you? Of course not. Thanks to the generosity and Valentine's Day spirit of Charles Chocolates founder Chuck Siegel, we are giving away one of his Heart Collections (featuring an edible box) every day on the site today and tomorrow. That means every box of chocolate will arrive in time to present it on Valentine's Day to your valentine.
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Posted by Ed Levine, February 9, 2008 at 11:00 AM
You didn't think we'd leave you hangin' for Valentine's Day, did you? Of course not. Thanks to the generosity and Valentine's Day spirit of Charles Chocolates founder Chuck Siegel, we are giving away one of his Heart Collections (featuring an edible box) every day on the site today through Monday. That means every box of chocolate will arrive in time to present it on Valentine's Day to your valentine.
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Posted by Ed Levine, February 8, 2008 at 7:30 AM
You didn't think we'd leave you hangin' for Valentine's Day, did you? Of course not. Thanks to the generosity and Valentine's Day spirit of Charles Chocolates founder Chuck Siegel (he correctly decided Chuck Chocolates was not a good name for his company), we are giving away one of his Heart Collections (featuring an edible box) every day on the site today through Monday. That means every box of chocolate will arrive in time to present it on Valentine's Day to your valentine.
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Posted by The Serious Eats Team, February 4, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so with the next two Cook the Book selections we will concern ourselves with sweets appropriate for the occasion. The first of our cookbooks for exploration is Alice Medrich's Chocolate Holidays: Unforgettable Desserts for Every Season. The book is geared toward people who love baking but might not have the time to devote to it, so each of its recipes has been chosen for brevity and ease of preparation.
The first of these will be along in a few minutes, but first, we'd like to let you know you can win a copy of this book. All you have to do is answer in the comments below: How do you indulge in chocolate? Hot cocoa? Chocolate cake? A rich and creamy pudding? Chocolate bars?
Winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters, and comments will be open until noon ET, Monday, February 11. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Adam Kuban, January 28, 2008 at 2:30 PM
This week's Cook the Book is one we chose with the Super Bowl in mind. You see, chili, nachos, and bean dips are Super Bowl parties, and Robb Walsh's The Tex-Mex Cookbook is chockfull of great ideas for these dishes. We'll be bringing you some of these recipes this week as we lead up to the game.
Along with the recipes, though, what really makes this book is all the great historical information that Walsh packs into it. From the history of chili joints and "chili queens" to the birth of the nacho, The Tex-Mex Cookbook will give you fodder for small talk during time outs and dud commercials.
And, as always, we're giving away five (5) copies of Tex-Mex this week. All you have to do is answer in the comments: What is your favorite Super Bowl snack?
Winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters, and comments will be open until noon ET, Monday, February 4. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Adam Kuban, January 21, 2008 at 1:15 PM
This week's Cook the Book again mines the healthy theme that's in keeping with the month of January (resolutions, diets, better eating) with Lorna Sass's Whole Grains: Every Day, Every Way.
With this book, Sass won the healthy-focus cookbook category in the 2007 James Beard Awards. And with good reason—Whole Grains aims to help readers put its namesake foodstuff into everyday dishes in ways that are not only good for us but that are actually healthy and delicious.
Win This Book
As is the case with our weekly Cook the Book feature, we've five (5) copies to give away. All you have to do is tell us in the comments: What whole grain do you find easiest to incorporate into your diet?
Five winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters. Comments will close at 3 p.m. ET, January 28. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Adam Kuban, January 14, 2008 at 2:00 PM
This week's Cook the Book continues in a healthy vein for the month of January with The Culinary Institute of America's Techniques of Healthy Cooking. Though almost textbook-like in format and heft, it's anything but dull—what with its beautiful full-page photos and handsomely laid-out recipes, complete with nutritional information (of course) and additional metric measurements.
Besides recipes, five of which we'll be excerpting this week, Techniques of Healthy Cooking includes chapters on healthy diets and ingredients, and one on developing your own healthy recipes and menus. If you're keeping true to your resolution to lose weight or eat better, this book could serve as your primer.
Win This Book
As is the case with our weekly Cook the Book feature, we've five (5) copies to give away. All you have to do is tell us in the comments: What's your go-to healthy meal?
Five winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters. Comments will close at 3 p.m. ET, January 21. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Ed Levine, December 31, 2007 at 3:00 PM
Like just about everyone else, the folks at Serious Eats world headquarters invariably end up eating way too much during the holidays. So like lemmings we all end up in the same place in the new year, watching our weight and wanting to take off a few pounds (or more).
That's why we were thrilled when we received a copy of The Food You Crave, by the Food Network's Ellie Krieger, in the mail. Unlike many other healthy, light cookbooks, Krieger's book actually has lots of dishes that sound great and normal. You don't find too many healthy cookbooks with recipes for a meatball and pepper hero. So we figured a great way to start the new year's Cook the Book columns is with The Food You Crave.
We have five copies of the timely book to give away. Just comment on this post telling us what healthy food you crave. You have until next Monday, January 7, at 3 p.m. ET to enter. Standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Ed Levine, December 31, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Most Serious Eaters love chocolate, so thanks to the good folks at Garrison Confections today we're giving away a Garrison Big Box.
What is it? It's a 48-piece box of Garrison Confections' acclaimed chocolates. This box includes one piece of all four seasonal collections created during the 2007 year.
To win, just answer this in the comments below: Which do you prefer, milk or dark chocolate?
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Posted by Ed Levine, December 30, 2007 at 12:00 PM
When winter is near, I start thinking about sausage. About the best, juiciest, meatiest, just smoky enough sausage I know is the Bracewell family makes and serves at their phenomenal Texas barbecue joint the Southside Market. The Bracewells are a generously spirited bunch, so they've given us ten pound packages of their incomparable sausage to give away as part of the Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway. Win and you can have your very own Texas barbecue sausage holiday party. Doesn't that sound good?
To enter: Tell us what your favorite barbecue joint is.
You have until noon ET tomorrow (December 31) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. Contest winners are limited to residents of the continental U.S.
Posted by Ed Levine, December 28, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Throughout the whole of our Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway, I've been particularly excited about the prize we're giving away today, a year-long membership in the Bacon of the Month Club, courtesy of the good folks at the Grateful Palate.
Every month for a whole year, the lucky Serious Eater who wins this most desirable club membership will receive a pound of fantastic small-producer, artisanally made bacon personally selected by "Captain Bacon" himself, Grateful Palate founder Dan Philips.
This is my kind of club. In fact, someone gave me a membership in this club a few years ago for my birthday, and I can tell you it provided me with a year's worth of absolute eating pleasure.
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Posted by Ed Levine, December 27, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Most Serious Eaters love chocolate, so thanks to the good folks at Garrison Confections today we're giving away an Ultimate Chocolate Cooler.
What's in it? Garrison's Ultimate Classic Toffee, Ultimate Peanut Butter Toffee, Ultimate Java Toffee, Ultimate Coconut Macademia Toffee, Ultimate Hot Cocoa, Ultimate Chocolate Caramel Popcorn, Ultimate Nougat Bar, and Ultimate Peanut Brittle.
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Posted by Ed Levine, December 25, 2007 at 12:00 PM
When winter is near, I start thinking about sausage. About the best, juiciest, meatiest, just smoky enough sausage I know is the Bracewell family makes and serves at their phenomenal Texas barbecue joint the Southside Market. The Bracewells are a generously spirited bunch, so they've given us ten pound packages of their incomparable sausage to give away as part of the Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway. Win and you can have your very own Texas barbecue sausage holiday party. Doesn't that sound good?
To enter: Tell us what your favorite barbecue joint is.
You have until noon ET tomorrow (December 26) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. Contest winners are limited to residents of the continental U.S.
Posted by Adam Kuban, December 24, 2007 at 2:00 PM
Last week's Cook the Book was The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The Original Classics. This week, we're highlighting its companion book, The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics. The New Classics expands upon the original book, offering a range of tried and true recipes from the more recent years of Martha's 16-year run.
As always, we'll be giving away five (5) copies of the book. All you have to do is tell us, in the comments here, if you've ever cooked from a Martha recipe and, if so, what.
Five winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters, and the comments will remain open until Monday, December 31 at noon. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Ed Levine, December 23, 2007 at 12:00 PM
On Sunday a person's thoughts turn to bacon. At least mine do. I don't have to rush to the office, so I can take the time to cook my bacon properly, slowly over low heat. Of course my thoughts are never very far from bacon, no matter what day of the week it is.
That's why I'm particularly excited about today's Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway, a year-long membership in the Bacon of the Month Club, courtesy of the good folks at the Grateful Palate. Every month for a whole year the lucky Serious Eater who wins this most desirable club membership will receive a pound of fantastic small producer, artisanally made bacon personally selected by "Captain Bacon" himself, Grateful Palate founder Dan Philips.
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Posted by Ed Levine, December 22, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Most Serious Eaters love chocolate, so thanks to the good folks at Garrison Confections today we're giving away a Garrison Big Box.
What is it? It's a 48-piece box of Garrison Confections' acclaimed chocolates. This box includes one piece of all four seasonal collections created during the 2007 year.
To win, just answer this in the comments below: Which do you prefer, milk or dark chocolate?
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Posted by Ed Levine, December 19, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Holiday season is ham season, so it's only right that we give away some seriously delicious hams as part of our holiday giveaway extravaganza. The nice folks at D'Artagnan, who supplied us with those wonderful organic turkeys for our Thanksgiving giveaway, have provided us with some whole boneless heritage applewood-smoked hams this time around. This is a serious 7- to 8-pound ham that will look great on your holiday table.
To win, just leave a comment on this post answering the following:
What's on your favorite ham sandwich?
You have until noon ET tomorrow (December 20) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. Contest winners are limited to residents of the continental U.S.
Posted by Ed Levine, December 18, 2007 at 12:00 PM
When winter is near, I start thinking about sausage. About the best, juiciest, meatiest, just smoky enough sausage I know is the Bracewell family makes and serves at their phenomenal Texas barbecue joint the Southside Market. The Bracewells are a generously spirited bunch, so they've given us ten pound packages of their incomparable sausage to give away as part of the Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway. Win and you can have your very own Texas barbecue sausage holiday party. Doesn't that sound good?
To enter: Tell us what your favorite barbecue joint is.
You have until noon ET tomorrow (December 19) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. Contest winners are limited to residents of the continental U.S.
Posted by Adam Kuban, December 17, 2007 at 1:45 PM
This week's Cook the Book is The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The Original Classics. Having worked at Martha Stewart Living magazine for a number of years in my pre–Serious Eats days, I know firsthand the amount of exacting work that went into creating, testing, and editing these recipes, many of which are from Living magazine's articles throughout the years. They've been the source of a number of delicious meals and treats I've made for myself and others over the years. I might also add that the recipes here are not only a pleasure to cook from but reside in a book that features some wonderful art direction—with elegant typefaces and beautiful and helpful photos. As always, we'll be highlighting some choice recipes from this cookbook this week.
And, as always, we'll be giving away five (5) copies of the book. All you have to do is tell us, in the comments here, if you've ever cooked from a Martha recipe and, if so, what.
Five winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters, and the comments will remain open until Monday, December 24 at noon. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Ed Levine, December 16, 2007 at 12:00 PM
On Sunday a person's thoughts turn to bacon. At least mine do. I don't have to rush to the office, so I can take the time to cook my bacon properly, slowly over low heat. Of course my thoughts are never very far from bacon, no matter what day of the week it is.
That's why I'm particularly excited about today's Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway, a year-long membership in the Bacon of the Month Club, courtesy of the good folks at the Grateful Palate. Every month for a whole year the lucky Serious Eater who wins this most desirable club membership will receive a pound of fantastic small producer, artisanally made bacon personally selected by "Captain Bacon" himself, Grateful Palate founder Dan Philips.
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Posted by Ed Levine, December 15, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Most Serious Eaters love chocolate, so thanks to the good folks at Garrison Confections today we're giving away an Ultimate Chocolate Cooler.
What's in it? Garrison's Ultimate Classic Toffee, Ultimate Peanut Butter Toffee, Ultimate Java Toffee, Ultimate Coconut Macademia Toffee, Ultimate Hot Cocoa, Ultimate Chocolate Caramel Popcorn, Ultimate Nougat Bar, and Ultimate Peanut Brittle.
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Posted by Ed Levine, December 12, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Holiday season is ham season, so it's only right that we give away some seriously delicious hams as part of our holiday giveaway extravaganza. The nice folks at D'Artagnan, who supplied us with those wonderful organic turkeys for our Thanksgiving giveaway, have provided us with some whole boneless heritage applewood-smoked hams this time around. This is a serious 7- to 8-pound ham that will look great on your holiday table.
To win, just leave a comment on this post answering the following:
What's on your favorite ham sandwich?
You have until noon ET tomorrow (December 13) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. Contest winners are limited to residents of the continental U.S.
Posted by Ed Levine, December 11, 2007 at 12:00 PM
When winter is near, I start thinking about sausage. About the best, juiciest, meatiest, just smoky enough sausage I know is the Bracewell family makes and serves at their phenomenal Texas barbecue joint the Southside Market. The Bracewells are a generously spirited bunch, so they've given us ten pound packages of their incomparable sausage to give away as part of the Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway. Win and you can have your very own Texas barbecue sausage holiday party. Doesn't that sound good?
To enter: Tell us what your favorite barbecue joint is.
You have until noon ET tomorrow (December 12) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. Contest winners are limited to residents of the continental U.S.
Posted by Adam Kuban, December 10, 2007 at 2:15 PM
This week's Cook the Book has a title that almost guarantees it success with a certain large and very vocal subsection of the population: The Bacon Cookbook. See? You're already interested.
It's by James Villas and features 150 recipes inspired by bacon dishes from around the world. We've picked our five favorites from the book and will be featuring them all these week.
Win This Book
Monday's recipe will be up in a bit, but first we'd like to give you a chance to win one of five (5) copies of this cookbook. All you have to do is tell us:
What is your favorite bacon dish?
Winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters here. Comments will be open until noon Saturday, December 15. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Ed Levine, December 9, 2007 at 12:30 PM
On Sunday a person's thoughts turn to bacon. At least mine do. I don't have to rush to the office, so I can take the time to cook my bacon properly, slowly over low heat. Of course my thoughts are never very far from bacon, no matter what day of the week it is.
That's why I'm particularly excited about today's Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway, a year-long membership in the Bacon of the Month Club, courtesy of the good folks at the Grateful Palate. Every month for a whole year the lucky Serious Eater who wins this most desirable club membership will receive a pound of fantastic small producer, artisanally made bacon personally selected by "Captain Bacon" himself, Grateful Palate founder Dan Philips.
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Posted by Ed Levine, December 8, 2007 at 12:30 PM
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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Posted by Ed Levine, December 5, 2007 at 1:45 PM
Holiday season is ham season, so it's only right that we give away some seriously delicious hams as part of our holiday giveaway extravaganza. The nice folks at D'Artagnan, who supplied us with those wonderful organic turkeys for our Thanksgiving giveaway, have provided us with some whole boneless heritage applewood-smoked hams this time around. This is a serious 7- to 8-pound ham that will look great on your holiday table.
To win, just leave a comment on this post answering the following:
What's on your favorite ham sandwich?
You have until noon ET tomorrow (December 6) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. Contest winners are limited to residents of the continental U.S.
Posted by Ed Levine, December 4, 2007 at 12:35 PM
When winter is near, I start thinking about sausage. About the best, juiciest, meatiest, just smoky enough sausage I know is the Bracewell family makes and serves at their phenomenal Texas barbecue joint the Southside Market. The Bracewells are a generously spirited bunch, so they've given us ten pound packages of their incomparable sausage to give away as part of the Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway. Win and you can have your very own Texas barbecue sausage holiday party. Doesn't that sound good?
To enter: Tell us what your favorite barbecue joint is.
You have until noon ET tomorrow (December 5) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. Contest winners are limited to residents of the continental U.S.
Posted by Ed Levine, December 3, 2007 at 2:40 PM
Long before Top Chef co-host Tom Colicchio was a television personality, he was a working chef. One of the best, most thoughtful chefs in the country, for that matter.
In 2000 he wrote what was then a groundbreaking cookbook-manifesto, Think Like a Chef. In it he successfully and clearly deconstructed the chef's craft. It was and is a terrific book, full of recipes and sage advice. In fact, it's the equivalent of a master class from one of our greatest chefs.
Now Think Like a Chef has been reissued in a gorgeous trade paperback edition, and we are giving away five copies in this week's Cook the Book.
To enter, just tell us what your favorite cooking technique is.
The usual Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by Ed Levine, December 2, 2007 at 12:35 PM
On Sunday a person's thoughts turn to bacon. At least mine do. I don't have to rush to the office, so I can take the time to cook my bacon properly, slowly over low heat. Of course my thoughts are never very far from bacon, no matter what day of the week it is.
That's why I'm particularly excited about today's Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway, a year-long membership in the Bacon of the Month Club, courtesy of the good folks at the Grateful Palate. Every month for a whole year the lucky Serious Eater who wins this most desirable club membership will receive a pound of fantastic small producer, artisanally made bacon personally selected by "Captain Bacon" himself, Grateful Palate founder Dan Philips.
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Posted by Ed Levine, December 1, 2007 at 12:00 PM
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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Posted by Ed Levine, November 26, 2007 at 5:23 PM
I've been eating Susan Spicer's spectacularly delicious food in New Orleans first at the Bistro at Maison de Ville, then at her own Bayona, for more than 20 years now, and frankly I could never figure out why she'd never written a cookbook. With the publication of Crescent City Cooking my days of wondering are now over. Spicer has always had a way of combining classical French cooking techniques and traditional New Orleans food preparations and ingredients into her own effortlessly elegant cooking style. She manages to elevate comfort food into something special without tricking it up.
We've got eight copies of Crescent City Cooking to give away.
To enter: Tell us what your favorite New Orleans dish is when you comment on this post. Spicer's beautiful, picture-filled book has 170 recipes, everything from a Classic N'Awlins Remoulade to Elegant Oyster and Artichoke Soup to Bayona Extra-Cheesy Spoon Bread. Sounds delicious, doesn't it? Standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Posted by The Serious Eats Team, November 18, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Do you know where you're getting your turkey this year? Not yet? Then we've got a contest for you! The good folks at D'Artagnan are providing us with a turkey a day to give away to one lucky Serious Eats reader. Today happens to be the last day of the contest, so get in while the gettin's good.*
D'Artagnan is a purveyor of many things delicious—from pâtés to sausages, foie gras to wild mushrooms, game meat to truffles. But what we're especially interested in right now is their turkey.
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Posted by The Serious Eats Team, November 17, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Do you know where you're getting your turkey this year? Not yet? Then we've got a contest for you! The good folks at D'Artagnan are providing us with a turkey a day to give away to one lucky Serious Eats reader from today until tomorrow (Nov. 18).*
D'Artagnan is a purveyor of many things delicious—from pâtés to sausages, foie gras to wild mushrooms, game meat to truffles. But what we're especially interested in right now is their turkey.
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Posted by The Serious Eats Team, November 16, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Do you know where you're getting your turkey this year? Not yet? Then we've got a contest for you! The good folks at D'Artagnan are providing us with a turkey a day to give away to one lucky Serious Eats reader from today until Sunday, November 18.*
D'Artagnan is a purveyor of many things delicious—from pâtés to sausages, foie gras to wild mushrooms, game meat to truffles. But what we're especially interested in right now is their turkey.
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Posted by The Serious Eats Team, November 15, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Do you know where you're getting your turkey this year? Not yet? Then we've got a contest for you! The good folks at D'Artagnan are providing us with a turkey a day to give away to one lucky Serious Eats reader from today until Sunday, November 18.*
D'Artagnan is a purveyor of many things delicious—from pâtés to sausages, foie gras to wild mushrooms, game meat to truffles. But what we're especially interested in right now is their turkey.
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Posted by The Serious Eats Team, November 14, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Do you know where you're getting your turkey this year? Not yet? Then we've got a contest for you! The good folks at D'Artagnan are providing us with a turkey a day to give away to one lucky Serious Eats reader from today until Sunday, November 18.*
D'Artagnan is a purveyor of many things delicious—from pâtés to sausages, foie gras to wild mushrooms, game meat to truffles. But what we're especially interested in right now is their turkey.
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Posted by The Serious Eats Team, November 13, 2007 at 11:30 AM
Do you know where you're getting your turkey this year? Not yet? Then we've got a contest for you! The good folks at D'Artagnan are providing us with a turkey a day to give away to one lucky Serious Eats reader from today until Sunday, November 18.