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Question of the Day: Wanted: a personal chef
If you wanted to hire a personal chef for one week (and money were no object), who would you ask? A past or present famous chef? Someone local you admire? A relative? I would seek out a very nourishing, grandmotherly-type. I'd request she prepare her "ultimate" version of all my favorite comfort foods, ending with dessert, of course! Would you hire a personal chef if given the opportunity?
Question of the Day: ______ looks better than it tastes.
Fill in the blank.
Question of the Day: What's your go-to summertime drink?
Interpret "drink" loosely—lemonade, gin and tonic, iced coffee or tea. What do you reach for to keep cool. (And, heck, if you have an easy recipe for it, do share!)
Question of the Day: I never make ____ for myself but...
...enjoy eating it elsewhere. My answer: dessert. I am all about dessert! Could eat a different one twice a day. Single servings are impactical. I am known for going to restaurants & order dessert only. How would you fill in the blank?
Question of the Day: Snap! We love crisp food.
According to a Chicago Tribune article, we love things that go crunch in the bite. Crisp foods promise freshness. Both food companies & chef's know this. Think croutons on a crisp salad, extra crispy fried chicken, that first potato chip out of new bag, creme brulee's crisp sugar crust & even some wines are considered "crisp". I enjoy Honeycrisp apples in the Fall & the snap of a good, dark chocolate bar anytime. What crisp, crunchy foods do you seek out?
Question of the Day: I love the smell of...
...cookies baking in the oven & freshly ground coffee beans. On the flip side, I get nauseous when I remember those weekly fried beef liver & onion dinners my mother would cook each week. What food aroma makes you smile? Frown?
Question of the Day: How often do you stock up?
Stock up on groceries that is. Do you to the market once a day, once a week, or once a month?
Question of the Day: What are your favorite "simple" foods?
Yesterday, in 90 degree heat and 100% humidity, I was dumbfounded by a mouthful of chilled strawberry jello with drained canned fruit cocktail in it. I could have eaten a pound of the stuff.
One of my favorite simple foods is a properly slow-roasted pig. Just reach in under a skin flap, grab a handful and pop it into the mouth.
What's yours?
Question of the Day: Airline brown bags
No matter how many serious chefs airlines bring in as consultants, it's still a given that in-flight food is a disaster—if it's even offered these days.
With summer travel season upon us, we'd like to know what your snack survival pack contains.
Question of the Day: Hit the road
With the summer driving season under way and Serious Eats overlord Ed Levine in Aspen, Colorado, I've been thinking about car food.
What do you pack for a day trip or a long trek cross country? Or do you prefer to stop at local joints along the way? Alternatively: What's the easiest food to eat while driving? (Not that we at Serious Eats condone DWEs, of course.)
My own answer: I typically pack a few sandwiches in a small cooler to be used as back-up rations if all I encounter is crap or if making good time supersedes stopping. I find White Castle (or Krystal Burger, in the South) to be great behind-the-wheel eats. They're so tiny that you can manage them easily -- but you have to drive with the windows down.
Question of the Day: What was in your last "care package"?
Care packages are a great way to say "hey, I'm thinking about you today". Do you send (or receive) gift packages of food to (or from) family or friends? Homemade stuff? Speciality foods not available to the other person? Homemade cookies were always my favorite.
Question of the Day: Table for 1?
Anyone have trouble getting a table/service when dining solo? How do you handle less than pleasant staff? Seems that in the burbs most restaurants can't or won't accomodate a lone diner. I've had this experience even in niebourhood places with counter seats & service.
Question of the Day: You have 6 lemons. What to make? GO!
6 lemons is the theme. What will you make with them? Iron chef/top chef style question.
Question of the Day: What are you ashamed to admit you use?
With all this talk about what we do like...and what we don't like....I'm curious....what ingredient or foods do you use, that you might not like to admit to the world?
Personally I always keep dehydrated onions on hand....I use them in the middle of burgers sometimes...or to add a bit of onion to different things. I hate to admit it, but sometimes I rehydrate them, and put them on food ala McDonalds!
What's your skeleton in the closet?
Question of the Day: Don't put that _______ in my _______!
Hold the mayo! Keep that cilantro outta my burrito!
We loved the question posed by Prof. Plum on Monday (Fill in the blank: I can't keep _______ in my house). In that vein, here's another Mab Lib for you.
Question of the Day: How clean obsessed are you?
Di Fara (for those of you outside NYC, a legendary Brooklyn pizzeria) was closed for, among other reasons, actually touching food with bare hands. I couldn't care less, particularly if something is being cooked at screaming temperatures after it's been touched. As I've said before, adventurous eating sometimes leads to a puke adventure. To me, it's worth the risk. You?
QotD: Fill in the blank: I can't keep _____ in the house.
Here's mine: cereal of any kind. I'll eat a box in two sittings.
Question of the Day: What do you serve at Summer BBQ parties?
I'm organizing a BBQ party and am looking for delicious, fun and relatively easy food ideas. This is for a youth group so most of the party goers will be teens in 8th - 12th grade.
I'd also love to hear about food-related activities, like making smores etc. :-D
Thank you for your help!
Question of the Day: What's your favorite doughnut style?
Plain glazed? Powdered? Chocolate-covered? Cream-filled? What's in your perfect dozen?
Question of the Day: Embarrassing food moments
Spilling food on the guest of honor at your dinner party? Flashing a big smile not knowing you have spinach caught between your two front teeth? Flaming the kitchen instead of the dessert? After food shopping one day, I decided to take advantage of the curb service pick-up. I got in my car & drove home without my groceries! Describe one of your embarrassing food moments.
Question of the Day: Which foods would you miss if you were overseas?
I'm in Nicaragua enjoying the rice and beans - but I'd kill for a British sausage.
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Question of the Day: Summer 'street fair' foods
Street fair snacks can be unhealthy but so hard to resist! What are your favorite treats?
Question of the Day: What are you doing for Memorial Day Weekend?
Going anywhere or just enjoying the long weekend at home? More important, what are you going to eat?
Question of the Day: What are YOU doing about imported poisonous food?
First, let me qualify my question and my subsequent comments by the admission that I am NOT in favor of “globalism.” I think that the concept is VERY dangerous to the health and welfare to the citizens of the United States of America.
That being said, I am infuriated by the daily reports of China’s shipping of poisonous food and food-related products into the U.S. China has inundated us with poisonous products including pet foods, fruits and juices, vegetables, meat products, seafood, toothpaste, and God knows what else.
Many of our elected officials, who could not care less about our health, permit this travesty in the name of “open-trade” and “globalism.”
• So, what can we do to protect ourselves from China’s poisonous products?
• What are YOU doing to protect yourself?
• What suggestions do you have for the rest of us?
I know that “Serious Eats” is not a political forum, nor should it be. However, the problem of people being sickened (and in some cases, dying) from eating imported crap . . . insufficiently regulated by our government . . . is worthy of rational discussion.
Question of the Day: Microwave! Huh! What is it good for?
What do you use your "radar range" for?
Question of the Day: Fresh avocado, share your love
I find it weird that there are people who hate avocado even when it's perfectly ripe with its smooth, buttery, creamy texture. I always eat it as naked as possible. Forget avocado mousse cake, ever since I was a kid, my favorite has always been fresh avocado sprinkled with coffee powder and granulated sugar. Avocado smoothies with milk and chocolate condensed milk are very popular here but I prefer mine un mushed (it's the oral aggression thing).
It's very interesting how people from different cultures prepare their avocados. A foreign friend of mine were shocked that Indonesians mainly use it for sweet stuffs, especially in cold dessert while my family were disgusted by guacamole (it's spicy avocado!). I always hate those insipid prawn cocktail with avocado and bland thousand island dressing and I find the basic olive oil+balsamic is rather blah.. Sweet, naked avocado is for me.
So, how do you have yours?
Question of the Day: Has the internet made you a better cook?
I will answer yes to that question. I find blogs and food boards an invaluable resource. I love that you can post a specific question about a recipe or technique and get a wide variety of responses and suggestions. I never was confident in my ability to cook roasts or large pieces of meat. Recently, thanks to the internet I made the best pork roast I have ever had!
Question of the Day: Food photographers
A couple days ago, the blog LAist.com ran an item titled The Politics of Restaurant Photography. It got us thinking here: Do you take pictures of your food, be it for a food blog, a photo site like Flickr, or a review site like Yelp? Do you have a friend or family member who does? Are you in the industry, witnessing customers snapping away? What do you think of food photography in restaurants?
Question of the Day: When is it inappropriate to ask for a doggie bag?
My boyfriend hates asking to take food home, but I feel comfortable when I have eaten less than half of the dish.
Question of the Day: What's your burger style?
What do you do to your burger that makes it your unique style? Different meat combos? Fillings? Toppings?
Question of the Day: What's your favorite potato dish?
I can't narrow it down myself...I don't know if I've ever met a potato I didn't like!
Question of the Day: Does (produce) size matter?
Those insanely large fruits and vegetables at the grocery store: Do you pick them up or walk on by?
Question of the Day: What's your favorite food to grill?
During the summer, I try to grill / barbacue as much as possible. It just makes everything taste better. I'm always looking for new items, or ways to make the ordinary extraordinary. What is your favorite food to throw on the barbecue?
Question of the Day: Plastic wrap or aluminum foil?
Which do you use?
Question of the Day: What is the most important part of a dinner at home?
What do you think?
Question of the Day: Mayonnaise, Miracle Whip, or a soy alternative?
Gotta be Hellman's here, or I have to head to the store to get more.
Question of the Day: Best way to sharpen knives at home?
I love sharp knives... nothing is worse than a dull one! How to people sharpen theirs? By a professional? At home with a tool?
Question of the Day: Do you have food allergies?
The non-food allergy season is upon us here at Serious Eats HQ, and the pollen from budding trees and plants has us itchy-eyed and sneezy. But worse than that, we thought, would be allergies brought on by our favorite foods.
So, do you or anyone you know have allergies? If so, to what? And what's the scariest food allergy incident you've dealt with?
Question of the Day: What are your favorite types and preparations of animal skin?
What are your favorite types and preparations of animal skin? Some of my favorites are roasted pig cheeks, peking duck, and southern fried chicken thighs.
Question of the Day: Gas, electric, other?
What type of cooktop do you have in your kitchen? Gas, electric, induction? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
Question of the Day: What surprises your friends most to hear that you make yourself?
I make my own yogurt, which always elicits responses like "oh, you're such a gourmet" and "where do you find the time?" - even after I explain that I only do it to save on plastic containers, and my total time investment in the process is about fifteen minutes (thanks to my Salton automatic yogurt warmer that looks like R2D2). What commonly-bought food items do you make yourself that your non-food-obsessed friends are surprised about?
Question of the Day: Bought but Never Opened
We all have it—that one food item in the pantry or refrigerator that we've purchased but never opened. What's yours?
Question of the Day: How do you scream for ice cream?
The season is fast approaching—if not here in certain parts of the country. What type, flavor, or brand of ice cream to you scream for?
Question of the Day: Garlic
What garlic dish do you enjoy the most?
Question of the Day: Where have you always wanted to eat ...
but never have?
Question of the Day: Did you watch the Food Network Awards last night?
If so, what'd you think?
Question of the Day: Lucky Foods ...
It's Friday the 13th, so we're wondering if anyone here has any foods they consider personally lucky — or unlucky for that matter.
Question of the Day: What's the best food song?
We've all talked about food in movies before. Now, let's talk music. What's the best mention of food in a song?
Question of the Day: Do you live near a farmers' market?
Now that it's spring and it's (supposed to be) getting warmer, do you have a good farmers' market or roadside farmstand that you can take advantage of? If so, where?
Question of the Day: Planting a garden this year?
Are you planting a kitchen garden this year? If so, what are you growing?
Question of the Day: What one ingredient do you never skimp on?
What's the one item at the grocery store you never buy generic?
Question of the Day: How do you want those eggs done?
Over easy? Sunnyside up? Scrambled?
Question of the Day: What do you eat at the ballpark?
Baseball season is under way. What's your favorite thing to eat in the stands?
Question of the Day: What do you cook that your parents wouldn't approve of?
When Serious Eats overlord Ed Levine mentioned in our PBJ Special Report that Alaina's mom would have killed her for using more than a thin coating of peanut butter on her PBJ sandwiches, it started us thinking...
What or how do you cook today that your mother or father (or whoever taught you to cook) wouldn't approve of?
Question of the Day: What's the 'J' on your PBJ?
Grape jelly? Strawberry jam? Orange marmalade? What's the perfect fruity foil for the PB on your PBJ sandwich?
Question of the Day: Ever consider a food-related tattoo?
Yesterday, Lia mentioned a chicken-wing tattoo and then got to wondering aloud: "Do you think any Serious Eats readers have food tattoos?"
"Beats me," I said.
"How 'bout a QotD?"
So, readers: Anyone? Anyone even consider it? It's not like it hasn't been done before.
Question of the Day: What foods will you eat way after the expiration date?
I was cleaning out my fridge today and noticed that there was a lot of stuff I've kept eating way after the expiration date. I was wondering what people think is OK and not OK to eat after the expiration date.
Question of the Day: Got any good food jokes?
We just read a food joke in the New York Times this morning: "So there are these two muffins baking in an oven. One of them yells, 'Wow, it’s hot in here!' And the other muffin replies: 'Holy cow! A talking muffin!'"
Anybody care to share a good food joke? We'll take bad ones, too. Here's one of ours:
Customer: "Do you serve crabs here?"
Waiter: "Yes, sir. We'll serve just about anybody."
Ba-da-bum! Groan ...
Question of the Day: Any vegetarians out there? Why'd you go meatless?
Last week, we asked former vegetarians why they had lapsed. This week, we're asking our vegetarian/vegan readers why they went meatless. Ethics? Health? Both? Other?
Question of the Day: What are your hometown favorite eats?
What one place do you always visit for some serious eats when you make a trip back home? Or, if you planted your roots where you grew up, what one place do you wow out-of-towners with when they visit?
Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
Assuming that a fast food chain could do it right and do it tasty, what overlooked food item would you like to see become ubiquitous throughout the land?
Question of the Day: What's your earliest food-related memory?
I particularly remember being fed Chinese takeaway beef with broccoli by my father, and also eating tinned fruit cocktail with maraschino cherries at preschool. In both of these memories, I must have been about two and a half years old (for timeframe, think late '70s).
What early food-related memories do you have?
Question of the Day: What food can't you live without?
We suspect that some of our readers may be giving up something—maybe even a favorite food item—for Lent. Which got us thinking—what food can't you live without? If you're observing Lent, are you giving up anything edible that you're going to miss?
Question of the Day: When did you first realize you really loved food?
For lack of a better word, when did you know you were a "foodie"? (Yeah, we don't like the term, either.)
Question of the Day: What's your favorite food city?
Or, what city would you like to visit for the food alone?
Question of the Day: Memorable fortune cookies ...
These little slips of purported wisdom might be as inaccurate as they are inauthentically Chinese (they're a purely American invention, after all). Still, we all love them anyway—who hasn't tucked a particularly delightful one into a wallet or pocketbook after lunch or dinner? What's the most memorable fortune you've ever gotten?
Related Questions from our 'Talk' Section
Kbear919 asks: "What do you order when you go to the cheap Chinese take-out?"
Lia asks: "Do you know how to use chopsticks?"
Question of the Day: Are you a baker or a cook?
Do you spend more time flitting about the oven or the stovetop?
Question of the Day: Where did you have your most romantic dinner?
What was it? Where was it? Was it in a high-falutin' restaurant, a cozy little dive, or did your squeeze cook it at home for you?
Question of the Day: Is your sweetheart a "foodie"?
Or are you the "foodie" in the relationship?
Question of the Day: What's the worst meal someone's ever cooked for you?
Without naming names, of course! ;)
