[Photograph: The Imaginary World ] For the person in your life who loves blood-sucking creatures and anthropomorphic toast, get them the Mega Vampire Toast plush doll ($16) from the Mr. Toast Store. Related Photo of the Day: Vampire Cupcakes Serious Eats Gift Guide: Toast-Related Accessories Photo of the Day: We Like Pie Plush Toast Keychain...
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At Blue Bottle in San Francisco, this dish is called Popeyes. [Photograph: Alaina Browne] Guy Kibbee, an actor and egg dish namesake. An egg fried in the center of a holed-out slice of bread goes by many names. One of them, Guy Kibbee eggs, originated because an actor named Guy Kibbee made them in the 1935 film Mary Jane's Pa. Peter Cherches of the blog Word of Mouth investigated the origins, curious where his mom got the nickname. Cherches is a fan of the fancypants version at Brix, a French bistro in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where it's served on a thick piece of challah with asparagus, parmigiano, and truffle oil. Related Egg in Toast: What Do You Call It? What...
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[Flickr: The Treacys] Over on The Atlantic Food Channel, food policy writer Marion Nestle discusses the dangers of charred toast. Canada recently added acrylamide, the carcinogen that forms on burnt toast, to its list of toxic substances and the European Union is calling it a hazardous chemical "of high concern." But then you have Dutch reports saying there are no real links between acrylamide and cancer. So maybe burnt toast isn't as bad as swallowing a cigarette but just to be safe, you should probably aim for golden to golden-brown on the toast color spectrum. Related Egg in Toast: What Do You Call It? What bread makes the best toast? [Talk] Serious Eats Gift Guide: Toast-Related Accessories...
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An egg fried in the center of a piece of bread. It's a simple preparation that elevates the union of eggs and toast, two beautiful things, to a whole new level. What do you call it?
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The Paupered Chef Every time I've eaten a form of pan fried egg-coated bread, it's been sweetened—that is, your basic French toast. It never occurred to me that a unsweetened version could be just as tasty until I read about Blake Royer's discovery of eggy bread on The Paupered Chef. Although his British friend manning the stove acted as though eggy bread were the most natural thing in the world, Royer seemed to be just as unaware of the simple savory French toast as I was. We're not the only ones, are we?...
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Got an antediluvian VHS player lying around? That you haven't tossed out in the last decade? Pull out the slices of room-temp bread for this one. The passionate how-to site Instructables has an eight-step guide on constructing a VHS toaster. But first watch the contraption in action, which involves toast flying in slow-mo. The video, after the jump....
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If you love toast, you probably already have the "toaster" part down. This isn't a guide to buying a toaster—these are accessories and tools that a toast lover might enjoy, especially if you wrap it in pretty paper and give it to him or her. Some items have to do with the edible slices of bread; others just look like them.
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This plush toast keychain is not only adorable, it's also practical. Attaching it to your keys, means you'll never leave home without breakfast. Doll maker ~aiwa-9 created this and some other plush foods. Check out Deviant Art for a great tutorial on how to make your own....
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Sometimes two slices of toast on a plate can look pretty dull and unappetizing, but imagine if you could jazz up this boring breakfast staple with a cool picture or a sweet note to your significant other—that would be pretty neat, right? The Scan Toaster makes that possible. The toaster, by designer Sung Bae Chang, uses hot wires that rotate within a 30 degree radius to burn the image or text of your choice onto your toast. Since this thing can print literally anything, the possibilities are endless. The toaster is still in the design phase (it was a finalist in the 2008 Electrolux Design Lab competition), but if it ever makes it to a store near me, I'm...
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With the help of Archie McPhee, you can be known as "That Dude with the Mattress Shaped Like a Giant Piece of Toast" by buying this inflatable mattress shaped like a giant piece of toast. Pair it with some jam-colored blankets and square yellow pillows for full effect. Just make sure to treat it like a mattress and not a giant piece of toast, no matter how hungry you may be. [via Gizmodo] Related Bread with Back Support Fried-Egg Furniture...
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