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Favorite foods: foie gras, creme brulee, pasta, bacon avocado and tomato sandwiches, bacon, avocadoes, homegrown tomatoes, prime rib, dungeness crab, new england clam chowder, cioppino, bittersweet chocolate torte, my homemade cheesecake, clementines

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The Ten Most Recent Posts By Calichef

From Talk

Love the site, hate the color scheme?

Posted by Calichef, February 27, 2007 at 8:23 AM

FULL DISCLOSURE: I adore this site. I love the design and the user interface. The concept and the content are top notch. (Please don't let Yahoo! buy it and ruin it like they did Flickr. Hold out for a chunk of Google's money.)

The thing that gets to me is the color scheme. Is the person in charge of the page's palette colorblind? The worst is the Talk section, really. As you scroll down the page the colors look like an office, circa 1992, when all computers and peripherals were putty, gray, taupe, or sand. Then there is that papaya-colored stripe at the top, it clashes and isn't the same color value

But, I may be the only one that feels this way. What do the rest of you think about the color scheme?

9 Comments | Tagged: site feedback

From Talk

What's your favorite fair/carnival food?

Posted by Calichef, February 20, 2007 at 9:20 AM

The Deep Fried Oreo topic, and its answers, got me wondering what are everyone's favorite fair/carnival foods? I cannot leave a fair without a corndog, a roasted ear of corn and half of a strawberry funnel cake. (I buy a bag of unflavored cotton candy on the way out and eat it over the course of a few days.) Oh, and I'm a sucker for the stands that sell that slushy real lemonade, too.

21 Comments | Tagged: carnival food, fair food

The Ten Most Recent Comments By Calichef

From Talk

Gorgonzola Equivalent?

Spanish cabrales is the only cheese that has a similar flavor and that soft, creamy texture that I can think of at the moment. Gorgonzola is not "flaky."

Calichef at 6:08AM on 05/04/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: The Oprah Magazine Cookbook

If I could get him, I'd like Phil Donohue because I find him bright and generally likable. I'd like to invite Maury Povitch, too, just so Phil and I could ask the man why the h&^) he can only do three show subjects: Make Over My Ugly _Blank_, I Cheated on You With Your _Blank_, and Who My Baby-Daddy Is? Maybe Martha Stewart could come so she could give Maury a sharp slap!

Calichef at 6:51AM on 04/26/08

From Talk

Are rising food costs affecting how YOU eat?

Well, there are three of us, all with an income. However, because of prices rising so rapidly we are shopping like we are living on unemployment. We only eat meat once or twice a week now. There are a lot more eggs in our diet because they are still reasonable and a good source of protein. Lunch boxes tend to be egg salad or tuna salad sandwiches. There are lots of pastas, beans, rice dishes and lots of meatless Mexican foods.

Calichef at 9:18PM on 04/24/08

From Talk

Authentic Mexican - help!

You don't need to rush out and buy a tortilla press! Burritos aren't made (ever!) with corn tortillas.

Calichef at 5:59PM on 04/18/08

From Talk

How far do you go on Passover?

Sorry. I hit the wrong button. Moving on...

I used to eat KFP foods and the attendant matzos all week, but the digestive discomforts got to be too much.

Calichef at 5:56PM on 04/18/08

From Talk

How far do you go on Passover?

How "far" do I go? Not very. But then, I'm a Noachide, so I'm not obligated to do much. I try to attend a seder, but do not attempt to have my own. I just don't feel right about putting on a seder if I'm not going to go the whole nine yards with ridding my life of chometz. I used to eat KFP

Calichef at 5:53PM on 04/18/08

From Required Eating

Trailer for 'The Adventures of Food Boy'

Thanks, Debbie Downer. But I'm sure that the production company didn't have a crystal ball when they began production or set the premiere date. Besides, just think of what this boy (if real, obviously) could do for countries experiencing famine.

Calichef at 6:57AM on 04/18/08

From Required Eating

Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back

I have a funny story about the microwave s'mores. My son was like five back then and he put one in my grandmother's microwave. Instead of zapping the thing for 30 seconds, yup, he zapped it for 30 minutes. He wasn't near it by the time the s'more caught fire, thank heavens! But Nana needed a new microwave after that.

Calichef at 3:55AM on 04/16/08

From Talk

Watching food shows for the chef, not the show.

Well, I am interested in the topic of No Reservations, but honestly, I'd watch Bourdain read a newspaper and be perfectly happy.

Calichef at 10:13PM on 04/12/08

From Talk

Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

My grandmother always insisted that her beef be cooked well done. When it was a rib roast, she always had to have the end cut, grilled if it was at all pink inside. It was kind of dirty pool, but her last Christmas I made rib roast, medium rare. She had macular degeneration and was almost totally blind by this time. So, I cut the end cut (probably medium) for her and cut it into bite sized pieces when I made her plate. She said it was the best tasting, juiciest, and tenderest rib roast she'd ever eaten. Sorry, but... DUH.

Oh, and she was allergic to apple skins, but not the flesh.

Calichef at 9:48PM on 04/12/08

Responses to Comments by Calichef

From Talk

Gorgonzola Equivalent?

Any sort of blue cheese will probably be fine.

Hillary
Chew on That

Chew on That at 6:22PM on 05/05/08

From Talk

Gorgonzola Equivalent?

just curious where you are that you can't get gorgonzola.

dmarina at 3:41PM on 05/04/08

From Recipes

Baking with Dorie: Lemon-Lemon Lemon Cream

I just made this and it's extraordinary! And the instructions are fantastic - I followed them precisely and got perfect results. This would be lovely as one ingredient in a British-style pudding as well.

SwissKiki at 12:04PM on 05/04/08

From Talk

Watching food shows for the chef, not the show.

I have woven an entire food blog around the game (forgive the pun, but it's my personal take on the Kevin Bacon game for '08) of working an ancho-chile crush on Bobby Flay into every entry:
http://happyhoarfrost.blogspot.com/2008/03/bobby-flay-apple-of-my-ribeye.html
I am not a food hussy, but I do enjoy working that theme--HOWEVER, I had the delicious & bizzarre fortune of spending some time with Duff Goldman (The Ace of Cakes) in his bakery this weekend--and I'll tell you what, that man is as fascinating a dervish in real life as he is on his show. MORE SO. He's the new object of my confection--because he's got the cake going on beneath the fondant.
http://happyhoarfrost.blogspot.com/2008/04/duff-goldman-bucket-full-of-fundant.html

HappyHoarfrost at 11:04AM on 04/30/08

From Required Eating

Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back

Does anyone remember the little potato chips that came in a box? They looked like little uninflated balloons. They were really crispy, and it seems like there was a hot air balloon on the box. They were always near the Bugles. They kind of tasted like Munchos. I have been thinking about these for years.

bahki21 at 12:17AM on 04/29/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: The Oprah Magazine Cookbook

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roboppy at 4:29PM on 04/28/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: The Oprah Magazine Cookbook

Definitely Ellen and take-out Chinese.

Kimby at 1:40PM on 04/28/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: The Oprah Magazine Cookbook

I would have to say Oprah. I admire her so much for all that she does for other people. I would like to have a salad with a creme brulee dessert.

pinkpig457 at 12:59PM on 04/28/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: The Oprah Magazine Cookbook

ellen and pizza :)

klp1965 at 12:38PM on 04/28/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: The Oprah Magazine Cookbook

I'd love to eat with Oprah! She would appreciate some good southern cooking. I'd cook my famous crock pot maccaroni & cheese, collard greens, and smothered chicken over rice. Yum!!!

Laci404 at 12:26PM on 04/28/08