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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Besides Serious Eats, UMAMIMART is a great website. Love the recipe for the Japanese style cheesecake. YUM!

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David Sax's Top Five Deli Dishes In New York

Katz's pastrami used to be good - now it's not as fatty rich and they totally skim on the portion size. :(

(Note: I don't get lean.)

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Lady M Cake Boutique Cheesecake: The Last Cut Is The Deepest

Here's the kicker - Ed, would you go back? Is the quality of the food worth the horrible customer service?

From Recipes

The Nasty Bits: Crisp Fried Pig's Ears

How is eating offal a fad if many cultures have been doing it for centuries? Good work, Chichi! How 'bout some intestines next? :)

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From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Besides Serious Eats, UMAMIMART is a great website. Love the recipe for the Japanese style cheesecake. YUM!

From Serious Eats: New York

David Sax's Top Five Deli Dishes In New York

Katz's pastrami used to be good - now it's not as fatty rich and they totally skim on the portion size. :(

(Note: I don't get lean.)

From Serious Eats: New York

Lady M Cake Boutique Cheesecake: The Last Cut Is The Deepest

Here's the kicker - Ed, would you go back? Is the quality of the food worth the horrible customer service?

From Recipes

The Nasty Bits: Crisp Fried Pig's Ears

How is eating offal a fad if many cultures have been doing it for centuries? Good work, Chichi! How 'bout some intestines next? :)

From Serious Eats

Dim Sum at Sea Harbour in the San Gabriel Valley

Lucky you! These photos blow all East Coast dim sum out of the park. OK, I have to put those duck egg yolk buns on my bucket list.

Curious, how much were they?

From Serious Eats: New York

Lady M Cake Boutique Cheesecake: The Last Cut Is The Deepest

Oh my goodness! That's horrible customer service. Really, what would you do with that sliver of cake? Does anyone else find that sometimes the high-end stores really lack in customer service? I wonder if they think that since they're so unique they can get away with poor service because no one offers what they have?

(To be fair, I do love their signature cake...I just wish it wasn't $7 a slice!)

From Recipes

Seriously Asian: The Passing Through Technique

Chichi, do you have a exhaust fan system in your kitchen? What do you do about the lingering smells from stir frying, etc.? I'm fortunate to have a window, but that's about it. I wish I had one of those industrial strength exhaust systems! I'll light some candles but sometimes I smell my dinner the next morning. :/

From Talk

food suggestions for a weekend in queens to see the mets...

Dosa Hutt in Flushing is great, too. No one else makes a better dosa or mango lassi. YUM!

@MMinNYC: Do you db for Xtreme NY?

From Serious Eats

When Is It Socially Acceptable to Share Food?

I'm all for sharing - IF I LIKE YOU. If I don't like you, don't touch.

Family style rocks when it's a group of like-minded friends.

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Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'

Bacon, cooked to a medium crisp with some sliced white bread. I eat the crust with the bacon. Then I take the fluffy white center and dab it in the leftover bacon grease in the pan. Mmmm, bacon grease.

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In Videos: 'Julie and Julia' Sneak Peek

Her blog was one of the first ones out there so it's natural that she'd have a large audience compared to someone who started blogging now. Also, a digital camera wasn't as affordable back then as it is now hence the widespread presence of blogs with pictures.

Her book seems less about food more focused on her angst in general. I'm still wondering why she got a book deal and much less a movie deal.

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In Videos: 'Julie and Julia' Sneak Peek

The book was painful to read. It lacked flow and rhythm plus it had an overall whiny tone about it. Not interested in seeing the movie, even though I'm a foodie.

From Serious Eats: New York

The City's Best Soup Dumplings at Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao in Flushing

For soup dumplings in Flushing, I go to:

Shanghai Tide
13520 40th Rd
Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 661-0900

This place was recommended to me by a former roommate who was from Shanghai. They're usually quite juicy, with thin skins and well-seasoned fillings. They are smaller than the ones at Nan Xiang, but you get more to the basket. It's cheap enough to give it a whirl. :)

From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: Pineapple Bun from Wong Wah in Chinatown

I like the topping the best. Sometimes, I slice it in half and eat the topping part separate from the bottom. Then I take the bottom, put the Japanese mayo on it with a healthy dose of "you soong" (dried pork floss).

So good. Yet so bad!

From Serious Eats: New York

Forget Canal Street, the Real Dim Summing Is in Bensonhurst

@ Zach - My bad, I thought you chose the picture to post. I didn't realize the editor chose it for you. The editor needs a talking to and not you! :)

I agree, smaller is better for dim sum places. The large, stadium like restaurants usually have poor dim sum. By the time the cart gets to the halfway mark, the food's lost it's appeal. Dim sum dregs are a sad, sad thing.

The soup dumplings aren't usually on a dim sum menu because, well, it's not what they specialize in. It's a Johnny-come-lately to the dim sum scene. Old school dim sum houses aren't going to have that on the menu.

Jade Asian is as good as the old Gum Fung was but cleaned up. I recommend it for people new to the dim sum scene. It's far better than East Buffet. Blech.

New Tung Yi Fung is across the street from Gala Manor. It's a two story restaurant. The strategy is to get there before 11am and score a table on the first floor near the kitchen. It's old school HK style - you gotta know how to make your presence known with the host so the pushy elders don't snag your table. :)

From Serious Eats: New York

Forget Canal Street, the Real Dim Summing Is in Bensonhurst

This person's saying World Tong is the best place to have dim sum and offers a photo of xiao long bao as evidence? Oh c'mon! Xiao long bao is Shanghainese - northern China. This tells me nothing. It's like saying that I found the best place for arroz con pollo and I give you a picture of mofongo. Different cuisines, folks.

Dim sum is classic Cantonese. If he going to say World Tong's the best place to have dim sum, he should judge the place on it's ha gaow (crystal shrimp dumplings). Many dim sum lovers use ha gaow as the benchmark used to judge most places. It's deceptive - a few simple ingredients rely on the chef's talent and skill to make them into a delicious dumpling.

Sorry, Flushing is where it's at. Jade Asian for newbies and New Tung Yi Fung for the hardcore old schoolers.

From Serious Eats

Seriously Delicious Holiday Food Giveaway: Russ & Daughters

Everything bagel with smoked salmon, a bit of plain cream cheese and capers on the side. :)

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Food Giveaway: Russ & Daughters

Everything bagel with regular cream cheese, a TON of lox and a few capers. For the fiber...LOL!

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Cook the Book: 'The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook'

Instant ramen with poached egg and pan fried Spam. God help me but it's uber good and tasty. I drink lots of water to counteract the sodium content! :D

From Slice

Artichoke Basille's Expanding to Five More Locations?

Oh please. They can't even handle the business at ONE location, much less five. It's all hype, no substance. They should get a handle on how to run a business first before trying to expand it.

From Serious Eats: New York

Lady M Cake Boutique Cheesecake: The Last Cut Is The Deepest

Perhaps it would have been okay if you had just asked her not to slice it. Then done it yourself.

That is really bizarre. I suppose they eat the extra slivers themselves. I can't imagine what else they might do. Maybe collect enough slivers to start making full slices? Yeah right.

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Hard to choose. I started out in food blog land with I Was Just Hungry.

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Serious Eats and The Wicked Noodle. Looks like a lot of people like Smitten Kitchen, so I'm going to have to check that out!

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Serious Eats and The Wicked Noodle. Looks like a lot of people like Smitten Kitchen, so I'm going to have to check that out!

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Serious Eats and The Wicked Noodle. Looks like a lot of people like Smitten Kitchen, so I'm going to have to check that out!

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

I like Serious Eats of course. I also like Smitten Kitchen.

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

My favorite food blogs are this one and Culinate.

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Serious Eats is my favorite. Simply Recipes is my second favorite.

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Baking Bites and Simply Recipes. I want to cook and eat pretty much everything from these sites!!

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

I love so many sites. I love Serious Eats (of course), PW's and any cake blog. I have a major sweet tooth.

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Pioneer Woman Cooks is one I go to all the time.. love the step by step pictures and delicious home cooked meals :)

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Pioneer Woman Cooks is one I go to all the time.. love the step by step pictures and delicious home cooked meals :)

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/ is one of my favorites (along with SE, of course!) - her entire blog receives several visits a day from me as I check to see if there is anything new - I discovered this delightful site this summer - I've tried several of her recipes, and am smitten - I'd really love to win her cookbook!

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Serious Eats has been my go to site for a long time...consistent quality, informed contributors, great topics. What's not to love!

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

PWC is my favorite. A second would be Bakerella.

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