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Jim Lahey Pontificates on Pizza

Soooooo this was his response to "Jim, we've noticed your pizzas are rather inconsistent when you aren't around, why is that?"

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Meat Master Can Tell Cow's Age, Gender, and Breed After One Bite

What was that about Barney Frank?

Oh, cause he's gay. I get it, totally relevant too.

Keep your politics off the site.

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Dear AHT: 'Kenji's Fake Shack Burger'

That's really awesome, they are great people. I thought about contacting them to do a tour / photo piece on the factory as they are popular on SE and everywhere with their coveted rolls, I think it'd be really popular.

PG

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Pics, Finally, from the Pieman's Craft Event

Is Mathieu adding the Filetti to the BKLYN Motorino too?

I love that pizza.

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Reality Check: What's the New Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pan Pizza Like? We Try It

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Simple, Juicy Burgers at White Rose Bar & Grill in York, Pennsylvania

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Out of the Box: Dr. Oetker Ristorante Mozzarella Frozen Pizza

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From Slice

Jim Lahey Pontificates on Pizza

Soooooo this was his response to "Jim, we've noticed your pizzas are rather inconsistent when you aren't around, why is that?"

From Serious Eats

Meat Master Can Tell Cow's Age, Gender, and Breed After One Bite

What was that about Barney Frank?

Oh, cause he's gay. I get it, totally relevant too.

Keep your politics off the site.

From A Hamburger Today

Dear AHT: 'Kenji's Fake Shack Burger'

That's really awesome, they are great people. I thought about contacting them to do a tour / photo piece on the factory as they are popular on SE and everywhere with their coveted rolls, I think it'd be really popular.

PG

From Slice

Pics, Finally, from the Pieman's Craft Event

Is Mathieu adding the Filetti to the BKLYN Motorino too?

I love that pizza.

From A Hamburger Today

Dear AHT: 'Kenji's Fake Shack Burger'

Haha. I can definitely get Martin's rolls (as well as 3 other brands of potato rolls) i'm only 40 minutes or so from Martin's, just opted for some ones I got at market instead.

Re: Pig, I can drive to three farmers markets here in York and get me a suckling pig, and with a weeks notice a whole hog. It's a great thing.

From A Hamburger Today

Dear AHT: 'Kenji's Fake Shack Burger'

Here she is all finished.

They were great burgers, and i'm glad Kenji shared his insight.

You can see full size pictures and some bonus market shots (warning: dead piggies enclosed) here.

- PG

From Serious Eats

Serious Beer: Tasting Oktoberfest Brews

You gotta try Victory Festbier. If you can't get it there, send me a message and i'll send you one.

PG

From Slice

Emilia's Pizzeria in Berkeley Opens to the Public; Hours, Offerings Limited for Now

@f r y / Keith - A local pizzeria has that oven, i've made pizzas in it. At one point my measurement on that particular oven was 775*, this was at 12 noon.

Could never find any more info on it though. Nice oven.

From Serious Eats: New York

New Jersey Dispatch: Santillo’s Brick Oven Pizza

Wow, this place has never been on my radar. I'll have to try it.

From Slice

Overheard at Di Fara

I will attest to the fact that the pizzas today were perfect. The best i've had from Dom in 2009.

...and I don't mind the nickname Mr. Berlin Wall. : )

From Slice

Reality Check: What's the New Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pan Pizza Like? We Try It

@Head Geekette: We don't have the sausage stuffed, or the cheesy volcano, sausage puffs or cheesy puffs, but we do have the cheese stuffed crust.

This post is about the PAN PIZZA with a "stuffed crust" something that is entirely new to Pizza Hut.

Seems as if they need to work on their marketing.

From Slice

Reality Check: What's the New Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pan Pizza Like? We Try It

Well, it isn't really just more cheese...it's clearly defined. You could probably break the crust / cheese portion away from the cheese/sauce/dough portion. Kinda weird.

From A Hamburger Today

Simple, Juicy Burgers at White Rose Bar & Grill in York, Pennsylvania

toad3000 - The crab specialties, namely the crab pretzel, really are great.

Gonta - sweet. How long have you been up in NY? I've been to Vito's on Queen St. but never to try the cheeseburger sub. How is diff. then others?

parvax - Do I know you? Haha. We should get together sometime!

Oneiron - The Roadhouse's burgers ARE good. Especially the english muffin one.

richopp - we

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Grilled: Robyn Lee, Editor of A Hamburger Today

Agreed. Interviewer seemed biased, where are the hard hitting questions?

From Slice

Thoughts from Di Fara First-Timers

@steamsoldier yeah dude, we've all since your stuff. Remember that time Adam made fun of you for ordering a junky pie?

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Thoughts from Another Di Fara First-Timer

cgorange- You (or someone else) said that about the "50 or so other joints" before. I'd like to see that list.

The regular pie at DiFara is still one of the best in the boroughs, oil or not.

From Slice

Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?

How do you get a white trash girl to suck your d**k?

Dip it in ranch dressing.

From Serious Eats

Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate

I love all of those things. I don't have them anymore at my thanksgiving table, but if I'm served (any and all of it!) somewhere, I go for it and bask in nostalgia for days gone by with Nana and the whole fam!

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Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate

@ mr guy- I agree, the brining doesn't do much for me either. I've done it the past two years, and if you ask me it's a big pain in the ass for little results. Expensive too.

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Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate

Cans of thick slop and sludge never get anywhere near my cooking. As a matter of fact, Campbell's cream "soup" line is single handedly responsible for making crock pots the biggest laugh in the kitchen. (The crock pot was later de-throned by Sandra Lee as the biggest laugh in the kitchen - ironically a chronic user of cream soups.)

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Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate

Don't be hating on me, but Campbell's creamy onion soup is far superior to use in casseroles versus the cream of mushroom. When I took over Thanksgiving duty from my MIL, that marshmallow sweet potato monstrosity was banned from my menu. As well as the canned cranberry "sauce", I make my own SF version from the real cranberries from the produce section.

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Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate

Everything was fair game until you got to the marshmallows.

Marshmallows aren't Thanksgiving food. They're candy.

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The Serious Eats Doughnut Glossary

Growing up in Minnesota, we didn't actually have a ton of local doughnut shops at the time, so we had to get them from grocery bakeries.

My local grocery store had both long john's AND eclairs - the key difference being the filling. Long Johns had none and sometimes had sprinkles or coconut topping - where as eclairs were filled evil.

From A Hamburger Today

In Videos: Heart Attack Grill

I agree Adam...I think the whole schitck is exactly that....a schtick. If thier food was any good maybe I'd be more inclined to eat there again.

http://eatingtheroad.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/heart-attack-grill-diet-center/

They're just trying to tap into the whole shock/controversy thing...and unfortunately that does work. Those news stations can't get enough of it. If you really want to dislike them watch the video on their homepage (How to Kill a Giant):
http://www.heartattackgrill.com/

From Serious Eats

Serious Beer: Tasting Oktoberfest Brews

seconded on paulaner's oktoberfest, I'm kind of surprised to see a bigger brewery like beck's reviewed though. I haven't had it in probably a year or so but I remember Harpoon's oktoberfest to be pretty tasty and (like all harpoon's beers) very modestly priced for the quality, Pennichuck's Big O was also quite good as I remember.

From Slice

Jim Lahey Pontificates on Pizza

Interesting interview...
I recently wrote my own review of Co.
The restaurant is pretty similar to its pizza - super ingredients and passion for purity... but rough around the edges.
See it at: http://demianrepucci.com/2009/10/16/co-pizza-tradition-in-modernist-clothing/

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Pics, Finally, from the Pieman's Craft Event

Great pics of what was a really terrific event! Thanks Adam and Ed, for putting it together.

From Slice

Jim Lahey Pontificates on Pizza

If I was his partner, I wouldn't allow him to talk to the press ever! Put him in the kitchen, next to the oven.

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Jim Lahey Pontificates on Pizza

For SOME reason i tried to copy and paste a comment i wrote about the cheese on Co. pizzas a while ago
BUT i can't go further than just a while back
SO what i said SPECIFICALLY was that i believe jim puts the cheese on in a sort of Dada-esque manner...meaning wherever it falls, it falls.
i'm glad i was right here!!!! he agreed with me :)
Gianluca
http://www.pizzaandcoffee.com/

From A Hamburger Today

A White Manna / White Mana Pilgrimage Revisited

Went to White Manna today... wow.

Fantastic chocolate milkshake as well!

From Slice

Pics, Finally, from the Pieman's Craft Event

You'd have to take public transportation afterwards if you did. Sorry you missed having some. Hopefully I be able to offer you some in the very near future.

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

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Pics, Finally, from the Pieman's Craft Event

Loved checking out all the photos. What a great gathering. Wish I had been there. I guarantee that I would have stayed to sample the limoncello.

From Serious Eats

Meat Master Can Tell Cow's Age, Gender, and Breed After One Bite

Can we say BULLSHIT on this site? 'Cause if we can, I'm calling it.

From A Hamburger Today

Dear AHT: 'Kenji's Fake Shack Burger'

@prairie

were you trying to recreate the Shack burger or just make great burger? not to be a downer but that doesn't really look like a Shack burger.

it does however look like an effing delicious burger...

From Serious Eats

Meat Master Can Tell Cow's Age, Gender, and Breed After One Bite

Can he tell the difference between a left-handed and a right-handed brisket?

From A Hamburger Today

Dear AHT: 'Kenji's Fake Shack Burger'

@Prairie

Ah - I shoulda noticed you're from PA.

That is a great thing! Jealous!

Those folks at Martin's are the nicest salespeople I've ever talked to. I once ordered 10 palettes of slider rolls (that's only about $90 or so for an order that big) and needed them in a rush, and the driver made a special delivery to Boston on a day that they normally don't even come to the city just to be able to deliver them to me on time. Great folks!

From A Hamburger Today

Dear AHT: 'Kenji's Fake Shack Burger'

@Prairie

Glad they worked out!

Where are you from that you can buy suckling pigs in the supermarket?!?

I notice you didn't find Martin's rolls, but I'd gladly trade Martin's for suckling pig any day!

From Slice

All You Need to Know About Di Fara, 2009

I lived in Midwood for 30 years and started going to his shop in the 1980s. Back then he served up a mundane greasy slice to say the least and the interior was exactly the same minus the green paint, of course. If you grew up in the neighborhod like me you would never have imagined that he would become a pizza connoisseur's dream.

I had a Di Fara "experience" yesterday. I must admit his technique has evolved into an art form. I only wish I had the pizza when it was hot as I had to rush my wife and baby home as they had been sitting there for an eternity.

I am more in awe of the respect this man gets. Where else can you find a crowd of 30 people wait two hours for a pizza pie?

If you want great pizza, imho, go to Nino's pizza on 3rd Avenue ant 92nd Street in Bay Ridge. My favorite there is the Sofia Lauren which has whole slices of tomato with a sprinkling of garlic.

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Cardboard bun story fake ; says Beijing Police

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Favorite foods: Pizza / Anything Fried

Last bite on earth: If you make me choose between Pizzeria Bianco and DiFara I might have to make it YOUR last bite on earth.