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Website: http://tastynewengland.com

Location: Connecticut

About: I'm an aspiring food blogger and student in Central CT.

Favorite foods: Sushi, pizza, burgers, fries.

Last bite on earth: Sliced tomato, straight off the vine in early September.

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In Videos: Shawn Johnson, Paul Hamm, and Morgan Hamm Ortega Commercial

Yes, that well kept secret of tacos. A crunchy taco shell.

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What Are Your Favorite Kitchen Tools?

Microplane. I don't get to use it all the time but I feel so chef-y when doing so.

From Recipes

Dinner Tonight: Roasted Beet Salad

At first I was like...Hey! Where's the beets? And then I read the post and realized they were those gorgeous yellow kind. Beets are a much varied and beautiful thing.

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'Next Food Network Star' Runner-Up Lisa Garza Also Handed Her Own Show

I caught the show here and there when nothing else was on...she seemed like the best of the bunch to me, but really, it wasn't exactly an incredibly high bar to jump over. I guess having a contest full of disasters is better TV than having everyone do well.

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Is Whole Foods Becoming Costco with a Side Order of Trader Joe's?

I have two WF stores very near me for most of my work and school. I go for lunch and usually cringe at what I pay, but I find that I can still cook meals for multiple people at home affordably and with good quality ingredients. It's just that damn salad bar at lunch that kills me, I can spend $9 for lunch on myself or $15 for an awesome dinner at home for 4 people.

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Cook the Book: Bobby Flay's Grill It!

I'd probably pick Paula, not because I think it would be the best meal possible, but just because she seem so personable and I probably wouldn't freak out or be intimidated by her, haha. Like I would love to have Mario come over but I'd probably be a mess.

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Dear Slice: Thanks for the Tip on New Haven

Totally cliche and yet still totally true: there are pizzas, and there is Pepe's. The original in New Haven is still like something else entirely, something that transcends pizza-dom and just becomes something so delicious it's almost other worldly. I turn into a drooling, inarticulate eating machine as soon as I enter the doors.

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Cereal Quiz

I took this yesterday and got 16/20.

And then my buddy the cereal fiend got a 16/20. Hrmm.

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Is it Rude to Eat on Mass Transit?

I don't think I'd care. There's enough other things to worry about, I might find it slightly annoying or something but I doubt it would really bother me.

What did used to drive me nuts was in school. There was a class I took a few years ago, one of my classmates ate a full meal every other class. It was crazy. I mean have some snacks or a soda or whatever but she would come to class with containers full Mexican takeout. Totally distracting.

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In Season: Blueberries

I just bought a pint from Lyman Orchard near me. I think a Blueberry Buckle is going to be good for half of them.

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In Videos: Shawn Johnson, Paul Hamm, and Morgan Hamm Ortega Commercial

Raphael, you're dancing around the SE offices right now, jamming to that video...

Aren't you? lol

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In Videos: Shawn Johnson, Paul Hamm, and Morgan Hamm Ortega Commercial

Hey now, wait a damn minute! Hamm's "taco double twist" is a blatant rip-off of Taco Bell's "Double Decker Taco". I demand this commercial be removed from the Internet, and never aired on TV, or I will sue for taco copyright infringement. ;)

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In Videos: Shawn Johnson, Paul Hamm, and Morgan Hamm Ortega Commercial

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In Videos: Shawn Johnson, Paul Hamm, and Morgan Hamm Ortega Commercial

^^ JK by the way.

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In Videos: Shawn Johnson, Paul Hamm, and Morgan Hamm Ortega Commercial

This is really insane. I can't believe this is on Serious Eats.

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Dinner Tonight: Roasted Beet Salad

My cousin, a professional chef, makes a salad of roasted red and yellow beets with Spanish manchebo cheese (not manchego, this is different--get it at Whole Foods or Wegman's), drizzled with a balasamic vinegar reduction. Beautiful and delicious.

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Dinner Tonight: Roasted Beet Salad

@joanpieroni - we have beautiful candy stripe beets right here in ny state.... but maybe it's easier to get them shipped from california.

migliorelli farm in dutchess county grows the candystripe, along with white and yellow beets. all varieties are extremely delicious.

your salad sounds delicious btw. love the combination of orange & olive oil myself.

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What Are Your Favorite Kitchen Tools?

microplane zester, instant read thermometer, short-blade extremely sharp paring knife, a whetstone that was my dad's, an assortment of bamboo spatulas/spoons/stirring devices and...AND...a tiny silicone spatula that's perfect for easy-overing a fried egg for one.

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'Next Food Network Star' Runner-Up Lisa Garza Also Handed Her Own Show

I watched the whole season of The Next Food Network Star, and thought either Lisa or Adam deserved to win. When Aaron won I was blown away. His first episode was lousy and not innovative AT ALL! At least Lisa and Adam brought something different to the table...Lisa's class and expertise and Adam's fun-loving goofy-hip talent. Lisa is the kind of person I would watch, just to aspire to her level. Sure, she's a little odd but interesting and intelligent. I like the quirkiness of her fine clothes and super type A personality. I'd also watch Adam because he's so darn entertaining. I hope the FN doesn't stomp out his personality by giving him a stupid show concept. I think he had the chops to do a cooking show, even if Bobby Flay didn't "believe" in his culinary knowledge. (Bobby is the self appointed all-knowing food God or something!) Go Adam! And as for Lisa, she' probably too classy for the FN anyway.

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What Are Your Favorite Kitchen Tools?

My rasp (zester/grater), stand mixer, food processor, cheesecloth, salad spinner, vegetable brush, ice cream freezer, and whisk are all important to me!