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Gourmet Magazine Will Fold This Year
I just renewed my subscription, too. Usually when a magazine folds, it will offer you a new "comparable" mag in its place. I hope they don't offer "Bon Appetit" because I already receive that as well.
Hot Dog Hootenanny Report
Carolina Red Hots definitely are made of all pork & #40 red dye. Yuck, if you ask me.
Healthy & Delicious: Avocado Chicken Salad
@downtownstef Yes, yes I think it is. I made this Fri night (inadvertently), but I cut out the middle man & used Rotel with lime & cilantro. And btw, I love Hellmann's. It's the best mayo. Hands down (other than mayo you make yourself)
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What's your favorite food when drunk?
I'll eat anything that I don't have to cook myself. Or wait a long time to eat. Fast food is definitely high on the list. Pizza, burgers, hot dogs (I have to be REALLY drunk to eat those), french fries, tacos, nachos....Mmm mmm mmm.
Gourmet Magazine Will Fold This Year
I just renewed my subscription, too. Usually when a magazine folds, it will offer you a new "comparable" mag in its place. I hope they don't offer "Bon Appetit" because I already receive that as well.
Hot Dog Hootenanny Report
Carolina Red Hots definitely are made of all pork & #40 red dye. Yuck, if you ask me.
Healthy & Delicious: Avocado Chicken Salad
@downtownstef Yes, yes I think it is. I made this Fri night (inadvertently), but I cut out the middle man & used Rotel with lime & cilantro. And btw, I love Hellmann's. It's the best mayo. Hands down (other than mayo you make yourself)
Photos from the Hot Dog Hootenanny!
I love hot dogs. I really do. Only the beef ones, really. Carolina reds are quite popular around here, but all of that red dye makes me weep. I'll take a whole kosher pickle on a hot dog any day. The more the merrier. I prefer a crisp, fresh good ol' cole slaw & some hot, spicy chili but I'm digging those variations, for sure. Bulgogi is totally on my to-do list now.
Is Artisanal, Handmade Food Always Better?
I agree that artisanal food may not always be better and you bring up a valid point there, Ed. It sucks that you were duped into buying jam that wasn't made by your friend's mom and that the "world's best bacon" was anything but; You just have to take this one for the team and count it as a loss. Your one-time experience does not an industry make. I don't appreciate bad food. I do appeciate the time an consideration put into food. But make no mistake, I won't be eating there again, if it's bad. Or at least, I won't put my $$ down on it.
Biscuit Basics
I make biscuits for a living. It's my life! Literally! Freezing biscuits after they've been cut is fine. Letting them thaw or putting them straight into the oven frozen are both perfectly fine & viable options. I don't suggest refrigerating the dough after you make it because the results will not be the same. You biscuits will lack lift, texture, & taste. & we want these beautiful babies to taste good, right?!
Cutting biscuits into squares does eliminate scraps. They're also easier to make into biscuit sandwiches that way!
To learn more about biscuits, look at this post: http://niksnacks.blogspot.com/2008/07/biscuit-baker-memory-stick-maker.html
Idaho Statesman Ganks My Fatty Melt Recipe
*Somebody's* gonna get fired today. Now that newsroom can save $30 K next year, for sure!
The perfect BLT
I do believe that I made the best, most perfect BLT ever...right here...http://niksnacks.blogspot.com/2008/08/whistle-stop-cafe-has-nothing-on-me.html
It was crispy, hot, cool, crisp, tangy, sweet, creamy & crunchy all in one bite. Can you believe it?
Who's Hotter? Young Colicchio vs. Young Bourdain
I think Anthony is one of the sexiest men alive but I have to give it up to Tom. He'd totally be my prom date. He went to Catholic school....just like I did...we'd like...totally have SOOooo much to talk about.
Taking liberties with dish names
I'm patting myself on the back for first mentioning the monstrosity known as Kwanzaa Cake. I hate that this woman has a show and I don't. I have more creativity in my eyelash than she does. Second of all, I'd forgotten about Carpaccio being a painter and the nature of his work. Thank you@ Sweetie for bringing the topic back to basics.
Food is poetry but it should not have to be interpreted, only dissected.
A List of Food Bloggers Using Twitter
Nik Snacks
Twitter: Trikki427
URL: http://niksnacks.blogspot.com
Twitters about: local foodie finds, cool news & links, slow food updates, my food blog updates, what I'm doing or where I'm going.
Taking liberties with dish names
I don't making cutesy names for dishes. Just call it what it is, and people won't second guess you. There's a difference between calling thinly sliced raw tomatoes a carpaccio and Sandra Lee's Kwanzaa cake. The idea of what she did to that cake makes me hurt on the inside. That, my friends, is how people get cut.
Poutines Deathmatch: La Banquise vs. Patati Patata
I have never had poutine. I've wanted to try it forever. We don't have cheese curds down here in North Carolina. But we do have gravy. And lots of it.
What's your favorite food when drunk?
Days of college, days of youth, six parts gin to one part vermouth
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1919716
What's your favorite food when drunk?
This must be the dumbest question I've ever seen on this site. Get serious.
What's your favorite food when drunk?
Actually ANYTHING with a Side of Hot Man is good... drunk or sober!
What's your favorite food when drunk?
Whataburger taquitos: bacon, egg & cheese (with picante) or a Philly cheesesteak. Depends on whether I am in Texas or NJ/PA at the time of said drunk.
What's your favorite food when drunk?
I don't get drunk anymore, but after a few drinks, if there is cold fried chicken left over, it's gone! Dave
What's your favorite food when drunk?
I don't know that it's actually considered food, but I can kill some Taco Bells after having a few "pops". Grease is GOOD!!! LOL!!!
A List of Food Bloggers Using Twitter
Bouchon For 2 - Mel
Twitter: BouchonFor2
URL: BouchonFor2.com
Twitters about: Beloved Recipes, Delicious Photos, Culinary Misadventures around Vancouver.
What's your favorite food when drunk?
katerine, if i had the ingredients to make poutine at home, i would! i would have to drive to dysarts restaurant and, well, i would be drunk, *sigh* i wish they delivered.
What's your favorite food when drunk?
When I was in Korea, the food trucks with the spiciest dukbukki were the best...the raging heartburn the next day, not so much
What's your favorite food when drunk?
Cheese fries with feta dip from The Grill in Athens, GA (open 24 hours, and they don't mind my drunken revelry!) or animal style from an In N Out. Although I'm pretty sure everybody likes about anything from LaFonda dogs by the UGA library, in terms of nasty-ass street food. I'm nursing a gin and tonic right now, and getting absolutely ravenous reading your posts!
What's your favorite food when drunk?
oh and there's chili on there too :) numnum
What's your favorite food when drunk?
Has no one heard of a garbage plate? i think it originated around rochester, ny.. best drunk food. ever... basically its a giant plate with either two hamburger patties or chicken fingers, french fries or homefries, mac salad, bread and covered in chopped onions.. you have to drench it in ketchup, mustard, salt and pepper.. its amazing...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31625280&l=0b694a8f5b&id=8102742
What's your favorite food when drunk?
It's strange no one's mentioned Montreal's poutine. It's the best food for a hangover -- the starchy French fries topped with cheese curds will help you sleep like a baby. When the bars start closing in Montreal, restaurants serving poutine are absolutely packed!
What's your favorite food when drunk?
Doner kebap on a toasted baguette with loads of mayo and french fries.
And pad thai.
@GirlFromJetCity - couldn't agree with you more about the side of hot man.
What's your favorite food when drunk?
If someone said "wings" then I missed it.
WINGS! WINGS! WINGS!
What's your favorite food when drunk?
Dynamite Yaki from Go on St. Mark's in the East Village.
What's your favorite food when drunk?
Do drink garnishes count? :-P
A List of Food Bloggers Using Twitter
Twitter: SevillaTapas
URL: http://azahar-sevilla.com/sevilletapas/
Twitters about: Tapas in Sevilla and other parts of Spain, usually with photos attached.
Gourmet Magazine Will Fold This Year
I am only familiar with the last few years of Gourmet, so I can't speak as to the quality declining, but I really enjoyed and looked forward to the magazine. From what I can see, it was a unique publication - the photography was beautiful, the writing was good, and it had a mixture of ambitious recipes with everyday ones. No, it didn't have the rigour of Cook's Illustrated, or the ease of recipes in most publications. Yes, it may sometimes have focused too much on what was trendy, expensive over more substantive topics. Maybe it ended up looking too much like a travel magazine than a food publication at times. But overall, it was a really excellent magazine that I enjoyed reading all the way through, and it was writing about the culture, history, and traditions behind the food described. I can't think of too many other publications that do this regularly and comprehensively.
Gourmet Magazine Will Fold This Year
Of course keep Bon Appétit open. It is the direction America is heading. We still are in a recession and if the recession ended tomorrow people's spending habits have now changed. Gourmet does not fit that model. I have been an avid reader of Gourmet but as I read it I always think wouldn't it be nice if I had the money to do this or make that or go here so at the end if each issue I am a little depressed. I wonder what will happen to their great televison program Gourmet Diary of a Foodie.
Gourmet Magazine Will Fold This Year
i am so sad. not just because i just renewed my subscription for another three years but because the ability to read about of food/food culture/food enlightenment/international food in an intelligent, comprehensive way has gotten much smaller. there are so few good food magazines left (please don't take my la cucina italiana or saveur!!!) or food tv left (you touch my baby jacques pepin, lydia or a few others from the PBS food family - you can take that horrid martha stewart produced show). i hope just like someone recently did w/ vibe magazine that another publishing company sees just how revered and loved gourmet is and saves it. i'm w/ daryn in saying that whoever made this decision obviously doesn't know or understand the real food/food culture-lover or how annoying the dumbed-down bon appetit is.
please don't send me bon appetit and expect me to not beg for my $65 back.
RIP Gourmet.
Gourmet Magazine Will Fold This Year
Srsly, wish they'd kill Bon Appetit and save Gourmet.
phooey
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About Trikki427
Website: http://niksnacks.blogspot.com
Location: North Carolina
About: I'm a Southern girl in a multi-cultural world. I'm inspired by my surroundings and cook accordingly. I'm a writer and cook by trade: an Editorial Assistant at a local newspaper and teach cooking classes, too.
Favorite foods: Perfectly roasted chicken, brown gravy, sauteed mushrooms and onions, hummus, falafel and pita chips, biscuits.
Last bite on earth: Just take me to Golden Corral. All of my favorite foods are there. I can't pick just one (or a combination of a few)
I'll eat anything that I don't have to cook myself. Or wait a long time to eat. Fast food is definitely high on the list. Pizza, burgers, hot dogs (I have to be REALLY drunk to eat those), french fries, tacos, nachos....Mmm mmm mmm.