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First Look at the New Yankee Stadium Food
@eatboutique: http://carvel.findlocation.com/search.aspx
But in New England, there's little need for franchised ice cream :)
This Week in 'New York Times' Food News
While plants were probably a good portion of early humans' diets, I don't think they were vegetarians.
Humans, along with horses and dogs, are one of three animals suited to long-distance running. There is quite a lot of evidence that this trait was used to run prey to exhaustion -- prey that could sprint faster than human but had much less endurance. There is enough evidence for many scientists to suggest this led to the development of bigger brains since brains require so much protein. (Of course, one wonders what horses did with this evolutionary advantage since they are vegetarians.)
So, go run a marathon and chase a cheeseburger to exhaustion. It's your biological destiny. Plus, it's fun and tasty.
Search for the Perfect Brownie Recipe
According to Wikipedia, it's a finer grade of white refined sugar. You can probably get about the same result by running white sugar through a food processor for 5 to 10 seconds.
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Interior Designs of Frozen Yogurt Shops
I totally love Sugar Sweet Sunshine. Great place to sit and eat their delicious cupcakes and hang out.
First Look at the New Yankee Stadium Food
@eatboutique: http://carvel.findlocation.com/search.aspx
But in New England, there's little need for franchised ice cream :)
This Week in 'New York Times' Food News
While plants were probably a good portion of early humans' diets, I don't think they were vegetarians.
Humans, along with horses and dogs, are one of three animals suited to long-distance running. There is quite a lot of evidence that this trait was used to run prey to exhaustion -- prey that could sprint faster than human but had much less endurance. There is enough evidence for many scientists to suggest this led to the development of bigger brains since brains require so much protein. (Of course, one wonders what horses did with this evolutionary advantage since they are vegetarians.)
So, go run a marathon and chase a cheeseburger to exhaustion. It's your biological destiny. Plus, it's fun and tasty.
Search for the Perfect Brownie Recipe
According to Wikipedia, it's a finer grade of white refined sugar. You can probably get about the same result by running white sugar through a food processor for 5 to 10 seconds.
Häagen-Dazs Will Decrease 'Pint'-Sized Ice Cream Tubs
Haagen-Dazs Chocolate Ice Cream
1/2 Cup: 106 grams
Ingredients: Cream, Skim Milk, Sugar, Egg Yolks, Cocoa Processed with Alkali.
Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Ice Cream
1/2 C: 105 grams
Ingredients: Cream, Liquid Sugar, Skim Milk, Water, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Egg Yolks, Guar Gum And Carrageenan
Almost exactly the same in terms of overrun -- one gram is about the weight of a paperclip. Ingredient list is close but not entirely the same.
Anyone know anything about "liquid sugar"?
Seriously Delicious Super Bowl Party Giveaway: Snow's Barbecue Brisket
start with a good butt
pull it apart add the sauce
smoke is magic
Eat 3.1 Ounces of Meat for a Happier Earth
Wow. This is the agricultural equivalent of "You can't make me give up my SUV! I don't care if my daily commute consumes enough fossil fuels to power a house for a day! It's my right! WAH! WAH! WAH!"
Lots of meat isn't good for you -- OR THE EARTH! It's not hard to understand.
Those animals that would've been raised and then eaten? Just won't be created. That farm land devoted to raising livestock feed can grow something else.
@Regrettable foodie: It does not mean that necessarily. It could also mean that for every veggie, nine people eat 13.3 ounces/day, which is very easy to believe.
Dear Slice: Boston May Have Had the First Pizza in the U.S.
New York? Boston? Neither. New Haven.
Photo of the Day: Wiener Dog
I'm finding this a little disturbing.
The Cost of a 10-Person Thanksgiving Is $44.61
Did anyone read the article? It lays out what's in the dinner and what they spent.
The cost of a 16-pound turkey, at $19.09 or roughly $1.19 per pound, reflects an increase of 9 cents per pound, or a total of $1.46 per turkey compared to 2007. This is the largest contributor to the overall increase in the cost of the 2008 Thanksgiving dinner.
"Other items showing a price increase this year were: a 12-oz. package of brown-n-serve rolls, $2.20; a 12-oz. package of fresh cranberries, $2.46; a 30-oz. can of pumpkin pie mix, $2.34; two 9-inch pie shells, $2.26; a 14-oz. package of cubed bread stuffing, $2.57; a relish tray of carrots and celery, 82 cents; a half-pint of whipping cream, $1.70; a pound of green peas, $1.58; and three pounds of sweet potatoes, $3.12.
A combined group of miscellaneous items, including coffee and ingredients necessary to prepare the meal (onions, eggs, sugar, flour, evaporated milk and butter) dropped in price by 60 cents to $2.69. A gallon of whole milk dropped 10 cents to $3.78."
America's Heroes, Grinders, Subs, and More
I'm 37, have lived my whole life in Connecticut, and am adding my support to the fact that grinders are available both hot and cold. You can get cold cold-cut grinders or hot grinders like chicken parm, meatball, or sausage and peppers. Cheese choices are either just provolone or provolone and American. Lettuce and tomato are usually options, as are oil and vinegar. Roasted peppers are pretty standard, too.
Chocolate Chip Cookies (from David Leite's NYT article).
Interesting. These do not look much like the ones I made using the same recipe.
Bravo Creates a Third 'Top Chef' Show
Exactly what I was going to say, notenoughspoons. Losing P:R hurts. It's a lot of programming hours and buzz they have to replace somehow. Spin-offs are one, uncreative, way to go.
Is it Rude to Eat on Mass Transit?
@annien: Right on!
@producestories: You get a "Right on!" too.
Robert Irvine Has Started a 'Blog Site'
I never watched his show. I only saw him on TV when he was on Iron Chef America. I had and continue to have no opinion about his firing. I do have an opinion about his blog entry.
“get over yourself and get on with it."
And then he spends the next 11 paragraphs not getting over himself or getting on with anything, including this:
"on skills that I had developed over the course of my career that were unique to me: cooking at a high culinary level under pressure, often for large numbers of people, sometimes with limited resources and an ability to improvise with whatever I had on hand to get the job done."
That's unique? Really? As in he's the only one in the world with these skills? Or even unique in the sense of unusual (even though he says, "unique to me")? I'm sure there are scores if not hundreds of chefs across the country that have the skills to do what he's talking about. Seems as if he needs to follow his advice from his opening sentence and "get over [him]self."
Our Groceries Are Quietly Shrinking
Cassaendra:
Columbo just finished an ad campaign that sang the praises of their 8-ounce container about a year ago. Guess what company now has 6-ounce containers just like every other company?
Our Groceries Are Quietly Shrinking
The items that bug me the most are one I use frequently in recipes: cans of beans and tomatoes and bags of chocolate chips. Also, ice cream.
Smaller packages means more packaging means more stuff that needs to be manufactured and then thrown out or recycled. I'm not happy about that.
While I don't go so far as to call the practice dishonest, I do think food companies are hoping few consumers notice.
10 Tips for Homemade Ice Cream Success
I really like thiese tips!
This might sound obvious but turn the machine on before you pour in the ice cream mixture. I learned this the hard way :)
I let my mixture chill overnight in a quart measuring cup in the fridge. For me, that's the easiest thing to pour out of and into the ice cream machine.
The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate
bialy,
I haven't made basil ice cream but with mint ice cream, I steep the herbs in the dairy for about 15 minutes. Then, make the custard (if that's the route you're going). That should give you a nice flavor, no gross chunks, and no weird color.
The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate
I had no idea you worked with morons and nincompoops. That's too bad.
Just because something is hard to do doesn't make it not worth doing. Strawberry ice cream is excellent but there are, of course, bad examples and good examples, just as there are with vanilla, chocolate, and so on. Hagen Daas and Ben and Jerry both make/made excellent varieties. Breyer's is also very good. Hood (a New England brand) makes a pretty good strawberry.
Furthermore, when one mixes strawberry with other flavors, the results can be excellent. Strawberry mint ice cream? Divine. Strawberry chocolate? Better than chocolate covered strawberries. Peanut butter strawberry? Delicious.
Why Mentos and Diet Coke Create Fountains
Yeah, but on Mythbusters, they included caffeine as one of important factors.
Marvelous Mint Ice Cream
I'll second both recommendations for the Weinstein and the Lebovitz books. I'll that Emily Luchetti's A Passion for Ice Cream is also excellent. Lebovitz tends to make more eggless ice creams while Luchetti's book tends more towards recipes using eggs. I think they complement each other nicely.
I'll say that I can only get fresh spearmint in my supermarket (as opposed to other mints). It's very good but it's not quite right.
Pizza Hut Turns 50
I don't understand how Pizza Hut can survive in areas like Connecticut, which are chock full of good, independent, real pizza places.
John McCain Is Older Than Chocolate-Chip Cookies
I agree, anado. It should look like this:
Chocolate chip cookie > spam > [this space left intentionally blank] > McCainold's
First Look at the New Yankee Stadium Food
I recently did 1st visit to pro baseball last month to new Yankee Stadium. Carl's philly steak w/ cheezwhiz was fantastic, luckily took advice that I would not have room for fries. I've spent $20 on far worse than one of them babies and a beer in my time. If any AA members are reading, screw the meetings "Hi, I'm Adam, I'm an alcoholic, and my wife Eve is addicted to apples." (or something like that) At $9 a beer, recovery comes quickly. I wasn't even driving, legally could have though. Dinner at Hard Rock next time, not just a t-shirt and a draft...
Marvelous Mint Ice Cream
Thanks for the recipe, I have a yard full of mint (for those who don't grow mint -- try it, it comes back in tons.)
I can't wait to try the recipe. I also have a Cuisinart Ice Cream maker, and love it.
I am immediately going to my yard and pick some mint. Now, I don't only have to use it for tea, or Mint Julips
Pizza Hut Turns 50
I'm in New Mexico and the closest Mom-n-Pop pizza I can find comes fresh from my own oven! (after much trial and error)
YUM
Pizza Hut Turns 50
@ worldcupfever: Have you ever been to Wyoming? North Dakota? Nebraska? Idaho? New Mexico? Yeah, I just think it's a little presumptive to assume that everywhere is within driving distance of a good mom & pop pizza shop. Here in Wyoming, there's a couple of "cities" - 50,000 people; about 10 or so "small towns" - between 10,000 and 40,000 people, and lots of tiny towns. "A town or two over" could mean 150 miles. So no, there isn't always easy access. I live in the largest city in WY - Casper, and only in the past year or so have 3 or 4 "independent" pizza shops opened. They are good, but they aren't cheap.
First Look at the New Yankee Stadium Food
I only tried the garlic fries on my first visit, but they were the best I've had. More well done than at Safeco Field and the Ballpark Formerly Known As PacBell. It's a good thing I didn't eat more. I might not have been able to keep it down after the Indians scored 14 runs in the second inning. I'm heading back this Saturday and plan to get some BBQ. I was gonna check out the Cuban sandwich too. Thanks for the heads up, Erin. I hope I have some room when I get to the stadium. I'm making my inaugaral visit to the Red Hook trucks on their 2009 opening day.
Ciao,
Paulie Gee
First Look at the New Yankee Stadium Food
Good stuff. I've been to 2 games and had my fair share of food. Overall not impressed, but wasn't expecting much. The Billy Barou nachos were tops on my list followed by Lobels, and the chicken noodle bowl was decent. Still prefer grabbing a quality boars head sandwich from the Banana Deli on 161st St. for $5 and bringing it in. Thankfully we're still able to bring food in. Check out my rundown with a lot pics HERE.
First Look at the New Yankee Stadium Food
@Picklejuice: That rumor has been around for a few months, still nothing announced by them.
First Look at the New Yankee Stadium Food
Oh, and soft pretzels were $4.50 and 600-something calories. I had a bite of one and it was gross.
First Look at the New Yankee Stadium Food
Went to the game yesterday. Other than the prices being ridiculous - I think only the pretzel and pizza prices stayed the same - what is even more ridiculous is the calories listed for every single menu item. I will be bringing my food in the rest of the season. It might have the same amount of calories, but it will taste 100 times better and cost less than half the price.
First Look at the New Yankee Stadium Food
Wow, those prices are crazy! I'm glad I live in a minor league town. We can get BBQ sandwiches and burgers for $5. What's the price of a soft pretzel going for at the new stadiums? I hope the mustard is free.
First Look at the New Yankee Stadium Food
I've always been a fickle baseball fan -- rooting for the NY team wth cuter players, prettier uniforms, or star players, but now I see the fault of my ways. Must root for the team with the best stadium food. Citi field seems to win the food game, so I'll be a Met's fan for now.
P.S. I heard a rumor that the original Carvel on Central Ave. was closing; is it true?
First Look at the New Yankee Stadium Food
I still think Citi Field has better food:
http://nycfoodguy.com/2009/04/03/nyc-food-guy-video-citi-field-food-preview/
And here:
http://nycfoodguy.com/2009/04/01/citi-field-food-preview-a-culinary-revolution/
Search for the Perfect Brownie Recipe
Great recipe!! They look delicious!! I will have to bake these tonight!
Search for the Perfect Brownie Recipe
Buy "bakers sugar" in the US for a caster sugar sub. You should use it for all of your baking anyway.
Search for the Perfect Brownie Recipe
@winebill -- that looks like a great recipe. I'm going to attempt homemade brownies for a change. Yes, I have to admit, I'm a box brownie cheater...and I have to agree that Ghiradelli makes the best brownie mix I've tasted so far. They are dense and rich and very chocolately. Perfect warm with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream on top.
Search for the Perfect Brownie Recipe
thank you ,Wally East
Häagen-Dazs Will Decrease 'Pint'-Sized Ice Cream Tubs
i never did understand who said it would be okay to sell coffee in 12 oz packages. But then I'm still baffled by the hot dog/hot dog bun mismatch.
Seriously, going ballistic over the two "hippies" Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield bothers me a tad. What's your problem with them, that they aren't European? (and yeah, with a fake name?) Yeah, I believe B&J sold to a large corporation and that saddens me, but what does their alleged "hippiedom" have to do with the decision by a competitor to make the "pint' smaller. I think HD is doing something deceptive. There's nothing deceptive in the package ingredients listing. And there's nothing deceptive about Ben and Jerry's being started by two guys named Ben and Jerry.
I like B&J and I like what they do in the community and the world. I like HD because no one makes a dulce de leche like they do but I guess I'm going to have to give that one up, at least til prices stop going crazy. Meanwhile, er, chill?
Häagen-Dazs Will Decrease 'Pint'-Sized Ice Cream Tubs
I'm actually surprised at how big a deal people are making of comparing haagen dazs and Ben & jerry's. Besides both brands being expensive and sold in "pints," I never thought of them as similar products, even before the B&J buyout. People buy B&J becuase they like the pretzels, marshmallow and everything else added in. Thats the novelty of their product. Haagen-Dazs brand is based on simple, pure flavors. It's a different beast entirely. Sometimes I want Phish food and sometimes I want dulce de leche, so I buy whichever brand suits my needs.
Häagen-Dazs Will Decrease 'Pint'-Sized Ice Cream Tubs
@ Truff: That exact scene started to play in my head when I was reading the statement from Ben & Jerry's. Wow!
Häagen-Dazs Will Decrease 'Pint'-Sized Ice Cream Tubs
Was anyone else reminded of "Schooner Tuna" from "Mr. Mom" when they were reading Ben & Jerry's press release?
"My fellow Americans. I am Howard Humphrey, President of Schooner Tuna. All of us here at Schooner Tuna sympathize will all of you hit so hard by these trying economic times. In order to help you we are reducing the price of Schooner Tuna by 50 cents a can. When this crisis is over, we will go back to our regular prices. Until then, remember, we’re all in this together. Schooner Tuna. The tuna with a heart."
Häagen-Dazs Will Decrease 'Pint'-Sized Ice Cream Tubs
im guessing the liquid sugar is glucose or something similar to improve the mouth feel and prevent crystalisation
The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate
im also a very huge fan of pink ice cream, too, as well.
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I totally love Sugar Sweet Sunshine. Great place to sit and eat their delicious cupcakes and hang out.