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Eat for Eight Bucks: Sesame Scallion Tofu
thanks robin, and you are right--my kroger on 11th shepherd might just have something in the international or natural section, now that it has been half turned into a "signature kroger." i know they carry nori, so maybe i could try that. i am sure i can get it at wf or cm, but that is not on the drive home, and once i get in my car it's usually a straight shot home with as few detours as possible. (my bank account is going to be in serious trouble when the wf on west dallas and waugh opens . . . )
Eat for Eight Bucks: Sesame Scallion Tofu
what can you substitute for the sea green? there is no way i will find that at my kroger here in houston, and i don't know when i'll get out to an asian market to find it. any suggestions?
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i really needed that!
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What Michael Pollan Has Been Up To Lately
this is so wrong, but when i saw that picture of him, the first thing that popped into my mind was "that guy needs to eat a sandwich." a healthy, sustainable sandwich, maybe, but a sandwich nonetheless.
Eat for Eight Bucks: Sesame Scallion Tofu
thanks robin, and you are right--my kroger on 11th shepherd might just have something in the international or natural section, now that it has been half turned into a "signature kroger." i know they carry nori, so maybe i could try that. i am sure i can get it at wf or cm, but that is not on the drive home, and once i get in my car it's usually a straight shot home with as few detours as possible. (my bank account is going to be in serious trouble when the wf on west dallas and waugh opens . . . )
Eat for Eight Bucks: Sesame Scallion Tofu
what can you substitute for the sea green? there is no way i will find that at my kroger here in houston, and i don't know when i'll get out to an asian market to find it. any suggestions?
Videos: Feeding a Cat With Chopsticks
i really needed that!
Burgers with Pancetta from Burgermeester in Amsterdam
not made to order? boo!!!!
Cook the Book: Migas
allison cook of the houston chronicle did a story on chilaquiles not too long ago.
http://blogs.chron.com/cookstour/archives/2009/09/of_chilaquiles.html#comments
Mixed Review: Sprinkles Pumpkin Cupcake Mix
these are definitely going to be on my holiday hostess gift list.
Meat Lite: Spaghetti with Tomato-Braised Kale
@squeezebottle, did you have a traumatic experience with kale as a child or something? i didn't realize there was a "kale bandwagon," but if there is, i guess i have been on it for years. love the stuff and would eat it, or any other cruciferous greens for that matter, everyday if i weren't too lazy to cook everyday.
Help for a picky vegetarian?!
when you say you don't lilke milk or eggs, is that also to cook with? i mean, if you make a sauce out of milk or enrich something with eggs, you don't actually taste the milk or eggs? but maybe you aren't eating them for other reasons. just trying to clarify.
try bittman's book on how to cook vegetables.
Snapshots from London: Raclette at Borough Market's Kappacasein
wow. i lived in switzerland for a year more than twenty years ago, and haven't had raclette since. again, wow.
Dinner Tonight: Enchiladas Especiales Tacuba Style
sounds like this sunday's football game menu to me.
Entenmann's cake? In Recipes? Seriously?
if you are not interested in a post, don't read it. it is as simple as that. you guys act like your eyes are going to burn out if you read about something that isn't made with artisinal ingredients grown no more than four miles from your homestead by sustainable elves.
Making Scarpetta's Tomato-Basil Spaghetti with Scott Conant
butter is hardly a secret ingredient. at least i don't think it is, because i always finish off my tomato sauce with a little butter. of course, i'm of the opinion that a little butter makes everything better.
Dallas BBQ: Boldly Going Where No Other Food Writer Has Gone Before
wow, i had forgotten about dallas bbq. when i first moved to nyc in 1990 my friends and i used to eat there--it was cheap and the drinks were strong. when i did my stint at the new york public library, it was a good place for staff gatherings, because if we librarians were making nothing, you can imagine what the clerks were making, so it was a place everyone could afford. at some point i stopped going there, and i'm sure all the barbeque nuts i know down here in houston would be horrified by the place, but your good-natured review brought back fond memories--thanks.
Dinner Tonight: Club Sandwich
if there is not a third slice, then it's not a club sandwich to me. since it is supposed to be made with super-thin white bread anyway (imho), i don't find that it makes things too bready. but hey, if you don't like it, take it out. just don't leave it off of mine!
Barbecue: Smoked Cheddar and Jalapeño Sausage
revolted? really? what is revolting about cheese in sausage? i can think of a lot of revolting food things, but cheese in sausage isn't one of them.
The Great New York Fancy-Pants Fried Chicken Roundup
gee, it must have been horrible to have to do the research for this article!
50+ baked potatoes
i see someone recommended potato dumplings. any recipes out there? my grandmother, who was czech (she always used to say her mother was "bohemian") used to make them and serve them with roasted pork studded with garlic, sauerkraut (that she made every fall and put up in mason jars then stewed with pork ribs), and brown gravy made from the pork drippings, and i regret never having learned how she made the dumplings. i've tried a few times, but it's always been a failure.
Meat Lite: Eggplant, Tomato, and Pepper Casserole
i am intrigued because i dislike bell peppers, finding they take over anything you put them in, and stay away from eggplant, even though i like it, because it makes my mouth tingle unpleasantly.
Cook the Book: Spaghetti alla Carbonara
i used this recipe last friday, and felt something was missing. i think the pancetta i used (finding guanciale here in houston would have probably been an all-day project, if you could find it at all) was not the best quality, and next time i am going to get some from the italian import place down the road.
Standing Room Only: Susie's Drive Thru
someone please tell me they know what the "green river" and "bermuda traingle" shakes are flavored with.
How Do You Use Foods Past Their Prime?
i throw it away.
Pot-Roasted Brisket
i had the same question about the pan. i was trying to figure out what kind of pan would handle four pounds of onions and eight to ten pounds of meat.
Birthday Burger at Tavern in Brentwood, Los Angeles
what was the waitress's (is that punctuated correctly?) name?
What Michael Pollan Has Been Up To Lately
Buy outs? Like they do not feel they can live on the small profits and meager returns and sell out? Or children who have been to college and decided life off the farm is more personally and financially rewarding to them? The ones near cities where it is more profitable to sell the farm to make a subdivision of people who wonder where the farm went? That is lifestyle choice. Sorry, I know my family and friends as well. Former dairy and vegetable farmers who decided the long hard hours were no longer of interest, and rented the land to others to work or sold it to developers for massive profits unachievable in a lifetime of farming. Farming is not easy, it is long, hard, time consuming work, very few are willing to do it.
Most smart farmers incorporate the business side, yes the Family owns the land, but they use a corporate structure to protect themselves financially, the farm corporation owns the product hires the labor and the family owns the farm and rents it to the corporation. It removes their personal liability if a worker maims themselves on the job, or someone gets salmonella or listeria from a product they produce, the corporate assets are at risk, not the home and land.
Why not ignore the CAFO's we ignore Human cities which are far more destructive, far more polluting. Where are the organic farmers to use the hills of manure that are essential to replenishing the soil? The farmer who mixes cattle sheep pigs and poultry on one farm is the guy who is responsible for the hybrid influenzas like the current H1N1.
When we go all organic and eliminate the evil corporations, who will process the product that can't be sold fresh? Are you willing to be included in the third of the worlds population that is estimated to starve to death because of inadequate food supplies? Are you willing to work on a farm for meager pay for excessively long hours to fill your Utopian dream? Oh and then lets complain about the low paid farm workers, the suffering migrant laborers, the fact that you can't grow locally enough food to feed metropolitan New Your City's population. Where do you get your fruit and vegetables in winter in Fargo North Dakota in January? Hope you like beets and rutabaga, that's about all your options would be.
Grow up, their is a middle ground that is essential to feed an overpopulated world. You need corporate entities to preserve, can and process the seasonal crops that are essential to feed everyone. Yes, modern agriculture must be sustainable, but organic as it exists today can't fill every need, science, selective breeding of plants to improve yields and disease and pest resistance are essential, and only evil corporations have the resources to do this.
What Michael Pollan Has Been Up To Lately
Hmm I beg to differ, my meat-eating friend. Though I now live outside the United States, I could name you at least 10 of my friends whose families still operate family farms. Gradually, they are being put out of business due to buyouts by corporation farms. And when I say put out of business I mean they are put OUT of business; not being managed by a corporation.
And yes, they are evil. CAFO's? Are you kidding? Those aren't evil? Have you blatantly ignored the negative impact these cattle-cities have on the environment? Come on now.
Thankfully there's a burgeoning movement to return to the as you put it in quotes, "family farm." I assure you, they do exist.
Individuals can do much to educate those around them.
What Michael Pollan Has Been Up To Lately
I buy food at the local farmers market as well as the corporate supermarkets. When we have local farmers markets in every neighborhood in the country, and something other than a 7-11 as the market of choice in the poorer neighborhoods, then we will be doing the right thing in our country. Not everyone is smart about what they put in their mouth on a daily basis. But if we make choices that are good for not only ourselves but our planet, then perhaps our grandchildren will not be in the same mess we are in now.
Eat for Eight Bucks: Sesame Scallion Tofu
Hmmm...you can definitely skip the sea green in the slaw. Bittman says it adds texture and flavor to the tofu, but I mostly tasted scallion and just a bit of sesame--the sea green did not stand out to me there. If I wanted to try substituting something, I would use some kale (or cabbage from the slaw), steamed until just barely crunchy and then chopped fine, or chopped cilantro. But I think you could simply make the patties without the seaweed, too.
I grew up in Houston, and although I haven't been to Kroger in a while, Kroger is so big--and Houston is so cosmopolitan--that it might have a little international section, no? Of course, the seaweed would probably be more expensive there. They should have it at Whole Foods and Central Market, too, if either of those is more convenient for you.
Brooklyn Water Bagels in Delray Beach, Florida
my granfather was the freekin president of the bagel bakers union so i know a good bagel when i see one ..and one that stinks is jrs bagels in bayside queens small hard lousy bagels and a real a nasty person who likes to judge his patrons if the holes closed dont buy the bagels granpa said allways take care of your customers its a lost art now days very little seeds on a bagel old tuna its a shame ..but its what happens at jrs dump mr boxing knows more about boxing then a guy who ownes a yuppie boxing gym !! you jerk monzongod forever
Yankees vs. Phillies: The Serious Eats World Series
The Papaya King in Philly closed down a few years ago.
Yankees vs. Phillies: The Serious Eats World Series
@simon: agreed but philly takes street food, carts, etc
Yankees vs. Phillies: The Serious Eats World Series
Whoever did this list, you do realize Philly has a Papaya King too, right?
Top Ten Worst Halloween 'Candies'
I disagree about a lot of the candy items mentioned here.
I, for one, LOVE the fun-sized (or mini, if you prefer) candies. It's a tiny bit of something insanely tasty, enough to give pleasure without causing tummy pains. When I was a young'un and I went trick-or-treating, one house gave out mini Clark bars. Yum-o-delish! I polished those off first.
I think the chewy peanut butter kisses taste absolutely divine.
Candy corn, I think is plenty of tasty, as are the candy pumpkins made of candy-corn base. Think little dollops of hardened cake-frosting.
As for apples and raisins, those I didn't mind in the least.
However, some items, I do agree about.
Toothbrushes -- a boring reminder
Religious pamphlets -- disappointing and WEIRD to boot.
Packages of "normal" food -- oh, for crying in Manhattan, what kid wants to receive a can of baked beans or a box of oat bran in his little plastic jack-o-lantern.
One time I received cough drops -- and not the Ludens or Pine Bros or Smith Bros or F&Fs, which are tasty and could pass as hard candy (as can the Ricolas). These were nasty little green pellets that were -- and tasted like -- MEDICATION. Like I said, for crying in Manhattan! For crying in Manhattan, Chicago, and San Francisco
Oh well. At least I didn't get a ROCK
Top Ten Worst Halloween 'Candies'
If I didn't live in an apartment building with no kids in it I'd be giving out and full sized candy bar AND a red bull to every kid. HAHAHA!!! HALLOWEEN IS FOR KIDS! SUCK IT PARENTS!
Yankees vs. Phillies: The Serious Eats World Series
I doubt that is a Chicago dog - a true Chicago dog has relish, sport pepper, pickle and tomato
Videos: Feeding a Cat With Chopsticks
Dani, that's a persian cat. I have two and it's the best thing ever.
Yankees vs. Phillies: The Serious Eats World Series
One other dish where New York beats Philadelphia, crow. New Yorkers will be eating it for a year starting a few games from now.
Meanwhile, Philadelphians will be eating hot dogs as Paesano's http://unbreaded.com/2009/10/29/name-this-phillies-sandwich-at-paesanos/
Videos: Feeding a Cat With Chopsticks
Fkkkk! Call me when the cat can use chopsticks. hee
Videos: Feeding a Cat With Chopsticks
I HEART little squished-face kitties!
wait
I heart all kitties, period.
*awwww!*
Videos: Feeding a Cat With Chopsticks
That made me so happy. My cat is big and old and tubby, but he still does silly stuff, too. He really likes Doritos and sandwiches, like not just the lunchmeat, but taking a piece of the sandwich mayo, cheese, mustard and all. Maybe that's why he's tubby ...
Videos: Feeding a Cat With Chopsticks
Cute, cute, cute. That is one hungry kitty.
Videos: Feeding a Cat With Chopsticks
what kind of cat is that? that's the cutest cat i've ever seen.
Videos: Feeding a Cat With Chopsticks
one of my cats used to love nori when he was alive, and he'd struggle when nori stuck to the roof of his mouth, but he still liked eating it. weird cat.
Videos: Feeding a Cat With Chopsticks
This cat has been fed like this since it was a kitten! My cat won't eat with chopsticks, but she does like to dance for her treats when I get home.
Thanks for the fun video.
Videos: Feeding a Cat With Chopsticks
This is one of the silliest things I have ever seen. Thanks! And I'll have the Kung Pao shrimp.
Dinner Tonight: Enchiladas Especiales Tacuba Style
These were pretty good, but while I like creamy foods and sauces, I found myself wanting a little more punch. Maybe next time I'll microplane some jalapenos in with the garlic for the roux and maybe a little lime zest.
Yankees vs. Phillies: The Serious Eats World Series
You have some serious reading comprehension issues.
Yankees vs. Phillies: The Serious Eats World Series
@simon: hot dogs are hardly bourgeois dining. Besides, North Jersey beats both cities when it comes to hot dogs. Sabrett originated in Jersey City, N.J. and was usurped by New York. We also have Best's, Thumann's, Schickhaus, and others.
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this is so wrong, but when i saw that picture of him, the first thing that popped into my mind was "that guy needs to eat a sandwich." a healthy, sustainable sandwich, maybe, but a sandwich nonetheless.