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The Serious Eats Guide to Taco Styles
I applaud your use of a post for this instead of those wonky, page-view-grubbing slideshows that force me to keep clicking through each photo.
Is Turkish Delight/Lokum okay for vegetarians?
True Lokum is never made with gelatin. The gelatin recipe is an American shortcut (and it never comes out with the same texture - it definitely is "bouncier" than the starch thickened version).
It's thickened with some sort of starch, sometimes corn starch, sometimes tapioca starch, it all depends on where it's made and what's traditional in that area.
Japanese Snacks: Chewy Candy
CTE has it right. The true Japanese HiCHEW are fantastic. The ones now sold in the US are made in Taiwan and though they're still quite good, they're definitely inferior.
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About Cybele
Website: http://www.candyblog.net
Location: Los Angeles, CA
About: I am the candy blogger.
Favorite foods: Candy, couscous, lentils, cheezits, chicken korma, cheese naan, just about any cheese, fresh figs, fresh crisp apples, mochi, anything made with barley, NY-style pizza (the kind you have to fold in half), hot & sour soup
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I agree - the slide show format is not about the reader, it's about revenue. It's not about browsing, it's about confining the reader.
Remember, if you're not paying for the content you're the product being sold. It doesn't mean that Serious Eats isn't doing great with making content we all want to come and read, but their ultimate customers are the advertisers.
(The team here does take a great deal of care and pride in the advertising they do accept and are very aware of the feedback from readers when there are mis-steps.)
I do like that the top 10 X of the year lists are just that, lists.
If there were a subscription option to go ad free (like Flickr), I'd be there.