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'Top Chef': Down and Dirty

Dale was critical of the bacon, but my recollection is that he cut up a bunch of peppers and tossed them with a little acid. Was that really that much harder?

I was also surprised that the air team (aka Team "Ducks Fly") didn't do a foam. Of all the times when a foam is appropriate, this was it.

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Spumoni: Love It or Leave It?

JeffsInTheKitchen-
I mean outside of the NYC area... heck, in Brooklyn, the Jews and Italians live next door to each other, right? But ask someone here in New Mexico (or even in upstate NY) about spumoni and see what they say...

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Spumoni: Love It or Leave It?

Yes, real spumoni is great... it doesn't seem to be something that non-Italians know much about. And L&B's is awesome all around... my father-in-law moved upstate from Brooklyn decades ago, and he has made it a Steingarten-esq mission to recreate the pizza in his house. He's gotten pretty close by buying a par-cooked sicilian crust from a local pizzeria, and then adding sauce and cheese to match L&B's.

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Organic Brands and Who Owns What

Good tends to have these interesting charts on various subjects, with no supporting information. The intention, I believe, is to show you something interesting and let you draw your own conclusions. For instance, in the same issue they had a bar chart showing the number of troops participating in every major US conflict, and what percentage that number was of the US population. Very interesting stuff (I think WWII was close to 10%), but they didn't have any other information along with the chart.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'The Fortune Cookie Chronicles'

"Eat More Fortune Cookies", and yeah, I've had a few more since. :)

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Iron Cheffing and Judging Are Legit (If Imperfect)

This is sort of interesting - it was one of the videos related to the Gawker "pea-nis" video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMzbwa6PvEE

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Win Your Thanksgiving Turkey!

In the oven, but outside of the turkey. Stuffing casserole, I believe its called.

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Win Your Thanksgiving Turkey!

Drippings (and the resulting gravy).

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Win Your Thanksgiving Turkey!

My 2-year old and his uncle.

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Win Your Thanksgiving Turkey!

Responses to Comments by dmorriso

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Cook the Book: 'The Perfect Scoop'

Cinnamon Ice Cream with chocolate cake.

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'Top Chef': Down and Dirty

@unarata - Honestly, I was rooting for Marcel and his ridiculous Wolverine-inspired haircut. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but at least he was honest and upfront about it.

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'Top Chef': Down and Dirty

Sous vide salmon + scales = Fish flavored babyfood with toenails mixed in. Eeeeeewwwwww. At least Zoi's dish would have been edible if there had been a salt shaker on the table. Between those two, imo, Richard should have gone home.

All that having been said, Spike needs to go home. He's just a nasty piece of work.

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Spumoni: Love It or Leave It?

Hey Baha:
Nostrand Avenue (especially in front of Senior's) and Kings Highway with the low spark of high heeled boys were the hangouts. Can't say much about the Italians and Irish but we certainly mixed it up around Marine Park.
Dang if this ain't makin' me nostalgic...

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Spumoni: Love It or Leave It?

DMorriso--Where I grew up in Brooklyn (Marine Park), it was Italians and Irish on the side streets, and the Jewish population on the avenues. I have no explanation for this.

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Spumoni: Love It or Leave It?

Doh! further review says they dont ship spumoni, only cookies, etc.

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Spumoni: Love It or Leave It?

I love it, although I hardly ever eat it.

My parents encouraged me to order it whenever it was on the menu, so it evokes memories of childhood.

I don't think it's too hard to get here in New Orleans -- Angelo Brocato's sells it here (and they ship)

http://www.angelobrocatoicecream.com/

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Spumoni: Love It or Leave It?

JeffsInTheKitchen-
I mean outside of the NYC area... heck, in Brooklyn, the Jews and Italians live next door to each other, right? But ask someone here in New Mexico (or even in upstate NY) about spumoni and see what they say...

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Spumoni: Love It or Leave It?

Have adored spumoni--and L&B--since I was a child. It's a Brooklyn thing, not solely an Italian thing (although some of my Italian friends claim that an Italian couple left the infant me on my parent's Irish-Norwegian doorstep).

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Spumoni: Love It or Leave It?

Love it. Best combination of flavors. Yum!