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Serious Eats New York: Redesigned for Maximum Deliciousness

HAHA, a different colored header = maximum redesign. How ambitious! I jest...er, nice work.

franklyn at 2:49PM on 07/15/08

What's Your Take on Cake Ice Cream?

This tastes EXACTLY like Dunkaroos. So it reminds me of my elementary school cafeteria. Not their best by any means.

franklyn at 10:12AM on 04/18/08

Food Network Celeb = Restaurant Chain Spokesman?

"Unless the chef is rattling pots and pans in the kitchen at one of these chain restaurants, I don't want to hear it. It's all empty sales pitch."

Not even that. Because the Applebee's 1.5 miles down the highway, and all the million others, will still have an 18-year-old chef de cuisine who has more motivation to check his text messages than check to make sure food is edible.

franklyn at 9:36AM on 02/28/08

Food Network Celeb = Restaurant Chain Spokesman?

Guy Fieri doesn't really have heaps of credibility to begin with. He's lucky that he's been the only Next Food Network Star to actually get any semblance of a push, and he knows it. He's just one in a long line of FN pawns. One who, I'm sure, would have no trouble embracing a fat TGIF check.

Tyler got the Clog because he has a decent background. There was a level of disappointment with him doing Applebee's. Guy's not even on the radar.

franklyn at 9:33AM on 02/28/08

Egg salad...what's your secret ingredient?

The usual suspects (S&P, a bit of Mayo)....but I also add some diced red onion.

franklyn at 12:19PM on 11/27/07

Emeril: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?

He didn't go without disappointing me from time to time, but I've got a lot of respect for Emeril as a chef and as a TV personality (not to mention some of the amazing charitable causes he's taken up in both New York and New Orleans).

I hope, without the Food Network, he lands on his feet somewhere on the TV landscape. I hate to say it but I'll miss flipping to watch him when nothing else is on.

I'm not mad at FN; new blood is nice. But there's no excuse to keep Sandra on and to keep cramming Paula and her family down our throats every day. A Mario and Emeril-less FN doesn't sit well with me.

franklyn at 9:42AM on 11/27/07

Who Knew There Was a Conundrum?

I'm not too sure how making a burger is supposed to be a solution to a non-existant meatloaf problem, but boy am I glad I read that article.

franklyn at 4:24PM on 11/07/07

NYC: McHale's is gone, where's the best bar burger these days?

For my dollar, it's gotta be Molly's (287 3rd Ave), especially with winter approaching. There's something about walking or resting my feet on grimey sawdust in the summer that doesn't sit well. Above average Irish pub food, as well.

Make lunch a light one, and go grab a beer and burger there for dinner.

franklyn at 1:43PM on 11/01/07

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Serious Eats New York: Redesigned for Maximum Deliciousness

Love it! Please, oh please, oh please, devote more coverage to Brooklyn!

Livetotravel at 4:10PM on 07/15/08

Serious Eats New York: Redesigned for Maximum Deliciousness

@blim8183: what kind of error message did you see? Did you sign up for the newsletter via the site's footer or via your profile page?

Raphael at 3:59PM on 07/15/08

Serious Eats New York: Redesigned for Maximum Deliciousness

The first time I ever willingly try to sign up for a newsletter and I get a mailchimp error!

blim8183 at 3:53PM on 07/15/08

Serious Eats New York: Redesigned for Maximum Deliciousness

Congrats! I sense the dawn of a locally-based food blog empire with a hub at the SE mothership. Next stop, Serious Eats: San Francisco. Perhaps a purple color scheme?

missginsu at 3:27PM on 07/15/08

Emeril: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?

His show was overkill on Food Network. We enjoyed him at first but got tired of him very quickly. So no, we won't follow him to Fine Living.

chaffner at 8:01AM on 06/28/08

Emeril: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?

Here on the left coast, Essence of Emeril is not available except in the day time. this is sad because working folk don't get a chance to see it. I wasn't really fond of the night time show, but, at least, he cooked. All the phony stuff they put on now is truly annoying. Too much making of cakes, silly contests and contrived stuff.

Paula Dean and Rachel Ray are too much. Annoying, trite and phony! My food shows come on PBS these days where the artist/cook really cooks and you learn something. Three exceptions come to mind - Giada, Ina Garten and Ellie Krieger. I also watch Alton Brown when I can. he's funny and has his facts in order. If Tyler Florence is on, I haven't found his show

suegsf at 3:37AM on 06/27/08

What's Your Take on Cake Ice Cream?

I hate the cake batter flavor...too sweet and artificial, as everyone else seems to think. And I'm mad at B&J's...my favorite flavor (Coconut Almond Fudge Chip) can only be had at the scoop shops now, not in the grocery store. I hope it's not going the way of the dinosaur...

rosezilla at 6:32PM on 05/07/08

What's Your Take on Cake Ice Cream?

I recently tried B & J's cake batter flavor and I LOVED it. I then bought it again and loved it at first, but a few spoons later it started to make me feel sick and I didn't finish it. I don't know why the inital love of it faded so fast, but I think it comes down to it being too sweet and too authentic to cake batter - while that should be a good thing, but realistically, who eats the whole bowl of batter? You lick the beaters and the remains of the bowl, not the whole thing~!
I would love to try an ice cream with cake pieces, that sounds great.

radley24 at 11:18AM on 04/20/08

What's Your Take on Cake Ice Cream?

Haven't tried the Ben & Jerry's flavor, but have had mixed feelings about the ones out in ice cream shops. Some are quite tasty--I think it's more a mood. Sometimes I want a fine, subtle gelato and sometimes I want that ooey-gooey-way-too-much-junk-in-it feel of ice cream. When I want B&J, I'm usually in the latter mood.

One thing I have really mixed feelings about is cheesecake flavored ice cream. I've only had the Cold Stone version, which I thought was tasty but off putting. Thoughts?

lovesomething at 1:28AM on 04/20/08