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Favorite foods: steamed kale, 100% whole wheat bread, pizza, French fries & ketchup and must be hot and fresh out of fry-olator, roast duck Chinese style, dead ripe back yard mangoes

Last bite on earth: anchovy & green pepper pizza, the whole pie, has to be red hot right out of the oven

The Ten Most Recent Comments By gaffer

From Serious Eats: New York

A Whole Pizza Bianca Is the Best Dinner Party Present For Your Host

It has no cheese, it has no tomato sauce, therefor it is not pizza. This is jazzed up bread

From Serious Eats: New York

At Porchetta, the Namesake Dish Is Just About the Whole Deal

The beans should have been cooked thoroughly. Other than that Porchetta looks like a great place. Nice lean high quality pork from the looks of it

From A Hamburger Today

First Look at Shopsin's Conan Burger

Shopsin and Paula Dean should have a cookoff

From A Hamburger Today

Hamburger America: Northgate Soda Shop in Greenville, South Carolina

Looks like a great burger except for the pimento-mayo glop. Hold the mayo on mine

From Slice

Bacino's: Chicago's Healthy (?) Stuffed Pizza

Sorry but this "stuffed" pizza is a gruesome stew in a pan. If my dog was under the table begging I'd throw it to him

From Slice

In Videos: Picking Up the Pizza Pace

Hahahah.... I like the way the video was speeded up

From A Hamburger Today

Dear AHT: Bacon Cheeseburgers at FOB Hammer in Iraq

Hooray for all our military men and women! Now that Russia is acting up we need them more than ever. I'm glad you guys can get a decent burger n fries over there.

From Slice

Openings: Villa Rustica, Park Slope

A child with play dough could make better pizza than the gone but not lamented - Pizza by the Park

From Talk

Shopsin's: Comical Rudeness

This shtick is old. This is not a place I'm interested in eating at. But if forced to eat there for social reasons I sure as hell would not be peppering Shopsin with questions and would be sure to warn the people I came with to do the same

The original poster was inviting abuse from the second she walked in the door/ There are a million other places to eat in NYC

From Serious Eats: New York

Weekend Excursion: Flushing Checklist or Astoria Souvlaki?

Responses to Comments by gaffer

From Serious Eats: New York

A Whole Pizza Bianca Is the Best Dinner Party Present For Your Host

@rockchick: Cook's Illustrated has a recipe for pizza bianca in their September issue. Very tasty, not too difficult to make.

From Serious Eats: New York

A Whole Pizza Bianca Is the Best Dinner Party Present For Your Host

Okay, well im wrong.

From Serious Eats: New York

A Whole Pizza Bianca Is the Best Dinner Party Present For Your Host

Hmm. While I don't necessarily agree with gaffer, I will say Sullivan is the only place I know of that calls herb flatbread like this "Pizza Bianca"

From Serious Eats: New York

At Porchetta, the Namesake Dish Is Just About the Whole Deal

Hey Ed...

"SeriousPigFest" !

I think the time has come for a "Roast Pig Summit"... just like the Big Apple BBQ Bash... Why not bring together those who love pig!

In a central location, bring all kinds of Pig Roasters and Enthusiasts, those who do pig... Rotisserie Roasted, Oven Baked, In-a-Boxers, Homemade Block Pit Builders.. and others, and those who love Pig...

Maybe even have "Pro and Amature" categories!

Do I have any takers??


From Serious Eats: New York

At Porchetta, the Namesake Dish Is Just About the Whole Deal

My only critique of this review is the fact that everyone knows that peanuts are the worst part of Cracker Jacks. The proper ratio is zero peanuts to all popcorn.

From A Hamburger Today

Five Guys Park Slope, Opening Day

I just hit Five Guys for the first time, at their Parsippany, NJ location. It rocks. Juicy, juicy burger and very flavorful fries. I'm hooked. Now I gotta hit In n Out when I go to Vegas next year to compare.

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

From Serious Eats: New York

At Porchetta, the Namesake Dish Is Just About the Whole Deal

Not exactly the same, but I find I like the pernil(roast pork) platter at Boca Chica much better and a better value.

From A Hamburger Today

First Look at Shopsin's Conan Burger

I really looks gross!
I think this is one of those things the Bible mentions as part of the Rapture!

From A Hamburger Today

First Look at Shopsin's Conan Burger

Er a variation on pancakes, bacon, and maple syrup...?

From A Hamburger Today

First Look at Shopsin's Conan Burger

I'm one of those people who loves the McGriddles sandwiches from McDonalds, so this sounds amazing. I'm with T_C, sausage would be better, but I kinda like that the pancake is poured around the burger. I'm so trying this for breakfast with some pork sausage!