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Favorite foods: Hot dogs and hot chicken

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The Ten Most Recent Comments By greenolivemedia

From A Hamburger Today

The Spotted Pig Burger, Nekkid

Scraping about 90 percent of the cheese off has always served me well there. And I can neither confirm nor deny that I've snuck mayo packets into the Pig.

From Required Eating

WiiWare 'Beer Pong' Game, Now Minus the Beer

I remember this same thing happened back in the day with 'Tapper,' a game where you were a bartender and had to keep mugs from dropping on the floor. I think they changed it to 'Root Beer Tapper' (and removed the giant Bud logo).

From Talk

Chain Restaurant Burgers

Houston's! Never had one that wasn't cooked exactly medium rare.

From Talk

NYC Summer Restaurant Week Recommendations (or warnings)

Cafe Boulud - I had one of my all-time favorite meals there for $20.01. Veal cheeks!

From Talk

Food Photography: Affordable Camera?

A Nikon D50, for about $300 on eBay, along with a macro lens for another $300 or so, add some natural light and you're set. Here's a few that I've taken with that very setup:

http://greenolivemedia.blogspot.com/2008/02/joel-food-photos.html

From Required Eating

March Madness Indeed: Top 10 College Foods for Blitzed Students

Nice...alas, Mulligan's has been closed for a year or so - the Luther Burger (and the Ham Dog - a hot dog wrapped in ground beef, deep fried, and topped with chili, cheese and God knows what else) is no more.

From Required Eating

Food Description of the Week: Mammer Jammer's Cheesesteak

Hysterical. This guy's my hero.

From Talk

Biodiversity 'doomsday' vault

I hope they get some seeds from a hot dog tree.

From Recipes

Cook the Book: Black Bottom Cupcakes

From Required Eating

Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Southside Market Sausage

Paul Gant's barbecue trailer - Port St. Joe, FL

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NYC Summer Restaurant Week Recommendations (or warnings)

Collegekid19 asked for an Italian restaurant. Del Posto is nice. I don't know exactly why, but, while there and even later, I kept thinking "nice!".

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NYC Summer Restaurant Week Recommendations (or warnings)

Inspite of the pitfalls, I love RW. I find that, if I arrive early (even without a reservation) for lunch and look well put together, I almost always get seated. On the one or two occasions when this strategy failed, I did get seated at my second choice restaurant.

I agree with the praise for Danny Meyer's restaurants. I go to Gramercy Tavern during restaurant week and during the rest of the year. I always feel welcome.

Besides Gramercy Tavern, I love Aquavit and Oceana. The salmon at Aquavit is transcendent. The food overall at Oceana is subtle, beautifully presented, and memorable.

One place to avoid is Grayz. This is a midtown restaurant owned by Gray Kunz, a celebrity chef. It is located in a former Rockefeller townhouse. Aside from the historical interest, I have little good to say about the restaurant.

The staff at Grayz resented serving an inexpensive meal. For each of three courses, there were only two selections. There was loud Hispanic music. The food was bad.

What can I say? Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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NYC Summer Restaurant Week Recommendations (or warnings)

My favorite was Mesa Grill, Aureole was fine but they run a summer special throughout the summer, they may not even officially participate. Trying to get into Gramercy Tavern and Eleven Madison Park is just an exercise in frustration for me. I would've called a month in advance but just forgot about it and now both places are booked solid. This year I am going to Tabla with my sister, not my original choice but like others I feel Danny Meyer does the most honorable job with RW. We'll see how it goes.

From A Hamburger Today

The Spotted Pig Burger, Nekkid

I ask for the blue cheese on the side--it's aggressive, man!

Those fries ROCK.

dbdtron

From Required Eating

WiiWare 'Beer Pong' Game, Now Minus the Beer

well, this Mr. Blumenthal is clearly not aware of all health risks, beer or no...
http://thedartmouth.com/2007/02/05/news/water/

apparently there is more to worry about than the filth that gets on your ball (you'd do better to pour some beer on it, mr. penn)

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WiiWare 'Beer Pong' Game, Now Minus the Beer

In which.. whoops.

From Required Eating

WiiWare 'Beer Pong' Game, Now Minus the Beer

There's a water cup on each side of the table, into which the ball is rinsed prior to every throw. At least, that's how we played it at Penn. The game's far more fun at a small house party or barbecue than at a bigger venue, especially a frat house with beer-soaked filthy floors.

From Required Eating

WiiWare 'Beer Pong' Game, Now Minus the Beer

the alcohol might disinfect the ball (well, not really) but then you're drinking the beer, not the ball!

so skeevy.

From Required Eating

WiiWare 'Beer Pong' Game, Now Minus the Beer

Thank you jmunchie.

If you've ever seen a Dartmouth frat (or sorority, for that matter) basement, you’d know that it is the most disgusting game ever. But also the best game ever. Besides, doesn’t alcohol disinfect everything? 

From Required Eating

WiiWare 'Beer Pong' Game, Now Minus the Beer

no self-respecting dartmouth student tosses ping pong balls, virtual or otherwise. no paddles = not pong.