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Cook the Book: 'The Adobo Road Cookbook'

Filipino!
My mom's lumpia is loved by everyone and requested at every party she goes to. She's (thankfully) passed the recipe and technique down to me (hint: wrap them really tight like you would a cigar)

Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Case of Pat LaFrieda Burgers

The Tony Maws' Craigie on Main burger. I would make a special trip to Boston just to taste it.

Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Counter Culture Coffee Subscription

Black as night

Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Cocktail Rx Holiday Shakers

"The results were mixed."

...I see what you did there.

Behind the Scenes at Aqua Vita Farms, Growing Aquaponic Fish and Produce in Sherrill, NY

Best of luck to these guys, I truly hope this takes off!

Holiday Giveaway: The Amazing Thermapen Thermometer

A saline solution in which an artificial artery was placed in order to test it's strength properties.

Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: The Baking Steel

Artichokes and provolone cheese!

A Pizza My Mind: Does It Really Matter Who Makes Your Pizza?

Yes, it does. The person cooking your pie must have the passion for that particular type of pizza, and isn't just cooking for a paycheck. Only these types of people will watch the pies in the oven like a hawk and make the attempt to put out a perfectly cooked pie every single time, and not just aim for 'pretty good.' Even if they lack the experience, but have that passion, you can be assured they will be too embarrassed to plate an overcooked pie.

Openings: Verde Pizza Napoletana, Baltimore

Mercurio's in Pittsburgh is run by someone who trained under Roberto and his pizza menu borrows heavily from his. Full disclosure: I make pizzas there so if you happen to be in the Pittsburgh area, stop on by!

Bottom Shelf Beer Olympics: Canada

Labatt and Yuengling are my go-to cheap beers (30 pack for $20 in Rochester - same as American macros) so it's nice to hear that my bias isn't unfounded.

Serious Entertaining: An All-Avocado Meal

@dorek
I believe Erin's talking about how they react after you buy them from the store.

Cereal Eats: We Try All the Honey Bunches of Oats Flavors

@A Serial Cereal Eater

When I was in high school, we had an exchange student from France stay with us for a week. He DEVOURED two boxes of the chocolate version. Couldn't get enough of it.

Bake the Book: Crêpes: 50 Savory and Sweet Recipes

I went to France during my senior year of high school to the city of Rennes, right in the heart of galette (buckwheat crepe) country. My host family took me out to dinner at a creperie where I got a simple ham and gruyere.But the highlight of the night was the chocolate and whipped cream dessert crepe. Pure bliss. Since then I have never had better tasting chocolate as that magical liquid that was in my crepe that night.

AHT Giveaway: Case of Pat LaFrieda Burgers

An In & Out burger sounds mighty tasty.

AHT Giveaway: Case of Pat LaFrieda Burgers

Serve 'em up at my girlfriend's graduation party!

Memorial Day Grilling Giveaway: Win This Delicious Cap of Ribeye

Pizza!

Memorial Day Grilling Giveaway: Win This Delicious Cap of Ribeye

Pizza!

AHT Giveaway: Case of Pat LaFrieda Burgers

My first burger at Tessaro's in Pittsburgh. I remember being underwhelmed at the first bite, but each successive bite just got better and better. That just doesn't happen with ordinary food.

Cook the Book: 'Eat with Your Hands'

One that's not too common: I eat fried catfish dipped in a lemon-soy sauce mixture and shrouded in rice. Filipino's eat a lot with their hands!

Cook the Book: 'My Pizza'

I've tried it a handful of times, with decent results. Nothing beat fresh bread!

How to Pair Beer with Cheese

For those of us with smaller wallets (or less sophisticated tastebuds), Yuengling and Dubliner cheese go together surprisingly well.

Punny Oscar Menu: 10 Dishes Inspired by Nominated Films

I saw "The Help" poster and immediately thought you would feature a certain type of pie...

Win Pop Chart Lab's "Constitutions of Classic Cocktails" Poster

Gotta be orange bitters

Super Bowl Giveaway: 10-Pound Box of Pat LaFrieda Sliders

I'm going to be on a bus back to school. Exhilarating.

Fast Food: McDonald's Chicken McBites

I haven't eaten McDonalds in over a year, but I've been there 3 times in the past 2 days to get a few boxes of these bad boys. Drown 'em in sauce and you're good to go.

Sheet Pizza - Regional?

I grew up in Rochester, NY and whenever we'd order a pizza for a party, we'd order a large "sheet" pizza (about the size of a full-sized sheet pan). It's not a style of pizza, rather a size. After going to school in Pittsburgh for the last few years however, I realized there is a lack of said pizza size in any pizzeria around. After asking a diverse demographic of students from different states, I realized that this might be strictly a Western NY thing. A quick Google search seems to confirm this. So I ask of you: Does anyone else have sheet pizzas in their neck of the woods?