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mfkfisher
Love to cook and bake, visiting restaurants, reporting on local food specialties and happenings, love our CSA farms and local food artisans
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- Location: Central NJ
- Favorite foods: pesto of any variety, Italian cuisine, French, authentic Chinese and almost anything else Asian
- Last bite on earth: Chocolate of course
Rant: What The New York Times Doesn't Know About Bánh Mì
What a feeble article. Thanks for setting the record straight, Kenji.
The Burger Lab: Cheeseburger Dip
Everyone must be gearing up for the Super Bowl with these recipes!
The Food Lab: A Better Way to Caramelize Onions (Plus, French Onion Dip!)
Love the chemistry lesson! Really quite interesting. Pretty much knew what was happening in theory but never heard of the Maillard reaction.
I use a goat cheese and sour cream caramelized onion dip recipe that I found on Chowhound. Much as I used to love the traditional onion dip (what, 20 years ago?), now I'll never go back.
Phoenecia: The Mightiest Crust in Seattle
Wow, yum. Adding it to my list of must-try Seattle restaurants.
12 Snapshots from the Pennsylvania Farm Show
What a delicious selection. You're channeling R.W. Apple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._W._Apple,_Jr.) , he probably knew this show well. Thanks for sharing it. I'm feeling like I gained 10 lbs. just from watching the slideshow.
Boston: Shakshuka at Sofra Bakery and Café
I've made shakshuka from a recipe similar to the Saveur version, and it's nowhere near as fantastic as Sofra's. Wish I could wangle the recipe from them. My first and most delicious shakshuka was at Sofra's too. My family enjoyed my version but it's just not the same. A truly divine shakshuka. I guess there's no zaatar in it? At least you gave us a few tips on the ingredients, and for that, I thank you.
Cook the Book: The Sunset Cookbook
The health food store in our town has terrific winter vegetables such as rutabaga and squash, plus the monthly Slow Food winter farmer's market.
Serious Heat: Spicy Fried Chicken
Siracha sauce with cayenne, black pepper, and crushed chili in buttermilk and marinate 12 hours.
Pizza Obsessives: Jim Bonomo, Slice Portland Contributor
Sally's is never open for lunch, which is frustrating. And now they went on vacation? Is it worth the angst? We have been sticking to the Modern, I agree with him about Pepe's. Though on our way back from a trip to Boston, we ran into a family there that we know from our town in NJ...it certainly has a huge draw.
West Chester, PA: Billy Burger
It really WAS!!!
Poll: Do You Eat Burgers This Way?
Did he state his rationale for eating it like that? Almost like eating the crust before the pizza. Sounds like a holdover from his early youth.
No, I don't eat it that way, just chomp down.
Best Food Porn on Serious Eats in 2010
Isn't this shakshuka? Must be the Moroccan version of it. Very delicious.
Cincinnati: Terry's Turf Club, the Brightest Burger Spot in the City
Wow, Cincinnati has much to offer even if it only offered Terry's Turf Club! Love your mouthwatering photos. Thanks for posting!
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: La Belle Farms Foie Gras
Duck with 40 Cloves of Garlic recipe from The Silver Palate. Always delicious and always impresses.
28 Cookie Recipes from the Serious Eats Cookie Swap
I've been making my Russian tea cookies with walnuts, intrigued by hazelnuts and will try. Hope all the recipes have been properly vetted, just had a couple of bad experiences with Epicurious cookie recipes. Sounds like a fun cookie exchange.
Nasty Bits: Pig Snout
Would any butcher have these pig parts? Might be tough to find if you don't live in NYC or the boroughs.
What do you look for in a food blog?
And tons of ads.
What do you look for in a food blog?
Humor definitely keeps me coming back (Girl Who Ate Everything, reading this?). I also love novelty, such as a piece on the last pickle store in NYC, or loose meat counters in Iowa. Also good, easy-to-follow recipes of unusual, delicious dishes or pastry with tons of superior photography. And the occasional fine restaurant review doesn't hurt. Love food history and a blog that checks its facts but doesn't just copy off of Wikipedia.
Turn off: Snootiness or superior attitude with exclusivity (we're in the foodie stratosphere), infrequent postings, confusing recipes, poor photography or mostly photography and little else, unappealing or workman-like format, a gazillion links, typos and poor writing.
And gimmicky blogs....where I'm like, THAT won best food blog of the year??? Not to mention any names.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks
Porterhouse all the way.
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I just gained 10 lbs from reading the recipe.