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Fast Food: Subway Big Philly Cheesesteak

How would you compare this to Arby's new cheese steak type sub? I travel a lot and fast food sometimes is all I can grab during stressful cutovers.

Hacker-Free Neapolitan Pizza for a Home Kitchen

Might be a simple question, but how can I substitute bakers yeast for the active dry that is called for in this?

The Secret Ingredient (Chipotle): Chipotle BBQ Oven Ribs

based on the image, I would assume individual ribs, but that is a good question since I enjoy the process of using my fingers to rip ribs apart and eat them.

Milk Burger Owner 'Shocked' About Shake Shack Rip-off Allegation

website is back up, much different now, the website definitely doesn't give me the bloating that shake shacks website does.

Goodbye, Dumpling

I'm so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine the hurt you are feeling. We got our dog right around the same time you did and I am now holding my dog because of how upset this post made me.

The Best Surface For Baking Pizza, Part 10: Fibrament Baking Stone

I have been using one of these for almost two years now and I love it. It is much larger than any of the other standard commercial ones that I could find.

It stays in my oven at all times now and as "square_pie" said, it has a nice patina as well and the pizza slides off with easy.

I think it was a great investment, second only to the wood fired stone pizza oven I will be building when we finally move into our house in carrboro.

The Food Lab: Homemade Tater Tots, Sweet Potater Tots, Twice Baked Potater Tots, And More!

"One word, surprise. Fear and surprise. Two words. Fear and surprise and..."

Well done with the monty python reference. On, and the tater tot recipe as well. My wife will need me to make these once a week. So thanks, and your mother smells of elderberries.

Cook the Book: The Sunset Cookbook

I am putting plenty of veggies on my pizza's!!

What do you mean, you hate _________?!

Fruit, esp in pies. Crappies (capers), garbonzo beans, mushrooms, and nuts in anything. (on their own, I like them, but put them in a dish and I won't eat it)

Weekend Giveaway: 'Eat Tweet'

pickupphone,callpapajohns,order1largepep,wait30mins,enjoy

Weekend Giveaway: 'The Kentucky Bourbon Cookbook'

Arnold Palmer spiked with vodka (i.e. - The John Daly)

Labor Day Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Grilling Meats?

9 out of 10 and the only one I got wrong was because the USDA is a bunch of idiots who think 145 degrees is "medium rare"!! I consider that medium well to well done. yuck. They only say that because they are the ones allowing us to consume bacteria infested manufactured meats from warehouse butchers.

The Salmonella Scare: Are You Eating Fewer Eggs?

I have been buying from local farms for the past year or more, so I haven't been worried at all.

Why Do We Watch Food Television?

My first experiences with food TV were Yan can cook and Paul Prudhomme and Julia Child, as a child. I didn't cook then, but when I was in my college years (but not in college) I started watching ATK and it sparked something in me. I quickly learned about techniques, equipment, etc and started getting their books. I have a large collection of the cook books that go with each season. When I lived on my own I lived out of those books and started cooking healthy foods for myself when I was training for marathons. When I met my now wife I bought better cook books and watched better shows and learned new and better techniques. Now most of the skills I have are from shows and books and the family now asks me to cook steaks, me how to cook things, me the best way to cut an onion, etc. I was glad that they were asking me this (and not computer repair questions like the years before).

I don't watch as many shows anymore because I think a lot of them are crap meals (30 mins meals, semi-homemade, etc), but there are still a few shows I watch that always teach me something new. (Avec Eric, ATK, Barefoot Contessa, Paul Dean (kidding!!!))

This Week in America's Test Kitchen: Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have to try this one now. Like droostring, the thick and chewy recipe from ATK is my go to recipe. Everyone that tries it loves it. This might be better so of course i have to run out now and get my go to chocolate bar for chocolate chunks and a fresh bag of dark brown sugar. Hopefully the wife isn't too upset when she comes home and finds two dozen cookies on the counter.

Cook the Book: 'Molto Gusto'

Woodberry Kitchen in baltimore, md

America's Test Kitchen frustrates me

The issue I have with ATK is just how many ingredients they put in a dish. I am a recipe tester and sometimes I get these lists of 20 different ingredients most of which I don't have in the house. I have a lot of stuff, but some how they make it so I have to go buy one more thing just to make beef stroganoff. I think they were great when I was just starting out cooking in my early twenties. At this point I have moved on to new instructional books like the books from the CIA, etc that tell you more how to put things together than a single recipe for a single item.

Cook the Book: 'Jamie's Food Revolution'

Favorite would have to be pizza. I generally always have dough in the freezer that I can thaw and then throw on some mozz, sliced roma's and some fresh basil. It only takes 13 mins to cook and comes out perfect.

Cook the Book: 'Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon'

Because bacon is so good, most food judges consider it cheating to add bacon to a recipe because it will almost always win.

New Year's Eve Dessert for a group

I am going to my family-in-law's house for a new years eve dinner/small party and I am tasked with dessert. I always do this over the top (my wifes words) so I was looking to tackle a buche de noel. I am reconsidering and want to know if anyone can think of something I can make that will transport well (45 min drive to the dinner) and that I can either throw in the oven there before serving, or is cold.

Last time I made dinner for this group we did chocolate peppermint lava cakes and cheesecake is over done, IMHO. They are kind of highfalutin types.

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