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The Ten Most Recent Posts By mlo

From Talk

Recommended Chinese Cookbooks?

For my birthday I am thinking of going on a cookbook splurge. Specifically, I am looking for cookbooks on everyday Chinese cooking. I am definitely buying Fuchsia Dunlop's and Kylie Kwong's books, but am eager to hear more recommendations. Particularly any good Cantonese cookbooks. Thanks!

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From Required Eating

In Videos: Satuday Night Live: John Belushi in 'Little Chocolate Donuts'

little chocolate donuts may have been the superfood of the 70s, but bacon bits have now supplanted them.

From Slice

Mac and Cheese Pizza: Ian's Pizza, Madison, Wisconsin

the black bean avocado is my fave. one slice is definitely enough for a meal, although i have been known to have TWO slices.

From Required Eating

For an Edible Container, Try Bacon Bowls

we used to make bologna bowls - microwave bologna on a plate until the edges curl up to form a bowl - as kids....but i think these bacon cups sound way better

From Slice

Top Ten Crazy Asian Pizza Crusts

does the triple cheeze pizza remind anyone of that faux ad from the onion: "Pizza Hut's New Pizza Lover's Pizza Topped With Smaller Pizzas?!?"
http://www.theonion.com/content/from_print/pizza_huts_new_pizza_lovers

From Talk

Appliances in a dorm room...

rice cookers are not pricey! i use one from walgreens ($10) and it works great. i mean, you can go fancy but what else do you need it to do but cook rice? i also like making quinoa in it, which is packed with protein.

i had a toaster oven my sophomore year. it was awesome. and totally illegal. but so handy. between that, the microwave, and the rice cooker, my roommate and i were able to cook a thanksgiving meal - salad, marinated tofu, rice and beans, corn, mashed potatoes, and mini pumpkin pies. of course, we ALWAYS made sure to unplug the toaster oven and keep it hidden when not in use. it was worth it.

From Required Eating

Japanese Tea Commercial with Caterpillars

Is it terrible that I found it hilarious when the father body-slammed his son for trying to eat a "tasteless" leaf?

From Recipes

Dinner Tonight: Curried Butternut Soup

awesome, i just bought an acorn squash last night!

From Ed Levine Eats

The Best Fried Chicken in Fast Food: Not the Colonel, Not Popeyes

korean-style chicken wings are great too....

From Recipes

Cook the Book: Caper Sauce

yum, i love the taste of capers.

From Talk

Recommended Chinese Cookbooks?

i'll have to try that mushroom water trick. it just looks so scary that i usually dump it!

Responses to Comments by mlo

From Slice

Mac and Cheese Pizza: Ian's Pizza, Madison, Wisconsin

@goosegirl: Thanks for the report. Wish I could hop a plane and try the mac-and-cheese slice. It's gotten such a surprising amount of love here in the comments.

From Slice

Mac and Cheese Pizza: Ian's Pizza, Madison, Wisconsin

This is my first post and the reason behind it is that I had Ian's mac and cheese for the first time on Friday night and after frequenting this site for months, I had to chime in.
The mac and cheese was not on the counter, you had to ask for it - it was the most unique, comforting, and surprisingly delicious slice of pizza I've ever had. Consumed on the street on a cool day after a few pints of delicious Goose Island beers, nothing has hit the spot quite like that pizza.

For most food in the Peoples' Republic of Madison, I'm a fan, however the service is usually quite poor. But after having Ian's and Dotty's hamburgers this weekend, all I can say is "Go Badgers!"

From Required Eating

In Videos: Satuday Night Live: John Belushi in 'Little Chocolate Donuts'

Noo! I want donuts, not bacon bits!

From Slice

Mac and Cheese Pizza: Ian's Pizza, Madison, Wisconsin

Ziti pizza is a standard at T&R, on Amsterdam Ave. in Manhattan...

T&R Pizza

...and on rare occasion, spaghetti pizza shows its face, too. What the folks at T&R were thinking when they first put pasta on pizza, I've never asked, but the pizzeria is just south of a stretch of spilling-onto-the-sidewalk bars.

From Slice

Mac and Cheese Pizza: Ian's Pizza, Madison, Wisconsin

Glass Nickel may be in the process of overexpanding. They've now got six locations and are apparently opening a seventh in Brookfield. It seems to me that the Fetalicious was always a bit too soggy, but my old favorite the Santa Fe had gotten noticeably worse over the last couple years (less BBQ sauce, dry and tasteless chicken). I hope not, but for me the point is pretty much moot since I moved out of the Madison area last month.

Speaking of weird pizza toppings, my wife brought home a chicken cordon bleu (I think--it might have been something equally improbably) pizza from Casa Bianca on Junction Rd once that was just fantastic. The Glass Nickel version was too heavy. Never been to Ian's.

From Required Eating

Japanese Tea Commercial with Caterpillars

Great, good thinking. This shows that caterpillar and his son also loves to sip tea may be tea leaves. Just enjoy your cup of tea. For more info regarding tea please fill free to visit my site http://mytealogic.com/

From Slice

Mac and Cheese Pizza: Ian's Pizza, Madison, Wisconsin

I live in Jersey, which is hardly 'odd' pizza country, and I've seen baked ziti (tomato sauce, pasta, cheese) on pizza many times.

I haven't injested such a slice, but the mac n' cheese just seems like a 'white' pizza version of that...who knows who got the idea to think 'hey, pasta is Italian! Pizza is Italian! The two must go together.'

From Slice

Mac and Cheese Pizza: Ian's Pizza, Madison, Wisconsin

I've had this slice. Their quesadilla pizza is more exciting. It's for those times you can't decide between quesadilla and pizza; just have both!

From Slice

Mac and Cheese Pizza: Ian's Pizza, Madison, Wisconsin

Wow, sounds like there have been a lot of pizza developments in Madison! I'll have to head back with an open mind.

From Slice

Mac and Cheese Pizza: Ian's Pizza, Madison, Wisconsin

I was a little hesitant to try this pizza (raised on "normal toppings" and only started branching out a few years ago), I had it for the first time a few weeks ago and it was DELICIOUS. Didn't even have to be drunk to appreciate it's yumminess.