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Spice Hunting: What's The Deal With Saffron?

How long does it keep? I bought a little package in Fairway (I think) for my first foray into risotto-making last spring. Didn't know how much to use, but kept adding it until I saw a nice buttery color. When you make a cream sauce with it (sounds delicious) when do you add the saffron to the sauce?

tahitian at 9:56AM on 01/07/11

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Video: Pho vs. Faux

Pho - ey!

tahitian at 2:28PM on 12/02/10

From Serious Eats

How America Ate: Horn and Hardart's Automats

Ah, thanks for the memories! My mother loved the Automat and passed that love on to me. When she would come for a visit we would inevitably have lunch there. Can we talk about Schrafft's too (yes to the cream cheese and date-nut bread), Chock Full O'Nuts (their breakfast sandwiches - yum!) banana splits at Woolworth's, then let's cruise on over to Lamston's... check out Gimbels, then B. Altman's....

Sigh.

tahitian at 2:06PM on 12/02/10

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Taste Test: Root Beer

Haven't tried them all but there is NO WAY Barq's is the best! Yech. Ditto to Boylan's which is also "no way" better than IBC. It, as well as A&W, tastes like chemical plant effluent. Mug is not better than IBC either.

tahitian at 9:39AM on 10/29/10

From Recipes

The Ultimate Patty Melt

YUM! love patty melts!

tahitian at 5:22PM on 10/11/10

From Recipes

Dinner Tonight: Deviled Ham Salad Sandwiches

Awww, my dad usta make great ham salad...and sourdough bread...and elderberry wine...

Thanks for the memories, SE!

tahitian at 12:24PM on 09/30/10

From Talk

Christmas gifts????

Individual plum puddings. The longer they steep in brandy the better!

Or jars of brandied (end of the season) fruits like peaches or cherries.

tahitian at 4:32PM on 09/21/10

From A Hamburger Today

Shake Shack Coming to Washington, DC in 2011

kurteye, Had my first Shake Shack burger last Friday after waiting in what was a fairly short line at the new Theater District location.

After hearing raves for months and months and months and reading glowing reviews I was really charged. What a disappointment! Burger was okay and certainly not great, a sloppy mess (not assembled well) and they got my order wrong to boot!

Verdict: Meh, b.f.d. and not worth the wait.

tahitian at 2:13PM on 08/11/10

From Serious Eats: New York

Soft-Serve Ice Cream Stands in Upstate New York

Mickey's Igloo

tahitian at 12:17PM on 07/13/10

From Slice

NYC Pizza Culture: What to Expect

Child of native New Yorkers, the first time I ever saw someone eating pizza with a knife and fork, I thought it was odd and laughable.

Even when we got takeout and ate it at home, pizza was a fold and eat food. Even the hot (pointy) end. You learned to fold that in so you wouldn't scorch the roof of your mouth!

tahitian at 10:56AM on 07/12/10

From Talk

What's your culinary secret weapon?

Anchovies, anchovy paste, champagne vinegar, shallots, cumin, Maille cornichons, cognac, imported butter.

At least one of these ingredients can be found in almost all of my savory dishes.

tahitian at 12:08PM on 07/01/10

From A Hamburger Today

Poll: The Patty Melt — Is It a Burger?

Yum! I see a trip to the diner in my near future...

tahitian at 10:43AM on 07/01/10

From Serious Eats

Poll: Do You Like Crisp or Chewy Bacon?

Chewy, but with as much fat rendered out as possible. No greasy, wobbly white bits, please!

tahitian at 9:50AM on 06/30/10

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'The Boozy Baker'

I put a tablespoon or so of cognac in my lobster bisque along with some cumin and freshly-ground black pepper. It really gives some depth of flavor to the soup. Likewise I put bourbon in the crab bisque along with some chopped chives...is there a pattern here? hic!

tahitian at 2:16PM on 06/28/10

From Slice

Clifton NJ: Mario's Restaurant, Home of the 'Emma'-Style Pizza

OOOOooooo....I am so there this weekend! It's not far from me - another reason to celebrate being totally B&T.

Clifton, for those in NYC, is a short trip westbound on Route 3!

tahitian at 11:27AM on 05/21/10

From Recipes

Cakespy: Magic Cookie Bar Pie

Serves about 12? Snort! Not in my house!!!

tahitian at 3:32PM on 05/10/10

From Recipes

Cakespy: Magic Cookie Bar Pie

What I meant: Swoon...

tahitian at 3:31PM on 05/10/10

From Recipes

Cakespy: Magic Cookie Bar Pie

tahitian at 3:30PM on 05/10/10

From Serious Eats

Spice Hunting: Cumin

Gouda cheese with cumin seeds + a good red wine = heaven

tahitian at 11:43AM on 05/07/10

From Serious Eats

Dulce de Leche Oreos: What They Are, What They Should Be

They sold the dulce de leche version Oreos here in the NYC metro area one spring a few years back. I really liked 'em but they were here and gone in a flash. I still, several years later, scour every supermarket's Oreo section looking for them and hoping, hoping...

But like my beloved Baxter's Vichyssoise, they are no more...

Why does the good stuff go away? Your favorite lipstick color, B&J flavor, dinner rolls (those little Pepperidge Farm Parkerhouse Dinner rolls with the poppy seeds on top)... :'(

tahitian at 1:53PM on 04/22/10

From Serious Eats

Video: 'The Delicious Miss Dahl' on BBC2 with Sophie Dahl

omg. As frequently happens, models, current and former, should stick to purely visuals, because when they speak.... well let's just say that while I love cooking shows, this is a great one for 3:00 a.m. insomnia curing...

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................

tahitian at 3:36PM on 04/15/10

From Serious Eats

Video: Zombie Kitchen

Someone with way too much time on their hands, obviously!

tahitian at 3:33PM on 03/23/10

From Sweets

French Macarons from Trader Joe's Are Pretty Damn Good

The vanilla ones are bad, the chocolate worse. To those that think these are good, you really do need to book a trip to Paris and make your first stop either Laduree or Pierre Hermes.

These "things" from TJs aren't even worthy of being called macarons.

Yeeccchhh! I pass, thank you.

tahitian at 10:42AM on 03/22/10

From Serious Eats: New York

Video: Farming and Breeding Rabbits for NYC Restaurants

While looking for a whole duck at Fairway last Sunday, I was surprised to see rabbit (prepackaged). I thought it wasn't legal for sale in NY/NJ?

Anyway, would love a good recipe for rabbit...

tahitian at 4:52PM on 03/02/10

From Serious Eats

Easy-Bake Oven Inventor Ronald Howes Dies at 83

Oh I too LOVED my Easy Bake! We went through a lot of lightbulbs in my house. Could this have contributed to my childhood obesity problem? (Running to therapist's office this afternoon!)

tahitian at 11:27AM on 02/23/10

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