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Dinner Tonight: Gallo Pinto
I would just like to throw in my preference for the slightly different but Equally Awesome Nicaraguan dish of the same name. You know, so we can have a rumble about it. Bring it!
It's a little less glamorous, Nicaragua being a notably poorer country than its southern neighbor, but I've filled myself on Nica gallo pinto with great glee on many occasions. All hail the painted rooster!
How to keep leftover avocado?
I use half an avocado at a time. When I twist it open, I use the non-pit half, and stick the half with the pit still in it back in the fridge wrapped in a bit of plastic wrap, a baggie, or in a tupperware. The unused half is always still gloriously green when I go back for it the next day. Can't imagine leaving avocado uneaten for longer than a day though!
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
In their honor, The Cupcake Truck - http://twitter.com/cupcaketruck/ (@cupcaketruck) - New Haven, CT. SO GOOD.
Except frequently they break my heart and forget to tweet anything, only updating their blog. Then I go weeks at a time without cupcake in my life! It hurts!
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Dinner Tonight: Fried Rice with Saffron, Ginger, and Tomatoes (Arroz Frito Aortuguesa)
@Pauper Nick I used to do my eggs like you when cooking Chinese food, but then observed the cooks at our local greasy spoon, open-kitchen Chinese diner just cracking the eggs on top of the fried rice when it was almost done frying, a few quick stirs, then removing the whole finished dish from pan once egg had set up. It works great! That's how I always do my eggs in fried rice now - none of this need for a separate egg bowl or breaking it up with a spoon. The raw egg sets and cooks within about 20-30 seconds in a hot pan full of fried rice, and the end result looks just the same.
Ever tried it like that?
Dinner Tonight: Gallo Pinto
I would just like to throw in my preference for the slightly different but Equally Awesome Nicaraguan dish of the same name. You know, so we can have a rumble about it. Bring it!
It's a little less glamorous, Nicaragua being a notably poorer country than its southern neighbor, but I've filled myself on Nica gallo pinto with great glee on many occasions. All hail the painted rooster!
How to keep leftover avocado?
I use half an avocado at a time. When I twist it open, I use the non-pit half, and stick the half with the pit still in it back in the fridge wrapped in a bit of plastic wrap, a baggie, or in a tupperware. The unused half is always still gloriously green when I go back for it the next day. Can't imagine leaving avocado uneaten for longer than a day though!
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
In their honor, The Cupcake Truck - http://twitter.com/cupcaketruck/ (@cupcaketruck) - New Haven, CT. SO GOOD.
Except frequently they break my heart and forget to tweet anything, only updating their blog. Then I go weeks at a time without cupcake in my life! It hurts!
Pollo Preparado, Sin Hueso
Ask the guys behind the counter!
Defrosting Rice
I freeze and reheat rice on a weekly basis. Requires very little thinking, and no need for a stove or worry. Put cooked rice in a microwave-safe tupperware; freeze. When you want to eat it, loosen the lid, give it a little bit of water if it's been frozen more than a day or two (as it will have dried out more), and microwave til it's heated through and rice-like again. Covering it with the lid in the micro keeps it from steaming all its water straight into the air. Easy!
New Jersey Dispatch: 99-Cent Swad Micro Curries Tasting
yes yes yes. I just found these in an Indian grocery store near New Haven, CT a week ago, and they have changed my life! I love good, carefully cooked Indian food, and if I were eating dinner or sharing with other people I'd surely still go with home-cooking or take-out. But! for the busy woman who needs to pack 5 lunches during the week and finds herself too tired to cook anything at all, these are a blessing!!! Rice cooker rice with 3/4 of this makes lunch, with the last 1/4 for a quick snack when I get home. AWESOME. I'd say there's not much better you can do for 99 cents without actually cooking. Thank you, Swad.
The Great Fast-Food Wings Taste Test
Great group piece, guys! Oh, how I would love to hang out in your office and taste test some wings.
Photo of the Day: Fishball Skewer and Hot Dog Flower
Robyn, thank you for fixing this grievous error.
Cooking with Kids: Edible Cats for Halloween
So where's the photos??
Any good restaurants in Cancun?
My mom and I found a branch of the Mexican chain 100% Natural (cien por ciento natural) by accident while wandering around the downtown area. We were highly impressed with this excellent vegetarian and healthy twist on the often meat- and grease-heavy options. More of a lunch spot, and has plenty of chile available that packs a good kick.
http://www.discoverymexico.com/guide/t-cancun-100-por-ciento-natural.asp
Anybody a Freegan?
also - guess I'll have to watch out how I describe myself! Didn't realize people associated this word with collecting food from dumpsters. The things you learn.
Anybody a Freegan?
I describe myself varyingly as a freegan or a flexitarian, but I've certainly never done any dumpster diving.
Rather, it's because I was 100% vegetarian for many years, and I still am in my own home, but as a poor college student on a limited budget and with little free time, it hurt to turn down all the free food opportunities one can find on a college campus just because they happened to be serving meat foods. Free, nicely prepared foods including meat seemed better than yet another meal of pasta with beans and salsa dumped on top (for which I had to purchase the ingredients, no less). I see no problem with living off free banquet/reception/lecture food as much as possible.
But now I go with flexitarian because the “only if it’s free” caveat has slipped a little in the last year or so. It’s a slippery slope, kids. Careful with your freeganism.
It's So Hard to Say Goodbye
Saddest day Evar!
At least she'll be living right around the corner from me. Feel free to give me a call when you need a taste-tester, Sarah.
Meet & Eat: Sarah Wolf, Serious Eats Intern
What a fine lookin' woman. Please bake some molasses cake sometime for your neighbor around the corner. Thnx.
Casellula: A Down-to-Earth, Cheese-Driven Spot Whose (Unfortunate) Name Says It All
We had a similar sounding cheese and wine restaurant open here in New Haven a couple months ago - Caseus. My mind was blown by the delicious cheese creations. And even better, their house pickles are some of the best I've ever tasted, and a great compliment to the flavorful cheeses. What a great model for a restaurant. Glad to hear the idea has gained popularity.
Question of the Day: Any former vegetarians out there? What happened? Why'd you go back to meat?
Being a poor student! I was happily veg for 4 years of high school, first 2 years of college while I lived in the dorms. Then I got an apartment. I have no problem cooking a totally vegetarian diet for myself in my home - I never buy meat ingredients at the store. And I still very rarely pay for meat when eating out, unless I'm really sick of just ordering the freaking veggie burger. But the number of free food events at my university and my poor student budget make passing up free meaty meals seem wasteful. I call myself a freegan now (vegetarian unless it's free). I've heard others use the term too.
Vegetarians: What dish could (briefly) turn you back to meat?
A NY Strip steak, lovingly cooked to medium rare or less, is a thing of beauty.
That, and anything you shove in front of me when I've been drinking. I get the booze munchies. Usually it's hot wings that get past my veggie filter in this state.
Strange that my meat concessions should be some of the bloodiest/boniest options, instead of something barely meat-seeming like a burger or chicken nuggets.
(Vegetarian for objections to the meat industry. So actually that farm-raised, ethically treated, happy cow that becomes my steak at a fancy steak place is fine with me.)
Food for a stressed student stomach?
Sympathies! my fellow student. All I did was take an hour at the beginning of last week to make a giant batch of cous cous and stir-fried veggies - dished some out for meals all week long. This week it's bagels and cc plus tomato and onion I have pre-cut in containers in the fridge. Apparently my quick comfort food is all about carbs.
Keep eating. Good luck to us both, and all the other students on here.
Snapshots from Chile: Hot Dogs and Sandwiches at Rapa Nui
Reminds me of Nicaraguan hot dogs in the meat:condiment ration. Similarly shrimpy meatsticks in buns, Loaded Down with as much shredded cabbage as they can cram on there, plus onions, crema or mayo, ketchup, mustard, etc. But for about 40 cents, an excellent afternoon snack.
Save refried beans from their inevitable demise!
I'm a fan of chowing down on the beans by themselves. A plate, scoops of rice, beans, salsa, cheese, extra chile - awesome.
Or burritos. Big tortillas, fill with same ingredients and whatever else you have.
We're big fans in my house of 4 layer dip - cream cheese, beans, salsa, cheese. Microwave!
Nicaragua Food Recommendations
OMG don't get me started. Nicaragua is my adopted homeland, and the food seriously rocks my socks.
You will definitely have to have loads of gallo pinto for breakfast, which is mixed up rice and beans fried in oil. Yum.
Very traditional dishes are indio viejo and nacatamales, but they're both kind of a mishmash of low-grade ingredients. Peasant food.
I spend all my time in Leon, so I don't know how the tacos are in other cities. But if you can find people selling tacos on the street served in plastic bags with a handful of cabbage and some crema - highly recommended.
Eskimo ice cream is decent, and the only thing available as far as I've seen.
You must drink Flor de Cana (Gran Reserva) rum. Whenever possible. Also the national drink (only selected last year), the Macua.
The cheese in Nica is something of its own, and is delicious fried. As are plantains, fried either sweet (maduro) or like chips (tostones).
So, I could go on all day. If you want authentic Nica food that the Nicas eat, my greatest recommendation is to eat lunch at a comedor (like a cafeteria). There will be a glass case with a smörgåsbord of wonderful things in it, and you can get a meat entree and a bunch of sides for $3-4.
And the tortilla! have Nicaraguan tortillas! (much thicker and tastier than any I've had in the US)
And drinks! fresco de cacao (like glorious chocolate milk), flor de rosa de jamaica (hibiscus juice), pithaya (a cactusfruit drink), all the fruity lunch frescos.
And mango, on the street, but watch out they serve it with salt unless you ask otherwise. And mamones, a unique fruit-eating experience.
Aah! So - comedores and street stands (fruit during the day and fried stuff at night, many around the main plaza of Granada) for the most authentic Nica food. Eat everything you can get your hands on.
TOO BIG BAGELS?
Try Montreal! Montreal bagels are a whole different genre of bagel than NY bagels in the first place, and much much smaller. Sweet too, and you can buy up a bag of a half dozen (poppy seed or sesame seed yum yum), a thing of cream cheese, and greedily devour it all in a park while listening to french-speakers take their morning walks.
Note: this may involve travel to Montreal.
Note: that travel is totally worth it.
How to cut super-fudgy brownies cleanly
refrigerate, then cut? the chill of the fridge should reduce the fudgy factor long enough to cut them, and people can always reheat them later.
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Would like an add - thanks!
Derb's Gourmet Treats
url: http://www.derbsla.com
twitter: @derbsgourmet
Each truck is staffed by a culinary chef serving up: Lobster Sandwiches, Tacos, Authentic Philly Cheesesteaks and Midwest Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches as well as a host of unique tacos and wraps!
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Our business name is Hot Dog'n. Twitter: scas38. City: Melbourne, FL, Brevard County.
We serve all beef hot dogs, Italian sausages and can do meatball subs. Items served single, or with chips and drinks.
Dinner Tonight: Fried Rice with Saffron, Ginger, and Tomatoes (Arroz Frito Aortuguesa)
@veggiesattva You're having more luck than me! When I attempt to just chuck the eggs in at the end, they tend to immediately adhere to the rice, which ultimately makes everything clump up. It's a mess. Real chinese restaurants can do this probably because they have larger woks or pans where the eggs can properly cook without being crowded.
My advice is that if if works for you, then keep doing it. You're right, it's easier and you'll have to do less dishes. But I just find cooking the eggs first works better on a smaller home skillet. As long as the end result is the same it's up to you.
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Hi, we'll be soon launching a new restaurant/meal place service to help you advertise your daily specials: please visit us at www.onmeal.com
and follow us at @onmeal
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Please add us ;-)
Baltimore / Mid Atlantic:
The Kooper's Chowhound Burger Wagon
URL: http://www.kooperschowhound.com
Twitter: @BRGRwagon
Charm City Best Burgers on Wheels with a choice of Angus Beef, Bison, Free Range Turkey and Black Bean Burgers.
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Hey there... and now for an Australian addition ;-) 'SmoothieStar' is not up and running quite yet but stay posted on my mobile organic raw-vegan smoothies & snacks van via Twitter, Facebook & email:
@iamsmoothiegirl
http://www.facebook.com/group.phpgid=91448238444&ref=search&sid=825655365.577904519..1
iamsmoothiegirl@gmail.com
xox SmoothieGirl
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
We are al little patisserie here in Downtown LA and we will be popping up at various events in LA selling sugary treats!! You can follow us on twitter @asecretforest and check out our website www.asecretforest.com !!!
Question of the Day: Any former vegetarians out there? What happened? Why'd you go back to meat?
I was a vegetarian between the ages of 13 and 22. One night (about 2 months ago) I decided that I simply wanted a steak. Right there and then I went to a diner with my best friend and she watched me down a steak. It was incredible. Not only was that night amazing, but since then I have SO much more energy than I did before. For nine years I had issues with energy. It hit a climax last year when I literally could not stay awake at 2pm every day for months. That went away after I started to take insulin pills (I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes at that ime), but I was still kind of low on energy, moody, depressive...
I swear eating meat has been my savior! I feel like a new woman! I literally feel like a completely different person. I have energy now! And I'm not as moody or depressive... wow, things are different! Plus I feel more like "me"... I never saw myself as the girl who'd eat a salad at a steakhouse while her date had a rare one. I saw myself as the down-to-earth-red-meat-eating chick even when I didn't eat meat for 9 years.
I love steak! I can't ever be a vegetarian again!
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
This is AWESOME! A very comprehensive guide :)
You might be interested to check out 7x7 Magazine's San Francisco No-Fail Guide to San Francisco Street Food - they have a Google Map and everything! Could be useful for your readers?
Here:
http://7x7.com/content/eat-drink/7x7-no-fail-guide-san-francisco-street-food
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Oh - yuri's no longer in business!
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Please add us;
Relish...
A Las Vegas company selling out of an old Starbucks trailer. Specializing in all beef dogs with house-made relishes. (strawberry and black pepper, Bacon and Onion, Mango and Jalapeno, and more)
Relishlv.com
Twitter.com/relishlv
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Please add Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs in Denver
Wild game and ethnic sausages served on a roll and in the street.
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Please add Streetza Pizza.
Milwaukee's Twittering Pizza Truck
http://www.streetza.com
http://www.twitter.com/streetzapizza.
New Jersey Dispatch: 99-Cent Swad Micro Curries Tasting
I tried the okra...I don't know if "firm" was the right word, but it wasn't slimy for me at all, it was pretty well held together and with a good flavor. I was quite satisfied with it, in fact. I noticed a lot of steam when I took it out of the microwave, leading me to suspect a lot of water is supposed to evaporate.
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Please add= @tijuanatacoco
also www.tijuanatacoco.com
http://tijuanatacoco.blogspot.com/
New Haven , Ct. 5 carts around town selling awesome burritos and tacos
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Change in name for Sam's Chowder Van!! It is now Sam's ChowderMobile and new twitter of @chowdermobile. If your following us already no need to do anything. Thank you serious eats and followers!
Casellula: A Down-to-Earth, Cheese-Driven Spot Whose (Unfortunate) Name Says It All
NEVER AGAIN:
I have been to Casellula several times over the past year, but I will NEVER GO AGAIN after I finally realized that the service is unforgivably terrible. I have always enjoyed the food and wine selections but I can no longer overlook how rude and inconsiderate the staff is (which has not changed in several years despite many negative reviews and complaints on the internet!). When one pays a 300-400% markup for wine and $14 for four spoonfuls of macaroni and cheese, one should expect at a minimum courteous service! Do not be fooled by other reviews that simply focus on the wine and food—you will regret you ever stepped foot inside Casellula (unless, of course, you enjoy being treated like an annoyance).
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Hello America! How about a London-based street food vendor?
I run Choc Star - a travelling choc-mobile of joy and deliciousness.
I use to chocolate to free-wheel - it cuts through everything and just makes folks smile....
@ChocStar
XX
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Also
@sfmoomoocakes
Yummy Yummy popsicles and ice cream sandwiches in San Francisco!!
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Please add us: :)
Jack and The Bean Bowl
Copley Square, Boston
Boston proper's only vegetarian food cart
@bostonbeanbowl
url: www.jackandthebeanbowl.com
Thank you!
How to keep leftover avocado?
"Leftover avocado".... hmmmm. I'm unfamiliar with the term. :)
How to keep leftover avocado?
i third saving the pit half. i've always heard it preserves the color, dunno why, but it does!
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Please add us:
Windy City Red Hots
Twitter: @windycityredhot
URL: windycityredhots.com
Chicago Style Eats in Northern VA.
How to keep leftover avocado?
I usually cut avocado in wedges... that's the usual way to cut avocado if you're not using it all in one sitting. I find that Glad Press and Seal wrap works best. I wrap the left over avocado with pit intact as tightly as possible. this tend to keep is fresh for a few days. You may have to cut a bit the exposed flesh, but the rest should be fine...
Madelyn
KarmaFreeCooking
A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter
Please add us! Thanks...
LIBA, let your falafel affair begin
Bay Area, CA
twitter/libasf
a stylishly delicious falafel truck, hitting the streets this summer 2009. multiple salad/spread options for falafel sandwiches. also small cakes and cookies for sale.
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About veggiesattva
Location: New Haven, CT
About: love great food well prepared and try to eat it as frequently as possible.
grew up in the US, learned to cook in England (Leith's!), fell in love with cuisines of the world.
Favorite foods: sriracha sauce, beans, hummus, fresh fresh veggies with deep flavor, pad thai, nicaraguan tacos/plantains/everything, Chocolate, brownies, bread!, olives!, pickles!
Last bite on earth: the last perfect bite of the middle of a nicaraguan taco, covered in cabbage shreds and crema. heavenly.

@Pauper Nick I used to do my eggs like you when cooking Chinese food, but then observed the cooks at our local greasy spoon, open-kitchen Chinese diner just cracking the eggs on top of the fried rice when it was almost done frying, a few quick stirs, then removing the whole finished dish from pan once egg had set up. It works great! That's how I always do my eggs in fried rice now - none of this need for a separate egg bowl or breaking it up with a spoon. The raw egg sets and cooks within about 20-30 seconds in a hot pan full of fried rice, and the end result looks just the same.
Ever tried it like that?