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Trying to Re-create Dishes from Restaurant Cookbooks, Including Shopsin's 'Slutty Cakes'
I read it more as "book" than "cookbook" as well, but as a Shopsin fan in general, I gotta say that slutty cakes RULE!!! I wrote a post about the book a while back:
Weekend DVD Giveaway: 'Bottle Shock'
Alchemy at work.
Life within these walls of glass,
Intoxicates me still.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Edible Chocolate Box from Charles Chocolates
my husband, dipped in chocolate.
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15 Illegal Immigrants Found in Tanker Truck of Cocoa Powder
"The cocoa powder in the truck is very fine, and the stowaways ran the risk of suffocating..." Hey, we all gotta die, there are certainly far worse ways than suffocating in chocolate. :)
Trying to Re-create Dishes from Restaurant Cookbooks, Including Shopsin's 'Slutty Cakes'
I read it more as "book" than "cookbook" as well, but as a Shopsin fan in general, I gotta say that slutty cakes RULE!!! I wrote a post about the book a while back:
Weekend DVD Giveaway: 'Bottle Shock'
Alchemy at work.
Life within these walls of glass,
Intoxicates me still.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Edible Chocolate Box from Charles Chocolates
my husband, dipped in chocolate.
What to Do With Leftover Wine: Mulled Wine Syrup
Leftover wine? What's leftover wine? Never heard of such a thing....especially not in my house!
Rocco DiSpirito: Misunderstood Chef of the People or Megalomaniacal Celebrity?
It's really a damned shame because, although people should be allowed to pursue whatever the hell it is they want to do, most will now view Rocco as a dolt and the truth is that he was more than just a "young talented chef"....he was an AMAZING chef. His departure from the kitchen is my tummy's loss.
Serious Grape: A Mixed Case of Wine for the Holidays
Nice post, Deb! If I could add an American bottle of bubbly for those that want to drink some local juice:
Gruet makes excellent sparkling wines that are inexpensive...they're out of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (seriously)
Cheers!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Italian Snacks'
without question, my homemade roasted peppers atop mozzarella, on crostini.
Dinner Tonight: Bubble and Squeak
I may not be a Brit, but I LOVE the Bubble & Squeak! The only thing better than that for leftovers is to make meatball-sized balls of leftover stuffing, bread them, deep fry them and serve them with a pesto made of leftover cranberries and walnuts!!!
Salumeria Rosi: One Man's Pleasure in Feeding People
I'm with pooch....the photo of the salumi is intoxicating....tell me, is Cesare married?!? :-)
Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate
Funny, I wrote about a few of these things on my blog last week (esp. Green bean casserole, the marshmallows, etc.)...
'Top Chef' Season 5, Episode 2: It's a Dog Eat Dog World
I gotta agree with the first comment by Blah....this was NOT a hot dog challenge...they try to be cute with their names and such because they're in NYC, but just call it a damned sausage contest...or forced meat...whatever they were, they weren't dogs!
In Videos: Megadeath Burger: World's Hottest Hamburger in Australia
Nice to see that Americans aren't the only idiots :-)
Photo of the Day: Passive-Aggressive 'Feed the Fish' Note
I'm with Pete....first thing I noticed was the Christopher Moore book! Too funny....I guess I'm not the only fan of his on this blog! Ditto that, Pete....can't wait for Fool to come out!!!!!
Braille Wine Label
@Cassaendra: AHHHH....makes a heap more sense now!
What's cooking for Thanksgiving
Couldn't help but leave a link here to my most recent post....it doesn't include recipes, and it's a rather non-traditional, pre-Thanksgiving post, but I thought you would all really enjoy it!!!
Braille Wine Label
@Cassaendra...as a graphic artist I love this idea, and the texture is fantastic as well. But to say "who care what it tastes like" makes it sound as if blind people don't need to actually have GOOD wine, they just need to have a label designed for them. THEY care what it tastes like :)
Cooking from the Glossies: White Bean and Roasted Garlic Hummus
Sounds great...will have to try it. I have to admit that when I first saw the title of the recipe I was about to start ranting that if it's made with white beans instead of chick peas, it's not a Hummus, and should just be called a "dip"....I have this thing about calling everything a "martini" too, even if it isn't made with gin and vermouth...but that's MY problem!! LOL! But then I saw that it does have chick peas AND tahini, so it's definitely a Hummus, just tweaked. Yummy!!!
I am Obsessed with......
1. Growing a blog I am overwhelmingly passionate about.....
'Chocolat,' by Stéphan Lagorce: You Mean I Can't Eat It?
Fantastic marketing scheme, though I'm sure that adds a pretty penny to the cost of the book. I'll wait for the paperback version ;-)
'The New York Times' Doesn't Know What the Flying Spaghetti Monster Is
@sloppy....I'm not so sure. Not that I disagree with you about the general state of media, but these guys were probably CLUELESS about the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster....that was predominantly a cyberspace phenomenon that exploded via email, texting, etc. and unless you're hip to stuff like that (which, let's face it, most of them aren't) it would go right over your head.
Lou Dorfsman's 'Gastrotypographicalassemblage'
Holy crap! Speaking as a graphic artist, that was AMAZING!!! Thank Bacchus they restored it! I know what my new desktop picture is gonna be! Thanks.
In Videos: Creating a 'Font' From Food
Norman would be right....as a graphic artist, I can add that a complete character set of a single size and style of a particular TYPEFACE. All that nitpicking aside, very cool idea!
Cook the Book: 'Fat'
A simple fried egg.....in the rendered bacon fat rather than butter.
Top Ten Worst Halloween 'Candies'
@eleeb, so funny....my father-in-law loves peanut chews! Goes to show you. I'd have to add mini bags of pretzels also, but THE WORST IS GETTING CHANGE!!!!! My kid looks at 22 cents like WTF?!?
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"The cocoa powder in the truck is very fine, and the stowaways ran the risk of suffocating..." Hey, we all gotta die, there are certainly far worse ways than suffocating in chocolate. :)
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