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Pizza Oven Shaped Like a Human Head; Pizzas Go In Mouth

Apparently not, if you read the linked review:

"It was so utterly devoid of flavor that I swear it actually leeched some of the precious life force from my tastebuds. Only by shaking a blizzard of salt and parmesan onto the slices could I extract any flavor from the wedge-shaped objects I with increasing unwillingness inserted into my mouth."

zamboni at 11:11PM on 08/27/10

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Festival Food in Australia: Dagwood Dogs

I've seen pluto pups in chippies before, so it's not purely festival food. The battered sav or (saveloy) is distinguished from the dagwood dog by two two things:

1) A battered sav is made with a saveloy sausage: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saveloy) while the dagwood dog is made with an Australian style hot dog. Both are made with a standard fish n' chip batter.
2) Battered savs don't have a stick.

zamboni at 10:10AM on 08/23/10

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Cook the Book: 'The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion'

Rock cakes. (Which, despite the name, is a cookie. Or biscuit, depending where you are.)

zamboni at 10:19PM on 12/13/09

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Chipotle Relaunches iPhone App

They're certainly not the first to use a computer to order a burrito - Adobe were doing it back in the 90s.

zamboni at 10:34PM on 08/27/09

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From Slice

Pizza Oven Shaped Like a Human Head; Pizzas Go In Mouth

Apparently not, if you read the linked review:

"It was so utterly devoid of flavor that I swear it actually leeched some of the precious life force from my tastebuds. Only by shaking a blizzard of salt and parmesan onto the slices could I extract any flavor from the wedge-shaped objects I with increasing unwillingness inserted into my mouth."

zamboni at 11:11PM on 08/27/10

From Serious Eats

Festival Food in Australia: Dagwood Dogs

I've seen pluto pups in chippies before, so it's not purely festival food. The battered sav or (saveloy) is distinguished from the dagwood dog by two two things:

1) A battered sav is made with a saveloy sausage: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saveloy) while the dagwood dog is made with an Australian style hot dog. Both are made with a standard fish n' chip batter.
2) Battered savs don't have a stick.

zamboni at 10:10AM on 08/23/10

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion'

Rock cakes. (Which, despite the name, is a cookie. Or biscuit, depending where you are.)

zamboni at 10:19PM on 12/13/09

From Serious Eats

Chipotle Relaunches iPhone App

They're certainly not the first to use a computer to order a burrito - Adobe were doing it back in the 90s.

zamboni at 10:34PM on 08/27/09

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Curry Chicken Pastry and a Ramadan Cookie for All Times at Zebda in Chicago

Do you mean chebakia?

zamboni at 10:03PM on 08/27/09

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California Eatin': Dutch Crunch in the Bay Area

Yep, looks very similar to Wegmans' Marco Polo. I wonder if they evolved separately, or did one inspire the other?

zamboni at 5:15PM on 06/25/09

From Serious Eats: New York

Exotic Eggs Available at Whole Foods

There was a bit in KCRW's Good Food podcast about emu eggs - "[they're] equivalent to 10 chicken eggs and fluff up nicely when scrambled."

bonus tip - it's pronounced "eem-yew", not "e-moo". (/ˈiːmjuː/, if you're IPA inclined.)

zamboni at 12:40AM on 03/04/09

From Serious Eats: New York

'New York Times' Dining Roundup

The Foil Pie Pan goes platinum

Alternatively, there's Lorena Battazueta's Gourmet Collection, made in Brooklyn. Most of them are oven and dishwasher safe.

zamboni at 3:20PM on 12/17/08

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Snapshots from the UK: The English Foodstuff Lexicon

Aren't pasties usually made with short pastry, not puff?

Another area of possible confusion- Mars bars.

UK Mars Bar == US Milky Way.
UK Milky Way == US 3 Musketeers.

Mars USA has been kind enough to simplify matters by renaming the US Mars Bar to Snickers Almond.

zamboni at 4:03PM on 12/09/08

From Serious Eats

In Videos: How to Put Out a Kitchen Fire

Chipper isn't the best adjective for a video about fryer fires. I'm sure it's an unintentional pun, but it might be taken the wrong way.

zamboni at 1:53PM on 12/05/08

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Serious Eats Gift Guide: Stocking Stuffers, $30 and Under

The chestnut scorer has terrible reviews at amazon:

  • After buying 2 of these for myself and a friend, they both fell apart after several uses (the hinge pins came out and have been re-installed several times),

  • It really worked well until it broke after maybe a dozen uses. I did not buy this from this seller - the bad review is for the product. I don't know what kind of metal it's made of but the inner part broke and Amazon would not help because it was bought by a third party vendor.

zamboni at 6:07PM on 12/03/08

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In Videos: Extreme French-Fry-Making with Pneumatic Spud Bazooka

Or the Chip Shot.

zamboni at 1:46PM on 12/01/08

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Robot Flips Pancakes

That looks like okonomiyaki. Yum!

zamboni at 11:36AM on 12/01/08

From Serious Eats

In Videos: Alinea's Grant Achatz Makes Sous Vide Turkey

Summary: Emotional involvement in the tradition of Thanksgiving means everyone screws up the turkey. Butchering the turkey means you can cook it correctly.

They sous vide the cuts with sage, thyme, garlic, butter (or other fat), and while that's happening, caramelize the bones (no stirring until it's done). Achatz chops what looks like celery, onions, and garlic, deglazes the carcass with wine, then the video ends. Is there more of this video?

zamboni at 1:23PM on 11/25/08

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What's Up With Eggo?

No love for Lego Eggos?

zamboni at 9:59AM on 11/24/08

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Snapshots from the UK: How the English Eat

No need to apologize, annzee. We won't be offended if you avert your eyes

zamboni at 1:20AM on 11/21/08

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Menu: Vegan Thanksgiving

101 Cookbooks has some more suggestions for a vegan Thanksgiving.

zamboni at 12:25PM on 11/20/08

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Photo of the Day: Smiling Satay Man

A set o' East saté eats sate!

zamboni at 11:00PM on 11/19/08

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Blogwatch: Biscuits and Gravy, Always a Classic

Here's the link, which seems to be missing in action.

zamboni at 11:09AM on 11/03/08

From Serious Eats

Mother's Cookies Goes Bankrupt; Hipster Shirt Memorializes the Animal Cookies

Looks like I've missed out on a possible substitute for Arnotts' Hundreds and Thousands.

zamboni at 1:00AM on 10/15/08

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'Imbibe' Magazine Wins 2008 Michael Jackson Beer Journalism Award

This comes uncomfortably close to speaking ill of the dead. Seriously, you don't know who the other Michael Jackson is?

zamboni at 11:19PM on 10/14/08

From Serious Eats

Photo of the Day: Transformer BBQ Logo

And they have t-shirts!

zamboni at 11:37AM on 10/07/08

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin'

A peanut butter, wasabi, mayonnaise, tomato sauce, bacon & egg sandwich.

zamboni at 5:20PM on 10/03/08

From A Hamburger Today

Cheeseburger Spring Rolls, a New Classic?

Sounds like Philly's Cheesesteak Egg Roll.

zamboni at 9:51PM on 09/23/08

From A Hamburger Today

Hungry Jack's Quad Stacker Sparks Outrage

I can't find the "HJ doesn't even offer a free salad" quote in the article.
What I can find:
"The burger, which sells for $5.95, has no salad" (article text)
"you would think they might offer a free salad with it" (quoted dietician.)

I interpret the article text as meaning "the burger … has no [vegetables on it]" and the dietician quote as "[should] offer a free [assemblage of vegetables] with it", which makes Robyn's "as the article helpfully points out" look incorrect.

By now, I'm thoroughly confused. Pass the (word) salad.

zamboni at 4:15PM on 09/05/08

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