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I'm obsessed

madchengeist — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:34:04 GMT

http://la.eater.com/

And for those who like to make fun of the Top Chef idiots...
http://amuse-biatch.blogspot.com/

also...podcasts:

http://www.hungrymag.com/
It's Chicago based but the interviews are so damn good.

http://www.eatfeed.com/

http://www.foodguru.com/

oh hell....just go here:
http://www.idiotvox.com/Podcasts_About_Food_26.html

I will do my best to post anything else interesting here.
I am also making a concerted effort to take pictures of everything I create.

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Links to Food Porn

abbyutiful — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 16:56:51 GMT

http://www.heidiswanson.com/stock/fooddrink/

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what do you fancy?

madchengeist — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 22:47:20 GMT

Right now I'm on a dim-sum, sushi and shrimp cocktail kick. Not necessarily together but the cravings get so bad I really don't care what I'm doing at the time, as long as I am minutes from fulfilling that craving I will be happy :)

Garlic, canadian bacon and pinapple pizza just flashed in my head....a trip to Trader Joe's is needed.

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Truffles Remind Me of Mynxie

abbyutiful — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:50:06 GMT

Saw this and thought of Mynxie:
http://www.slashfood.com/2006/11/08/novembers-sugar-high-is-all-about-truffles/

Man, that's some excellent food porn photography.

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dinner for one

frustratedmynx — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:20:48 GMT

Last night marked a full week– hm, maybe longer?– of me cooking at home. Kind of a deal, since I’ve been going out/ordering in for the better part of the past two years. Verily lost whatever menial cooking skills I might have been able to claim, you know, back then.

Anyhoo. Last night’s fare: Cut okra, lightly sauteed in butter and garlic, atop a bowl of brown rice with a splash of soy sauce and lemon. I loved it. Devoured it.

And I realized. When I have no one else to feed, dining alone, my tastes are actually quite simple. Provincial, even. My dinner for one: Esoterically tasty, modest, easy– but just as filling.

Hm.

Now I challenge you to try to fit that into my sex/food theory. ;)

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Food Porn Contest Winners

abbyutiful — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:01:35 GMT

http://www.foodandwine.com/photocontest/

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Menu for dinner at Katey's

kathryn — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 05:54:05 GMT

Starting a new thread expressly for what food will be available...

Joie: fondue
Jim: basque soup and parmesan garlic bread crisps
Katey: some frickin' food

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savor your bird....or save the bird this year

madchengeist — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:00:09 GMT

So what is everyone doing with the turkey?

I have brined mine for the past few years and everyone loves it. A classic brine is:
1 1/2 cups, Kosher salt**
**See notes below regarding amount of salt and types of salt
1 1/4 cups, brown sugar
10 whole cloves
3 teaspoons, black peppercorns
1 1/2 gallons (6 quarts) apple juice or cider (non-alcoholic)
the peel from one orange or one tangerine (colored part only - not white pith)
optional: 3 teaspoons, dried thyme and/or 3 teaspoons, dried sage

Bring to a boil then simmer for about 15 minutes. Completely cool it and immerse the turkey. 8 to 10 hrs should do it. If that seems entirely too salty you can lower the amount but the flavor will suffer for it. I juts know how people feel about salt intake and such.

As far as sides....I usually combine potatoes and sweet potatoes for one helluva mash. Green beans are always a staple but I really hate that whole french fried onion thing. blech. Also, cornbread stuffing with apple and roasted pine-nuts.....damn...that sounds so good.
Is anyone going all out and if so, what are you making? I have alot of friends that don't even serve turkey so it's always interesting hearing cool ass substitutions.

And Happy T day to everyone.

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i've been busy!

madchengeist — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:10:13 GMT

so i've been neglecting this tribe....sorry!

but you all will be happy to know that i put up the pics from the xmas foodporn party........finally!
you all look so cute!
enjoy

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Hello from Tucson, New to the Tribe

Landsknecht — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:33:00 GMT

Im new here. I came from MySpace and a friend pulled me here to check it out. I like what I see. Tell me what its like here and what cool tribes you like that might interest me. Im always interested in making new friends.

Thanx
Irish

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for the love of cupcakes!

madchengeist — Wed, 25 May 2005 16:52:54 GMT

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-cupcake25may25.story

I just made star wars cupcakes for noahs birthday. But I could roll with the whole "cupcake bakery tour" idea considering there are so many out there.

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Iron Chef Drinking Game

abbyutiful — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 22:36:17 GMT

http://grabyourfork.blogspot.com/2005/06/iron-chef.html

Two drinks whenever a challenger declares a chef should bring out the natural flavour of an ingredient.
Two drinks anytime your chef is announced as being the master of some inane ingredient, such as salt.
Two drinks if the theme ingredient is not seafood.
One drink if the theme ingredient is foie gras, caviar, shark's fin or truffles.
One drink if other Iron Chefs, past or present, are on hand to witness the battle. One extra drink if all the current and former Iron Chefs are present.

(Also posted in "I Just Think It's Neat")

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Jambalaya, me oh my.

Tue, 10 May 2005 07:19:58 GMT

Shopping the produce section at Safeway, and I got the song in my head. If you know the tune, you know how catchy it is.

I thought to myself, maybe if I give in to this earwig, it'll go away. I used jumbo tiger shrimp, spicy beef links and smoked turkey instead of ham. Also, California Basmati rice.

It was really good.

While it simmered, Liz went through the iTunes store and played several amusing covers of the original Hank Williams song, but I think I prefer the original.

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mmmmmmmm...

smoooochie — Thu, 26 May 2005 20:08:46 GMT

pizza is yummy!

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Flickr Food Porn

abbyutiful — Wed, 04 May 2005 00:22:28 GMT

My food porn on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/abbyladybug/sets/280840/

Food Porn Photo Pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/52240578442@N01/pool/

A food photography group with a purpose: http://www.flickr.com/groups/fridayfoodfiesta/

Beautiful breakfast: http://www.flickr.com/groups/breakfast/pool/

Foodies Pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/foodies/pool/

Pictures of Circular Food in a Squared Frame: http://www.flickr.com/groups/circle/pool/tags/food

All the Flickr Groups related to food: http://www.flickr.com/groups_browse.gne?id=116

Sick of me yet?

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corporate coffee can kiss my ass

madchengeist — Tue, 03 May 2005 17:03:41 GMT

http://delocator.net/index_full.php

I love this idea

I have been going to the same independently owned coffee bar for years. A year ago Starfucks moved in right on the corner. There are 2 Starfucks within blocks of this new one. Was that really necessary? Sounds meanspirited if you ask me.

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Donuts of the Gods

spidra — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:08:31 GMT

I'm sorry now that I sold off my donut book in a fit of decluttering back in the '90s (I'm not sure, but I think it was an earlier edition of this: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580175481/qid=1114538724/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-5796960-9631059).

Yeah, I should be eating low sugar, but for those times when I've fallen off the wagon and I might as well enjoy it, I'd like to make cake donuts with my new deep fryer. If you have a good cake donut recipe (especially one that uses potato flour or potatoes themselves), please share it with me!

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Soup Nazi

abbyutiful — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 18:27:06 GMT

http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/22/smbusiness/soup_man/index.htm?cnn=yes

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Sushi's Evil Twin

nasanbaga — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:26:47 GMT

http://www.nyu.edu/classes/siva/archives/000637.html

wrong! So, So wrong!

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real or fake?

nasanbaga — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:19:55 GMT

http://www.globalcuisinecatering.com/sushigirl.html

... crab meat?

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mango and douglas fir puree??

madchengeist — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:19:03 GMT

so i wake up this morning and we have a new pope and the best restaurant in the world is british.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=711415&section=news&src=rss/uk/topNews

so of course i went to the website: http://www.fatduck.co.uk/intro.html. there are some interesting dishes on his menu. the melding of some of these tastes does not sound possible let alone digestible but who am i to knock creative invention. this restaurant is the best for a reason and i wish i could go there to find out firsthand.

also.....check out the former 1st place winner....http://www.frenchlaundry.com/
now that is one i might be able to get to.

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movies

madchengeist — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:18:08 GMT

The most recent movie I've seen is about the best food-related holiday, Thanksgiving, and is called "What's Cooking". It came out in 2000 and won a Sundance Award for it's clever melding of family disfunction, cultural differences and menu variations. The food shots were amazing. Not a big Turkey fan but after seeing this movie it makes you want to love turkey.
Other than that one I would recommend "Mostly Martha". A German movie with subtitles. Love this movie!!

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what's the story?

frustratedmynx — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 20:57:12 GMT

or: where do you fit in?

http://blog.sethgodin.silkblogs.com/Hearty-charbroiled-grilled-au-gratin.4089.entry

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SF Food Blog Post

abbyutiful — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:48:12 GMT

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/000149.html

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is the food the thing?

madchengeist — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 07:09:43 GMT

Sorry, haven't been online much lately. Another tragedy has struck and I'm having to deal with everything that comes with loss, despair, comfort and moving on.........fucking again.

I know this might seem a bit morbid but I was just wondering......

What would you serve at your wedding? And more importantly....would you request certain foods to be served at your funeral?
I have been to 2 funerals in the past 2 months and both were very different but I can't help but wonder what our dearly departed would have really wanted to be served in memoriam of him/her? My dear wonderful David had sandwiches, coffee and ice tea served at his and spanish rice, refried beans, chicken fajitas and salad were available at my friend Ron's memorial. I suppose that a wedding would be more interactive as to what exactly would be prepared. I had the tried and true Lasagna, garlic bread and salad at my wedding and it was kick ass. I have to be honest though, my funeral would fucking baffle me as to what to request and I don't know if it's my subconscious aversion to the idea of my infinite doom or dumbfoundedness that leaves me in this cerebral blank.

I'm thinking that everyone has their vision of what they would like for both. I just want to know what y'all think.
What would you serve?

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could feed my family for a week!

madchengeist — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 15:50:54 GMT

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=525&ncid=525&e=7&u=/ap/20050303/ap_on_fe_st/leviathan_lobster

hahaha!
......ahem........
sorry....but the thought of lobsters being 22 pounds really does make my mouth water. Click on the picture, Bubba is right next to an average sized lobster. Holy shit!

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Tonight I cooked:

smoooochie — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 04:37:46 GMT

some country style ribs in a balsamic vinegrette sauce

They were YUMMY!

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Does My Blog Look Good in This?

abbyutiful — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:46:58 GMT

This month's "Is My Blog Burning?" competition is all about the FOOD PORN! Yay!

http://www.ismyblogburning.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=66

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the ultimate mastication

madchengeist — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:19:22 GMT

Vday~ I know it's all over and I hope you all spent quality time with your S/O's but it got me thinking about the most sensuous meal imaginable. I'm always thinking of lobster in cream sauce for some reason. Something that practically melts in my mouth......
What gets you hot? I know everyone will have a different opinion here but that is what makes it so fun. And what did you serve your paramour or what did they serve you?

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Dec 18th Food Porn

abbyutiful — Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:33:34 GMT

OK... Saturday the 18th has much planned for we three visitors to your fair city.

Food Porn Dinner
Karaoke (http://tennessee.tribe.net/thread/78997d93-306c-410f-b2b0-d24833335993?tribeid=9217ab32-90db-4106-b1e7-75f9a12af32b&r=10381)
Dancing

That's a lot of stuff. What's the timing on all of this? Who's going where? We need to get a little bit organized here!

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Hey Baby!

abbyutiful — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:26:12 GMT

http://www.toomanychefs.net/archives/001332.php

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Cast Iron Question

colebern — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:25:20 GMT

hey, anyone know the best way to clean a cast iron skillet? I don't want to scrub it since it is getting well seasoned, but I want to clean it after the salmon I cooked last night.

suggestions?

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What are you eating right now?

madchengeist — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 02:49:53 GMT

OK...Not sure if this will work as well here as it has in other tribes, but what the hell...I'll try it....

~organic white corn tortilla chips
~light whipped cream cheese
~pico de gallo
~roasted and salted mixed nuts with peanuts
~trader joes curried chicken salad

a finger food free for all

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hmmmmmm

assfluff — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 07:13:39 GMT

breasts, please

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Gross-looking food that tastes good

creme brulee — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 03:00:29 GMT

I found this incredible dish called kitty litter cake on the K-fog website. It was brillant. I am looking for dishes like this one, looking foul but tasting great. Any suggestions?

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Welcome Laura!

abbyutiful — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:53:07 GMT

I just invited one of my favorite food bloggers to this tribe (and to Tribe in general). Check out her lovely site: http://cucinatestarossa.blogs.com/weblog/

It's where I got that turkey with a tan!

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Paging Simran!

abbyutiful — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 03:11:04 GMT

I came across this and thought of Simran and his tea parties. I've never been, but I've sure heard tell!

http://umami.typepad.com/umami/lunches_and_dinners/index.html

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my home planet...

madchengeist — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 02:22:04 GMT

compliments of our ever beautiful Katey...she has found the link to my home planet.....
not sure if you all are into twinkies but the recipe box is giving me creamy spongy cakey ideas..... and pre-teen flashbacks:
http://www.twinkies.com/index.asp

she found it on http://boingboing.net
mmmmmmmmmm

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keywords: food, porn, atkins

assfluff — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:18:04 GMT

http://fleshbot.com/porn/atkins/

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Panna Cotta

Ro® — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 05:48:28 GMT

Anyone familiar? I just added a pic. I believe it is one of the most delicate and sensual foods (aside chocolate, but we know that).

If ever I will marry, I want the guests to get panna cotta. Plus, much more interesting texture to slide into the groom's mouth. And mine. Yum!

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I Spy

abbyutiful — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:24:59 GMT

Michelle's Food Porn Offering:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/1841882283/pictures/14/026-3659624-1529213

Is that it? I will harrass this woman until that recipe is mine! BWAHAHAHA! Dayum, that was good. :P

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Not a question for the squeamish

spidra — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:06:39 GMT

Where can I buy non-hydrogenated lard? Lard is hard enough to find these days but when I do it's Armour Lard which has hydrogenated lard on the list of ingredients. Considering that I'm using lard in order to *avoid* the hydrogenation in shortening, this isn't good.

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Holiday Baking

spidra — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 04:00:18 GMT

Although I'm going to be trying to go low-glycemic, I'm going to torture myself by baking some holiday breads. I have a friend who's hard to buy for but I just found out that his late mother used to bake him hoska, a Czech Christmas bread. So I thought I'd give that a shot. I just went shopping for ingredients at Trader Joe's and Albertson's ('cause it was nearby. I would rather have shopped at Berkeley Bowl for this stuff). Holy Toledo, candied fruit peel is expensive! I mean, I know it would be labor-intensive for me to make myself, but criminy!

I know I'm going to have to have at least one dry run before making the finished product. Although I have no trouble growing yeast when I'm *not* baking, the moment I want yeast to grow, it won't. I find yeast breads and pastries incredibly difficult.

I'm going to ask some friends to save their fruit peels as I think I'll probably candy the next batch of peels myself. Wish I still had access to the lemon tree that used to be in back of my old place.

http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/christmastwo/hoska.htm

My mom had certain recipes she'd make every Xmas, although nothing really ethnic. What holiday baking traditions do you have?

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Post Porn

abbyutiful — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 16:09:26 GMT

Well, it was a very mellow time. The menu was a bit different than planned, but it was still a loverly spread. Walter spent much of the afternoon making lovely things in the kitchen and his house. He really delivered with much of his offerings. I made little cheese biscuits instead of collards, and the collards Walter made last week never actually got reheated. Michelle blew me away with her offerings...

Roasted red peppers with feta and caramelized onion and one of the tastier cheesecakes I can recall eating in my life. Helluva crust, too. She must post recipes. Must, must, must!

Let's see if if I can start a list of the attendees. I'm sure I'll forget people, so help a sister out...

Me, Aaron H, Yo, Smoooochie, Mynxie, Kathryn, Robyn, Wilson, Zoe, Assaf, Liz, Walter, Frisbee, Spidra, David, Wilson, Michelle, Joie...

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The Goddess Shirley Corriher

spidra — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:37:02 GMT

Mixing "home economics" and science. She's my savior.

December 28, 2004
Flour, Eggs, Sugar, Chocolate . . . Just Add Chemistry
By KENNETH CHANG

ATLANTA - With two bad knees, Shirley O. Corriher is not quite as nimble as she once was when she performs her "protein hop" - an interpretive dance of sorts to demonstrate the molecular transformations that turn flour, eggs and sugar into a cake.

Her arms wave vigorously, mimicking how proteins in wheat flour interlock to provide the structure that holds a baked good together.

"When you add water to flour and stir," she says, "these two little proteins - glutenin and gliadin - grab water first, and each other, to make these springy elastic sheets of gluten."

Ms. Corriher, who trained as a biochemist and once cooked for 140 boys in a boarding school she started with a former husband, has found a comfortable niche dispensing folksy, scientific wisdom about what really happens during cooking. Her home phone number is the 911 for chefs and cookbook authors with kitchen crises.

Susan G. Purdy, author of "The Perfect Cake" who is working on a book about baking at high altitudes, called Ms. Corriher in a panic when a chocolate cake recipe that had previously worked perfectly ended up as a chocolate puddle at 9,000 feet.

Ms. Corriher found that Ms. Purdy was using so-called Dutch-processed cocoa, treated with an alkaline substance like baking soda to produce what many consider a better, less bitter taste. Before the glutenin and gliadin proteins can clump together as gluten, they must first partly unwind and unfold, and acidity in the batter induces that unwinding.

The Dutch-processed cocoa neutralized the acidity; the glutenin and gliadin did not unwind; and Ms. Purdy's cake never solidified. Ms. Corriher had a simple solution: throw out the Dutch-processed cocoa. "It's a disaster for you," she told Ms. Purdy.

Ms. Purdy substituted natural cocoa. The cake worked.

On the other hand, too much gluten produces a chewiness that, while welcome in bread, is usually not a quality sought in a cake. That is why cake flour contains 7.5 to 8.5 percent protein, while bread flour is more protein rich, 11.5 to 12.5 percent. (All-purpose flour is somewhere in between and thus not ideal for either use.)

Cooking is often taught as a step-by-step progression of instructions or an art learned through some nebulous communion with the ingredients, but it is also chemistry, predictable, repeatable molecular reactions brought about by mixing ingredients - which are, after all, chemicals - and applying heat to them.

Ms. Corriher's 1997 book, "CookWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Cooking, " brought such scientific facts to home cooks, and although the first 150 pages of the book discuss baking, her publisher wanted a sequel devoted entirely to baking. The publisher gave her three years to deliver the manuscript. Today, four years after her deadline, Ms. Corriher is still working on the book, to be titled "BakeWise."

For the last two years, she has been stuck on the cake chapter.

"She's - how should we say it? - a very thorough writer," said her friend Harold McGee, author of "On Food and Cooking."

For example, Ms. Corriher performed an experiment on sifting. Many recipes call for sifting to mix flour with the other dry ingredients, and it is especially important to disperse the leavener - typically, baking powder - so that a cake rises evenly.

So Ms. Corriher took a black powder with roughly the same characteristics as baking powder and sifted it with flour.

Sifting, it turns out, is not particularly effective.

"You just didn't get a good mix, even after three or four times," Ms. Corriher said. "You can see little dark streaks."

Simply stirring the dry ingredients together with a wooden spoon is better, she said.

The other historical need for sifting was to fluff up the flour after it had been compacted during shipping, but that is also no longer necessary, because flour, sifted at the factory, is now shipped in individual packages instead of large barrels and is not crushed as much.

Contributing to the delay, Ms. Corriher has also not been able to stop herself from making yet another variation of a familiar cake recipe, in search of yet one more refinement.

"Oh, I've been making cakes and making cakes and making cakes and making cakes," she said. "I end up making five or six or seven cakes testing out things that I think up."

Last year, she and her husband, Arch Corriher, ate more pound cakes than they could remember.

The traditional pound cake got its name because it contained a pound of flour, a pound of sugar, a pound of eggs and a pound of butter. That was also a large cake, so modern day recipes usually cut those quantities in half. It is also a fairly dense, dry cake.

Bakers over the years have improved the traditional pound cake by adding other ingredients: buttermilk or sour cream to make it moister, baking powder to make it airier.

Ms. Corriher has her own wrinkles to the recipe, substituting cooking oil for part of the butter - that greases the wheat proteins, producing less gluten and leaving more moisture for the cake - and potato starch for some of the flour. Potato starch granules are considerably longer than the starch granules found in wheat flour. "It really absorbs water like crazy," Ms. Corriher said. "And it makes things really moist."

(Potato starch is not a panacea for all cakes. When she tried potato starch in a basic white cake, the result was grainy. "It was awful, awful, awful," Ms. Corriher said, recoiling at the memory. "Life goes on.")

While her pound cake was delicious, Ms. Corriher was not satisfied, because it sagged when baked in a loaf pan. She tried more variations, like additional flour, to produce an attractive, domed top, but those turned out drier. "Of course, the one with too much butter and sugar is going to taste better," she said.

Finally, she decided the solution was to bake the pound cake in a Bundt or tube pan, so that the shape of the pan held the cake together. "The moral of the story is, Here is a cake that is technically wrong," Ms. Corriher said, "but the taste is great."

Taking the destabilizing effects of sugar to an extreme is the tunnel-of-fudge cake. "It is so deadly, you can't believe how deadly it is," she said. "We are deliberately doing a cake with way too much sugar."

Sugar, she explained, binds to the flour proteins, preventing them from forming the structural lattice. "Glutenin runs off with sugar," Ms. Corriher said. "Gliadin runs off with sugar, and you don't get much gluten."

When baked, the outer portions reach a high enough temperature that they harden, but the cooler inner part remains soft and gooey.

"We've eaten a whole cake, the two of us," Ms. Corriher said.

Her husband interjected, "Over a period of time."

"It was a very brief period of time," Ms. Corriher said. "It's very addicting."

"It's really rich," Mr. Corriher said.

"And wonderful," Ms. Corriher added.

The original tunnel-of-fudge cake won second place in the 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest for Ella Rita Helfrich of Houston. That version used a fudge icing mix to create a gooey chocolate center. But Pillsbury discontinued the icing mix, and the resulting clamor of home bakers led Pillsbury to release a recipe for making tunnel-of-fudge cake from scratch.

Ms. Corriher again applied her standard tricks, substituting two yolks for one of the eggs, substituting oil for part of the butter. In addition, she substituted dark brown sugar for some of the white sugar. "The reasoning there is dark brown sugar brings out a fudgy taste in chocolate," she said.

She also roasted the nuts. "You get much more flavor," she said. "You know how much better a roasted nut tastes than a plain old raw nut."

Dutch-processed cocoa in a tunnel-of-fudge cake would probably spell disaster, preventing even the outside of the cake from setting, she said.

Ms. Corriher said she had learned much about cakes by making one that leaves out one of usual ingredients. "You really learn what flour does and what eggs do," she said.

A chocolate cake called crazy cake leaves out the eggs. Ms. Corriher suspects it dates to World War II when staples like eggs were rationed.

Without the egg proteins, which also help a cake hold together, gluten is essential for the cake to hold its shape. Thus, cake flour, with its lower protein levels, will not work for crazy cake.

Ms. Corriher improved the recipe by cutting down on the vinegar - needed to make the batter acidic - and the leavener, but she hit a snag when she tried adding buttermilk to make it moister. The resulting cake remained pudding. That led to a debate with Harold McGee about why the cake did not set. She thought that the buttermilk was affecting the acidity. Mr. McGee thought the milk proteins were preventing the flour proteins from holding together.

Mr. McGee was correct. When she added more flour, the cake again set. Milk proteins differ from egg and flour proteins in that they do not coagulate, Mr. McGee said. "You can boil milk for hours and it doesn't set," he said, "whereas if you boil an egg for 20 seconds, it turns into a solid."

Milk solidifies - into yogurt or cheese, for instance - only if it has been treated with an enzyme that knocks off part of the proteins, making them more like other proteins.

Meanwhile, Ms. Corriher said she wanted to finish "BakeWise" within a few months. She thinks that maybe it will even be in bookstores by next Christmas. "I really think I'm on the homestretch on the cake chapter," she said.

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True food porn

smoooochie — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:38:35 GMT

Seeing Aaron H up there licking that orange or whatever has me thinking of the best food porn I've ever seen. Oh, you soooo know it's on when a man licks a piece of fruit.

http://www.hasakipost.com/orange.html

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Cheese!

Tracy — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 06:08:31 GMT

I am such a Cheese God!!!
Preferred ... Sharpe Chedder... :)

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Food Blog Awards

abbyutiful — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:36:40 GMT

Check 'em...

http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php/2004/12/20/2004_food_blog_award_nominees

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O Fruitcake, My Fruitcake

spidra — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 06:58:22 GMT

Rhino Records interviews several pro fruitcake makers:

http://rhino.com/fun/trunk/fruitcakeinterview.lasso

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smarty pants figure this out

smoooochie — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:19:13 GMT

What do you do when the cookies are in the oven and the kids accidentally turn on the "oven clean" mode and the fucking thing locks up and you can't fucking do anything other than hit cancel but it's still fucking LOCKED!!! Shit. My house is going to burn down. This sucks. I fucking hate holiday baking nearly as much as the mother fucking holidays. GRRRRRRRRR!!!

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Dickens, Food Porn Weekend

kathryn — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:28:53 GMT

What about Dickens? boychaos was planning on reserving a table (for 20) at Sal's for Saturday. Were you guys thinking of coming then?

I have 6 tickets, one each for Abby, Aaron, Joie, Yo, Spidra...and one extra. Who wants it? (Smooooch gets first dibs since she's coming in from out of town).

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Nigel/Nigella

abbyutiful — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:07:58 GMT

http://www.wittydomainname.com/BroadArchives/2004_12_01_Archives.htm#110259504728280602

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Eat at Katey's

madchengeist — Sun, 07 Nov 2004 23:58:54 GMT

So as far as I can tell this thang will probably be Saturday. Time is still up in the air....list of people attending:

Katey (duh)
Joie
Abby
Aaron
Smoooochie
Mynx
Shad

Anyone else?

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newbie?!

pengrin — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:52:40 GMT

OMG -- I didn't know that mynx cooked. So sorry I haven't been to any of mynx's gatherin'. I'm such a foodie person myself. We really can't survive without food.

Anyway, I can offer my services in the pot luck arena with my nice spicy Thai dishes.

Thanks Michelle for the invite.

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Thanksgiving Menus

spidra — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 01:50:10 GMT

This year I have a kitchen where most of the utensils are still in boxes, my stove doesn't work, I only have a dorm-sized fridge, but the conventional and microwave ovens work. I tried to pick up a last minute item or two at Berkeley Bowl but it was a madhouse even at 1pm today. So this T'day menu is very barebones and experimental.

I was on a fence about whether I'd make T'day my last blowout or whether I'd get back to low-glycemic eats. The sight of my burgeoning paunch convinced me to tighten the belt at least some of the way if not all of the way.

Stuffing:

Bread for Life Low- Carb bread cubed and toasted in the oven.
Trader Joe's Organic Quinoa slow-cooked in a mini-Crockpot in organic chicken broth with sage.
Butter, sage, thyme, oregano, salt and freshly ground black pepper, cut celery cooked in the microwave. I browned some onions in bacon grease at work today (which has a stove but no oven) and added those to the above mix. I thoroughly mixed the spices, celery, onions and butter with the bread cubes. I added a little hot water. I then blended in quinoa until I reached a proper consistency. (I didn't want more quinoa than bread cubes).

This is my first time eating quinoa. It's not really my favorite. The taste is a little too bitter for me. "Bitter" is probably too strong a word, but I like my grains to be more demure. Still, the stuffing's not bad at all. Wish I had some water chestnuts to add to it, though.

I'm broiling a Cantella's turkey & cranberry sausage in the oven. Didn't get to the market in time to get an organic turkey.

Later, I'll make a pumpkin custard (basically pumpkin pie without the crust). Then I can have a spinach & cranberry salad.

It's not too bad a menu given the limitations I'm under at the moment.

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quiz time...

frustratedmynx — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:48:23 GMT

which food network personality are you?
http://quizilla.com/users/BgBearCollegeGuy/quizzes/Which%20Food%20Network%20Personality%20are%20you?/

apparently, i am:
* MING TSAI, host of "East Meets West" and "Ming's Quest"! You are one of the most celebrated avant-garde asian-french fusion chefs in the world. Combining your Asian roots with your studies in France gives you a bold spirit, which helps you take chances. Youre adventurous, free-spirited and creative. Who cares if youre popular or not? Youre doing what you want, in your own way, and loving it!

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Fantasy

smoooochie — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 03:25:07 GMT

Alright, so my food fantasy is to be using JB's kitchen to cook a holiday meal for all my pals. Seriously, I got to use his kitchen a couple times and my gawd. It's fantastic. I could make a feast with ease there and be happy to clean up. *sigh*

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Making vegans weep

shadly — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:38:58 GMT

http://burundi.tribe.net/template/pub%2CViewPhoto.vm/context/tribe?page=5&currentoffset=25&parentid=54c51b5d-215b-4bee-82d3-4b54dfa1c125&r=10427

It's a smoked sausage, split in half, filled with scoops of mashed potatoes, covered with pork(dark) and homestyle(light) gravy and topped with olives. The center one is a special low carb sundae. Instead of scoops of mashed potatoes, it has the famed "meat muffins" in their place. The meat muffins were made from pork sausage and egg, broiled in a muffin pan.

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wet dreams

frustratedmynx — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:54:14 GMT

um, the kinds that make you drool. like, when you salivate over food, ok?

last night i had the most delicious dream about bread. there was this guy that was taking me on a tour around his house (he was like the don of a village or something). we started at one side of his massive kitchen, where he cut me off a huge slab of bread. warm, tender, flaky (and crunchy on the outside) bread. i cradled it like a baby, close to my chest, tearing off pieces as we moved around the house.

i don't remember much more, just the warmth and sweet smell of the bread.

i know that as we neared the end of the tour (coming full circle and entering the other side of the kitchen), there was a moment when we heard unintelligible shouting and he opened the back door. there was a woman, who was screaming about how her bread had been stolen and that he must find the thief or something. he turned away, leading me back into the kitchen, and she followed us, nagging the whole time. in one swift motion he grabbed the bread out of my arms, threw it at her, sliced off a larger, warmer piece, and handed it to me.

then i woke up.

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"Serpents and spiders, tail of a rat..."

madchengeist — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:12:41 GMT

Are not on my menu, despite what ya'll think... ;)

Popcorn Balls

2 qt Popped popcorn (kept warm)
1 c Sugar
1/3 c Corn syrup
1/3 c Water
1/4 c Butter
1/4 ts Salt
1 t Vanilla

Combine sugar, cornsyrup, water, butter and salt in a large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
Remove from heat. Quickly stir in vanilla. Pour syrup mixture over popcorn, stirring to mix well. Form into balls. It helps to get your hands a little wet to avoid stickiness.

You can also add toasted pecans, mini marshmallows, food coloring, dried cranberries....whatever you like.

Roasted pumpkin seeds

Easy recipe....clean seeds and bathe them in olive oil, salt and pepper and roast them on a cookie sheet in a 350 degree oven.

Woohoo!

Hot Apple Cider

1 quart cider
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 Tablespoon whole cloves
1 small cinnamon stick
1/8 teaspoon salt

Mix together and simmer 20 to 30 minutes. You can also add orange and lemon peel cut in strips.

If you want to turn it into Hot Apple Cider with a kick then add Brandy and maybe add some orange juice too.

I want to see some more!!
Get in the spirit people.........

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extreme food porn

Wilson — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 08:50:00 GMT

There are quire a few varieties of porn to satisfy different fetishes. Some of it seems tame while some of it seems bizarre. Naturally, food porn works in the same way.

http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html

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My Birthday Dinner

abbyutiful — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:22:21 GMT

Aaron H made possible a REAL meal for my birthday at Bari Ristorante down the street from me: www.barimemphis.com

Here's what I had:

Antipasti e Salumi – roasted red bell peppers, zucchini, fresh mozzarella, soppresetta

Insalata – Finocchio (Salad of thinly sliced fennel and orange slices)

Pasta Course – Orecchiette alla Pugliese (handmade “little ear” pasta, sauteed rapini, tomatoes, salt cured anchovies, and garlic)

Pesce
Sardina alla Graticola (whole grilled sardines, topped with olive oil and lemon)

Verdure
Funghi alla Graticola – grilled marinated portabello mushroom with olive oil and parsley

Dessert – Limoncelle (mezzaluna was the best of the three we tried) and hazelnut cream puffs

DROOOOOOOL! I'll have memories of that meal for YEARS to come!

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Let's talk turkey

madchengeist — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:41:16 GMT

Or tofurky or whatever...

So December 17th will most likely be the weekend I will be up there. I know it's a bit premature but I thought I would throw it out there and find out what ya'll think about a day or night foodporn fest. I'm also wondering if Katey is willing to have it at her place?? And because I mentioned turkey and some of you might have started salivating at the thought of it...here is a recipe for Turkey Brine. Now I know that sounds weird but I have been the acting family Thanksgiving chef for the last 4 years and so I tried it last year and my family told me that it was the best turkey I had ever made......

1 1/2 cups, KOSHER salt (not regular, use Kosher)
1 1/4 cups, brown sugar
10 whole cloves
3 teaspoons, black peppercorns
1 1/2 gallons (6 quarts) apple juice or cider (non-alcoholic)
The peel from one orange or one tangerine (colored part only - not white pith) {I used two}
Optional: 3 teaspoons, dried thyme and/or 3 teaspoons, dried sage

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Combine all ingredients in a non-reactive pot, bring mixture to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes (partly covered). Allow brine to cool completely.

Rinse turkey under cool running water, inside and out (remove giblets from body cavity - but reserve them, if desired, for giblet gravy).

Pat turkey dry with paper towels, then immerse turkey in cooled brine.* Turkey should be COMPLETELY submerged in liquid (place a plate on top of the bird if necessary to keep it covered with the liquid).

Cover the pot and refrigerate for at least 8-10 hours, up to 24 hours.

Remove turkey, rinse, pat dry, and roast as usual.

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fruit plate

caitie — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:40:17 GMT

who does the fruit plate belong to? beautifully styled... i want.

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/template/pub%2CViewPhoto.vm/context/tribe?page=5&currentoffset=24&parentid=54c51b5d-215b-4bee-82d3-4b54dfa1c125&r=10535

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fruit plate

caitie — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:40:28 GMT

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Dragon Fruit

abbyutiful — Thu, 14 Oct 2004 01:45:49 GMT

Cool! http://www.toomanychefs.com/archives/001212.html

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thai iced tea

smartina — Thu, 14 Oct 2004 06:44:03 GMT

is thai iced tea just iced green tea with cream and sugar? i just made the latter, and it tasted suspiciously similar to the former ...

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Jasmine iced tea

smartina — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 23:24:14 GMT

the sixth official day at Burning Man this girl in our camp shared a big jug of jasmine iced tea with everyone. she mixed in dehydrated non dairy creamer, and something else .. it was sweet and fragrant. Yum.
I made something similar at home last night, and couldn't stop thinking about giving my sweet girlfriend oral. There is a striking similarity, somewhere in there ...

anyway, i thought that tale might belong here, so there you go.

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Breakfast is served!

kathryn — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 04:32:04 GMT

I've been an experimenting fool for breakies lately. Chai oatmeal and flavored pancakes. I think the next thing I'm going to try is banana bread pancakes. Just need to get the spices down.

Also, my new favorite way to prepare bacon: microwave for two minutes, fry for 2. Fast, crispy, less grease.

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salty, buttery, hot

madchengeist — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:28:00 GMT

Why is it that popcorn always tastes better at the theater? I've popped my own on the stove, microwaved, have even enjoyed kettle-style popcorn at a farmers market or street faire but nothing compares to the popcorn I eat at the movie theater. wtf?
And while we're on the subject....why are peanuts much yummier when they are thrown at you in the stands while watching a baseball game?
Why are hotdogs/bacon-wrapped hotdogs so much better from one of those little carts that sit outside a club, or a bar or whatever?
Why are pancakes 10x better in an allnight cafe at 4a.m.??

Is it the food? the situation? the setting? the people?
Wow! I think about food more than I thought I did......

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Cream on Top

smoooochie — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 04:15:51 GMT

Brown Cow Yogurt with Cream on Top

~Cherry Vanilla
~Apricot Mango

Go to Whole Foods and get some NOW!!!

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mac n cheese n ham n peas

caitie — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:07:21 GMT

more cook's illustrated goodness... this recipe (which looks like a whole lotta nothin' in the photos) is SO GOOD I CAN HARDLY STAND IT. we used a low sodium "country" ham and peas (once again, biddy is the queen of quality meats - she knows where all the good butchers and deli counters are). they say you can halve the recipe, but why would you? feed your friends.

CLASSIC MACARONI AND CHEESE
Serves 6 to 8 as a main course or 10 to 12 as a side dish

It's crucial to cook the pasta until tender--just past the "al dente" stage. In fact, overcooking is better than undercooking the pasta. Whole, low-fat, and skim milk all work well in this recipe. The recipe can be halved and baked in an 8-inch-square, broilersafe baking dish. If desired, offer celery salt or hot sauce (such as Tabasco) for sprinkling at the table.

Bread Crumb Topping
6 slices (about 6 ounces) good-quality white sandwich bread, torn into rough pieces
3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces

Pasta and Cheese
1 pound elbow macaroni
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1⁄2 teaspoons powdered mustard
1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne (optional)
5 cups milk (see note)
8 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, shredded (2 cups)
8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (2 cups)

1. For the bread crumbs: Pulse bread and butter in food processor until crumbs are no larger than 1⁄8 inch, ten to fifteen 1-second pulses. Set aside.

2. For the pasta and cheese: Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat broiler. Bring 4 quarts water to boil in Dutch oven over high heat. Add macaroni and 1 tablespoon salt; cook until pasta is tender. Drain pasta and set aside in colander.

3. In now-empty Dutch oven, heat butter over medium-high heat until foaming. Add flour, mustard, and cayenne (if using) and whisk well to combine. Continue whisking until mixture becomes fragrant and deepens in color, about 1 minute. Gradually whisk in milk; bring mixture to boil, whisking constantly (mixture must reach full boil to fully thicken). Reduce heat to medium and simmer, whisking occasionally, until thickened to consistency of heavy cream, about 5 minutes. Off heat, whisk in cheeses and 1 teaspoon salt until cheeses are fully melted. Add pasta and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is steaming and heated through, about 6 minutes.

4. Transfer mixture to broiler-safe 9 by 13-inch baking dish and sprinkle evenly with bread crumbs. Broil until crumbs are deep golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes, rotating pan if necessary for even browning. Cool about 5 minutes, then serve.

Macaroni and Cheese with Ham and Peas
Cut 8 ounces baked deli ham, sliced 1⁄4 inch thick, into 1-inch squares. Follow recipe for Classic Macaroni and Cheese, adding ham and 1 cup frozen peas to cheese sauce along with pasta.

Macaroni and Cheese with Kielbasa and Mustard
Cut 8 ounces smoked kielbasa lengthwise into quarters, then cut each quarter crosswise into 1⁄2-inch slices. Follow recipe for Classic Macaroni and Cheese; in step 3, add 1 medium onion, chopped fine, to foaming butter and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion begins to brown, about 6 minutes. Add flour to onion and continue with recipe, reducing salt in sauce to 1⁄2 teaspoon and adding kielbasa and 4 teaspoons whole-grain Dijon mustard to cheese sauce along with pasta.

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cook's illustrated meatloaf

caitie — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:00:23 GMT

i LOVE cook's illustrated. my friend biddy and i have been cooking some "home food" the past month or so from their recipes. stellar!

a few weeks ago we did meatloaf. biddy went to a real butcher for the meats and bacon. i keep thinking i want to apprentice to an old fashioned butcher, i think it's so cool to know your meat. uh, and i like knives.
turns out this recipe is apparently the best way to cook bacon, ever. that's right, on a bed of meat. deeeeeelicious. the glaze was a bit on the sweet side for me - if i made this again i might fudge around with the recipe a bit.

we had leftover meatloaf sandwiches on delicious franchese rolls with organic lettuce and tomato. i confess i like leftovers even better than firsts. read whatever you want into that! ;)

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theory

frustratedmynx — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:13:41 GMT

it's nothing new.

i've a theory on how your eating habits/appetite parallel your libido.

your thoughts?

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sickness has stifled my tastebuds

madchengeist — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 18:29:36 GMT

Sorry, I have been so sick.

I'm feeling slightly better now. Haven't been eating too much lately. I ordered a pizza last night (which I never do, not a big pizza fan). Papa Johns, people say, is the reigning heavy weight pizza store of it's class. Meaning it's a fast food style pizza place that delivers in less than 30 minutes. But it's not the best pizza I've ever had. That award goes to a small chain called Numero Uno Pizza. Now California Pizza Kitchen is close second, and not only for their pizza. Numero Uno's appeal, to me, is that they use the sweetest pizza dough I've ever tasted, tomatoes instead of pizza sauce and tons of cheese. I've had pizza from the hoity toity italian restaurants as well and none of them have ever wowed me. So my question, is as far as pizza goes, what makes a good pizza for you? Is delivery part of the draw? Where do you go for the best pizza?

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softcore

caitie — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 06:08:12 GMT

thai fruit carving has been in my fantasies lately, and i'm not the kind of girl who usually has pastel, vaseline on the lens, pink lightbulb fantasies.

check out the tribe album and
http://www.thailandlife.com/fruitcarving.html

am i sick?

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So I need to say!

Tracy — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 06:11:17 GMT

Tonight I had crackers with Goat Cheese with spicy Jelly, I no, I no... I thought the same thing... Gross, but it was SO damn good.. Everyone needs to try it! ahahah :)

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Sexy Food Awards

abbyutiful — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 02:10:41 GMT

What foods are sexiest to you, and why?

Me? I think what happens is that I get turned on by food in an emotional and sensual (non-sexual way), and then I realize that I've got a fire in my... uh... loins!

I think anything that combines salty with sweet, creamy with crunchy, has to get high marks. My favorite sandwich is sexy as hell... whole wheat bread, crispy bacon, cream cheese, red onion, black pepper, chives, and mango chutney.

Quit scrunching your nose until you've tried it. I made Aaron H try it. Ask him. SERIOUSLY! It's the sexiest sandwich EVER!

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Rats!

abbyutiful — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 01:27:19 GMT

The fact that I didn't start this tribe already is a testament to my Tribe slackage as of late. Criminey! I think I'm subscribed to about 15 foodie blogs, and I check http://foodpornwatch.arrr.net/ religiously.

Here's my bloglines roster in the Food Blog section. It's a little sickening.

Foodie Blogs
A Spoonful of Sugar
Alton Brown
Alton Brown.com • Rants & Raves!
Chocolate & Zucchini
Domestic Goddess
i was just really very hungry.
Il Forno
Jamie's Diary
kitschenette - life in the swiss lane
The Food Section
the red kitchen
Too Many Chefs

Hey, maybe I'll post some pix of my seriously foodie kitchen. It's more food than porn, but to me the sex part is implied. Don't need to be too very obvious for an ooey gooey sticky mess of sweetness to turn me on in every way.

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Links to GORGEOUS Food

abbyutiful — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:06:57 GMT

Look at it then make it!

http://www.aspoonfulofsugar.net/blog/2004/09/strawberry_liqueur_creme_brulee_imbb_8.html

DROOL!

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Get Together

shadly — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 10:10:24 GMT

Tonight there was a SoCal food porn get-together. Joelle and I cooked up a storm, then ate it!

On the menu...

Bacon-Wrapped Steak Fillets
Artichokes with a citrusy dipping sauce
Green Beans with bacon and onions
Whole Wheat Rigatoni with alfredo sauce from scratch

Whaddayaknow... it's all low carb! I wish a camera was on hand, but there wasn't. There will be next time.

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Pics

shadly — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:49:35 GMT

Here's my guess...

1. Crepes
2. Pico De Gallo
3. Creme Brulee
4. Something with onions in a pastry shell

How's that?

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Alligator soup anyone?

madchengeist — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 03:55:24 GMT

Throughout my time at the culinary institute strange dishes kept appearing in the classroom, either from the students or my wacky teachers. It wasn't a class requirement but we were strongly influenced by our fearless leader to try everything that came our way. Among the strange:

Alligator soup
Squab (looked like a roasted sparrow)
Veal (not so strange but knowing the process didn't exactly tantalize my tastebuds)
snake (BBQ'd)
pigtails (heavily greased)

Tried them all, didn't "regurge". I'm a huge "spit it in the napkin when noone is looking" person, so thats an accomplishment.

What have you tried that you otherwise wouldn't?

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Bacon wrapped hotdogs

madchengeist — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 01:54:24 GMT

AWH!!!!! Poor Shad :(
We searched and searched and I bet he still hasn't found a bacon wrapped hotdog!!

I think it's all Simran's fault!

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