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Entries from October 2005

Pumpkin stuff

October 31st, 2005 · No Comments

Happy Halloween!

Some late Pumpkin links:
Grumpkins This guy takes pumpkins to another level - “from mere carving to sculpting”. Check out his “Meatmas” links too.
Pumpkin Gutter another amazing pumpkin carver.
I want to try this pumpkin nog.

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Food links

October 29th, 2005 · No Comments

Chefsblogs A worthwhile attempt make a categorized directory of the food blogs. While there’s quite a few I don’t have, there are some duplicates and dormant blogs in their list. But it’s new, and this sort of effort takes time. Found via The Girl Who Ate Everything.
Is It OK To Fetishize Cookware? “All-Clad and […]

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Food Links

October 21st, 2005 · No Comments

NYC’s Vendy Awards are excepting nominations. “Although some guides to eating out in New York have included street vendors, most food criticism hasn’t focused on or even included street food in its scope. The Street Vendor Project wants to remedy that. As a grassroots organization of vendors dedicated to raising the public’s awareness of our […]

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Food Blogs

October 21st, 2005 · Comments Off

Beyond Salmon “Everything you ever wanted to know about buying and cooking fish.” With lots of bacon, burrito and pizza blogs, it’s about time there’s a fish one.Chez Christine “Diaries of a Le Cordon Bleu Paris Student. Join me on my adventures!” It looks like she’s slowly moving her content from a Xanga site. Give […]

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Food Blogs

October 17th, 2005 · Comments Off

I’m falling behind trying to keep up with the food blogs. Don’t fret if you’ve asked and aren’t on yet.Cookie Madness! Austin TXEating Asia Kuala Lumpur. Vital information says “The writer of this blog has a special place in the annals of Chicago Chowhounds. Once upon a time, our palates were shaded, shaded by our […]

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Some numbered lists

October 17th, 2005 · No Comments

The 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet “The following is a “healthy food hot list” consisting of the 29 food that will give you the biggest nutritional bang for you caloric buck, as well as decrease your risk for deadly illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease.”
Chicago’s top 5 Restuarants picked by Bon Appetit. The […]

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Drink Links

October 14th, 2005 · No Comments

Droogle Drink Search Engine.
The 110 Best Distilled Spirits Currently Available in 2005! I had to go pretty far down the list before I found one I’ve tried.
The World in a Glass: Six Drinks That Changed History
Speaking of beer drinking, please people, let’s do everything in our power to make sure this abomination does […]

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More food news and links

October 14th, 2005 · No Comments

I’d rather not turn into the kind of food blog that reports on stories like “Oprah developing Rachael Ray talk show” so I won’t talk about it. I also shouldn’t mention that she might be in The Closet.
Instead here’s a more important and intellectual subject - Food and class “Historically, people of limited means have […]

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Food news and links

October 13th, 2005 · No Comments

Chinese take away the credit for inventing noodles “Scientists have found the remnants of a 4,000-year-old bowl of the stretched-dough culinary staple at an archaeological site on the banks of the Yellow River in north-western China.”
A PEZ MP3 player What good is it if it can’t dispense candy too?
A storm brewing in the coffee “Why […]

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Carmelized apple and ricotta crepes

October 11th, 2005 · No Comments

Here’s a fairly simple recipe that doesn’t take much more effort than making pancakes, but appears much fancier. I used this recipe for basic crepes which uses an egg and an egg yolk. I’m not sure what the difference would be between this and a whole egg crepe recipe, but these turned out soft and […]

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