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by 77 or 88 on 9-25, in 77 or 88's Blog
Pittsburgh's own unique take on the art
form of sandwich-making – the Primanti Bros. They make their
sandwiches with the standard meat, cheese, and tomato, but also with
the ...
by Tom Caster on 9-21, in Tom Caster's Blog
Tags: Reddit
For some inscrutable reason the other day, I found myself at the Kansas State Fair. For some other strange reason, they had a giraffe. In Kansas. This one is going to take me a while to get ...
by Tom Caster on 9-18, in Tom Caster's Blog
One of the fun things about traveling all around the country is finding new and interesting places to go and eat while in a new city. One of the problems with this is that, invariably, when ...
by 77 or 88 on 9-16, in 77 or 88's Blog
I fucking
love phở. Since I was introduced to it a few years ago it has been
one of my favorite meals, and the phở in the Tampa Bay area is
among the best I have had. One of the Vietnamese ...
by 77 or 88 on 9-10, in 77 or 88's Blog
Pittsburgh Eggs n'at - Crabby Eggs Benedict New York pt. 1 Sarang - Spicy Korean Chicken Bud Lite and Jameson Lean Cuisine Sesame Chicken San Fransisco Chavos - giant taco Lava Lounge ...
by dan on 9-06, in dan's Blog
After less than a month of furious planning, the reddit community, reddit and FoodProof are hoping you will come and meet our two lucky winners of 30 days of travel on jetblue: draynen ...
by Tom Caster on 9-04, in Tom Caster's Blog
So first of all, a quick hello to Reddit and a thank you to FoodProof for helping to sponsor our Fantastic Voyage. Over the next month, I'll be traveling across the country and blogging ...
by dan on 8-19, in dan's Blog
FoodProof is sponsoring the reddit Jetblue travel extravaganza! What is it? Well, Jetblue announced some time ago that they had a new offer in which you pay 600 bucks and ...
by Alex Rushmer on 4-28, in Alex Rushmer's Blog
With the intro
out of the way, we can crack on. Let’s begin with air. Or maybe foam.
Anyone know when an air becomes a foam? Answers below please. For
the uninitiated, and those without access to liquid nitrogen, vacuum
packaging devices, Large ...
Enjoying a hearty sub with my daughter recently. The dough was just an hour out of the oven when we assembled our subs. By Mike Hawkins www.foodfunk.ca Man, ...
by mct on 3-24, in Thinking About Buying Some Meat
Tags: Mouthfeel, Linguistics
There is a Khoisan language in Botswana called G|ui. Khoisan languages are the so-called African "click languages", which are famously captivating. And so it turns out that in G|ui, ...
by Alex Rushmer on 3-18, in Alex Rushmer's Blog
Not only are we moving away from the magnificent pig this week, having
stuck resolutely to the extremities for the last fortnight (with cheek and tail), we’re heading towards the ...
by Alex Rushmer on 3-09, in Alex Rushmer's Blog
Food is a process. Whether you are eating an apple freshly
plucked from a low-hanging branch on a warm Autumn evening or munching
through a Big Mac in a harshly lit McDonalds, you are taking part in a
process. An awareness of this should be essential, ...
by dan on 3-04, in dan's Blog
Tags: Simple Things
Mct and I have had a discussion running for years now about the importance of simple things in life. Simple things keep you grounded, they are the things that fill 5 minutes here ...
by Alex Rushmer on 3-03, in Alex Rushmer's Blog
After much bluster and fanfare, it’s finally time to get on with the show. Nose
to Tail Tuesday (or N3T as it shall be known from now on) is about
rediscovery, thrift, culinary philosophy ...
by dan on 2-26, in dan's Blog
Maybe this is old news, but I came across this artist Liz Hickok who went through obviously many hours of work creating San Francisco in Jello. Here are a few of the shots, but check ...
by Hawk on 2-23, in Hawk's Blog
By Mike Hawkins www.foodfunk.ca Special things happen to foods when heat is applied. It’s why we cook a lot of it in the first place. Some of the simplest things can hit a whole new level just with the introduction of some heat. Among the simplest ...
by dan on 2-20, in dan's Blog
Tags: Coffee, Advertisement
Recently Starbucks announced that they would start selling instant coffee. I've been thinking about this trying to figure out why they would do this and I have to believe that ...
by Alex Rushmer on 2-19, in Alex Rushmer's Blog
Warning: The following post is not suitable for the health conscious, or those with a pre-existing heart condition. Let’s
establish some basic facts here: pork scratchings are ...
by Billiam Wonka on 2-10, in Butterscotch And Buttergin
I knew this day would come. Haribo has long been gathering its legion in preparation for the final battle. General tm_lv will deliver the thunder to my own sweet doorstep. Fuck it: I'm ...
by Alex Rushmer on 2-09, in Alex Rushmer's Blog
Much like knowledge, a little nostalgia is a dangerous thing. Get
too wrapped in thinking that life was better ‘back in the day’ and you
start to forget that everything wasn’t ...
by Alex Rushmer on 2-05, in Alex Rushmer's Blog
Despite the infinite complexity of cooking, sometimes the hardest
things to master are those that appear to be staggeringly simple. Many
of the great chefs subscribe to this philosophy. ...
by mct on 2-05, in Thinking About Buying Some Meat
Tags: Supermarket, Israel
I was browsing fellow Oaklander Amacedo's Flickr stream, and came across these great shots. I love the infoverload of stuff like this, all dense and samey and (in this case) indecipherable ...
by dan on 2-04, in dan's Blog
For the past few months I have been looking for something I can print and put on the fridge to reference when planning grocery trips. The purpose is to let me know what fruits and ...
by dan on 1-30, in dan's Blog
Tags: Restaurant
I could get with this.
by Francis on 1-28, in Figure With Meat
There are many ways to live your life. Away from people, on a dead island of red sand, for example. Or perhaps in Denver, where there is a nice museum. But there are things that will follow ...
by Alex Rushmer on 1-23, in Alex Rushmer's Blog
It had been a staggeringly, disgustingly, painfully, outrageously and
downright scandalously long time since I posted a ‘nibble’ on this fair
blog. I
was just getting into a routine as well. Things were settling down and
I was building up ...
by Chris Lehrer on 1-21, in Not All Raw Fish
Time for another introduction to ordinary family cooking in Japan. This time, nabemono, stuff cooked in a pot. It’s not Christmas dinner, but it’s warm and comforting and fun. ...
by Hawk on 1-22, in Hawk's Blog
By Mike Hawkins www.foodfunk.ca When I was just a kid, maybe 30, I was a sucker for Rice-A-Roni. I admit it, I loved the stuff. I gave up processed foods for the most part a few years ago but ...
By Mike Hawkins www.FoodFunk.ca We were a bit late with the festivities this year, holding our annual Ukrainian Christmas meal on January 10, four days after the actual celebration. ...
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