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Cocktails: Belt-Tightening in the Liquor Store

Rebel Yell bourbon is a great buy. Costs $13/bottle but tastes more like $30.

Exploring Eggnog

Best store bought egg nog ever is Chipwich brand egg nog. All natural, made with real eggs and sucrose. None of that high fructose corn syrup garbage.

http://www.anders.com/cms/242/Chipwich.Eggnog/Egg.Nog/Dreyers

jonathankavner at 1:01PM on 12/24/08

From Talk

It's not worth it to make _______ when I could just buy it

Pasta
Phyllo/puff pastry

But stock? Really? I've only recently started making it, and that was because I thought it better than throwing that stuff away; chicken carcass from roast chicken, the tops to various greens like beets or carrots and other random veggies lying around on their last legs.

Put all in pot, cover with water, wait a few hours. The stock always comes out better than whatever organic stock I buy in a box, costs practically nothing considering I was going to junk the chicken and veggie scraps. I said to myself that I'd never go back to buying stock because what I can make cheaply always tastes better.

Was surprised to see stock on this list.

jonathankavner at 12:19PM on 12/04/08

From Serious Eats

Pondering Baby's First Meal

Guess no one had a problem with the "jew baby" comment?

jonathankavner at 11:38AM on 10/29/08

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My Secret Love for Grape Candy

No mention of Bonkers? Weren't they grape. Love me some grape candy.

jonathankavner at 3:30PM on 10/23/08

From Talk

I like to ______ with leftover rotisserie chicken

Whenever I roast a chicken, I usually eat the dark meat for dinner and save the white meat for chicken salad the next day (organic mayo, salt and pepper). The rest of the carcass is frozen to make stock/soup with.

jonathankavner at 11:28AM on 08/08/08

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In Videos: New 'Dinner Impossible' Chef Michael Symon Makes Chocolate-Covered Bacon

I have to say that the wife and I didn't really like Symon on this show. While we like him on other shows, he's no Robert Irvine.

jonathankavner at 3:06PM on 07/23/08

From Talk

Corn on the Cob is best when ______

...it is easy to prepare. No need use a ton of fuel to boil a ton of water, or fire up a grill or oven.

Rip the silks off the end and microwave it for 3-4 minutes. The corn steams itself in the husk and the silks come right off.

Easy breazy.

jonathankavner at 10:53AM on 07/23/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: Slurpees and How to Pour Them

@Amy - you are absolutely right. Pull hard till the cup line, but then ease off the gas to take into consideration the expansion, otherwise you'll blow the Slurpee right out the fill hole.

But what do I know; I'm only a New Yorker who's been pulling Slurpees at all the 7-11's we don't have all over Long Island (they're just about everywhere here).

Otherwise, the precup instructions and speed of the initial pour are right on.

jonathankavner at 9:46AM on 07/11/08

From Talk

Corn on the cob

Don't let all these serious gourmands put a damper on your microwaving corn aspirations; we do it all the time when we want corn on the cob and aren't planning on using the grill. We just cut an inch or so off the top and the bottom and pop it in the microwave for a few minutes. Remember, you can eat corn raw, so you don't have to worry about cooking it so much, just getting it to temperature.

Leaving the husk on steams the corn in it's husk with the moisture already present (you can soak the husk quickly before it goes in the microwave if you choose), adding a little more corn flavor and ensuring an even steam.

Microwaves aren't for cooking, but they are for heating edible items. I'd never cook food in one, but I would heat food up in one.

jonathankavner at 11:02AM on 07/07/08

From A Hamburger Today

What's the Best Cheese for Cheeseburgers?

Easy:

Pimento Cheese. Melts great because of the small amount of added mayo and adds some really great flavor to the burger.

Check out my Pimento Cheese (and Pimento Cheeseburger) at

http://longislandfoodie.com/2008/06/25/pimiento-cheese/

jonathankavner at 1:45PM on 07/02/08

From Talk

The Neely's have ANOTHER show..WTH??

They're the new generation of Food Network star, where the network owns your a$$.

In the past, you could develop your own show and your own product line, and the Food Network didn't even take a slice the pie. Now they own you and everything you do and they will make you work. Look at all the new stars, they've all got three shows each.

Matio had Molto Mario. Emeril had Essense and then Live. But the newbies like Ray, Fieri, Neely, Sunny Anderson, they're all running with two or three each.

This is the future of the Food Network ladies and gentlemen and it kinda sucks. Fine Living and Travel Channel will be picking up some of the load which could be good.

jonathankavner at 4:31PM on 06/27/08

From Serious Eats

Meet & Eat: Sarah Wolf, Serious Eats Intern

Isn't there a dangerous shortage of salmon this season?

jonathankavner at 5:26PM on 06/25/08

From Talk

Stocking a pantry

Italian tuna in olive oil
Anchovy paste
Fish sauce
Worchester Sauce
Huey Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce
Huey Fong Chili Garlic Sauce
Soba/Udon
Frozen spinach/peas
Dried beans/peas/legumes
Sun dried tomatoes
Capers

jonathankavner at 3:37PM on 06/19/08

From Talk

Tuna. In a Can. Love it or Hate it?

Love it.

Always buy Tonno; Italian tuna packed in olive oil. Has a million uses.

Yesterday, we made Pasta alla Carrettiera after seeing this website on Tastespotting:

http://twoyolks.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/spaghetti-alla-carrettiera-spaghetti-with-fried-bread-crumbs-garlic-and-anchovies/

Instead of anchovies, we substituted the A's Do Mar (http://www.europantry.com/store/seafood/stAsDoMarTuna.html).

Not that I don't have love for the fresh tuna, but tonno is a great product with a million uses.

jonathankavner at 4:15PM on 05/07/08

From Serious Eats

Top-Quality Drinks, Bargain-Rack Prices

Rebel Yell is a great $12 bottle of bourban.

jonathankavner at 1:21PM on 05/05/08

From Serious Eats

Newman's Own Wine: Better than the Salad Mists, Not as Good as the Lemonade

Charm City Cupcake:

You're buying the wrong lemonade.

Newman's Own Organic Virgin Lemonade is made with Pure Filtered Water, Organic Sugar, Organic Lemon Juice From Concentrate, Organic Lemon Pulp, Organic Lemon Juice, Organic Lemon Oil.

jonathankavner at 1:46PM on 04/16/08

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