September 2007


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My Low-Fat Tofu Chai Latte Brings All the Boys to the Yard

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Sure, we’re all obsessed with food here at ES, but I’m not sure we’ve taken it to the extremes of soul mate finding.

As the MSM struggles to find its “hip” bone, Newsweek online brought us the touching and tragic story of vegans and vegetarians trying, against all things beef, to find love — with each other.

Yes, apparently a vegan and a veggie is not a match made in the garden of eden. As vegetarians still eat animal by-products, they can be deemed “murderous” by their supposed vegan allies. Love is not blinded by a gorgeous leather jacket from Florence, apparently, but that’s another story.

Although, I have to admit, I’ve previously threatened 80 Proof with breaking our lease – to no avail – if he doesn’t at least try one of the heirloom tomatoes I brought back from the market.

Maybe it’s food that conquers all?

Photo: UNC

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Bananas en Fuego

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Although the old adage is to only serve dinner guests something you’ve made before, I tend to NEVER follow that advice. For me, entertaining opens up the possibility to try a new dish, a new technique, a new ingredient…anything to keep things interesting. And so for my dinner with recent San Fran transplant, Laura, I decided to light something on fire.

Maybe trying this with a bottle of wine in me wasn’t the best idea, but it worked out wonderfully (to both our surprise, especially since I had her screaming out directions from the other room, clearly acknowledging I had never attempted this before) and was surely a great way to end dinner…and start the rest of the night.

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Hott Links: Puff the Magic Pastry

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Washington Post food blogger Kim O’Donnell made the exact same kitchen faux pax that I did. I think we must be cooking soul mates. Don’t worry, Kim – one day we’ll meet in a flaky, phyllo heaven.

Celebrity hot sauces are so hot right now. [Stereogum]

Hidden between fluff pieces on General Petraeus and President Ahmenidijad, the New York Times Week in Review offers an in-depth analysis of the cupcake trend, asking such soul-wrenching questions as:

– Should cupcakes be banned from school bake sales? (No!)

– Can the cupcake loyalist support the sale of a chocolate Guinness cupcake with green-tea cream cheese frosting? (Bring it!)

– Has the cupcake been stolen from the people by the baking aristocracy (are you fucking kidding me?)

Photo: Stereogum

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Rellenos Redux

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I am fully aware nobody likes a half-baked sequel, but I’m still going to share my second attempt at Chiles Rellenos. I used the same recipe as the first time, but kicked it up a notch by replacing the Monterrey Jack with some good old fashioned pig.

I sauteed 1/2 pound of ground pork with some fresh cilantro, chopped garlic, and salt and pepper, and used this for the filling.

I also made one of Edouble’s salsas, and then to mix it up, made a second batch where I replaced the tomatoes with green tomatillos.

I’ve reproduced the full recipe for easy clicking after the j.

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Hott Links: Cheflebrity

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Somewhere between Jacque Pepin’s tasteful entry into television and cook books and Rachael Ray’s creation of a media conglomerate, chefs dove into the role as full time celebrities.  The gossip pages are taking full advantage.

Marco Pierre White: “Jamie Oliver is a fat chef with a drum kit” [This Is London]

Gordon Ramsay: “F**k me, bollocks to that.” [TMZ]

Nigella Lawson: “The[se] … aren’t particularly healthy.” [Daily Mail]

Honorable Mention:

Mario Batali trying to save his TV career by eating in Spain with Gwyneth [Slashfood]

Top Chef contestant trying to stay in the spot light [TMZ]

Photo: Daily Mail

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liza contributed to this post.

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You’re a Vegan who Can’t Drive

Once-famous actress Alicia Silverstone is trying to succeed where heart doctors and Yom Kippur have failed – convincing Americans to stop eating Bacon.

Her controversial new ad promoting the veggie lifestyle is below, and probably NSFW. If you’re not web-savvy, that means she’s naked.

That’s great and all, batgirl, but I don’t think I’m going to put down the pork-covered popcorn.

Update: They won’t let us embed, but here’s the vid on YouTube.

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Top Chef Recap: Episode 12 – Cursed is the Cheesemaker

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I hope all you haters are happy with this fully-clothed Padma picture. For those of you who are fans of the previous photo gallery, here’s a very NSFW link.

Moving on, Tony Bourdain says this was the best Top Chef episode of the year, and I’m inclined to agree, because if I didn’t, I think he would yell at me. Seriously though, there were some awesome dishes from every cheftestant, except of course for that Jamaican cheesemaker, who set a Top Chef record by serving raw fish and raw chicken in the same episode.

The episode started at Le Cirque, where Sirlio Maccione stepped in to guest judge the cheftestants’ attempts to replicate a classic Le Cirque dish, halibut wrapped in thin strands of potato (I’m sure there is a much fancier description). They all did surprisingly well, except of course, for the aforementioned Sara, who forgot to cook hers. Maccione turned out to be the most honest judge yet, admitting that he wanted to award the quickfire to Casey just because he’d like to bone her, but instead Hung took the prize.

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