by gansie
Let the shame wash over you. Send us your most fabulous tupperware drawers, be they neat and tidy or total shit shows.
Our first candidate: DAD GANSIE
contests@endlesssimmer.com
Menu
December 2008
by BS
OK you’ve had your say readers. Hezbollah Tofu is the Eater of the Year. But you know what? This is a food-tatorship, not a food-ocracy, and you didn’t really think we were going to let you lowly readers get the last say, did you? In all seriousness, thanks for voting, but we want to continue the award season silliness and call out a few more of our favorite eating moments of 2008. What were your favorite moments? Holler back.
Most Improved Eater: The Political Media
There’s been a lot of criticism of the MSM this year — they were in the tank for Obama! They forgot to report about the war! They can’t afford to print papers! — but here at ES we noticed a marked improvement. Throughout the campaign, we could barely turn on our TV or crack open a magazine without learning important breaking news about what one candidate or another was eating. Hillary stops for ice cream! Huckabee fries squirrels! McCain gained five pounds! It was beautiful. I mean, look at this recent page from the Huffington Post. Not one, not two, but three top-of-page stories about what Barack Obama is eating this week — and he’s on vacation. Keep up the good work in 2009, media.
Best Food TV Moment
There is staged reality TV lameness, and then there are inevitable unexpected moments of genius. Top Chef 5 is not even halfway through, but we suspect we’ve already seen this season’s high-point: Ice Queen Padma Lakshmi, usually so adept at keeping her judgely emotions under wraps, simply lost it upon taking one bite of Jersey housewife Ariane’s super-sweet cherry surprise and literally gagged on it. Padma felt so bad about actually spitting out Ariane’s food that she let the old lady win every challenge since then. We don’t even care who wins Top Chef this year. We’ll just remember this one shining moment.
Best Use of Bacon
As you know, the best use of bacon of course means the most outlandish use of bacon. A dish that doesn’t crumble bacon or garnish with bacon, but creates something so bacon-y extravagant that your heart hurts just looking at it. FoodProof wins this one by a landslide with their remarkable woven bacon and cheese roll. Death on a plate in just seven easy steps.
More awards after the jump…
Read More›
by gansie
Actually, listen softly. I haven’t cleared this with BS yet. But, so, um, I’m on vacation from my official full time job, and um, I just can’t promise to deliver you those first class posts we normally publish on the web. I’m sure BS will still supply you with snarky, foodie fun. But, me, I might suck for the week. But you know what. Get over it. It’s the holidays. Even bloggers deserve a break.
Above, fresh tofu from this kickass Asian supermarket I went to with DAD GANSIE over my Jersey winter break. Look out for more references to my trip there. I had no idea there was such thing as fresh tofu? And while we’re at it – can you keep one more secret? I wanted the tofu to be mozzarella.
by BS
Ah, another year gone, another Endless Simmer Eater of the Year crowned.
It’s only fitting that after Anthony Bourdain was crowned EotY in our inaugural 2007 poll, Bourdain’s veganizing nemesis Hezbollah Tofu took home the award in our second annual contest.
Winning an impressive 48 percent of your votes, HT held off all challenges from Julia Child, John Mayer, Michael Pollan, Kendra Wilkinson and Cindy McCain.
HT may be taking a break from the full-time recipe writing, but their spirit will live on with one of the most coveted honors in the eating community — a permanent spot in the Endless Eater Hall of Fame.
