February 2010


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Feed Us Back: Comments of the Week

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– Thanks for all the homemade pasta tips. Sounds like The Pioneer Woman is our go-to source. Other ideas? Keep ’em coming.

– You keep submitting those funky-ass cottage cheese recipes, we’ll keep publishing them. Jay:

A little late to the game, but I’ve got a weird one…I eat A LOT of it.

1 cup Cottage Cheese
1-2 tbsp Sweet Relish
Mix.

Want to be really gross, er, fancy? Mix in some finely diced beef jerky. I kid you not, it’s awesome, but I can only vouch for my brand of cottage cheese: Friendship. It’s like the Fage of cottage cheese, very thick and doesn’t need to be strained so it’s a little more “recipe ready”. Though I’d like to try this with those Rachel’s flavors if I could find them.

– Finally, Sara coins a healthy new food philosophy.

Thanks to this post, I’m now a poutinatarian.

(Photo: imipolexG)

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Hott Links: Best BBQ in America

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So Budget Travel recently asked me to complete the very difficult assignment of writing about The Best Barbecue Joints in America. Tough life, I know. Unfortunately they didn’t pay me to go to every one of these places, just to research them and get really, really obscenely hungry. So take a read if you’re a meat eater and feel like getting your drool on. Don’t forget to do that thing where you tell me what an idiot I am for missing ______.

The Best Barbecue Joints in America [Budget Travel]

And just to piss off all you Southern-fried traditionalists, here are four more stops for BBQ fans who aren’t up for actually leaving NYC:

New York’s Best Barbecue [Oyster Locals]

(Photo: Southern Foodways Alliance/Flickr)

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Cheflebrity Smörgåsbord: Masters of the Foodiverse

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The latest and greatest news about celebrity chefs, served up buffet style.

– The crew for the second season of Top Chef Masters was announced and includes Wylie Dufresne.  I’m installing him as an early 4-to-1 favorite and placing the over/under for foams at 7.5.  I suggest you take the over.

– Speaking of Top Chef, you can now pay to take a TC-themed walking tour of NYC.  Just remember…our Top Chef NYC guide is free!!!

After the jump…Tony Bourdain freelances in the sports section, The Ripper regresses to his dorm room days and our latest Old Media Update.

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Awwwwwww: Cutest Eater in the World Contest

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Think your kid makes a cuter chef than my nephew? Prove it!

Announcing the Endless Simmer Cutest Eater in the World Contest: Send in that very best shot of your kid/grandkid/grandparent/whoever being shamelessly cute in the kitchen. Extra points if they’re actually cooking, but we’ll accept kids eating, smearing food on their faces, or just generally being cute around anything edible.

We’ll pick a crew of cute finalists and ask ES readers to vote on their favorite. The winner will receive a copy of Cook’s Country Best Lost Suppers — a great cookbook from the culinary geniuses at Cook’s Illustrated full of recipes for the whole family  — and better yet, we’ll induct the cutest eater into the Endless Eater Hall of Fame.

So, pick out your best shot and send them to contests@endlesssimmer.com.

Update: Vote for the cutest eater in the world

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In Support of Sea Turtles

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A gifted memory is something I do not posses. My brother, on the other hand, will remember how to find my great aunt’s apartment building, even if the last time we traveled there Reagan was president.

I can only remember a few events from when I was 10 years old or younger, and one of them was balloon day. All of the kindergarten classes were led outside, given balloons, and told to release them at the count of ten.

I looked up. An abstract Seurat of boldly colored balloons. And then they floated into a hundred directions. Apparently killing sea turtles, because the next year we were no longer allowed to send plastic into the air, as we were only 60 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.

I of course didn’t want dolphins and fish and turtles to die, but that vision of carefree balloons traveling to the clouds made me happy. But I also think the rush came because I knew it was something our class wasn’t supposed to do.

I haven’t thought of that magical balloon day in years. But when I bought a six-pack of beers with hard plastic rings surrounding the necks, I thought about a change in my environmental consciousness.

80 and I picked up two flavors from Depot Street Brewing in a grocery store in Tennessee. The beer was okay, but I we were happy to buy local and I was fully intrigued by their funky red plastic holders. I tried to figure out the gimmick; it looks like they are reusable and there is a recycling program tied to returning the holders to the brewery (150 returns gets a drinker a free T-shirt).

I’m hoping to see more of this: local breweries leading the green revolution.

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Help DC Eat Through Snowpocalypse II

As readers around the country may have heard (just a few times), it’s snowing in the Mid-Atlantic. Again. Because not everyone can just eat snow, here’s a chance for all you DC-based simmer sauces to help out some neighbors:

On Thursday, February 11th, Food & Friends needs 20 volunteers to deliver meals, especially those with 4-wheel-drive vehicles. Those without cars would be very much appreciated in the kitchen! (ed: emphasis added), and it would be great if they could come between 8 and 10 a.m.

More Info here.

When you’re done helping, why not feed yourself? Check out Britannia’s insanely impressive map mash-up of DC restaurants that are open through the snowpocalypse.

UPDATE:  Click on Brit’s DC snowpocalypse restaurant map for constantly updated details on the snow schedule at 70+ DC restaurants.
View 14th & U St Restaurants #snOMG 2.0 in a larger map

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