Yay! It’s lazy editors week on ES! Which is a perfect time for you to catch up on any simmer you might have missed this year. Our Top 10 most-read posts of 2009: 10. Cupcake Ice Cream Cones Cute kids and dessert. Two things that never get old. 9. Jacques Torres Shows How to Make a Chocolate Sculpture Brooklyn’s chocolate…
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Ever since Maids asked the women of ES whether they’d rather eat like hungry girls or skinny bitches, I’ve wanted to pose a similar question to the XY side of the food blogosphere. As a pretty passionate food fan, it’s always bugged me when guys subscribe to the Super Bowl commercial school of thought when it comes to cooking —…
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Editors Note: Help out ES friend, belmontmedina, as she tries to figure out what to cook for her friend’s mom’s cocktail party. Seasonal ingredients may only apply. I’m doing a cocktail party this Saturday for VT’s mom and about 15 people. He made Alton Brown’s avocado butter earlier this week, and has a ton leftover, so if there’s any way…
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OK, first things first–the results of our Top Chef Finale Guessing Game. After consulting all of the winning chef’s recipes online, it seems they used the following ingredients: Foie gras, redfish, corn, scallops, venison, wild mushrooms, cilantro, tuna, hamachi, black bass, fennel oil, fried tempura bits, chestnut, celeraic, blackberries, green beans, kumquat, orange juice, lemon juice, rice wine vinegar, sesame…
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Another week gone by already?! Here’s what everyone said while T Piper and Maids were fighting… – Gasie hit a nerve with her feminist critique of Super Bowl commercials: Nick: Convinced me. Not that I have ever drank Pepsi… but definitely won’t start now. You are very right about super-bowl ads. It’s not even funny how bad the commercials…
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Yes, yes, we’re aware there was some kind of footie game this week, but in more important news, the city of Pittsburgh was crowned champion in the Endless Simmer Super Bowl Food-Off! With nearly 1,800 of you weighing in (biggest ES poll ever!), Arizona didn’t even stand a chance. Iron City takes home the crown with an impressive 69 percent…
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Ya’ll were saucy this week, simmerites! – TVFF really brought out the scallop-haters out there in webland. Michael: I have to agree, but most especially with #5. Good sea scallops are good, but they have to be done just right, which happens about .00001% of the time. Also, I heard once that scallop meat is often faked, using skate…
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