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Have you concocted something crazy in your kitchen, dined out on the best meal ever, or maybe even seen a D-List celebrity putting something in their mouth? Well don’t just sit there! Share with ES!

Join the ES Flickr Pool and upload your favorite food photos. The best of the best (like these crazy-amazing Bloody Mary Test Tubes by Marco Veringa) will be featured on Endless Simmer.

Browse through some other great shots in the pool.

Food: Not So Depressing

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I don’t know what to write.  I just came home from a bar.  I’m supposed to preview this article I wrote about Clara.

Clara is this wonderfully, funny 93 year old woman.  A total YouTube wonder….waiting to happen.  But I found her.  The wrinkles in her face remind me of my grandmother.  The way she brags about her grandchildren remind me of my grandmother.  The way she peels vegetables reminds me of my grandmother.  It’s hard for me to watch her without missing my grandmother.

But, yet, I’m glad there is someone to remind me of her, to remind me a harsher time.  For surely, 2009 is not 1929.  Meet Clara, The Depression Cook.

Great Depression Cooking with Clara [Express]

Burning Questions: What to Eat When the Zombies Come

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Here at ES, we try to answer all your important food related questions, like why you can never match a tupperware to its lid, and what Padma Lakshmi was wearing yesterday. But while we’re off being frivolous, some people are actually focused on the big picture.

So I for one really appreciate Asylum’s recent article Apocalypse Chow: Cooking in the End Times, which offers some very helpful hints for what to eat when the zombies come. Am I the only one whose favorite scene in 28 Days Later was when they broke into the supermarket and got to eat as much chocolate as they wanted? And did anyone else cry during I am Legend when they finally got to eat bacon?

Seriously though, read this article! You’re gonna thank me when the end times come and everyone else is eating spam. Here are my  fav hints:

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Hott Links: Procrastinators-R-Us

Maybe you haven’t finished your shopping yet, or maybe you have some new gift cards ready to be redeemed, but take note: the day after Xmas is a fantastic time to shop.

Here are some great finds:

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Because your Sutter Home White Zinfandel will almost look classy when poured from crystal
Dorset Wine Decanter: $149 $99 [Williams-Sonoma]

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Because you totally need one more uni-tasker taking up room in your drawer
Grapefruit Knife: $18 $13.96 [Sur la table]

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Because it’s $3
Pancake Warmer: $3 [Craig’s List, Columbus]

ES Sponsors are Hot Stuff

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So maybe doughnut machines and bacon toothpicks aren’t the most practical gifts of all time (we still want them!) but who among us couldn’t get down with a brand new stove?

If you’re in the market for that restaurant-like kitchen of your dreams (or you just want to pretend), take a look at the drool-worthy kitchen porn from our latest sponsor, BlueStar.

Click the ad on your right to learn more.

And You Thought We Were Weird…

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We are up for some pretty bizarre eats here at Endless Simmer, but the amazing thing about this world is that no matter how weird you think you are, you can always find someone weirder.

With that in mind, check out WebUrbanist’s amazing list of the 15 strangest themed restaurants in the world.

I’m intrigued about the pitch-black restaurant in China and the robot-staffed eatery in Germany, but could probably skip the human body-themed meal they’ve got going on in Japan. Now if you put a fried egg on top…

Photo: Weird Asia News

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