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by Liza

The Incredible Edible WHAAAT?

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My coworker is literally obsessed with the Travel Channel’s show Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. Have you seen this show? It’s crazy! Basically, chef/food critic/and blogger Andrew Zimmern travels around the world to places “discovering authentic experiences” by eating local dishes that us Americans would consider vomit worthy! But the dishes he eats are considered delicacies in countries he visits. Seriously, every day my coworker tells me about Andrew’s adventures in eating something unfathomable – would you try steamed fertilized duck eggs, (which is basically an egg with the bird inside – and you eat it, beak feathers and all! AHHHH!) How about bull testicles? Or Lamb ear fat???

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by Liza

Live Blogging Top Chef: Episode 5

Ok so I’m live blogging tonight, and I have to warn you…. I passionately dislike our precious Padma (yeah, I said it). Her monotone, non-expressive voice, and the Top Chef promos of her popping a champagne bottle and spraying it everywhere make me want to vomit. But I LOVE TOP CHEF, and I just put a vegetable lasagna in the oven for the occasion!

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Ok we’re starting- and the preview looks crazy- people are yelling at each other, a table fell down.. what’s going on!

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Zoi is always pissed

Ming Tsai is the guest judge. Jesus, Padma just pointed to her mouth and was like “your palate, your palate is so important”

OMG everyone is so conceited about their palate – They have to figure out which cuisine is the gourmet and which is not and Padma sounds legitly pissed that someone was not correct- she’s such a bitch – so disappointed! and Stephanie sounds biiiiter

I don’t know what to think about Antonia… I think she might be the hidden gem…

Or should I say the hidden element –

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Wow only 15 minutes to make 3 courses!

Antonia: “I will make a f-ing condensed soup”

I agree with Lisa – How can you be comfortable with having a meal be an EGG! I’m sorry, but people like to eat, and they are not going to be satisfied with 1 egg in the middle of their plate.

by Liza

John Mayer Does Perez Hilton – Literally! With a $675 Bottle of Liquor

This is war of the bloggers!

So my fave celeb blogger Perez Hilton (yeah, I said it) is claiming that at Stereo Nighclub in NYC he

MADE OUT – WITH TONGUE

with fellow blogger, John Mayer! John Mayer, in so many words, is denying this.

Let’s look at the facts to get to the bottom of this:

First, I’m pretty sure anything is possible at Stereo Nightclub. Their menu is exclusively alcohol – and no single drink orders here. You may only order the entire bottle, the lowest priced being about $300!

However, I bet Perez and John opted to start with the Stereo Pomegranate shot kit:

Pama Liquor
Shaker
Ingredients for Pama and Lime, Pama “kazi”, Pama/Lemon Drop.

Then perhaps they continued with the $675 bottle of Patron Silver Magnum. Who knows.

But Stereo’s goal is “creating the ultimate sensory experience.” And from the looks of the picture above, John Mayer is grabbing everything in sight- whose hands is he holding while whispering into Perez’s ear?

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by Liza

What Would Tyra Do?

What do you do when you have no groceries? Tyra, like always, has just the advice for you!

And Tyra is a very reliable source – I mean HELLO! She was #51 in Time Magazine’s “Time 100 of 2007” in the category of Heroes and Pioneers.

So what would Tyra do?

“If I don’t have groceries, I eat popcorn and Tang for dinner.”

I KNOW WHAT I’M HAVING FOR DINNER TONIGHT!

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by Liza

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

ES’s very own Gansie is the NEW FOOD WRITER for the Washington Post’s EXPRESS NEWSPAPER!!! And her first article comes out TOMORROW! You DON’T want to miss it!

DC people, grab a copy of the EXPRESS tomorrow, and non-DC people, visit the EXPRESS website later this week at: http://www.readexpress.com/

ES is SO PROUD of GANSIE!!!

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by Liza

Bringing the Bacon Everywhere I Go

Have you ever seen anything more amazing in your whole life!

It’s amazing! Simply amazing! A BACON WALLET!!! It’s a wallet with bacon strips! I don’t think I will ever get over how awesome that is!

Good ES friend Violette presented me with this FABULOUS fashion statement and I just had to share!

MMMM Makes me hungry for bacon!

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by Liza

I Love You Mac and Cheese!

I LOVE MAC AND CHEEEEEESE! I seriously can’t sing it loud enough. So for my birthday, since I was cooking for guests (the best people in the world!) I decided to compromise my Liza tendency of using the microwave (yes, you can make mac and cheese with the microwave), and actually make REAL macaroni and cheese. But after looking at many different recipes, I thought you know, I’m going to take note of the ingredients from these recipes that I see as essential BUT I’m going to make my mac and cheese HEALTHY! And yes, just like cooking mac and cheese in the microwave, this too is possible and DE-LISH!!!

Cook two bags of WHOLE GRAIN macaroni

Drain pasta and return to sauce pan

Mix 4 tablespoons of VEGAN butter in the noodles

In a separate sauce pan, mix 1/2 cup of egg substitute, 6oz of evaporated milk, 2 teaspoons of kosher salt, 2 tablespoon of paprika, and dash some pepper to your preference

Pour this into the macaroni, and dump a bag of organic shredded cheddar cheese, and a bag of 2% shredded “mexican style” cheese

Mix all together put stove on low heat and you have Fabulous ooey gooey Mac and cheese goodness!

For more Mac and Cheese info, and an Ode to Mac Cheese see after the jump!

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