Archive for Archive for June, 2008
Hot Bytes for 2008-06-25
File Under “What Were They Thinking:” Bottle of Macallan Scotch Sells for $54,000. http://tinyurl.com/2vbcun #
Find the Bat Signal Contest by Hershey’s: http://www.junkfoodnews.net/ http://tinyurl.com/4pfa24 #
Great Aprons for the Chef (or Chefette) in Your House: http://apronstore.com/flag.htm #
Fenway Repeatedly Violates Health Code; Rat Droppings in the Hot Sauce? http://tinyurl.com/6yuvpn #
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Top Chefs Do Spicy in Finale
Season Four of Top Chef is now history. Stephanie pulled it off, in spite of her frequent scowls and angry body language. I was pulling for Richard, just a bit. (With Andrew gone in Week 10 and Dale in 11, of course.) I mean, how can you go wrong with liquid nitrogen in the kitchen?
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Hot Bytes for 2008-06-24
Odd Jobs, Including Stunning Salmon for a Living: http://tinyurl.com/4a2myl #
More Food-on-Stick News! A Serious Competitor to the Infamous Slaw Dog: http://tinyurl.com/4uo8ag #
Chile Underground Joins Chilefire Webring: http://chilefire.ning.com/ #
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So You Think You Know Your Kitchen Utensils…
If your kitchen is like mine, you’ve got several drawers and cabinets of kitchen gadgets. And a few cylinders near your range with your favorite weapons inside, held at the ready. Implements of destruction or salvation. Stirring, mashing, whisking, flipping. Cutting and decorating. The works.
There are few things more satisfying as a man than wielding [...] Read more »
Hot Bytes for 2008-06-23
TwitterTweets Activated on Chile Underground; Massive Global Celebration Begins… #
Get Ready to Roll: Food Festivals in July… http://tinyurl.com/3fppsc #
Find a Chili Cookoff In Your Area: http://tinyurl.com/4pa2bo #
The Only True Slaw Dog Competitor: http://tinyurl.com/6xd9qm #
News We Already Knew - Brits Can’t Cook (Safely): http://tinyurl.com/47qld5 #
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Other Food Sites
I’ve been cruising the Web looking for other bloggers with similar passions. I assumed there would be several at least. Maybe quite a few.
Of course, food is one of the most talked about topics out there! Seems most of us eat fairly regularly; and not a few like to talk about food, theirs and others. [...] Read more »
Tools of the Trade
Keeping a food website alive is a bigger undertaking than it first appeared to me. It’s also easier than I really imagined it to be, in a lot of respects.
It’s all in the wrist. And the tools.
As you can see (from my footer, at least) I use WordPress for my site. It’s not just for [...] Read more »
More Friday Follies II: Thumping Watermelons
Many Guinness World Records are the result of amazing feats of skill, daring or endurance. Most of them came about after careful consideration, planning and thinking. We might even say, “Man, that guy really used his head!”
Well, now we can say that again.
In this video we can see all the excitement and grandeur of a [...] Read more »

















