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A Trip Through Time and Space

• 01.29.09
  TNS: Shabu! Shabu! beef, sauces, smackdown, soup | (21)

  BOILERPLATE: Have you heard? I’m a finalist in the 2009 Bloggies. Best-Kept Secret Blog! No shitting. I’ve added a new page to the site specifically to showcase my best work pander for votes. Four more days! I know there are no exclamation points in the actual name of the dish, but I'm just so filled! With joy! And delicious flavor! And from the unlikeliest of sources: Prince of Botox Rocco DiSpirito, the Cosimo di'Medici of frozen Bertoli pasta dinners. Did you know that before he became a corporate shill and reality television famewhore star, he ...

  Tagged: asian, beef, cooking, cuisine, food, rocco dispirito, soup, thai, vietnamese
  
• 12.04.08
  Thursday Night Smackdown: Whores de Orvees chicken, fish, sauces, smackdown | (15)

  You can't go wrong with the Barefoot Contessa, you just can't; and that Charlie Palmer can whip up a mean citrusy Asian sauce. Unfortunately, you can go hella wrong with bipolar disorder. You may have noticed a lack of recipe posts and an upswing in bullshitty posts, and it's because things are just weird and unstable around here. Y'all are awesome for getting into the non-foodie posts too, but don't think I haven't noticed and don't want things to get back to normal around here. Tonight is not the night that will happen, though: it's late, and actively working to ...

  Tagged: appetizers, asian, barfoot contessa, charlie palmer, chicken, cooking, cuisine, food, hors d'oeuvres, ina garten, japanese, peanut, shrimp, tempura, thai
  
• 06.09.08
  Cheap Ass Monday: Hot as Hell Cucumber Salad cheap ass, chocolate, dairy, fruit, sweets, veg, veg/vegan | (40)

  Pretty. Apparently, I don't spend ENOUGH time on the internet, because I'm adding a new feature to TNS: Cheap Ass Monday. My grocery bills have, uh, been nudging ever so slightly upward for the past few months; I have no idea why that might be. No matter the reason, I need to figure out a way to offset some of the more obscene Smackdown costs, and I know lots of us are looking for quick, less expensive meals so we can save our money for blowout trips to the French Laundry. Or, you know, to pay the mortgage or ...

  Tagged: asian, canon, cooking, food, ice cream, nuts, powershot, salad
  

...as of late

• Smackdown: Pip Pip Cheerio!
• Liveblogging Top Chef DC: Episode 7
• ‘Tis the Season
• Awesome Shit That I Want Monday
• Wordless Weekend: Brownies
• Col du Tourmalet