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• 11.21.08
  Thursday Night Smackdown: I’m a grown up and I do what I want baking, smackdown, sweets | (18)

  And that includes eating Sticky Toffee Pudding for dinner. Which I just did, and I could not possibly be less sorry. In fact, I'm feeling so magnanimous after eating it that I'm willing to overlook the ridiculous length of this book's title AND the fact that (as listed on Amazon) it has TWO COLONS: Desserts by the Yard: From Brooklyn to Beverly Hills: Recipes from the Sweetest Life Ever, by Sherry Yard (GET IT?), official pastry chef of Wolfgang Puck's Spago empire. I Wonder: Are all the colons necessary?: A grammatical conundrum: That I can top: Suck on that. Wow, ...

  Tagged: baking, canon, cookbook, cooking, dessert, food, powershot, pudding, sherry yard, wolfgang puck
  
• 09.12.08
  Thursday Night Smackdown: A bit of okay, gov’nor. condiments, grilling, lamb, smackdown, veg | (22)

  Quoth Brian's mom, as we finished dinner: "This goes on my list of OK." Which I promise is not the damnation via faint praise it sounds like. Since I crapped out on my own foodie event by failing to smack anything down while in North Carolina last week, I thought we'd make up for it this week (and capitalize on the lovely weather we're having right now) by turning to the grill. We have a copy of Bobby Flay's Boy Meets Grill, acquired Soup Bible-style from a Barnes and Noble discount endcap. Mock Bobby Flay all you want - lord ...

  Tagged: bobby flay, cookbook, cooking, corn, food, grill, grilling, lamb, mexican, tacos, vegetables
  
• 09.08.08
  September 2008 First Thursday: The Grill BBQ, beef, first thursdays, fish, grilling, pork, roundups, sauces, sweets, veg, veg/vegan | (6)

  September 2008 was all about gorgeous grilled foods and over-achievers. I don't know if the multiple-recipe entrants are trying to make up for lost time or just want to make the rest of you look bad, but some people are definitely working overtime here. Roundup after the jump, and October 2008 info at the end! Continue Reading...

  Tagged: barbecue, barbeque, BBQ, blog event, cookbook, cooking, food, grill, grilling, recipes
  
• 07.03.08
  Thursday N…afternoon Smackdown: I’m Having Dinner at Babbo, Suckas eggs, grains, leftovers, smackdown, soup, veg, veg/vegan | (17)

  At a VIP table, no less. Suck on THAT. Okay, I know this is bad form. It's my blog, it's my inaugural event, and here I am, copping out and making a quick lunch so I can skip out on you to spend a night on the town. But here's the thing: cook eat FRET is in town. And she's now total BFFs with Joe Bastianich, co-owner of many of Mario Batali's restaurants, so she managed to get this fancy-ass table at Babbo tonight. And I am not afraid to send a deluge of whiny ...

  Tagged: canon, cookbook, cooking, food, foodbloggers, grains, powershot, recipe, soup, summertime, vegetables
  
• 07.02.08
  July 2008 First Thursday: Let’s get ready to rumble admin, first thursdays | (1)

  I know you've all been diligently pouring over your cookbooks and magazines to find THAT PERFECT RECIPE, and now it's time to let loose! Tomorrow is the first Thursday of the month, so whip up that meal and get your post on. Complete instructions are here. If you're one of those folks who likes badge-y type things, this is for you. Now go! Go! Go!

  Tagged: blog, cookbook, event, foodblogger, smackdown
  

...as of late

• You are so not off the hook
• 2008, Over and Out
• Weekend Frig: Yes, I am 12 Years Old
• Waiting for Santa
• Waterloo du patisserie, deuxieme
• Waterloo du patisserie, le premiere part.
• Cheap Ass Monday: Cuddle up with a big bowl of Cheerios
• I didn’t have a single drink, ocifer.