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• 12.04.08
  Thursday Night Smackdown: Whores de Orvees chicken, fish, sauces, smackdown | (13)

  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
  
• 09.02.08
  The Dodge & Graham Horse and Pony Jamboree: Part 2 BBQ, fish, grilling, pork | (15)

  Here's a man who really knows how to massage his meat. A barbecue in North Carolina isn't really a barbecue unless some part of a pig is being cooked, and the Horse and Pony Jamboree did not disappoint.  Dodge (actual first name), the better other half of the HPJ, created an intensely flavorful pork shoulder, jazzing up a traditional Carolina vinegar-based marinade and mop with fresh and dried anaheim and poblano chiles.  He'd also planned some spicy pan-fried black bean cakes and some kind of amuse bouche that involved lemongrass-flavored shrimp wrapped in dough and fried.  I was skeptical, but as ...

  Tagged: barbecue, barbeque, BBQ, beans, canon, carolina, chef, fish, outer banks, pastry, pork, powershot, sanderling, shellfish, shrimp
  
• 09.01.08
  The Dodge & Graham Horse and Pony Jamboree: Part 1 BBQ, beer, fish, grilling | (15)

  I need something wide and shallow. Here's the exciting thing about this post: you'll get to feel like you're PART OF THE ACTION.  No, I haven't invented smell-o-blogging or taste-o-blogging, but after spending almost 10 hours with Graham and Dodge, 2 chefs from the chi-chi Sanderling resort here on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, I think I can help you re-create the experience I had chronicling them. Here's how you do it: Buy a case of Miller Lite.  Drink half of it, to get a good slosh on.  After every photo caption in this post, yell drunkenly, "LIKE YOUR MOTHER!" and ...

  Tagged: barbecue, barbeque, canon, carolina, cooking, cuisine, fish, food, grilling, powershot, seafood, shellfish, shrimp
  
• 08.29.08
  Thursday Night Smackdown: Hurry, man, before there’s still time. fish, pasta, smackdown | (12)

  When will smackdown get better?* It's sad, really, because any dinner was bound to be a let down after last night's tomatogasm. I'm still reeling a little, and I spent the whole day cornering co-workers and forcing them to listen to me monologue about tomatoes as they nodded politely (the co-workers, not the tomatoes). Still, this dinner, taken from The New Best Recipe, challenged another one of my food prejudices: pad Thai. It also made most of my block smell like fermented shrimp because I had all the windows open while I cooked, and for that I'm truly sorry. *I'm trying, ...

  Tagged: canon, cooking, cuisine, food, noodles, powershot, seafood, shrimp, thai, thailand
  

...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.