http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_1 f3ccfeec4d59a60a67b380cded9290c2 Savoy cabbage is in my opinion one of the best cabbages there is, it has a sweetness to it that makes it a pleasure to eat and it is really such a versatile vegetable; you can eat it combined with most things and you can eat it steamed, braised or raw with the same pleasure. And it is beautiful too isn't it? I have to say that most vegetables and ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-27T07:38:05Z http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_2 b88d823cae474538deeea97f95c97298 The Teen and Marketman are in New York City for the Thanksgiving holidays. It's her first time to the Big Apple at this time of year, so of course we just HAD to catch the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. While some 50 million Americans watched the parade on national television, we decided to brave the crowds and see it up close and ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T20:44:07-05:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_3 cf9389191c56a86733ed88318d050f2e In my quest for a first cut blade chuck roast I came across some beautiful lamb shoulder chops. These chops were in fact the cut of meat I was looking for, just from the wrong animal. The individual pockets of meat, divided by connective tissue, called out and I took pause in my need to procure the chuck roast. Instead we were treated to a ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:59:59 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_4 647d84305f4c5fd52fb467ceb823f1a0 Two delicious Sabrett-style, natural casing hotdogs with their special chilli, which is more like a spicy onion relish really. I like it with a bit of mustard and wash it down with a Lime Rickey (Lime soda with grenadine-not the same as a Shirley Temple; much better). Boulevard drinks is, without a doubt, the best hotdog restaurant in Jersey City. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:59:59 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_5 30e7a9ba8c981193c781f094910b8bc0 Balls of macaroni deep fried with a tasty tomatoe sauce. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:47:09 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_6 cd3d2bc6aecc93263f9a4f4c353e9612 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:52:59 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_7 f502d5d7d0f9cae755d2186f7fbff54b Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:28:34 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_8 25ee755f454de83dd84d5986e3acdea8 I was walking through the cereal aisle of Target yesterday, picking up some Kashi Warm Cinnamon Oat Heart to Heart Cereal and Barbara's Bakery Peanut Butter Puffins Cereal, when I turned around and, in the midst of a sea of... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:22:31 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_9 af1d82ce1d8743dbac24055aa3acdfaa I got the flu last week, and wanted something to eat that I'd actually be able to keep down. Getting sick of ginger ale, I thought crackers might be a good choice, so I picked up a box of Finn... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T20:44:07-05:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_10 04ee7f1aa6b55587d8c3268a43af9306 Usually after Thanksgiving we have plenty of leftover turkey and enough turkey stock for several days of dishes. Today I whipped up some turkey white chili, based on our chicken white chili recipe, but made it with cooked turkey meat instead of chicken, and with the beans cooked in homemade turkey stock. I bumped up the heat a bit from the other ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T20:44:07-05:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_11 9513e09930557eee897c5d351bd6a330 Jeff forwarded us an email with this link good for $3 worth in MP3s from Amazon. Here are some instructions, terms and conditions cut and pasted from the site: (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:21:59 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_12 8f7dfd2a09d641cc765d834e6f8fe25c The shortage of dairy products is so severe that dairy giant Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited is compelled to buy milk powder from Karnataka. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:01:19 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_13 3be5c2f0781acc1219ab904891544bf9 Did mammoths really sound like this? Biologists have found many things in common between mammoths and their modern relative, the Asiatic Elephant and think they may have even sounded alike. Listen carefully and you'll hear the wind, too. Ten thousand years ago, this part of British Columbia was cold and windy, similar to the alpine-tundra ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:51:28 PST http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_14 07386999b940823ad95cb3524f53b278 Last week I was reading through my feeds and paid special attention to Ruhlman, being that I was about to meet him and all, and he mentioned that he was getting a store through a new online shopping service called Open Sky. Since I follow anything my Internet Heroes tell me to do, I instantly applied for my own store. In the past, I have briefly ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:25:12 PST http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_15 62915d6fc4722bd13a27ad8a8a632236 Like miso soup? So do we. It is great in its simplest form — with just tofu and wakame — but did you know that miso soup can be a base for so many variations? A couple of weekends ago, we passed by DEC (yes, the Chinese deli), and bought cooked and frozen dumplings. The [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:28:13 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_16 6fb48f066b7a9c73627eeaedaaad1269 Potatoes, Broccoli, Stuffing, Turkey Dominic Armato We were unable to spend Thanksgiving with family this year, so we decided to keep it simple. Some roasted potatoes with bacon and sage, my father's pureed broccoli with an obscene amount of butter,... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:28:13 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_17 94a2177997d28ff126f15c266ca0c9d3 We've been doing this for so long, I forgot that some people are just joining in the Presto Pasta Night fun. So here are some simple rules for submitting your fantastic pasta dishes: (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T19:29:26-05:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_18 913e3d5e71ca9a25d2d5f08e2eb23f53 Last Friday morning, a new addition to the family made his appearance known. Say hello to our new son, Asher! The Food Section will return to its regular schedule of posting soon. Until then, expect any blogging in the near time to be of an ad hoc, as-the-time-might-strike nature... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:09:17 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_19 16cf257a65dca6d317d2a53aed0cd955 Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:59:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/1#item_20 30b02f68520f5e72d901908d4b80d883 Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:37:54 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_1 3e38f383f960413834aa4c31949fca8a Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:37:54 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_2 61f7732b66dbd4557f122a8171932e61 You all know the feeling.  The knot in your stomach.  The tightness in your chest.  The shallow breaths and elevated heart-rate. The shooting pains down your left arm. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:37:54 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_3 8d12447a080a394cf182f1e98a534f1e I was going to say "That was fantastic," but somebody beat me to it in French, so I'm outclassed again. This is the kind of thing that makes the Gunslinger nonpariel. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:01:00 +0100 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_4 aa354b1dc64a95817a52b72584e2923f I'm pretty happy with myself, finished this month's Daring Bakers challenge on time AND finished writing about it in time to post it on the 27th! So this month we made cannoli. Not something that was very high on my to do list but I've always been curious about their taste. They are not something you would find in the Netherlands (or Austria I ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:45:08 EST http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_5 b4775569a3c668fb8705bcfe0f73d1fe These pumpkin seeds came without their shells, and they generally had an olive green color, with lots of variation in the shade of green and some yellowish patches where the skin of the kernel had peeled off. ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T22:04:58Z http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_6 1ee7cbcd0daecadf7f291afc8f633aeb Grilled snapper fillets, microwaved-steamed potatoes and salad (lettuce, cucumber, grape tomatoes, corn). The parsley garnish was immediately removed and placed on Jac’s plate after I photographed my dinner. Jac seasoned the fish with salt and pepper, topped each piece with a little butter and placed them under the grill. She’s still ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T17:27:00.005-04:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_7 7d0b4bac55ed17a6ae775360e1f13fd0 What a sad day indeed. Somehow, I made it to Thursday without one pasta dish this week! Shocking, I know. I even tried to make a pasta for lunch...sounded good - crab, peas & white wine. What could be bad? It even looked pretty. That said, it was probably the blandest pasta I've ever made. Good thing that tomorrow Deb of Kahakai Kitchen is ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_8 aa2b6614d3826a9c74eeefbd074cc363 Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:29:29 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_9 31a21c754d86fc52e83d2bee7eae63dc The article that I wrote for today's Irish Times Gift Christmas Supplement is not online so I thought that I would reproduce the entire piece here - before it was edited for space and clarity - complete with links. Buying for someone who loves food might seem like the easiest thing in the world but sometimes gourmet foodies can also be the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_10 5a1444704b731a0592d06ffe7bbc0a95 The Random House dictionary defines mayhem as “random or deliberate violence or damage.”  It is apt then that the stated original purpose of Epic Mayhem Pale Ale was to “willfully maim and cripple the palates of the most extreme hop head.” (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:31:29 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_11 4c7aacc476e00d597535f38d2963b4d9 Thanksgiving is not going as planned; I'm stuck here with a sick and cranky wife. I made this bread to have something to do more than anything. I used the Anadama formula from the BBA; with a Southern turn. I substituted stone ground grits and cane syrup. The grits came from an acquaintance of mine that operates a mill. The next time I see him I ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:17:09 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_12 a00c03f69a0a92c57f2348c57494c15c Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:51:26 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_13 b78f66c9977306031461c3ce92d90b9e Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:11:45 -0800 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_14 98b8b4aad29454fc408826c8effb5f99 Copy of complaint below: (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_15 6b8694a13fb7e833c10181312060b53e Filed under: YumSugar Cranberry or Gravy? Photo: YumSugar . Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar . Here's what they've got cooking this week: Next Food Network Star winner Melissa d'Arabian wants to save you money for Thanksgiving -- $20 for gobble grub! We know you've been procrastinating - (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:56:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_16 c2f4be7c5ca6cadada478d3bf1b666ef Is the restaurant attractive? Very. High white ceilings, generous white tablecloths, lovely tall windows looking right down the River Thames. If invaders sailed upstream, you could see them coming for miles. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:43:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_17 6c04b56451c84689f4ac61a9771c865a Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:39:46 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_18 f7052ae90a22ad1959444445801b090f Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:39:46 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_19 772a04b10892de9aec694ef7fedf149f This is my mother.  See that turkey on the stove?  Raw?  And dripping juice on the stove?  My sister and I survived childhood.  For that, we are thankful.  (Hi Mom!  Hahahahaha!) (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T18:00:23-05:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/21#item_20 789e7d5069fe788f3496a490756d5700 Photograph by missapril1956 on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap : A motor vehicle accident at Harlem River Dr S/B at George Washington Bridge in Manhattan, a sexual assault at Parsons Blvd in Queens and a home invasion at Water Ave & Brighton 13st in Brooklyn. Roman Polanski will be placed under house arrest in his Swiss Alpine chalet as soon ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T18:00:23-05:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_1 9be45e4896472c4ccc94c14bb8b2e798 Last Thanksgiving, Greg Horoski and his wife faced foreclosure. Thursday, they celebrate the holiday in the East Patchogue home they now own outright, thanks to a State Supreme Court justice's ruling to cancel their mortgage because of a bank's failure to act in good faith in working out a foreclosure alternative. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:14:31 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_2 98890c7f94698d3c8dc89115a08d8cb8 Here is what I've baked last night and this morning to take to our family dinner at my brother's home later today. Dinner rolls, sourdough no-knead bread, Italian herb no-knead bread and cinnamon sticky buns. I hope they are all hungry. LOL (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:00:32 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_3 a303a663fabe92084ff05b31e082ae5b Stopping for a beer Amid mad preparation I have to marvel Photo and haiku by Captain Hops. References: It’s Thanksgiving day in the US and that means enjoying family and food… and all the liquid refreshment that allows that to happen. I know I have a lot to be thankful for when I am staring at a 20 pound [...] Related haiku: This ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:48:09 -0800 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_4 09c4d6f900df1a0ca6c9eeed01f70e36 Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:08:19 -0800 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_5 c4c82beb26b09fed39518cb741d97c69 (My Smoked Butterflied Turkey from last year.) It's our first year back in the Midwest, and we're on the road visiting family. It's one of the few years in the last 20 or so that I haven't been in the kitchen all day, so I find my hands making involuntary chopping and stirring motions... Have a great day, we all have a lot to be thankful for, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:07:00 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_6 93014bb61df9c74ce7288b6c934fb01e Babe in the City – KL is run by husband and wife team of Capt’n Hook and Babe_KL. They both live in the food haven of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As consummate foodies, the blog contains food and product reviews with a number of food-related events. This blog is also popular with the inclusion of occasional recipes and how-to-cook ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:30:14 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_7 75636a1e8d13400491fd29901d831787 Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:03:13 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_8 a5e4334664dba49eb6e0f2bb808aa4df For as long as I can remember, I admire people who can finish a meal without having something resembling dessert at the end, because try as I might, I can't do it. I am a slave to sweet things, and... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T14:42:58Z http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_9 38d512aa0430533dcd003d0f787b9412 As I write this, cooks in the U.S. are waking up and facing a full day of Thanksgiving fun: baking and cooking and gossiping with family and friends, looking forward to a feast. Living outside the US, I don't think I've cooked a Thanksgiving feast on the actual day in, well, 17 or 18 years. This year was no exception: we had our bird last Friday, (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T14:42:58Z http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_10 6f1c7d3c6acb803f81419ff1bf5b73ce When I was in Spain this summer I ate a lot of tortillas. They were our go-to when we were sick of fish in Cabo de Palos (didn't happen to me, but to other members of my family), when we didn't feel like eating heavy meat in Madrid, or when we wanted something to nosh on between lunch and dinner while drinking a lovely Alhambra beer. And now that ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T13:05:42Z http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_11 ff62acebb5368aa83ba0e6a14e86dd53 OK, cooking might not be the perfect term for today's recipe. There's no stove involved, no oven, no tears from slicing onions; prep time will be less than 5 minutes. On the other hand, the results will last much longer (not too much longer though, if you love bringing friends little food presents, like I do). Not only has my friend Claudio ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T13:05:42Z http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_12 0d9ef05bdbfac588cf9fbadd39f24a9d 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C and place an ovenproof casserole dish in the oven to heat up. Ruth’s note: The dish should be large enough to hold all the Brussels Sprouts about 2” deep. You want enough surface for the leaves to brown. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T11:42:31Z http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_13 ba405923b694bd65e34f57e0eab58a3b A fantastic lunch I ate at work! Leftover pizza, homemade by Brad and Kelsie in their new pizza oven. Jac had been to their house for dinner the night before - I had some work to do and chose to stay home. When Jac came home, she carried with a plate of leftover pizza! So this is my lunch plate at work the next day. The two slices on the left ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T11:42:31Z http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_14 eaf162e4ac3f1fd808e86658aab715d8 Well, SHTCA means School of Hospitality Tourism and Culinary Arts.. And our school/department is located in the whole of the first floor in our college. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:22:34 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_15 8eae277c3069c25456d7f283c361d823 Our bird was such a whore. She did a nice spread for the camera: We did rice stuffing. Someone here suggested it. It turned out really well. The bird was marinated in Wild Turkey, water, honey, brown sugar, thyme, garlic, pepper, and lots of salt. It sat in the brine for 5 days. It was incredibly delicious and moist. The salt/bourbon mixture ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:41:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_16 62eb5c5eea61ec3d08097ba2f22ffdb5 Forget all the spongy, bready, fishy blobs that pass as crab cakes elsewhere. To know the paradigm, you must eat in Maryland, at Faidley's in particular. In this eat-in-the-rough market on one side of the boisterous, centuries-old food emporium known as the Lexington Market, a crab cake is a baseball-sized sphere of jumbo lump crab meat held ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:30:00 -0400 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_17 08c4fdd6aaea346cae188a3548af6a54 Duane Sorenson arrives on my doorstep with a lot of baggage. Duane has a crew with him, Andrew and Matt. They squeeze through the door sideways, arms wrapped around a large box full of coffee paraphernalia. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:30:00 -0400 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_18 5742e8d49ad22e4e9348800d1c3579e8 It's not too long into dinner at Cinq o1 when the waiter delivers the wrong food to the table. Again. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_19 1448e537c3b7d8062fcdb58cc16cb97c You could eat your fill of nigiri sushi, futomaki and sashimi at the new incarnation of Sakae, glad that Burlingame still boasts a fine sushi restaurant. But you'd be missing out on some excellent and lesser-known Japanese dishes that chef Hiro Endo has added... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/41#item_20 37724b84944c20e213fd7bdb7aabe2cf Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T22:00:00-08:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/61#item_1 0b450e8097661376182c7b84393a78c4 Happy Thanksgiving to all! This is just a short update since I'm in Kansas about to celebrate the holiday with the family of the boyfriend. I just wanted to share a little concoction I whipped up before I left, while... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:37:00 -0500 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:03:50 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/61#item_3 6a0c7b3db50a4a9d29ed2ca41f8c2732 A number of chefs and restaurateurs have taken on everyday foods, revisiting, revising and approaching them with care. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1259326068/61#item_4 8b11846693d09ee0d61668c3b3dacc5f Sweet old restaurant has survived for 44 years, and may it go on many more Sweet old restaurant has survived for 44 years, and may it go on many more (Read on Source) ]]>