it's so hard to think about college when all i want to do is open a sandwich shop! it would be a bakery too, of course — i'm thinking "pastries and paninis" will be the tagline — but mainly sandwiches. i'm sure it'll happen some day. this fantasy sandwich shop definitely caters as well. weddings, bat [...]
i tried making cured egg yolks a few weeks ago. it's a lengthy process; the yolks have to sit submerged in salt and sugar for four days, then once they're firm and weird-smelling, they get rinsed off and baked for 2 hours. the end result has the appearance and texture of a dried apricot. they [...]
i've spent the past month working my way through the sixty odd episodes of doughboys, a podcast in which the two hosts (mike mitchell and nick wiger) critique chain restaurants. it's incredible. they are the pete wells of the fast food world. each episode features a guest and a restaurant, and consists of an hour and [...]
how do you feel about spicy food? that's a pretty broad term. we're talking food that gives your mouth a red-hot blast of flavor. do you the fierce complexity of a spicy curry? the kick of a jalapeño? the deep intensity of a homemade chili? personally, i tend to opt away from super hot, mouth-on-fire, [...]
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