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The Spice is Right
How do we know? Because we ate it.
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A Sage Idea
If you, like me, live in the frozen tundra of the midwestern US, and you also happen to attempt growing things in your garden, now is a very sad time of year for you. Chances are good youve watched first one, then another of your beloved plants die off, and you know that some of them arent going to ...
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Lets see. Cheetos, Ho-Hos, Rolos
O and S, eh? Its Friday, so its time for something tangentially related to food, yet slightly off-topic. Fantastically brilliant idea found via Dia in Thailand.
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New Pushing Daisies Blog and Welcome to Ed-Heads!
Pies! Im chock full of news today, so lets get right to it: Im now writing for a new Pushing Daisies-specific blog over here at Life. Death. And Life Again. Why does this matter to you? Therell be recipes in it that tie into the show. Hope youll check it out! Hello to everyone visiting after he ...
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Because Soy Vey! was already taken!
Yep, you guessed itanother new design has gone up in the webstore! As always, click through to buy one, and dont forget to tell your friends about this and any other design that strikes your fancy!
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Because Ninjin Rap would have been right out
Im pleased to present yet another entry into my gallery of wearable food puns! In other news, Pushing Daisies returns tonight! I cant waittwo weeks without it was too long!
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Its cold! You need a new shirt or three! :)
Another new design up in the webstore. Check it out, and as always, click through if you want to buy one!
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The Semantics of Cobbler
Apple and Smoked Gouda Pie - Side View Pie, in all its forms, is comfort. Pie is home. Pie is a sense of longing, and perhaps a sense of belonging. It doesnt matter what kind of pie it is, as long as its good. And although its a type of pie, Im not counting pizza in this equation. Im talking of ...
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Punning at speeds in excess of 160MPH
New shirt available in the shop. It looks not entirely unlike this: You can click through if youd like to buy it right this second, or you can always purchase it and/or any of my other designs that strike your fancy through the Webstore tab up above. A substantive post will follow shortly.&nb ...
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Take a look in a Facebook a Big Chef rainbow! :D
Oh, LeVar Burton, where are you now? At any rate, you may or may not already have noticed it, but Big Chef is now on Facebook1 . Come find me and be my friend if thats your thing! Handy links have also been posted throughout the Big Chef website wherever my contact info is posted, but since I k ...
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Baguette a move on!
Wintertime is nearly upon us here in the icy cold Chicago area, and with it comes a longing for warmth and hearty things. And, of course, gorgeous, still-warm-from-the-oven, crusty, delicious baguettes! Here are some from just the other day. I took these spur-of-the-moment with my camera phone set ...
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Showing a Little Egg
Adrift on a buttery sea of breakfasting delight The old cliche holds that its always darkest just before the dawn. But thats OK, because thats when were hungriest and set ourselves to the task of making something yummy for breakfast. Yesterday, I made a simple swirl bread, which involved a lightly ...
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Calling All Pumpkin-lovers Everywhere!
I think Ive mentioned this before, but as today is the first of November, its now a brand new month of delicious bread over at Lynfred Winery! On the menu this month as our savory specialty bread is Ham and Swiss in Rye, which is quite tastyIm munching some as I type this. :9 But what I really wan ...
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If a zombedy is a zombie comedy, whats a zombie *romantic* comedy?
If youre questioning my choice of topic, Ill remind you that zombies are always hungry. Granted, their diet is a wee bit unbalancedbut then, so are a lot of non-zombies diets! I dont think we should hold it against them, quite frankly. Why dont they list marrow? Its delicious AND nutritious! (via ...
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Caketacular, caketacular!
If youve looked at TSiR in the past hour or so, youve already noticed the design change, but if youre reading this on a feed, I do suggest hopping over and taking a look. Its quite nice, if I do say so myself. Im still working on tweaking the photo gallery, so please bear with me if it starts to ...
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Theres a reason business starts with busy.
Dispatches from the Big Chef circle: As mentioned previously, my Ricotta Parmesan bread is currently one of the featured breads of the month over at Lynfred right now, along with a very delicious Apple Walnut Streusel bread. Theyve also got some Honeycrisp taffy apples (double-dipped!) that will ...
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Let Sleeping Bunnies Lie
Or bake, at least. This is a ricotta parmesan bunny, emulating a pose Moo adopts on a regular basis. All four of his legs disappear underneath his body and are covered by all his fur, so all you see is this egg-shapewith his head and tail sticking out, of course. Its ridiculously cute. I enjoy s ...
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Oh No, Not Nocciole!
Sometimes friends of mine feel as though theyre putting me to some sort of trouble if I make something for them, whether its for a birthday or for some other occasion. Usually, they couldnt be further from the truth. The only thing more fun than eating this gorgeous torta alla gianduia for Joes bi ...
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On the Ataulfo Coast
Unfortunately you wont find them in stores here any longer, as their brief flash of seasonality has now passed, but as a lifelong mango lover, Im of course indescribably fond of ataulfo mangoes, or champagne mangoes, as theyre sometimes called. Of course, this means I might do something crazy like b ...
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Top Chef S4E13: Pain in the Plantain
see more at overcastmedia.comYour Kitchen Ninja Overcast for TCS4E13 is now up. Id say more, but I dont want to spoil anyone who hasnt watched it already. This episode made me want to throw things, though. Share This
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I Scream, You Scream
We all scream for ice cream, yeah? How would you feel about bacon and egg ice cream? A friend of mine sent me this video ages ago, and I thought it seemed like a brilliant mean, it makes a ton of sense. Its basically math: a custard or pudding is largely comprised of eggs and milk/cream, as are nic ...
The Spice is Right
