May 12, 2008
A fortune cookie paradigm shift..
A fortune cookie revolution is predicted if Obama wins the election. When Obama wins fortune cookies will really end with "in bed." and Unicorns will crap ice cream and pastries [from Kottke.org]
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April 15, 2008
Something smells fishy...Recipegate hits Republican Campaign
Passion Fruit Mousse: one of seven plagiarized recipes that Cindy McCain claimed as her own
The pressure on potential first ladies and gentleman these days is through the roof. Why else would Cindy McCain resort to stealing a recipe for Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw from the Food Network website and calling it her own?
It seems that Cindy McCain, John McCain's perfect, blonde beer-baroness wife is about to find herself painted as the latest example of plagiarism on the campaign trail. This past Sunday, Lauren Handel, an eagle-eyed attorney from New York, was searching for a specific recipe from Giada DeLaurentis, a chef on the Food Network. Yet whenever she Googled the different ingredients in the recipe, the oddest thing happened: not only did the Food Network's site come up, as expected, but so did John McCain's campaign site.It also turns out that Mrs. McCain submitted "her" Passion Fruit Mousse recipe to the New York Sun for an article that ran on January 16th. Just like on the McCain campaign site, there is no sourcing other than McCain herself. [from Huffington Post]
How difficult would it have been to have an intern transcribe a few recipes scrawled on an index card by Cindy or John's grandmother?
We hear that's the strategy that Hillary's people are using to keep the interns occupied and away from potential first man, Bill. Cindy may be stealing the recipes for Passion Fruit Mousse and Farfalle with Turkey Sausage, but it's Bill whose trying to finger-feed the mousse and sausage to Hillary's underpaid, hard working staff.
If this isn't a good enough reason to vote for Obama, we're not sure what is. He married a woman who said, "Yeah, you know, cooking isn't one of my huge things." We're guessing that Michelle will make a better first lady since she doesn't waste her time pretending to have favorite dishes to cook for her husband.
To compare and contrast Cindy's recipes with those of the Food Network, continue reading.
The proof, as they say, is in the pudding. Or in this case, it's in the mousse recipe.
Evidence of Cindy McCain's recipe-lifting:
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August 29, 2007
Activity: Testicle Festival
Unfortunately, we missed our opportunity to have a ball at the Testicle Festival in Montana. At this annual festival in early August, Rocky Mountain Oysters are served up for eating. And the fun isn't limited to sacky sliders. There are also games like Bullshit Bingo where people buy a square on a huge grid for $5. Every time the bull shits, somebody wins $100. And for the thousands of Harley riders who show up every year, there's the Biker Ball Biting Contest.
We hoped to find some photos of the festival's namesake: hot balls being barbecued and eaten. Instead we encountered pages and pages of ladies dancing in the buff under a different kind a ball, one of the disco nature. Naked ladies and the festival locale -- a red state known for its Republican nuts -- guarantees there will be no cases of blue balls.
[thanks for the tip, Chris]
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July 03, 2007
Activities for a Mini Mid-Week Weekend
With the 4th awkwardly falling in the middle of the week, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by all the weekend-like activities. Our priorities are to keep the bellies of our readers full and to celebrate the great food-loving freedom we have in this country. Here are our recommendations for some activities to accomplish both these goals.
Tuesday (the new Friday), July 3rd
What: Texas Tavern Grand Opening
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Whistlin' Dixie's Texas Tavern, 714 11th Ave. at 51st St.
Cost: Free (mention Dixie at the door)
Open Bar: Bud Draft, 6-10pm
With a bar flowing with free Bud from 6-10 pm and a free Tex-Mex Buffet from 6-7 pm, we can think of few places that are more 'merican.
What: FreeNYC Taco Tuesday Takeover!
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Rewind, 137 Essex btw. Stanton and Rivington
Cost: Free
The FreeNYC staff will be pouring shots down your throat as we guest bartend one of our favorite weekly afterwork parties, Taco Tuesday. $4 Margaritas, $2 damn-good carne asada (or veggie) tacos and some find DJ music.
What: McCarren Park Pool Film - "Bring It On"
"Bring it On" at McCarren Pool
Time: 7:00pm
Location: McCarren Pool, Lorimer St., Williamsburg (btw Driggs and Bayard)
Cost: Free
For a mellow evening of movies and picnic, this is the place to go.
[via FreeNYC.net]
Wednesday, July 4th (Our Nation's Birthday)
What: Rooftop Films - "Political Shorts: Un-American Films"
Amusing Americana, explosive music, fantastic fireworks view and a two-hour open bar.
Location: On the East River at Solar One (@ 23rd St), just north of Stuyvesant Cove
Time:
5:00 - Doors Open
5:00 - 7:00 - Open bar with FREE Martin Miller’s Gin and Beaujolais chilled red wine.
6:00 PM - Live music by The New Dress
7:00 PM - Live Music by The Subjects
8:00PM - Live music by Vic Thrill and the Saturn Missile
9:00PM - The best fireworks view in the city
9:30PM - Films
What: July 4th party in Williamsburg at 3rd Ward:
Location: 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave between Stagg and Meadow, East Williamsburg
Time: Sunset to Midnight
Cost: Free
Celebrate Independence on the massive roof of 3rd Ward. We have an amazing view of both fireworks shows. Drink cheap booze, eat good food and groove to the eclectic mix of dj Zemi17.
[Uncool Kids via FreeWilliamsburg.com]
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May 15, 2007
Congressman: Eat my face
Is your Congressman or woman in bed with special interest groups, fattening her belly with a bottomless slush puppy fund? Cakehead is launching a nationwide campaign to remind representatives that they're supposed to be representing the people and not business interests. Get them out of bed with the lobby groups with a special breakfast in bed. The menu: a gelatin mold of your face.
To participate, first send away for the Eat Yer Face Gelatin Mold Kit. It's only $19.95, $59.95 for a family of four. The kit will provide you with all the tools necessary to make a gelatin mold of your face. Then stick the neatly formed globual in the mail. Mailing addresses can be found here and here.
Let's remind Congress that the nation is made up of gelatin faces, not gelatin office parks.
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April 05, 2007
Ground Chuck Alphabet: Metaphor for the No Children Left Behind Act?
Robert J Bolesta's hamburger alphabet is going to leave George Bush wishing he had been so clever. What better way to save money than by merging the Texas Meat Lobby and Bush's No Child Left Behind Act (and the National Endowment for the Arts, for that matter) into one entity? What a great way to save money and let the owning class keep even more of their tax dollars.
The only downside to this carnivore's alphabet is that it's not a downloadable font.
If this raw meat alphabet is making your mouth water for the cooked stuff, check out A Hamburger Today. You'll salivate even more.
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January 02, 2007
Film Activity: Our Daily Bread
Typically we concentrate our efforts on referring our loyal readers to food-related activities in the New York City. But we just saw a disturbing and beautiful documentary, Our Daily Bread, that should be seen by anyone interested in the industrialization of food production. We slipped in to see it on the last day it was screening in New York. But that doesn't mean that those scattered throughout of the rest of the country can't see it.
If you can, check out this gorgeously shot film that has no narration or interviews - nor are they necessary. Only the gorgeous imagery and the natural sounds of planting, watering, slaughtering, picking and spraying are needed to mesmerize audiences.
Click here to see screening locations and dates or see below:
Hawaii, Hilo
January 28 - January 29
Palace Theater
(808) 934-7010
Indiana, Notre Dame
February 17
Browning Cinema
(574) 631-2725
Michigan, East Lansing
January 10 - January 14
East Lansing Film Festival
(517) 336-5802
Minnesota, Minneapolis
March 23 - March 25
Walker Art Center
(612) 375-7619
Nebraska, Lincoln
February 23 - March 1
Ross Media Arts Center
(402) 472-9100
New Jersey, Cherry Hill
February 11 - February 14
19th Street Theatre
(856) 424-7877
New Mexico, Albuquerque
February 4 - February 6
Guild Cinema
(505) 255-1848
New York, Binghampton
March 2 - March 4
Harpur Film Society
(607) 777-4998
New York, Huntington
March 22
Cinema Arts Centre
(631) 423-7611
New York, Ithaca
March 2 - March 4
Cornell Cinema
(607) 255-3522
Ohio, Cleveland
February 17 - February 18
Cleveland Cinematheque
(216) 421-7450
Ohio,Columbus
January 23 - January 24
Wexner Center for the Arts
(614) 292-0330
Texas, Houston
January 26 - January 28
Rice Cinema
(713) 348-3138
Virginia, Williamsburg
January 20 - January 26
Kimball Theatre
(757) 565-8670
Washington, Olympia
December 30 - January 4
Olympia Film Society
(360) 754-6670
Washington, Port Townsend
March 2 - March 8
Rose Theatre
(360) 385-1039
Wisconsin, Madison
January 5 - January 17
Orpheum Theatre
(608) 255-8755
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June 13, 2006
Tonight: Taste Brooklyn
Taste of the Nation, Brooklyn may be one of our favorite events the city has to offer. Tonight, for a fee, you can get access to rows and rows of tables filled with delicious samples from many of our favorite Brooklyn restaurants. 100% of the money from ticket sales goes to help non-profits like God's Love We Deliver, City Harvest and Just Food.
Last year we had so much fun we lingered until the clean up crew started making the rounds. Our persistence paid off when we discovered an unclaimed box of Corazon tequila. We drank well for months.
If the food and alcohol is not lure enough, the lovely Colson Whitehead, will be there signing books. In our eyes, Colson presence is enough to sweeten any event.
When: June 13, 2006, 6pm to 10pm
Location: Tobacco Warehouse
Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, DUMBO
Buy Tickets
Fee: $75
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May 03, 2006
A dinner we were sorry to miss
You won't spot the cakehead reps in the audience at the White House Correspondents dinner. We've been requesting the proper credentials since the Clinton Presidency. We would never take advantage of our access to print any slanderous material about the president. It would only be to provide our readers with proper coverage of White House dinners, First Lady luncheons and prayer breakfasts. But the press passes haven't come through. This is why we weren't there to report first hand on Steven Cobert's performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner. It is also why we can't provide you with a proper critique of the meal that was served.
But that doesn't mean we weren't there in spirit. Check out Freewilliamsburg.com to view video clips of what everyone was talking about. We obviously need to get our heads out of the surf and turf (the dish that was served at the correspondents dinner) and start focusing harder on getting access.
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April 25, 2006
Our Muse: new and improved
When you're tired of eating and dreaming and talking about food go to the new and improved Freewilliamsburg.com. It's hot.
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April 19, 2006
McGriddle Fan Fiction Live Community
We don't know if this is a brillliant marketing move by McDonalds or just a group of funny, clever people with a craving for McGriddle sandwiches and a penchant for creative writing. But whatever it is, it's highly entertaining and can prompt salivation.
Here's an excerpt from Bonnie Burton's story "Bad Taste"
He finished quickly and dumped the man's crumpled body in the nearest dumpster. The taste of blood was still there, but Henry knew he'd just have to get used to it all. He was a vampire now and that meant drinking blood no matter how disgusting it tasted. As he turned to head back home, the biker's messenger bag caught his eye. Picking it up, he opened the top flap and a glorious smell wafted through the alley air. Maple syrup, sausage, eggs.... Henry hadn't smelled anything so tantalizing since he was a little boy growing up on his grandfather's ranch. He stood there breathing in the aroma of the breakfast, with a rare smile on his face.
[From boingboing via kottke]
You can submit your McGriddle Fan Fiction too. Here are the rules:
This is a LiveJournal community for writers of McGriddle Fan Fiction, Breakfast Fan Fiction, and McGriddle Creative Writing. While our primary focus is on Fan Fic involving the McDonald's McGriddle, we extend membership to writers of any sort of breakfast food creative writing (i.e. McMuffins, Bagel Sandwiches, Pancakes, etc).Rules:
I will delete any posts that do not adhere to the rules.
* Keep it reasonably clean. Nothing worse than PG-13.
* Be courteous. If You don't like someone's post, keep it to yourself. No flaming.
* Keep it focused on breakfast products. I don't want to hear about any french fries.
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February 27, 2006
Chocolate Math
YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH is one of those numerology-reminiscent games where you add, multiply, divide and subtract and the end results seems like magic, although there is no indication of what your future will hold. We played as soon as we received it in our email box and the game almost worked. When it works properly, the game results indicate the age of the player and number of days a week he/she craves chocolate. We love the game because the end result said we were one year younger than we actually are. Play and shave a year off your life.
**Warning: Don't expect to have your chocolate craving satiated by playing this game. But your brain might get a little stronger.
DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read... Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out! This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate...(more than once but less than 10)
2 Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1755...
If you haven't, add 1754.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.
You should have a three digit numberThe first digit of this was your original number (i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).
The next two numbers are YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)
THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2005) IT WILL EVER WORK.
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February 25, 2006
Catch Cakes
One our favorite activities to cure our post-elections blues is to read Kevin's Catch. But now we're going to have to find a cure for our post-Catch blues because after today, Catch is no more.
We could think of no better way to mourn our loss than to bake this teardrop shaped stack of pancakes. We shed a tear into the batter which we will now reveal is the true secret ingredient to pancake frying.
We owe a tremendous debt to Catch and for that reason we at Cakehead will be quietly fasting until Kevin's next project is determined. If not for Catch, Cakehead's only traffic would come only from the self-conscious clickings of Cakehead checking her stats.
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February 21, 2006
Red State Beer Butt Dining
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em...at least at the dinner table. Everybody knows that the red states have the best barbeque. So when our George Bush-supporting uncles invited us down to Jeb Bush's great state of Florida to apprentice and learn from their smoking virtuosity, we couldn't resist.
What we learned:
1. If you jam a half-drunk Milwaukee's Best tall boy up a chicken's ass, inject butter into it with a hypodermic needle and allow the bird to slowly roast in a low-temperature smoke of hickory, all nice and easy, you will discover the following:
a. the results of the beer-butt experiment are incredible.
b. there are little pink lines in the bird meat where the butter was injected, caused by the hickory smoke traveling up these tiny passages.
c. the satisfied tastebuds overpower and briefly cancel all other senses and actually manage to numb the pain of an election lost.
d. We temporarily forgave our loved-ones for their willingness to be apologists for Bush regime
The next day, we were still under the influence of the beer-butt chicken. Our stomachs were full and our minds were cloudy. So when it was time for our lesson in smoking ribs we watched lazily as our uncle worked his miracles. Maybe we weren't really trying to learn. Or maybe it was his plan all along: Drug the liberal with the beer-butt chicken and then distract by feeding her the most buttery, tender ribs slathered with Pat's Ho-Made Barbeque sauce. Sadly, we did not return to our blue state with the secret recipe. But we'll let them keep their recipe in their southern redness. They've won the barbeque battle. They've won the Bush battle. But, they live in the land, afterall, where few have forgotten who won the War - the Civil War that is. At least between battles and wars we can take time out to share in the barbeque.
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February 20, 2006
Brooklyn Cotton
After your chilly winter walk from Manhattan across the Williamsburg Bridge you might be fortunate enough to stumble upon the Cotton Candy man. We found him on Havermeyer near Grand Street recently. He was selling the pink AND the blue flavor. We grabbed a cup of hot chocolate and let the chocolate heat speed up the cotton candy melt. Really there's nothing like it.
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January 17, 2006
Screening: "How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)"
[Film Forum via Flavor Pill]
So they're not actually serving Watermelon at the showing of this documentary about Melvin van Peebles. But we love any mention the sugar watery stuff.
when: Friday, January 20th - Thursday, January 26 (3:30 & 7:30pm)
where: Film Forum (209 W Houston St, 212.727.8110)
** Friday, January 20, @ 7:30
Meet MELVIN VAN PEEBLES, DIRECTOR JOE ANGIO
AND PRODUCER MICHAEL SOLOMON IN PERSON!
And if you're the seventh person to answer the Flavor Pill trivia question correctly, wins a pair of tickets to a screening on Monday, Jan 23rd at 7: 30 PM
Q: Which country is the world's largest watermelon producer?
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August 24, 2005
Wednesday Activity
Billionaires for Bush lead the high-life....and tomorrow so can you.
[From Billionaires for Bush via Flavor Pill]:
Billionaires for Bush: The Drunk on Power Ball
When: Wedneday, August 8 - 8 PM 'til late
Where: The Frying Pan (23rd St and the Westside Hwy, 212.989.6363)
Price: $20 / $15 advance
Dress to oppress, as Billionaires for Bush add a satirical twist to the usual political fund-raising event. You won't be offered a choice of chicken or salmon, but the selection of performers is far more tasty. It includes a preview of the Billionaire musical that was too hot for the Fringe Festival; progressives' favorite selector, DJ $mall ¢hange; BfB's own cabaret troupe of dissolute heiresses and retired CEOs; and Shinto Kings' surf-rock delirium. Plus, throughout the evening, a merry band makes light of pulling a reverse Robin Hood in the Billionaires Follies. Break out the bling and raise some class warfare.
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August 09, 2005
Free Wine Sipping Event: Red State produces White Wine - Toast to the Minority in the Red States
We're suckers for the underdog. So, after we came to terms with the fact that we would be enduring another four years with George W. we realized we aren't the true victims in the situation. We are safely nestled away in our blue state delusions. The people to be concerned about are our liberal sisters and brothers trapped in the red states where they live.
They are attacked on both sides. On the one hand they must they live among the defenders of corporate welfare and folks who vote not with their brain, but based on their simplistically hypocritical interpretations of a translated text that wasn’t actually written when Jesus was still alive. But should our southern friends venture north they must defend their sweet south from those simplistic Yankees who think all southerners are uneducated racist bible thumpers. Luckily for our liberal Virginians, god is ignoring the preachings of the Baptist ministers and instead has divinely designed an antidote for their suffering souls. Vino!
Since 2001, the count of vineyards in Virginia has swelled to over 75. Considering there were merely six little wineries in 1979 we can’t help but conclude the surge in Virginia wine production is a much needed miracle. Or for the non-believers who are dubious of miracle speak, the economics explanation is that after presidential appointment of 2000, what else could a liberal Virginian do, but drink herself into a stupor until the cloud of evil had subsided. The wine producers recognized the demand and sprung to action creating a supply that many say is only second to the wine produced in Napa Valley.
In a state that can rightfully boast of June Carter Cash, the Blue Ridge Mountains and some seriously-sized portions at the family restaurant, certainly it’s possible to produce a delicious beverage that symbolizes the blood of Christ that has some wonderful numbing qualities.
Now there’s an opportunity to taste theses delicious wines and toast to our liberal Virginian comrades.
Virginia Wine Tasting with Kluge Estate
Place: Sherry-Lehmann, 679 Madison Avenue (btw. 61st & 62nd), New York, NY 10021 Date: August 10, 2005 (Wed)
Time: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Phone: (212) 838-7500
Taste fine wines from Albemarle County, Virginia, the area Hugh Johnson has called “the most promising wine growing region in the United States after Napa Valley.” Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard lies here, in the heart of the birthplace of American viticulture, next to Thomas Jefferson’s famed Monticello Estate. The tasting will be hosted by Kristin Moses, daughter of Patricia Kluge and William Moses, the founders of the Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard. After seven years as a publicist in Manhattan, Kristin traded concrete for the rolling green hills of her hometown Charlottesville, Virginia and has been working side by side with her parents at Kluge Estate since the launch of their first vintage in 2002. Kristin will taste guests on two of Kluge Estate’s finest wines, New World Red 2001 and their 100% chardonnay sparkling wine, Kluge SP, which will be paired with unique cheeses from Artisanal Cheese Center. From 5 to 6pm, Kluge Estate founder Patricia Kluge will join the tasting and share her inspiration for starting a winery on the estate she had already lived on for 20 years and her philosophies on creating serious wines that reflect Virginia’s terroir. Learn about her vision for Kluge Estate and how she and her husband, Bill Moses, who is also the Chairman of the Virginia Wine Board, are working hard to pioneer the growth of the Virginia wine industry. More Info: KlugeEstateOnline.com
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Sugar to our ears
Having trouble finding the perfect music to cook to? If you like old time twangs and pickin', bookmark the Sugar in the Gourd website. This online radio show provides a delightful stream of old time music. The music from this site is guaranteed to help you produce the best pie or grits a person can make.
[From Irregular Orbit via Boingboing.net]
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July 28, 2005
Bombes for Dessert: Don't bring this cake on the subway
Bomb Birthday. Love, the Chic Mormons
We love that the Mormons are promoting bomb birthday parties. Actually, it sounds like a lot of fun. Certainly more enjoyable than riding the New York subway these days. [From MormonChic.com]:
Bomb Invitations: Supplies: - Water balloon - Old newspaper - Flour (1) Blow up a small water balloon and papier-mâché around it using a 50/50 flour-water paste. (2) Once dry, pop the balloon, cut a small 3/4 inch hole in the top. (3) Paint the ‘bomb’ black. (4) Print out strips of paper with your party info on it and stick it in the ‘bomb’ with the end sticking out. (5) Add a fuse with a pipe cleaner and sparks with colored paper and you are ready to deliver.Party Game - Find the Bomb Cake: When guests arrive tell them the cake has been stolen, and the thief has left clues for them to recover the missing items. The hunt will be the main game for this party. About an hour before the party, hide 10-12 clues around the area of your party. Some of your clues could be in code and others in rhyme. If you plan on having quite a few guests, have them divided into teams. The envelopes containing the clues should be in a different color for each team; the blue team, the red team, the green team, etc. Be sure to arm them with detective gear before the hunt.
This party is great at a park.
...A park or a subway platform. With the police force convinced that they're going to prevent a terrorist attack by peeking in the bags of potential bomb carriers, we are encouraging our readers to make a cake in the police officers' honor. With the summer temperatures what they are, and with the heat turned up in the world of subway security, we have decided that rather than turn on the oven and bake a cake, we will chill a cake. A cake that will send shivers down the spine in more ways than one. The cake we choose to make to award our public servants is an Ice Cream Bombe.
Be warned. Do not leave your house with this dessert. You will most certainly be detained indefinitely if law enforcement discovers this dessert in your hands.
Our favorite is the Watermelon Bombe:
Watermelon Bombe
We turn to the wise ones at Joy of Baking for this delicious recipe. However, we recommend the following flavor substitutions:
Watermelon Rind: Pistachio instead of Lime
Watermelon Fruit: Raspberry Ice Cream instead of Sorbet
We also encourage you to make this a watermelon bombe with seeds -- chocolate seeds. To do this simply melt some dark chocolate. Pour the melted chocolate on waxed paper and smooth out to create a thin coating. Chill the chocolate. When chocolate has hardened, cut seed-shaped pieces out. Embed chocolate seeds in raspberry ice cream.
And if you are going to transport this cake by subway, be sure to know your rights as a citizen.
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July 09, 2005
Flesh Eaters & Insect Meals: Montreal takes eating to the next level
Hipster Zombie hunting for lunch in Montreal's Mount Royal Park
[Special thanks to FreeWilliamsburg for alerting us to the developing story about hipsters eating human flesh]:
It is widely known that the flesh of Dungeons & Dragon role players is particularly tender, so it came as no surprise when the hipster of Montreal transformed themselves into zombies and hunted down these delicacies in Mount Royal Park during the weekly role-playing romp. We are glad that hipster are taking the foodie lifestyle to the next level. The lifestyle had become too safe, too bourgeoisie. Foodies had become complacent. The time is right for the sampling of human flesh to begin.
The bloody battle is part of the dining experience
What we especially like about this particular group of foodies is that while they have cutting edge palets, when the battle for human flesh is over, they can still take their mouths back to the basics, back to their roots. These foodies keep it real. While they know about the joys of the culinary adventure, they also appreciate the greatness of fast food. When their human flesh eating is through, they are not afraid that their integrity will be destroyed by eating the less taboo flesh of cows and chickens at McDonalds.
But in Montreal the eating adventures don't stop with human flesh.
Bee Omlette
At an annual eating event at the Insectarium du Montreal, there is an "Insect Tasting Celebration." We've been meaning to attend for years. And after Anna, the sister of a cakeheader, returned from an eating adventure in Thailand and Laos touting the magical flavors of critters and grubs, we wanted to attend this Montreal-based event even more. But once again, we missed the eating extravaganza. Here's a sampling of the menu:
On the menu:
Atta-wrap: Atta ants in a tortilla
Cool crickets: Roasted crickets served on a cucumber canapé
Bamboochetta: Bruschetta with olive tapenade and bamboo worms
From our grill: Barbecued walkingsticks and locusts
Entomobar: Darkling beetle snack bar
Cricket surprise: Jellied crickets
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June 30, 2005
Mad Cow Confessions
On the Post Secret weblog the confessions about bad things people have done to their food or the food of others are pretty tame. But as we scrolled through the handmade postcards scrawled with other kinds of secrets, we became disturbed, sad, and then delighted with the ring of recognition. There are people out there that have thought that too? What a relief.
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June 23, 2005
Eat the Flag
With that pesky flag-burning ban amendment back on the table, the question begs to be asked, if the amendment passes will we still be allowed to eat the flag?
Jon Stewart and a handful of liberal and quasi-liberal do-gooders did at a fundraiser for Partnership for Public Service. [From Transom]:
"This is a night for celebrating freedom," boomed Jon Stewart from the stage of the Waldorf Astoria’s ballroom. "The freedom to honor each other at gala dinners. That"—he paused—"is what we fight for." Attendees at the Participation for Public Service Annual Gala also fought for "American Parfaits"—pretty little Neapolitan ice-cream combos, whose luscious white-chocolate American flags were scarfed down with pride.
They may have to quit their desecratin' if the flag bill passes.
And in other Government and God news: Now that Christians have their own version of an Ivy League University and are in training to Christify government jobs, we're especially glad that an organization like Partnership for Public Service is out there for those of us who want to keep the sinners and heathens in office. According to Hanna Rosin's excellent article in the New Yorker, "God and Country," Patrick Henry College is sending roughly the same number of Evangelical Christians to internships on the Hill as Georgetown University. Liberals, it's time to get cracking.
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January 27, 2005
Meal Plan for a New America: Infiltrating the enemy
Now's not the time to flee for Canada. Our country needs us. If we continue to segegrate ourselves by party, there is no potential to take our nation back from the bible thumpers who have hijacked the political debate. Don't sit around sulking while the Republicans have all the fun. Why not join them as they celebrate the election of Jesus Christ-endorsed president? There are celebretory baked-bean suppers, church-sponsored pancake breakfasts to attend.
Eat good food as you earn their trust. Then, making sure to allow enough time before election 2008 to sway them to our side of the aisle, unleash the debates.
** Warning: Since it is unlikely that Jesus will make an appearance to turn your grape juice into wine, arrive at the church-sponsored meals prepared. Flasks of wine or scotch are recommended and necessary if you are going to do your good work without becoming overwrought with irritation.
Here are some of our favorite faith-based eateries:
Montgomery, Alabama: The prices at this religious kitchen can't be beat - at $4/adult.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: We recommend sneaking into this one, so as to avoid contributing your hard-earned income to the Republican agenda
Ocala, Florida: A cheap spot to eat a good Baptist supper & make sure Jeb's state doesn't go red again.
Savannah, Ohio: This state should have been ours. Eat at the Lion's Club pancake breakfast and stop them. Enjoy the music!
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January 24, 2005
Sushi that even the red states can appreciate
It's the deep secret you keep buried down deep, too embarrassed to share with co-workers and friend:
You have family members who are Republicans. You love them very much, but know your own ideologies will be questioned if your left-leaning boss finds out that your family's blood runs red, not blue. To protect yourself you name-call. You insulted your NRA card-carrying cousin. You tell your anti-choice mother-in-law exactly what you think of her. But now it's time to show them that liberals love family too. It's time to show your grandfather, who doesn't think civil rights should be extended to our gay friends, that you love him, despite his despicable beliefs.
Before we can win the social war, we must win the culinary battles. We all know that the way to the Republican's heart is through their stomach (see statistics on the ratio of food consumed by Republicans compared to amounts consumed by Democrats). If we can convince our Republican family members that the solution to world peace is through sampling the foods of the world, we, as liberals will be that much closer to helping our red-state brothers and sisters understand the views held by the rest of the world of the United States. By helping our loved ones to develop an interest in the foods of the world, they may actually come to understand that the people of the world, in fact, do NOT hate freedom.
The challenge lies in helping your family to develop their lazy, sloppy joe-eating palates. Take sushi for example. How many of you have an aunt who fake-wretches at the mention of raw fish? Now, there is a solution to ease them into sampling this exotic food. That's right. Twinkie sushi. By calling the twinkies sushi and providing them with the highly-processed foodstuff they know best, we are one-step closer world diplomacy. When they ask, you can laugh and tell them, "there's no raw fish in this sushi."
TWO WEEKS LATER.....It worked for me. I mailed out a round of twinkie sushi care-packs to those I was hoping to convert (Twinkies have a shelf life to infinity and will never expire, making them a great gift to ship book-rate). Having eaten my gift, two cousins have already admitted that they made a terrific mistake in voting for George Bush in 2004.
Other exotic twinkie recipes include Twinkie Kebobs and Twinkie Tacos
And for the relatives who don't like twinkies, there's always Sushi Adornment
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January 21, 2005
Curry Comfort
As a freelancer, my spells of unemployment are a chance to catch up on my hobbies and to make the Bush administration look bad by contributing to the rising unemployment rate.
When I'm not sending out resumes or getting lost in the cyberspace job search, I can be found wandering through grocery stores filled with enigmatic ingredients, spending my unemployment check on foods to sooth my slacking soul. Whether it's dried scallops and mushrooms at an Asian market in Flushing, Queens or discovering obscure spices in an Indian grocery store, I delight in hunting down unfamiliar foods to take back the lab. The rules of the game: At least one ingredient must be beautiful enough to sit alone on a museum pedestal as edible art. A cookbook may not be cracked until the dish is complete. The meal created must taste good.
But my most recent stint of unemployment has prevented me from playing my favorite game.
Knocked down by a nasty cold, the game's rules had to be modified. Rather than wandering to the distant corners of New York City's boroughs, I must instead dig deep in my kitchen cupboards. The new rule: Use at least three spices that have been neglected for the past year.
Filled with self-pity for having to squander my "vacation" in my diseased state, I decided to test the healing power of chicken soup. Despite being the carnivore that I am, I have a huge deficit in the meat preparation department. I allow others to prepare my meat. However, in the interest in self-healing, I decided it was time to master the art of chicken soup preparation. Having never made it, a consultation with mom was necessary. In addition to getting a thorough tutelage in the art of the making poultry soup, I received the appropriate pity that a girl, forced to make her own medicinal potion needed.
Since I'm probably the only person on the planet who doesn't know how to cook chicken soup, the details of the process can be glossed over. You know how to make it. Boil a whole chicken in four quarts of water for a while. Add salt. Add carrots, onions cut the way you like. Later, after the stock has matured on the burner, peel the tender meat off the bone, returning the edible parts to the pot. Now, for the secret ingredients: spicy curry, the color of burnt sienna, the bag, turned dusty from neglect, out of reach on a top cupboard shelf. I dug out a little jar of lemon rind I had dried in an attempt to create homemade gourmet gifts, but which I never got around to distributing. In my sick state, I cheated the rules for my third ingredient. I snuck fresh grated ginger into the mix (after adding some long-neglected powdered ginger that I never use, always favoring the fresh stuff when I cook). The soup bubbled away for a couple of hours. I added a handful of fresh chopped cilantro. Voila!
After two bowls I was feeling much better. The next day I was healed. Let the real games begin!
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