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Re: Hoagie Hunt

jennytoad — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:02:14 -0000

Smith's in Columbia is great...GO!

I'm currently trying to figure out how to re-create the steak and cheese. (not your normal cheesesteak, I hear!)

Re: Seven Layer Mexican Dip

Guest — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:52:48 -0000

This is just like it is in the store, only fresher. It was perfect.

Re: The Costco chicken

Chicken_Breast_Recipes — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:31:27 -0000

You got that right. I go to Costco just to taste that chicken. I'm one of those guys in line waiting for them to give that little piece of chicken.

Re: Ugly tomatoes

Upside Down Tomatoes — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:57:50 -0000

What the.. I have never heard of ugly tomatoes. Though I am sure I have seen these at the store near me.

Re: Ugly tomatoes

kitchen aid part — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:47:47 -0000

hey,you know what? the tomatos looks like guava.

Re: Seven Layer Mexican Dip

OCfoodies — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:29:27 -0000

This recipe is soooo good. Just made it for our foodie party!

Re: The Starlight Diner Reuben

Fatima — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:27:02 -0000

You know, I find the Reubens being served nowadays to be rather depressing. I have my own Starlite Diner back home in South Florida, and I couldn't help resisting the thought of the same sandwich. To my dismay, it was liiiiiight on the corned beef, heavy on the mayo in a tiny cup beside it, no cheese, two slices of thick, untoasted (rather stale) white bread, and classic piece of pickle beside it. I would have traded the pathetic sandwich i had that day in a heartbeat for the heart clogging grease trap you picture here.

I ended up only eating the corned beef and the pickle, for the record :P

On the bright side, I found a deli who knows how to serve a reuben (and empty a wallet), but it's the best one in town. If you ever go to UF/Gainesville, try McAllister's Deli.

Re: Late Spring Seasonal Reminder

Great Taste Magazine — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:06:58 -0000

haha just found this blog and had to write something. We just launch Great Taste Magazine and see that you also have great taste...

Re: The Costco chicken

Karen — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:34:04 -0000

Another of my favorites using the costco chicken is buffalo chicken pizza. Simialar to your BBQ one, I use the pocketless pita, tomato sauce, Costco chicken, franks hots sauce, feta. In the oven for 10 min or so. Yum!

Re: Seven Layer Mexican Dip

John — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:40:03 -0000

That one was shot with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel with the stock 18-55mm lens and (if I recall) no tripod. According to the EXIF data, it was shot with 1/10 sec. shutter, F/3.5, no flash, and at a focal length of 22 mm (ISO 100).

In general, I've found that I get good results switching to Program AE mode ("P" mode for Canon products) under natural light with a tripod and no flash. Zooming in a little bit helps to blur the background.

Food is notoriously hard to shoot. :)

Re: Seven Layer Mexican Dip

Mark — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:24:07 -0000

What are you using to photo your food? Your pics always come out like Martha Stewart cover photos, while mine look gray and blurry.

Re: Watercress Sandwiches

Lon F. — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:15:06 -0000

So what goes into the watercress sandwich? Is that just watercress and mayo?

Re: Hoagie Hunt

Lon F. — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:45:20 -0000

G&G's is good stuff. Ted introduced me to their glorious subs when we worked together.

I'm also a huge fan of the Vietnamese hoagies at Rice n Noodles. I partake about once a week for lunch.

Re: Hoagie Hunt

Nathan Powell — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:11:24 -0000

I am a big fan of the Sandwich Man in the Harrisburg/Carlisle corridor. There are/were 3 of them at one time, 2 in Harrisburg and one in Carlisle. The one in Carlisle has changed it's name to "American Hero".

I would eat there for every meal if it didn't mean I would be dead by next Thursday. Good stuff. You should come up this way for a run/workout some weekend day and we can hit that place for lunch.

Re: Season Reminder

Mark — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:20:29 -0000

The best way to find out is to know your local area, so find a few food stands that you trust and get to know the grower. Farmers are a pretty tight community, and if they don't have it, they'll let you know who else is growing it. Joining a CSA is also a good idea too, we have quite a few in Lancaster. The Simply in Season cookbook is also good. The best thing to do is just pay attention at market from week to week, because the variation in weather means some things may come in early or late. I'll try to keep this blog current with what's good and in season.

Re: Season Reminder

Lon F. — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:39:46 -0000

Is there a good source for finding out what is in season? Growing up in the supermarket generation, I really am not tuned it with the food calendar.

Re: Simple bread

Jeffrey Alan Martin — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:03:36 -0000

I'm impressed Nate, on your way to being a metrosexual.

Re: Simple bread

William Hathaway — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:03:24 -0000

That looks tasty. I think I'm going to try that recipe this weekend.

Re: Simple bread

Topher — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:37:35 -0000

Guys, this is great! My wife follows a couple of cooking blogs, but they all say things like "bon appetit" and "delectable". I love cooking, so now I have a guys cooking blog to follow. Hopefully you'll use more manly words like "chow down" or "dig in".