Tag Archive: food

Recap: Top Chef Seattle 10:5: Pike Place Problems

I meant to start recapping this season from the get-go because I am a huge Top Chef fan and I live in Seattle, but the first episode took place in Vegas and then they brought in the TWIST and I got depressed. The Twist was that after determining which cheftestants would make it to Seattle, …

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TV Recap: Masterchef US 3.01 & 3.02

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It’s that time again! Masterchef is back in the States. This is the show were amateur chefs compete in order to win some cash, a cookbook deal, and enough notoriety to launch their culinary career. (Do I sound like Padma?) But before we begin, let’s mix up a drink, shall we? I’m dubbing tonight’s drink …

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Cooking With Science: Molecular Gastronomy

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Guest Post By Michelle  Girls. Girls. Have you heard of molecular gastronomy? A man named Hervé This (pronounced “Tis”), future father of molecular gastronomy, set out to understand what happens when you apply science to various cooking methods. That is, what happens from a scientific perspective. Working with physicist Nicholas Kurti, This started out testing what he …

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What I Did Four Summers Ago in Baking Class

Guest Post by Anji I was one of those kids who went to Catholic school for twelve years, and always had to write essays when I got back from summer vacation. Not the fun kind like “What I Did This Summer”, but the boring kind like “Analyze Lord of the Flies Yet Again Even Though …

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The Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster

I keep a stock of cocktail umbrellas on hand. Not making that up.

Once upon a time, I was a bartender. I got the job in the best way possible: I was waiting tables at a hotel. The bartender was fired. They needed someone to cover his shift. The manager looked at me and said, and I quote, “Hey, Tori, you drink alcohol, right? You can probably mix …

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