Posts by: Kris

nut butter making you nuts?

On October 2, 2009 By

Before we get into this post, you need to go watch this video from the Vita-Mix peo­ple. Click on “nut but­ter” under the lit­tle TV screen. Just the first few sec­onds or so, but you have to hear how this chef/actor pro­nounces the words “nut but­ters”. I freak­ing love it, it just cracks me […]

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ode to my rice cooker

On October 1, 2009 By

I love my rice cooker. It’s one of my best friends in the kitchen, which is ironic because I used to think they were stupid.

This is a very cheap rice cooker. Soon I will be upgrad­ing to a very nice one, but we bought this one as a tester a lit­tle over a […]

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daring bakers and mofo prep!

On September 28, 2009 By

Hey there! First up, Dar­ing Baker’s Sep­tem­ber challenge:

The Sep­tem­ber 2009 Dar­ing Bak­ers’ chal­lenge was hosted by Steph of A Whisk and a Spoon. She chose the French treat, Vols-au-Vent based on the Puff Pas­try recipe by Michel Richard from the cook­book Bak­ing With Julia by Dorie Greenspan.

I love work­ing with a […]

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the veginator

On September 22, 2009 By

I’m sure most of you have been sub­jected to the dis­gust­ing com­mer­cials that Carl’s Jr./Hardees puts out. When they aren’t exploiting/abusing cows or using explicit sex­ual images to sell their food, they end them by slop­ping down the burger at the end of the com­mer­cial. A huge, car­diac arrest-inducing burger drops from the […]

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foodie fights– voting is up!

On September 22, 2009 By

Vot­ing is up over at Foodie Fights! Please go check out the entries and vote for your favorite! Vot­ing is open through tomor­row evening.

Who won Bat­tle Semolina Flour and Pome­gran­ate?(polls)

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foodie fights, take two

On September 21, 2009 By

Last week I was cho­sen to par­tic­i­pate in Foodie Fights once again. Being that my first round was less than vic­to­ri­ous, I approached this one with a real sense of deter­mi­na­tion. Thank­fully, the food gods smiled upon me and I was given ingre­di­ents I felt com­pletely com­fort­able with: semolina flour and pome­gran­ates. Not […]

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cheeze pah

On September 17, 2009 By

*side note: I’ve been selected again to par­tic­i­pate in Foodie Fights! The ingre­di­ents are excel­lent, so be sure to check back on Mon­day to see what I’ve made and to vote!

When you make a cheese­cake in a pie tin you can­not call it a cheese­cake. It must be called a cheesepie. I’m not making […]

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book signing!

On September 13, 2009 By

We had such a great time at the book sign­ing yes­ter­day! I want to thank every­one who came by and for those of you who decide to cash in your free tat­too coupon, please send me a pic­ture! I’d love to see your food body art! I’m con­tem­plat­ing loca­tion of my own food/tribute tat­too… to […]

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