The San Francisco Chronicle tasks its Taster’s Choice panel with ranking the turkey bacon brands. Short version? If your fork can’t touch pork, Oscar Meyer’s Louis Rich brand wins by, like, a lot. And if you shop at Kroger, definitely skip the house label. (via) (photo)
“It takes a special kind of nutjob to attempt every recipe in The French Laundry Cookbook,” Carol Blymire writes on French Laundry at Home, where she did exactly that. Start with her recap and retrospective, then work your way back through all the brilliant success and maddening kitchen sadism. (via) (pic)
Zilly Rosen, a cake artist from OBK’s home base of Buffalo, NY, leaves us nearly without words with her 1,250-cupcake Obama portrait. Read how she did it at Cupcakes Take the Cake.
Finally getting a chance to compete in the Pittsburgh chili contest of his dreams, Ben Siegel decides to go vegetarian for a change, with a three-bean recipe.
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Lehman Crumbles pack a lemony filling in a cookie crust with a dusting of toasted almonds and powdered sugar. Bad business - good cookie.
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Velveeta chipotle mac and cheese, fortified with sharp cheddar and blue cheeses and topped with crunchy bacon, will set a new standard for mac and cheese.
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Halloumi, a cheese from Cyprus, browns and crisps in the pan, so we pile it up with sweet watermelon and pineapple in a tangy Asian lime sauce.
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Now I know how to deal with those scaly green monsters: Cut out their hearts. Dunk chunked squash into a garlicky brine, spiced as you desire. Wait three days.
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This recipe is for souvlaki, or kebabs, the Greek classic with tzatziki, yogurt-cucumber sauce flavored with fresh dill and garlic.
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Strawberry shortcake is best with local berries that can ooze tasty berry juice into the welcoming embrace of homemade shortbread like the one presented here.
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Puff pastry from the supermarket’s frozen food case, wrapped around brie topped with pesto or jalapeno jelly, makes a welcome, oozy party appetizer.
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Jalapenos and vegetables warm to the embrace of spices and vinegar in this versatile pickling method. They’re good in a few days and perfect in a week or two.
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Of all the focaccia recipes we’ve tried, the Cooks Illustrated version, with grated cooked potato in the dough, has turned out best.
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