Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
I don’t like fruit, nuts, or celery in my chicken salad so I’m pretty limited. Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally happy just mixing my rotisserie chicken (with it’s crispy skin and spices) with mayo and calling it a day; however, sometimes you want something a little more exciting. I had to get creative since…
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No. 7 Subs, my favorite sandwich place of all time, has some competition. Num Pang is a Cambodian sandwich place that I have heard about enough to become immune to it. However, I never walked past it and always forgot to seek it out so it so I figured it just wouldn’t end up making…
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The main identifying feature of a sub is the bread. A perfect hoagie roll defines a sub…so how do you make it low carb? I did it by using a cucumber instead of bread. Simply hollow out the watery, seedy middle part and fill the cavity with whatever you like. As long as you don’t…
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Why is it that when childhood leaves the building it takes the sloppy joe with it? As a 27 year old, I miss that gloopy gloppy ‘wich. There is something very satisfying about sinking your teeth – nay, your whole face – into something so messy. If you’re eating a sloppy joe and you don’t…
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I had just a couple slices of bacon left in my fridge and my mind started reeling with the possibilities since, really, you can put bacon in just about anything. My first thought was to make a BLT. I thought it might be a great time to re-create a fried green tomato BLT I had…
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I always read about celebrities like Katie Lee who absolutely love Joan’s on Third, the cafe and catering company in LA. Apparently Gayle King is also a fan because she raved about one of their sandwiches in a magazine article about her favorite things. She briefly described it as grilled cheese with goat cheese and…
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I’m back from my two-week escapade all over Israel and all I can think about is how I want to be back in that gorgeous country with all my new friends. I could talk for hours about the places I visited, but I would be lying by omission if I didn’t tell you that the…
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Matt’s birthday last weekend was an all-afternoon affair at Full Circle Bar, the skee-ball bar in Brooklyn. A fun day at the bar will always last longer if the bar comes with games, which means we stayed there for several hours. I now know that, like beer pong, skee-ball abilities are at their best at…
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Tonight I went all vegetarian and made a spinach burger. Not a burger topped with spinach, a burger made of spinach. I sautéed spinach with onion and then mixed in a bowl with egg, breadcrumbs, shredded cheese, and spices (cumin, nutmeg, and red pepper flakes). Once combined, I formed the spinach mixture into patties and…
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My brother doesn’t cook all too often, but when he gets a dish on the brain, he’ll get into the kitchen and throw all his weight behind it. The last time I was home, his dish du jour was a buffalo chicken sandwich. My bubba got behind the stove and prepped sandwiches for the whole…
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Peaches to Apples 