Posted by: Intern Eliza
in General on Oct 30, 2009
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Thanks to a shipment of incredibly delicious Le'Saric gourmet caramels, we're starting Halloween a little early over in the BUST office. We've been snacking on smokey chipotle, lavender vanilla, butter pecan, and old fashioned caramel all day long. There are a lot of other flavors for sale over at the Le'Saric website -- cranberry, white chocolate, macadamia nut, and espresso are just a few examples. Check it out and get your sweet tooth ...
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Posted by: Web Intern
in General on Oct 19, 2009
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I was wandering around the Serious Eats website, a food blog about chow in the NYC area, and spotted this odd baked good.
In Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, you can find a recipe for Frida Kahlo's Pan de Muerta, which is a traditional Day of the Dead treat made to honor those that have passed on.
Oh Ms. Kahlo, I don't know if this is what you were going for with your recipe but know that I find it somewhat cute ...
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Posted by: debbie
in General on Sep 25, 2009
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Sure, you've heard of the crocheted uterus and the knit car cozy but get a load of this genius: a perfectly done shrimp scampi scarf, complete with shrimp, angel hair pasta, peas, and broccoli. Now that's what I call food for ...
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Posted by: Web Intern
in Eat Me on Jun 11, 2009
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Sometimes there really isn't a good way to start this other than to just jump in with the meat of the story, so that's what I'm going to do.
There is a young woman in this world with a Paula Deen tattoo.
Lindsey Mitchell was apparently so enamored of the southern cook that she got a tat of a stick of butter with the words ''butter, y'all.''
I'm not going to judge anyone for their ink choices. This isn't even the craziest idea I've seen ...
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Posted by: Web Intern
in Eat Me on Jun 05, 2009
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Did you know that today is a holiday? A very important one at that.
Yup, it's National Donut Day! If you follow that link, the Daily News has a list of places around NYC that are giving away free donuts in celebration. Yum yum yum.
Also in June: pig out for National Chocolate Ice Cream Day on the 7th, National Iced tea Day on the 10th, Eat Your Vegetables Day on the 17th, National Chocolate Eclair Day on the 22nd and National Waffle ...
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