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chocolate peanut butter quick and easy bliss

Posted in chocolate, dessert, easy, peanut butter, pie on July 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Homemade Oreo crust with creamy whipped peanut butter filling appeals to something quite visceral in me. It is what it is, nothing more, nothing less, and that’s its charm. This kind of heaven needn’t be adorned. Even after the pie had a few hours in the fridge for the filling to set, the first cut [...]

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behold:

Posted in caramel, chocolate, dessert, easy on July 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Crack. Saltines, coated with a fresh batch of caramel, and spangled with chocolate chips that melt on contact. Sprinkle on a bit of sea salt if you know what’s good for you, and refrigerate them so they stay chilled. Like toffee… but better? I know what I’m giving everyone this Christmas. A warning, though: the [...]

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Bud’s Broiler

Posted in burgers, meat, New Orleans on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I think even the harshest critic would have to agree that certain things taint one’s judgment of an item’s merit, making it hard to really, objectively assess. One of those biggest forces (for me, at least, and I’d think for nearly everyone else on the planet) is nostalgia; it’s hard to criticize something’s worth as [...]

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NOWFE, a couple months after the fact.

Posted in meat, New Orleans, sausage, shrimp, vegetables, venison on July 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I really enjoyed NOWFE (New Orleans Wine and Food Experience) this year – it was my first one (being a minor, I only got in thanks to a fancy-schmancy media pass… am I bragging? I’m sorry; it’s just giddy excitement), and seeing the floor of the Superdome entirely covered with booths, tables, wining-and-dining browsers, and [...]

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Food Porn Friday

Posted in bread, Food Porn Friday on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I hope that if you’re reading this, this post doesn’t seem like a cop-out to you. I’ve had this photo saved in my pictures folder for so long, I don’t even remember where it’s from or what the story is behind it. And every time I browse around looking for a photo to post on [...]

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