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You've seen that sliced-up green apple sitting up top aside the Slashfood logo. Perhaps you've pondered its culinary potential -- the crisp snap of that bright green skin, the half-sweet/half-tart flavor that is the special domain of the Granny Smith apple.

Voila. Slashfood sorbet!

In sorbet, a single element is distilled into an intense burst of flavor. It should be so vivid that only a bite is necessary. Perhaps you're most familiar with it as an intermezzo to cleanse the palate, in a fluted paper cone to hold while walking alongside your companion and his gelato or in scoops piled high in a frosty parfait glass almost too cold to touch.

After the jump, an original recipe for a gorgeous green apple Slashfood Sorbet. We challenge you to only eat one bite.

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]]>eric dieselEricDieselreciperecipessorbetEric Diesel2009-06-10T11:00:00+00:00Flashback to the Seventies: Red Onion Cucumber Saladhttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/28/flashback-to-the-seventies-red-onion-cucumber-salad/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/28/flashback-to-the-seventies-red-onion-cucumber-salad/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/28/flashback-to-the-seventies-red-onion-cucumber-salad/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , , ,

In this weekly series, home cook Bruce Watson works his way through a decades-old family cookbook, adapting the best recipes exclusively for Slashfood.

When I have access to fresh produce, cucumber season becomes one of my favorite times of the year. Although it runs from May to August, the wonderful green beauties won't reach their full flourish until later in the summer. Still, it's hard to resist the cool, summery flavor of the first cukes of the season. With that in mind, I decided to flip through my family cookbook in search of some great cucumber recipes.

My Aunt Renie's cucumber salad manages to halve the distance between sharp and smooth, sweet and sour, creamy and intense. In my adjusted version, I cut back on the onions, switched in Greek yogurt and tossed in some fresh dill.

The final version had the soothing coolness of a traditional cucumber salad, but also retained a nice vinegar tang that keeps me on my toes. This is great by itself, or as an accompaniment to barbecue or any other strongly seasoned dish.

Get the cucumber salad recipe after the jump!

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]]>beyond rice krispiebeyond rice krispie treatsBeyondRiceKrispieBeyondRiceKrispieTreatsCucumber saladcucumbersCucumberSaladgreek yogurtGreekYogurtBruce Watson2009-05-28T11:00:00+00:00Flashback to the Seventies: Pickled Beet Diphttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/26/flashback-to-the-seventies-pickled-beet-dip/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/26/flashback-to-the-seventies-pickled-beet-dip/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/26/flashback-to-the-seventies-pickled-beet-dip/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

In this weekly series, home cook Bruce Watson works his way through a decades-old family cookbook, adapting the best recipes exclusively for Slashfood.

Beets are funny: while they are among the hardiest of winter root vegetables, their gorgeous color brings to mind the energy and exuberance of early summer.

In our family cookbook, my Aunt Evie tipped her hat to this weird dual nature with her recipe for pickled beet dip. Filled with the earthy flavors of winter vegetables, the dip's brilliant pink color suggests the joy of Easter eggs, cotton candy and sunsets. Pairing the coarseness of winter with the energy of summer, it's the perfect spring food!

While most dips tend toward blandness, this one has a nice kick. It goes well with crackers, but really shines as the centerpiece on a tray of crudite. Although the ingredients may sound odd, they blend nicely and the finished product is one of those rare beet dishes that even avowed enemies of the dark red vegetables will love. One warning, though: be sure to let everyone know that it's beet dip. Given the color, some people will assume that it is a cherry or raspberry dish!

Get the pickled beet dip recipe after the jump.

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]]>Aunt EvieAuntEviebeyond rice krispiebeyond rice krispie treatsBeyondRiceKrispieBeyondRiceKrispieTreatsexpire-images:2009-6-25Norwich Meadows FarmNorwichMeadowsFarmPickled beetsPickledBeetsBruce Watson2009-05-26T15:00:00+00:00Flashback to the Seventies: Spinach Diphttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/06/flashback-to-the-seventies-spinach-dip/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/06/flashback-to-the-seventies-spinach-dip/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/06/flashback-to-the-seventies-spinach-dip/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,


In this weekly series, home cook Bruce Watson works his way through a decades-old family cookbook, adapting the best recipes exclusively for Slashfood.

In my family cookbook, there is a recipe for "Mabel's Spinach Spread," a gelatin-thickened dip that was developed by one of my Aunt Evie's foodie friends. Although the original concoction contains a startling quantity of mayonnaise and a lot of added salt, the basic idea of a molded-gelatin dip was somewhat compelling. Gelatin, after all, is basically a fat-free, sugar-free protein that is, allegedly, great for hair and fingernails. Best of all, it can help a dip to stiffen up without the introduction of cream cheese or some other dense fat.

This recipe combines a basic spinach spread with some Greek flavor notes. The yogurt base is creamy, yet fat free, and the feta greatly reduces the need for added salt. Best of all, the fresh flavors of this dip make it a great, easy-to-prepare snack for long summer afternoons. The recipe after the jump.

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]]>beyond rice krispieBeyondRiceKrispiegreek yogurtGreekYogurtretro cookeryRetroCookeryseventies cookingSeventiesCookingspinach dipSpinachDipyogurt dipYogurtDipBruce Watson2009-05-06T13:00:00+00:00Pie in the Sky - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/05/pie-in-the-sky-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/05/pie-in-the-sky-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/05/pie-in-the-sky-feast-your-eyes/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

whoopie pie
Whoopie pies are one of those wonderful concoctions of debatable origin and undebatable deliciousness. A few months ago, a piece in the New York Times proclaimed it was having "its moment," though plenty of its champions knew full well that the perennial classic needed no such official declaration.

This photo of a mint whoopie pie from This Chick Bakes beautifully illustrates the treat's timeless appeal, and looks like it has all of the hallmarks of whoopie pie greatness, with cakey chocolate layers sandwiching just the right amount of creamy mint filling. The chocolate-mint combination points to the endless flavor possibilities that the treats present to the adventurous sweet tooth. Though originally simple snacks created by the Pennsylvania Amish, today's bakers take them in all sorts of inspired directions. And if this photo is any hint, this could taste like the best peppermint patty on the planet, unquestionably worthy of the shout of joy its name entails.

[Via Blondie & Brownie]
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]]>bakerychocolate mintChocolateMintice creamIceCreamwhoopie piesWhoopiePiesRebecca Flint Marx2009-05-05T10:00:00+00:00A Pig's Tale - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/04/a-pigs-tale-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/04/a-pigs-tale-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/04/a-pigs-tale-feast-your-eyes/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

pig candy
Pay no heed to those who thoughtlessly proclaim bacon-inflected desserts "so over," or "so December 2008."

Pictured is one of the reasons why. This delicacy, known as Pig Candy, is the genius of one Rhonda Kave of Roni-Sue's Chocolates. What Kave has done is create a union as holy as that of peanut butter and chocolate or vodka and tonic: fried bacon, dipped in chocolate. And that's it.

It's a marriage that is astoundingly pure yet diabolically addictive and, thanks to the beauty of online retail, has inspired slavish devotion far beyond the Roni-Sue headquarters on New York City's Lower East Side. This photo hints at the promise and madness contained in each salty-sweet nugget. While the shutterbug's ability to restrain herself long enough to take the pic is admirable, the subject likely met its demise shortly after being immortalized for the enjoyment of drooling procrastinators everywhere.

[Via Flickr]
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]]>baconchocolatepig candyPigCandyroni-sues chocolatesRoni-suesChocolatesRebecca Flint Marx2009-05-04T10:00:00+00:00Ginger Ice Cream - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/30/ginger-snap-ice-cream-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/30/ginger-snap-ice-cream-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/30/ginger-snap-ice-cream-feast-your-eyes/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,


Looking at this makes us want to dive headfirst into a vat of thick, luxurious ice cream and spend the entire summer there.

The idea of ice cream on its own is refreshing enough, but the idea of ginger ice cream -- presented here by the lovely duo behind Rec(ession)ipes -- is a particularly palate-cleansing one. Ginger, a digestive aid, has been soothing stomachs and clearing sinuses for centuries. It's the perfect foil for the rich, heavy cream and eggs called for in most ice cream recipes. Texture-wise, too, it makes a happy bedfellow: biting down on a chunk of candied ginger is a curiously satisfying experience, like finding the prize in a box of Cracker Jacks. Altogether, the idea of ginger ice cream leaves us so ferklempt that we call upon poet Wallace Stevens to find the words that we cannot: "The only emperor," he once wrote, "is the emperor of ice cream."

[Via Rec(ession)ipes]
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]]>gingerice creamIceCreamRebecca Flint Marx2009-04-30T10:00:00+00:00Two Classic Cool-Downs We Can't Resisthttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/28/two-classic-cool-downs-we-cant-resist/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/28/two-classic-cool-downs-we-cant-resist/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/28/two-classic-cool-downs-we-cant-resist/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

fruit

Strawberry milkshakes and juice boxes shaped like fruit: Two things that make us grateful for April heat waves.

Food & Wine's own Dana Cowin alerted us to this luscious milkshake on the Saveur Web site, accompanied by a recipe that calls for an ingenious combination of strawberry ice cream, strawberry sorbet and strawberry jam.

The juice boxes, meanwhile, are the brilliant invention of Naoto Fukasawa, a Japanese industrial designer who designed the boxes to mimic the look and texture of the fruit they contain: pictured here are banana and strawberry, along with soy, which rather uncannily mimics a block of tofu. We can't help but feel that these boxes blow the Capri Suns of our elementary school days out of the water, or at least the sandbox.

[Saveur via Dana Cowin]
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]]>designFood and WineFood and Wine MagazineFood WineFoodAndWineFoodAndWineMagazineFoodWinejapanjuice boxJuiceBoxmilkshakesaveurTwitter HourTwitterHourRebecca Flint Marx2009-04-28T17:00:00+00:00Barbie Gets a Sweet Tooth with New Candy Linehttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/23/barbies-sweet-tooth/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/23/barbies-sweet-tooth/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/23/barbies-sweet-tooth/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,

barbie
Barbie, as you may know, turned 50 earlier this year. If this slightly belated bit of promotional whimsy is any indication, plenty of you still want a piece of her.

To celebrate the doll's 50th, Dylan's Candy Bar created "Barbie Loves Dylan's," a line of chocolate and candy outfitted in colorful graphics befitting the belle's pop-art and pop-cultural legacy. We love the way these chocolates are packaged, with through-the-years pix inspiring affectionate memories of both "The Brady Bunch" and yearbook photos of days (and unfortunate hairstyles) gone by.

It's rare to come across chocolate whose packaging wouldn't look out of place next to a Warhol, and we applaud whatever graphic design genius was behind this. But if Barbie taught us anything, it's that beauty is skin deep, and that lesson unfortunately applies to the chocolate bearing her name. It tastes as plastic as Barbie herself or, in the words of one judge, "like drugstore Easter candy." Like Barbie herself, this chocolate could last 50 years ... in the back of a pantry.

For $14, a better move might be to pop the candies into a frame on the bedroom wall. 'Cause Barbie also taught us that when substance fails, style triumphs.

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]]>barbiebarbie dollBarbieDollcandiescandychocolatedylans candy barDylansCandyBargimmickRebecca Flint Marx2009-04-23T15:00:00+00:00Get Your Goat - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/23/get-your-goat-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/23/get-your-goat-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/23/get-your-goat-feast-your-eyes/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

cheese
Looking at this cheese is a little like meditating. It's the most serene, perfect thing we've laid eyes on in the past week -- a little cloud floating innocuously against a blue (OK, teal) sky. The knife at its side hints at its imminent demise, but really, who aside from vegans or the lactose-intolerant wouldn't want to partake of the cheese's ample charms? Former Chez Panisse pastry chef David Lebovitz, the author of numerous wonderful cookbooks and a Paris resident for the past seven years, purchased this silver dollar-sized disc of Rocamadour (a raw goat's milk fromage) for a dinner party he was throwing for friends. While much of his accompanying commentary extols the virtues of the comté he also bought, it's this diminutive beauty that has us dreaming of baguettes, a drizzle of honey and deeply discounted Air France tickets.

[Via David Lebovitz]
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]]>air franceAirFrancecheesechez panisseChezPanissedavid lebovitzDavidLebovitzparisrebecca flint marxRebeccaFlintMarxrocamadourRebecca Flint Marx2009-04-23T10:00:00+00:00Three Cheers for Churros - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/17/three-cheers-for-churros-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/17/three-cheers-for-churros-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/17/three-cheers-for-churros-feast-your-eyes/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,



These gorgeous, golden-brown churros look so enticing we can practically feel their crinkly, sugar-studded skins melting on our tongues. Though their shape deviates from that of tubular churros -- traditional Mexican treats of deep-fried dough rolled in cinnamon and sugar -- we can't really say that we care. What matters is that they look sweet, crunchy goodness personified ... or like history's most gloriously demonic matzoh balls.

The Amateur Gourmet's Adam Roberts describes these beauties as "The Churros That Saved The Dinner Party." We think he's being too modest. These look like the churros that could save the world, or at least a small principality.

[via The Amateur Gourmet]
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]]>churrosdessertmexicanmexican cuisinemexican foodMexicanCuisineMexicanFoodspanishspanish foodSpanishFoodsugarRebecca Flint Marx2009-04-17T10:00:00+00:00Arepa With Black Beans and Avocado Salsa - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/09/arepa-with-black-beans-and-avocado-salsa-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/09/arepa-with-black-beans-and-avocado-salsa-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/09/arepa-with-black-beans-and-avocado-salsa-feast-your-eyes/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

arepa

What would happen if one crossed the rich sweetness of northern-style corn bread with the fun shape of a pancake? We're not sure, but it would probably look a lot like an arepa. Simple and hearty, the rich Venezuelan cornmeal patties -- often sliced open and stuffed for a cool-looking sandwich -- are here topped to make an open-faced snack.

Sara of Sara's Kitchen whipped up this intriguing combo of fresh arepa, black beans, a savory avocado salsa and just a touch of queso blanco. A mix of bright flavors and fun textures, it has us intrigued -- and mulling over a few salsa notions of our own!

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]]>arepavenezuelaBruce Watson2009-04-09T10:00:00+00:00Shiitake Mushroom and Wasabi-Ricotta Crostini - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/07/feast-your-eyes-shiitake-mushroom-and-wasabi-ricotta-crostini/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/07/feast-your-eyes-shiitake-mushroom-and-wasabi-ricotta-crostini/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/07/feast-your-eyes-shiitake-mushroom-and-wasabi-ricotta-crostini/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,


Is it just us, or does this look like a canapé Snow White might serve at a party for an assortment of her big-eyed woodland friends and dwarfs? Those mushrooms are practically leaping off the screen, they look so freshly plucked. I bet Disney's tough guys would have scoffed at this chi-chi wasabi-ricotta concoction and gone for burgers and beer instead, though. Not Eating Out In New York (a culinary blog for anyone anywhere) attempted a pretty bold take on a classic appetizer, so let us know if you give it a shot in your kitchen and how it turns out.
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]]>crostinimushroomsshiitakewasabiAlex Van Buren2009-04-07T10:00:00+00:00Extreme Potato Chipshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/03/20/extreme-potato-chips/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/03/20/extreme-potato-chips/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/03/20/extreme-potato-chips/#commentsFiled under: ,

pringles closeupPringles is among the here-since-the-70s foods that persistently redesign/refocus to make themselves either upscale or trendy enough to draw 21-century folks.

While Pringles has taken a shot at the gourmet market with their Pringles Select flavors, they really just want to appeal to the kids. Thus, we have the new Pringles Extreme flavors, the latest attempt to make something cool just by adding the word "extreme" to it. (Just like extreme sports drinks, extreme chewing gum and extreme ice cream.)

There's Blazin' Buffalo Wing, Kickin' Cheddar and Screamin' Dill Pickle. Only taste will tell whether it's got kick.

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]]>cheddar flavorCheddarFlavorextremepotato chipPotatoChippringlessnackspicyLissa Townsend Rodgers2009-03-20T16:00:00+00:00Pub-Corn - Beer Flavored Popcornhttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/03/05/pub-corn-beer-flavored-popcorn/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/03/05/pub-corn-beer-flavored-popcorn/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/03/05/pub-corn-beer-flavored-popcorn/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Pub-Corn logo"I saw some students sneaking alcohol into the movie theater while they're eating their popcorn," says Pub-Corn creator Cary Silverman in this CNN Video report. Though my initial thought would be to manufacture some sort of popcorn bucket-shaped flask, or simply to stop these student and explain to them the value of a good Thermos, I guess that's why becoming an inventor isn't as easy at it looks.

In the video, the University of Missouri student explains a few of the trials and tribulations he went through to create this non-alcoholic beer-flavored popcorn snack which also comes in Irish Cream and Pina Colada. Additionally, for a 25 cent premium, you can get your Beer Flavored Pub-Corn colored green for St. Patrick's Day. All varieties of Pub-Corn, including a variety pack, are available for sale on Pub-Corn's website.

What will Cary think of next? Possibly a more aerodynamic Milk Dud that can be better thrown at the screen during Michael Bay films? We can only hope.

[via CNN]
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]]>beer flavoredbeer flavored popcornpopcornpub cornpub-cornspeakin sudsMike Pomranz2009-03-05T13:00:00+00:00Girl Scout Victims of Counterfeit Billshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/03/03/girl-scout-victims-of-counterfeit-bills/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/03/03/girl-scout-victims-of-counterfeit-bills/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/03/03/girl-scout-victims-of-counterfeit-bills/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Girl ScoutsAccording to a report just yesterday from MSNBC, Girl Scout troops selling their cookies in Washington state are the latest victims of fraud. They have lost $100 so far due to fake $20 bills. This comes at a particularly rough time for Girl Scout cookie sales.

According to The Consumerist, a troop leader states that sales are down by as much as half. As The Consumerist states, "Girl Scout Cookies are not recession-proof." Apparently, they are also not safe from the fraudsters that seem to be sweeping our country, like Bernard Madoff and Robert Allen Stanford. As a result, troop leaders are defending themselves with counterfeit detecting pens. This specific troop of Girl Scouts in Bremerton, WA plans to sell more cookies this weekend, but with a cautious eye and a defensive pen.

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]]>girl scout cookiesgirl scoutsGirlScoutCookiesGirlScoutson the blogsOnTheBlogsMax Shrem2009-03-03T13:01:00+00:00Cheez-It Introduces Scrabble Junior Crackershttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/23/cheez-it-introduces-scrabble-junior-crackers/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/23/cheez-it-introduces-scrabble-junior-crackers/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/23/cheez-it-introduces-scrabble-junior-crackers/#commentsFiled under: ,

box of Cheez-It Scrabble Junior snack crakersI am a game addict. Within arms reach of me right now are Connect 4, Quarto and a chess board. Cranium is tucked lovingly under our entertainment center next to our original Nintendo Entertainment System, and you don't even want to know what would happen if I opened the cabinet doors above that. Game explosion!

But my all-time favorite game is Scrabble. Anyone who's ever scratched the Scrabble surface -- either by playing competitively themselves or learning about the game through a book like Word Freak or movie like Word Wars -- knows that Scrabble players are an odd bunch who take their anagramming and Triple Word Scores dead seriously.

I am slightly less of a snack junkie, but when I do snack, I take it equally as seriously, and when it comes to snacking, nothing beats the Cheez-It. The crunchiness, the big cheese flavor, and if I happen to find a couple burnt ones in my box, I'm in snack food heaven.

So imagine my excitement when my mother called to tip me off to her discovery of Cheez-It Scrabble Junior crackers in a grocery store near Seattle. This product hasn't hit any shelves near me in Brooklyn yet; if it had, you can guarantee I'd already have a box. According to Kelloggs, the new snack crackers were introduced on January 1st, so hopefully it won't be long before I find them.

From what I can surmise, they're basically regular Cheez-Its with different letters stamped into them, kind of like a cracker version of Alpha-Bits (which alarmingly, I just discovered, appear to be R.I.P.). Since Scrabble is an adult game, I'm not sure what is so "Junior" about this particular product, except maybe the notion that adults grow out of eating cheesy snack crackers. Or the childish feeling I'm getting of looking forward to playing with my food.

Has anyone had these yet? Do I need to grow up?!
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]]>Cheez-ItCheez-It ScrabbleCheez-It Scrabble JuniorCheez-ItsScrabbleScrabble JuniorMike Pomranz2009-02-23T19:55:00+00:00Krispy Kreme Doughnut Challengehttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/09/krispy-kreme-doughnut-challenge/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/09/krispy-kreme-doughnut-challenge/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/09/krispy-kreme-doughnut-challenge/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , ,

krispie kreme donutsSo how are your New Year's Resolutions going? Still making it to the gym, cutting down on the carbs, repurposing your Starbucks addiciton to a fix of regular joe from the deli? Good luck with all that. You can never let it be said that one of the world's leading suppliers of premium carbohydrates isn't in your corner.

Saturday was the fifth running of what has become a tradition in Raleigh, North Carolina: the Krispy Kreme Doughnut Challenge, in which the power of a mountain of doughnuts is harvested as motivation and fuel for a four mile race whose midpoint is not a shot of some namby-pamby sports drink but the scarfing of a dozen glazed. Finally, a sport everyone can support, and athletes everyone can identify with: carbo track and field.

Here's how the doughnut triathalon works: registrants gather at the belltower on the North Carolina State campus as early as 6:30 a.m., pre-doughnut-run doughnuts optional but not exactly wise. These finely-tuned thoroughbreds warm up in anticipation of the 9:30 a.m. start time for a run to the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop on Peace Street, where will be awaiting one dozen warm glazed doughnuts. These have to be scarfed (coffee optional but allowed), and then the journey repeated to the belltower (barfing optional but presumably allowed). The runner does not have to eat all of their doughnuts but has to weather the resulting humiliation if they don't. They have to complete the entire triathalon in one hour or less.

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]]>krispy kremekrispy kreme doughnut challengekrispy kreme runKrispyKremeEric Diesel2009-02-09T09:00:00+00:00Tip of the Day - Adding Volume to Whipped Cream http://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/07/tip-of-the-day-adding-volume-to-whipped-cream/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/07/tip-of-the-day-adding-volume-to-whipped-cream/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/07/tip-of-the-day-adding-volume-to-whipped-cream/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Thinking about making whipped cream? Find out the best way to make it so that you can maximize every ingredient and whip the cream easier to a higher volume.

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]]>how toHowTotip of the dayTipOfTheDaywhipped creamWhippedCreamwhipping creamWhippingCreamMax Shrem2009-02-07T06:00:00+00:00Last-Minute Super Bowl Recipes From Celebrity Chefshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/01/last-minute-super-bowl-recipes-from-celebrity-chefs/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/01/last-minute-super-bowl-recipes-from-celebrity-chefs/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/01/last-minute-super-bowl-recipes-from-celebrity-chefs/#commentsFiled under:

buffalo wings
Scrambling for ideas for your Super Bowl party? Check out Cookstr's Top 10 Winning Super Bowl Recipes from some of America and Great Britain's favorite celebrity chefs. There's a Caribbean-influenced sweet and spicy wing recipe, made in a slow cooker, a crowd-pleasing bacon and chipotle truck stop chili, homemade crispy tortillas with guacamole from Naked Chef Jamie Oliver, roasted almonds with Southwestern spices, classic nachos, spicy meatballs whose leftovers can double as dinner Monday night, Indian-inspired chicken samosas with veggie yogurt dip, a garlicky take on classic spinach dip, a healthy chopped salad with feta and chickpeas, and Nigella Lawson's almost no-cook peanut butter squares. If you don't get a chance to make these before the big game, I'm pretty sure they'll taste just as good during March Madness.
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]]>celebrity chefcookstrsuper bowlSuperBowlEmily Matchar2009-02-01T13:00:00+00:00