Super Bowl XLII

Craft beer for the big game at Ruby Tuesday

by Shayna Glick, Posted Feb 1st 2008 @ 11:00AM

Well, the bad news is that Ruby Tuesday is not a sports bar. You can't go there and expect to watch the big game. The good news is that they now carry a wide variety of craft beers.

Craft beers have risen in popularity exponentially over the last decade or so, and I don't think we're close to leveling off. Few, if any, national restaurant chains carry craft beers. Ruby Tuesday is among the first. The chain, which has over 900 locations, will now carry the likes of Sam Adams, Dogfish Head, Flying Dog, Abita, and Widmer Hefeweizen. They'll offer a draft of the day and draft flights, though that won't be available everywhere due to local liquor laws. Also, offerings will vary by location. Ruby Tuesday have even given the bartenders studying at their Center for Culinary Excellence a course with instructors from the Boston Beer Company on "how to store, pour, and otherwise care for these special beers".

So maybe you want to stay home to watch the super bowl. You can always go out after the game for a good burger and a great beer at Ruby Tuesday.

[Via BeerAdvocate]

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Super Bowl Week: Bowl Food, Cookbook of the Day

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by Shayna Glick, Posted Feb 1st 2008 @ 10:00AM

In the few days left running up to the big game, you probably don't have a lot of extra time. Between everyday chores and getting ready for your super bowl get together, there just isn't enough time in the day. If only there were a way to save a little time somewhere. Well, that's where this cookbook can help.

Bowl Food: Comfort Food For People on the Go is an edited cookbook, a collection of recipes from many sources. It offers one bowl main dishes that are quick to prepare, satisfying and lower on cleanup. From what I've read, the book leans toward a lot of Asian style dishes. And one review estimates that 25% of the recipes are fully vegetarian, with many that can be adjusted to become vegetarian easily.

The reviews on this cookbook are mixed. Everyone agrees that the recipes are delicious. Some of the reviewers totally agree that the recipes are easy and quick. Others thought they included too many exotic ingredients that are hard to find, requiring a trip to specialty stores.

Amazon offered a look at some of the recipes and I thought they looked really good. If you're the kind of cook who can break away from recipes, or if you keep an extremely wide array of ingredients around, Bowl Food can become your best friend during the week. Or it could become your weekend or party cookbook. Either way, it looks interesting and tasty. I'm ordering my copy today.

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Super Bowl Week: New food bowls, literally

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by Shayna Glick, Posted Feb 1st 2008 @ 9:00AM

The concept of a bread bowl is not new. People have been hollowing out round loaves of bread for soups for ages. And during the Middle Ages, people at from trenchers (plates made from stale loaves of bread). Now, an English company has added something new to the conversation.

The Butts Foods company, a bakery supplier in England, has introduced a line of ready to eat meals on edible plates and bowls called Breadies. The line is mainly soups and curries, but it does include breakfast bowls, salads, and hot dogs like the one pictured. The manufacturer has invented an industrial oven which forms a double crust by baking the inside and outside of the bread at the same time. This prevents sogginess without adding extra ingredients to the bread.

Though currently available only in the U.K., and only to food service outlets, Breadies would certainly be a great idea for a super bowl party. You could just throw them in the oven and serve them to our guests. No preparations and not much clean up. They are advertised as being the plate/bowl, but really, you would need to put them on something.

[Via ChowHound]

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Food Porn Daily (Super Bowl Week): Potato Salad

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by Marisa McClellan, Posted Feb 1st 2008 @ 8:00AM

Today is the final day in our Super Bowl Week series. So far, we've featured dips and appetizers, main dishes, healthy snacks and sweet treats. Today, we're going with a twist on the idea and focusing on foods you eat out of a bowl in honor of Sunday's big game. In order to find an appropriate picture to feature today, I went searching around our Flickr group (you should wander on over and join the group) looking for things that talked about bowls. And I think I found something of a winner with this image.

Taken by Loua, this gorgeous bowl of potato salad begs to be spooned out into smaller bowls and devoured. I tend to think of potato salad as a summer dish, but the necessary ingredients are available all year round and would make a really tasty addition to your Super Bowl buffet (especially if you add some torn basil leaves like Loua did).

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Super Bowl Week: Buckeyes

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by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Jan 31st 2008 @ 8:55PM

In case you haven't figured it out by now, I am a football fan.

However, I have to admit that at least one third of my interest in football is not about the game. Sure, I can follow the game, thanks to four years on the high school cheerleading squad (please, spare me all the comments about cheerleaders -- I already hate myself enough about it). I most certainly appreciate the athletics of the sport, and love giving all my love and adoration to ~~Peyton Manning~~ a team, but I think one of the reasons why I love football so much is the lifestyle around football. I'm not talking Friday Night Lights lifestyle (well, maybe I am a little). Like Paula Deen, I love the food and parties and the Super Bowl, for me, is like, Thanksgiving.

Now I know that buckeyes have everything to do with Ohio and pretty much nothing to do with New England, New York, or even Phoenix, where the Super Bowl is taking place, but for me, they are a peanut buttery, chocolate-y representation of football. I didn't post about it much here at the beginning of January, but I went to New Orleans to watch the Ohio State Buckeyes and the LSU Tigers play in the Championship Game for college football. So for now, let's just say that tiny peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate are a great sweet snack to serve your guests during a football party.

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Slashfood Bowl: Boston's cake creams New York's cheese

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by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Jan 31st 2008 @ 8:21PM

It's Super Bowl Dessert day here at Slashfood, which means for the Slashfood Bowl, we're talking about Boston Cream Pie for the New England Patriots.

Though it's called "pie," the Boston Cream Pie is actually a layer cake filled with pastry cream and covered with a chocolate ganache. Why it's called a pie, we can't be sure, but reliable sources (and by "reliable" I mean I googled it) say that it was likely because pie tins were more readily available than cake pans to bake the cake layers.

I've only tasted the cake twice, and both times, I wondered why I didn't eat this cake more often. I mean, come on. It has pastry cream in the middle and is topped with chocolate that drips down the sides. Alright, I'll be honest with you all. I basically love the cake for that pastry cream.

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Super Bowl Week: Heath Bar Blondies

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by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Jan 31st 2008 @ 7:49PM

Nothing about these blondies makes them particularly special for the Super Bowl. They're just your basic blondie recipe with the substitution of chopped Heath bars for chocolate chips. However, because they're so easy to make, can be made the night before, and are easy to serve and eat, they work for a Super Bowl party, or any party for that matter.

Heath Bar Blondies
Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9x9 baking pan. (You can use an 8x8; the blondies will just be slightly taller.)

Into a large mixing bowl, sift together: 1 c. all-purpose flour, ½ tsp baking powder, 1/8 tsp baking soda, and ½ tsp salt.

In a large bowl, beat together 1 c brown sugar with 1 stick melted butter. Add 1 large egg and ¼ tsp vanilla.

Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture along with 1 c. coarsely chopped Heath bars. (Add nuts if you feel so inspired, but don't tell me about it. I hate nuts in cookies and brownies). Pour batter into pan.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool (if you have the patience) before cutting into squares.

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Super Bowl Week: Crispix Chocolate-Butterscotch Drops

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by Bob Sassone, Posted Jan 31st 2008 @ 6:10PM

Crispix I'm a big fan of desserts and snacks and party mixes and trail mix and other concoctions that you don't have to put in the oven to make. Maybe that's an idea for a post, a big list of desserts you can make without baking.

This one features Crispix cereal, which I happen to be looking at right now just over the top of my computer monitor. It's a very easy recipe to make (it's just semi-sweet chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, roasted peanuts, and Crispix cereal), but then again all desserts/snacks like this should be easy to make.

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Super Bowl Week: The Artful Cupcake, Cookbook of the Day

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by Marisa McClellan, Posted Jan 31st 2008 @ 5:00PM

Today is our day for sweet Super Bowl treats and there's nothing like a cupcake for it's finger-friendly, eyes-elsewhere eating. I first came across The Artful Cupcake by Marcianne Miller more than two years ago, when some friends and I were preparing to make 200 cupcakes for a friend's wedding. We turned to this book for decorating tips and tricks, and managed to pull together some really gorgeous desserts for her big day.

While the Super Bowl isn't a wedding, and you don't need to get quite as fancy for desserts that are going to be eaten in front of the television, it might be fun to trick out your classic cupcake with some nice topping or unusual frosting. If that's your game, then this book is a fun resource to have on hand to that end. The images are beautiful and there are 36 inspiring projects from which to choose.

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Super Bowl Week: Team tins of caramel corn

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by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Jan 31st 2008 @ 4:02PM

Desserts are the least of your worries if you're entertaining for the Super Bowl. Let's face it, most of your guests will be focused first on the game, and second on whatever meaty, cheesy foods you've put out. Just keep desserts to the simple stuff, like caramel corn. Garrett Popcorn out of Chicago, which Oprah named one of her Favorite Things, will send you a tin of flavored popcorn of your choice, in a tin that's decorated with your favorite team. There are four sizes of tins, and a dozen flavors.

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