Each Friday afternoon (or evening), I offer up eight tasty links that have captured my food curiosity. Here are the links for this week!- Forbes Traveler has put together a list of what they consider to be the 11 Classic American Dishes. Included on the list are the Philly cheesesteak, pasta primavera and the overstuffed burrito.
- Have you ever been challenged by the task of pouring the perfect pint of beer? For their feature, You're Doing it Wrong, Chow has put together a video the details all the nuances of the perfect pour.
- The Illinois Food Bank has laid down a challenge to the residents of their state: Can you eat on just $25 a week? Citizens took on the challenge and respond. Amy, of Cooking with Amy, recently did a similar challenge and blogged her experience.
- Elise of Simply Recipes reminds her readers how satisfyingly simple it is to make your own vanilla extract.
- Just in for our current economic crisis! Depression Cooking with Clara! [via Vegan Lunch Box]
- The Old Foodie ruminates on the history of toast.
- Dinner with Julie offers up a recipe for bean-fortified oatmeal cookies.
- Bacon Today lists ten other bacon sites you should be reading.











