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Root-Vegetable Gratin - Feast Your Eyes

Posted Oct 5th 2009 10:00AM by Alexa Weibel
Filed under: Feast Your Eyes

Photo: thebittenword.com, Flickr.

As cooler temperatures brighten the appeal of a toasty kitchen, gratins become increasingly enticing. We find ourselves plotting to spend afternoons by the oven creating warming dishes in anticipation of cold-weather weeks, since there's hardly anything more comforting than coming home to a ready-made meal that needs only to be popped into the oven.

And what could be more appropriate than this Root-Vegetable Gratin adapted by the bloggers at thebittenword.com. Clay and Zach boast that "the sweetness of the squash and sweet potatoes plays perfectly off the more earthy, turnip-y taste of the rutabaga." And yet as polished as this gratin may appear, the dish involves little more than the assembly and baking of mandoline-sliced vegetables, with the addition of heavy cream, chicken broth and a light panko topping. Check out Food & Wine's original recipe here and a plethora of gratin inspirations here.

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Roasted "Chrysanthemum" Onions - Feast Your Eyes

Posted Dec 2nd 2008 8:00AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Feast Your Eyes

I've only had a deep fried bloomin' onion once in my life, as a county fair near Charlottesville, VA. It was about nine years ago, but the taste memory of it is still with me. However, they are deadly as far as calories go and so I've stayed away. However, thanks to the advent of this roasted version from the guys at The Bitten Word, I think I may have finally found a suitable substitute.

Thanks guys, for adding this luscious image to the Slashfood Flickr pool!

Feast Your Eyes - Apple stack cake

Posted Nov 10th 2008 8:00AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Feast Your Eyes

Is it Pac-Mac, on his way to eat some pellets? Or a elementary school fraction problem?

If you guessed "None of the above" you're correct. It's actually an Apple Stack Cake from the guys at The Bitten Word, with one delicious slice removed. It's a cake that Zack's grandmother used to prepare, and he made it in her honor as she recently passed away (one of the things I love about food is the way it can bring back wonderful memories of friends and family who aren't around anymore). It's nothing more than vanilla cake and a spiced apple spread, making it a great way to top off both a simple dinner with friends, or your family's holiday meal.

Thanks guys, for adding your gorgeous picture to the Slashfood Flickr pool.

Feast Your Eyes: Fried chicken cook-off

Posted Sep 26th 2008 8:00AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Feast Your Eyes

platter of fried chicken on the Bitten Word

I didn't grow up eating fried chicken. My mom was always more of a baked chicken kind of person (she liked to keep things as healthy as possible). In fact, I can count on one hand the number of times in life I've eaten friend chicken. And to be honest, I've never made it myself. And yet, I find it fascinating and totally hypnotic. I love the idea of good fried chicken and aspire to one day giving it a try in my kitchen.

The guys at The Bitten Word have no fried chicken fear and recently whipped up not one, but two batches of the stuff. They put Clay's mom's fried chicken up against Thomas Keller's recipe and invited a whole bunch of friends over to help them with the taste test. Clay's mom's recipe was the winner, mostly for its classic taste and super crispy skin. Sounds delicious!

Feast Your Eyes: Best BBQ chicken

Posted Jul 24th 2008 8:00AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Poultry, Feast Your Eyes, Summer

Looking at this picture makes me realize that I haven't had a single piece of barbecued chicken this summer. Seems I'll have to do something about that before the grilling season is out, possibly with this exact recipe (the volume of Everyday Food from which it comes is currently sitting on a stack next to my bed). This picture comes to us from the guys over at The Bitten Word, who discovered that until this batch of chicken, they'd been making barbecue the wrong way all their lives. However, it seems that they are now converts to this dry rub prior to cooking, saucing at the end of grilling technique.

Thanks Clay and Zach, for adding your image to the Slashfood Flickr pool!

Feast Your Eyes: Strawberry frozen yogurt

Posted Jun 6th 2008 8:00AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Dairy, Fruit, Feast Your Eyes, Summer

I first spotted this image of strawberry frozen yogurt at the Bitten Word yesterday and was instantly inspired to make room for my ice cream maker bowl in the freezer (it was a tough fit, but I managed to shoehorn it in there) so that I could make something similar. No food stuff more perfectly goes with the long days of summer better than ice cream or frozen yogurt, and when you make it yourself, it becomes that much more delicious.

Thanks Clay and Zach, for adding your picture to the Slashfood Flickr pool!

Feast Your Eyes: Bourbon mint tea

Posted May 19th 2008 8:00AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Whisky, Feast Your Eyes

There is nothing like a cool cocktail to take the edge off a hot summer afternoon or evening. This glass of Bourbon Mint Tea comes to us from Clay and Zach, two guys from the South who are partial to both sweet tea and bourbon. They got the recipe from the May 2008 edition of Everyday Food and say that it has the perfect balance of mint, sweetness and Bourbon, without being overpowering. You can find the recipe over on their food blog, The Bitten Word (a blog devoted to using the recipes they find in their cooking magazines).

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Root-Vegetable Gratin - Feast Your Eyes

Roasted "Chrysanthemum" Onions - Feast Your Eyes

Feast Your Eyes - Apple stack cake

Feast Your Eyes: Fried chicken cook-off

Feast Your Eyes: Best BBQ chicken

Feast Your Eyes: Strawberry frozen yogurt

Feast Your Eyes: Bourbon mint tea

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