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February 27, 2006
Trader Joe's FAQ
New Yorkers, take note: Trader Joe's FAQ (Frequently Accessed Quantities). Informative and entertaining.
February 23, 2006
artichoke how-to
How to cook and eat an artichoke. Did you know that 100% of the U.S. crop is grown in California?
February 22, 2006
La Cocina
La Cocina is a San Francisco-based non-profit community kitchen who's purpose is to assist micro-entrepreneurs become economically self-sufficient in part by providing them fully-licensed, affordable kitchen space. I first learned about La Cocina when I heard this NPR piece. Via Tablehopper, La Cocina is hosting an event for chefs, restauranteurs, and culinary retailers on Monday, March 6th. Get all the details here.
February 16, 2006
The road to Yountville
5 years ago, she got laid off from her job at TiVo. Today, she's a part of the French Laundry's pastry department. Hsing Chen describes her journey.
February 15, 2006
nyc's newest food blogger
Holy crap, look who New York's newest food blogger is: Frank Bruni! And there's a weekly podcast! And comments are enabled! Like, whoa.
February 14, 2006
A recipe for a food blogger flame war
Shuna's write-up of the Common Wealth Club's Food Blogger panel (and the event itself) triggers quite an interesting reaction in the comments. Recipe for a food blogger flame war: 3 cups drama, 0 parts actual discussion of food, a pinch of bitterness (to taste), garnish with jealousy.
Here's the thing: In every community, members have different expectations of community, different standards of behavior for themselves and others, and different goals for their participation. As I see it there isn't a singular food blogging community, and that's ok.
February 08, 2006
Valentine's Day Gift Ideas
Love it or hate it, Valentine's Day is less than a week away. If you haven't made dinner reservations, you're probably too late and isn't that a little predictable anyway? Here are our Valentine's Day gift ideas that are likely to surprise and please your food-loving loved one. Good luck!
For the cookie lover: Dunk Mug
Keep your milk and cookies or tea and biscuits happily together with the Dunk Mug, cleverly designed with built-in cookie compartment. Available in right and left handed versions.
For the chocolate lover: 
Champagne Brownies
Amai Tea & Bake House is back with a new and improved champagne brownie (improved? yes!). The brownies are made of Scharffen Berger 99% dark chocolate, Valrhona cocoa and real champagne. Only available for online until February 10th, so order now. In NYC? You can also find them at select stores.
For the restaurant lover: 86 Recipes New York 
86 Recipes is a cleverly designed collection of recipes from New York City restaurants, maintaining each chef's original intentions, with adaptations for the home kitchen. Use the cards to recreate your favorite restaurant meal at home, or discover a new-to-you restaurant.
For the gadget lover: Mr. Bento Lunch Jar
Mr. Bento Lunch Jar is the 21st century lunchbox. Mr. Bento comes with a series of microwaveable bowls that stack inside the washable container, which employs
vacuum-insulated stainless-steel construction to preserve the
temperature of its contents for hours.Need inspiration for your Mr. Bento? Check out the collection of photos from Mr. Bento fans on Flickr.
February 07, 2006
cooking with your mobile phone
Mobile cooking: how to cook an egg with 2 mobile phones, an egg cup, and a radio. Or, why you shouldn't talk on two mobile phones at once. UPDATE: OK, not really. "The radio waves from mobile phones are at least 100 times too weak to heat up an egg, they're at the wrong frequency to make water molecules vibrate, the antennas on mobile phones are directionless, and when you call one phone with another the (omnidirectional) signals are relayed via radio towers rather than directly." Thanks, Harlan! I <3 the Internet.
Eat Air - A Vegan Food Log
For my vegan friends, another tasty vegan blog, Eat Air - A Vegan Food Log.
February 06, 2006
Food Blogger Face-Off
SF Don't miss the Food Blogger Face-Off tonight, 6:00 p.m. at the Ferry Building!
Consumer Reports rates gift chocolates
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Consumer Reports rates gift chocolates. Norman Love Confections gets their top rating. [via Kathryn]
Vegan Lunch Box
Vegan Lunch Box is the blog of a stay at home mom who makes her kid vegan "laptop lunches"
every day filled with everything from stromboli to dim sum to sushi. Lunch should always be this much fun. [thanks for tip, Jenny!]
Google Food Photo Blog
Google Food Photo Blog: Looks like some good eatin'. [thanks for the tip, David!]
