A Full Belly

Pain flavored

NYC Playing with Fire: The NYPost seeks out the city's hottest dishes. Bricklane Curry House's phaal wins.I've had it and can vouch that it is without a doubt pain flavored.

How to Stay Sane on Turkey Day

How to Stay Sane on Turkey Day: plan ahead and make a timeline.

Delicious Design

Design Public is our San Francisco neighbor, a modern design retailer and purveyor of "good design," AND they blog! This week is Delicious Design week at the Design Public blog, and will be featuring posts by guest food bloggers on food and design. Be sure to check it out. 

You are what you eat

Josh is right--pig is big. Big enough for Threadless t-shirt even. You are what you eat.

CYOB (cure your own bacon)

This holiday season, why not set yourself apart by giving the gift of home-cured bacon. "Curing your own bacon is no more difficult than marinating a steak." Here's the recipe. It doesn't appear to be more complicated than marinating a steak, but it does take a while longer (7 days for curing).

Egg and Muffin toaster = Awesome

Matt reviews the Egg and Muffin toaster and declares it "Awesome, awesome, awesome."

The East Bay's 101 Most Delicious things to eat

SF The East Bay's 101 Most Delicious things to eat [via Chowhound]

So you think you want to be a restaurant critic

The Secret Life of a Restaurant Critic: The Boston Globe's Alison Arnett on the ins and outs of being a restaurant critic. [via Kottke]

What old restaurant menus say about the exploitation of the deep seas

What old restaurant menus say about the exploitation of the deep seas: how one palaeo-oceanographer is using old restaurant menus to track the price of seafood back 150 years and help plot marine harvests through history.

Vendy Awards

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Originally uploaded by Alaina B..

NYC The Vendy Awards finalists have been announced. We'll be rooting for the Dosa Man. The final cook-off is next Thursday, November 10th. Buy your tickets now, proceeds support the Street Vendor Project of the Urban Justice Center, a nonprofit organization that provides a voice for the ten thousand people who sell their wares on the streets and sidewalks of our city. The full cost of each ticket is tax-deductible.