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Whipped Cream Anyone?

It’s six in the morning and I have a two year old banging on my head while screaming, “Whipped Cream! Whipped Cream!” It can only mean one thing: it’s Sunday.

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Posted by: on Sunday, June 11th, 2006
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Bye-bye breakfast burrito

I count on it. Once a week I find myself on the North Shore. I leave the house early, so I don’t usually have time for breakfast. No problem. A delicious breakfast burrito from Steamrollers awaits. I admit it,…

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Posted by: on Friday, June 9th, 2006
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Blender Hollandaise

Hollandaise is awesome – and delicious – but can be very difficult to make. Those of you who have whisked away tenderly in your bain marie only to have your sauce break know what I’m talking about.…

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Posted by: on Friday, June 9th, 2006
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Cupcake of the Week

My newest cupcake. The Neopolitan: Simple chocolate cupcake, vanilla buttercream icing, fresh strawberry on top.

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Posted by: on Friday, June 2nd, 2006
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Eat and Learn

> We have a fondness for all things abattoir related, like these cool plates from Sprout Home. Imagine a nice arrangement of lamp chops, potatoes and some fresh peas, or maybe some bbq pork? Yes, learn from your place…

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Posted by: on Thursday, June 1st, 2006
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Vice Guide to Food

Warning: Conventional foodies with weak stomachs and those easily offended may want to skip this one, but Vice Magazine recently put out The Food Issue. As can be expected from these twisted folks, this issue is chock…

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Posted by: on Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
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It’s not champagne, it’s not pop…it’s champagne pop!

Welcome to Norway, land of the most beautiful people on earth. And while looking gorgeous, they can turn out some pretty mean chow: so far I’ve had a seriously good lamb stew, made by my wife’s grandmother,…

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Posted by: on Saturday, May 27th, 2006
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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Last night I discovered the best recipe for Strawberry Rhubarb pie on Simply Recipes. I found it very strange because it calls for instant tapioca. The outcome was amazing. By far the best tasting pie I have ever had.

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Posted by: on Saturday, May 27th, 2006
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Best. Yogurt. Ever.

Last summer, I had the odd nutritional goal of eating more yogurt. I work from home, and I was in the nasty habit of skipping breakfast – I thought that a good bowl of cultured milk product with some fresh fruit…

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Posted by: on Friday, May 26th, 2006
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Where’s the bathroom?

From a branding perspective, serving the food your restaurant pushes out of the kitchen in miniture toilet bowls is questionable, but that’s exactly what this toilet restaurant does. In fact, the entire place is…

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Posted by: on Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
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Green is the New White

As far as powdered addicting substances go, green is the new white. Lately we’ve become hooked on the buzz we get drinking iced matcha lattes. Matcha is a powdered green tea first discoverd over 900 years ago. It…

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Posted by: on Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
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Cooking For Engineers

Recently I came across a cool site called Cooking For Engineers. Engineers aren’t always known for being great designers, but this blog has some unique information design in the presentation of the recipes. Very…

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Posted by: on Sunday, May 14th, 2006
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Green Tea Kit Kat

In addition to the Matcha addiction we all have seem to acquired, you can now eat your green tea, thanks to Green Tea Kit Kat. There is only one drawback to this, they are only available in Japan. So if we have any…

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Posted by: on Friday, May 12th, 2006
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Coffee ‘tastes better as s**t’

A Canadian scientist claims to have proven that the world’s most expensive coffee really does taste better because the beans it is produced from have been eaten and defecated by a wild cat. PUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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Posted by: on Friday, May 12th, 2006
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Never Order Fish On Mondays…

With both cooking and fiction books to his credit, Anthony Bourdain is somewhat of a hero and inspiration to many of us at IBC. During my recent vacation I finally read A Cook’s Tour which was an addictive read…

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Posted by: on Friday, May 12th, 2006
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