Category Archives: Eating

Here we celebrate the best kind of food enjoyment: eating somebody else’s cooking, whether it be in a fine dining establishment or a hole in the wall.

Why we’re snacking Xochitl Salted Tortilla Chips

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Burnt My Fingers

We had never met a packaged tortilla chip we liked until Xochtil Tortilla Chips came along. We first encountered them at a friend’s house with salsa and were startled to discover they had exactly the right amount of salt. Most … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Pickled Eggs

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Burnt My Fingers

Pickled eggs are a good way to use the perfect hard-boiled eggs you make in the Instant Pot. If you don’t have your own recipe, please use ours. Peeled hard-boiled eggs are quite perishable, but once pickled these should last … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Tomato Jam

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Burnt My Fingers

Tomato jam would make a nice accompaniment to our onion jam if you’re putting together a fancy sandwich. It also goes great on a cracker with a smear of brie. No need to peel or seed the tomatoes; everything will … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Mangia Betta

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Burnt My Fingers

You can get food inspiration for free by reading up on the dishes prepared by favorite chefs and hole-in-the-wall ethnic restaurants. Such was the case with a recent FB post by Ric Orlando, an inventive local chef. He’s been leading … Continue reading →

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Taste test: marinated mushrooms

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Burnt My Fingers

I hoovered some delicious marinated mushrooms from the charcuterie board at a recent event and resolved to make them myself. Researching online recipes, I found a surprising variety of methods and even definitions of what “marinated mushrooms” implies. As executed, … Continue reading →

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Lunch at Le Bernardin

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Burnt My Fingers

I live 3 hours from one of the great restaurants of the world, so there was no excuse for not trying it at least once. My Yelp friend Louise G facilitated the reservations for lunch at Le Bernardin, which must … Continue reading →

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Taste Test: Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Cups

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Burnt My Fingers

We are huge fans of dark chocolate Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Cups. Here you have a perfect candy: a good quality chocolate shell with just the right amount of rigidity to resist then crack when you bite into it, enrobing … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: searching for culinary origins

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Burnt My Fingers

Elizabeth Weil wrote an arresting culinary origins story a few years ago which was published in Saveur. It seems that Weil’s grandfather invented the Reuben Sandwich in the 1920s when he oversaw the kitchen at the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha, … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Rueben (or Reuben) Sandwich

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Burnt My Fingers

This Rueben sandwich is for people who spell it that way during searches when corned beef is popular around St. Patrick’s Day. It’s very similar to the Original Reuben Sandwich recipe presented in Saveur magazine by Elizabeth Weil, who claims … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Acme Olive Bread I

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Burnt My Fingers

Acme Olive Bread is an interesting creature. It combines the astringent bite of salt cured olives with a tender, almost fluffy crumb. We have posted several olive bread recipes and they’re all good, but a close rendition of Acme Olive … Continue reading →

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