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.

Apples as condiment: the crunchy chameleon

The other day I had one of the best sandwiches of my life at a place called Big Mountain Deli in Lake Placid, New York. Called the MARCY, it mixed roast turkey, cranberry horseradish sauce, cheddar, apple & cracked pepper … Continue reading

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Q. What’s the best restaurant you ever discovered by accident?

Q. What’s the best restaurant you ever discovered by accident? Quora prompted me to answer that question, and I thought my reply might lead to some conversation. If you would like to add your own experiences, please comment below! A. … Continue reading

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Top 5 non-recipe posts on Burnt My Fingers (2018 edition)

Let’s start with the big news, as we look at the top non-recipe posts on Burnt My Fingers over the past 12 months. Just 90 days after publication The Halal Guys White Sauce mystery… SOLVED is ranked in the #5 … Continue reading

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Top 5 recipe posts on Burnt My Fingers (2018 edition)

Another year is in the books, as we celebrate the 7thanniversary of this blog. The Colonel’s KFC Three-Bean Salad is the recipe post that got the most clicks over the past 12 months, but as in the past we’ll give … Continue reading

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Taste Test: Douban Jiang (Sichuan chili bean paste)

Jimmy Lau, a Chinese-born chef who works at a Japanese omakase restaurant in NYC, pranked the New York Times when interviewed for the feature on how he spends his Sunday. Describing some culinary experimentation he does with his nephew, also … Continue reading

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Golden oldies from Burnt My Fingers

September is the anniversary month of this blog, wherein we reveal the posts that have garnered the most views over the past 12 months. In the next couple of weeks we’ll report on the most popular recipes, then the most … Continue reading

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Recipe: Steak with Cream Corn

Cream corn is something you grew up with if you lived in the south or midwest, but it’s available in most U.S. grocery stores. It’s cooked corn niblets in an umami milky base, produced by squeezing the liquid out of … Continue reading

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Saratoga locals take back the town

Labor Day is the last day of the yearly meet at the Saratoga Race Course, and it spurs an exodus of tourists who have been here for what seems like forever. Though I am sure there are bookish bookies and … Continue reading

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Taste Test: La San Marzano Marinara Sauce

Exhibitors who serve pasta are always a top attraction at the Fancy Food Show. After all the snacking, it’s good to get some real food in your gut. But these booths are not so great for actual product sampling because … Continue reading

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Guess what: soft serve ice cream is not all the same!

I did not have the purest of motives when I signed up for FussyLITTLEBlog’s Tour de Soft Serve (Schenectady Edition). I intended to expose the futility of the exercise since all soft serve is the same, from the same mix … Continue reading

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