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.

Live Uni: one and done

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Burnt My Fingers

On my recent trip to San Francisco, I indulged in a bucket-list checkoff: ordering live uni from Santa Barbara Fish Market. Overnight shipping is a ridiculously cheap $9.95, to California addresses only. (Elsewhere it’s $49.95.) The sea urchins themselves are … Continue reading →

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How to order steak in a seafood restaurant

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Burnt My Fingers

Yelp has a lot of good insights, but there are a few bozos lurking here and there. Among them are people who go to a restaurant that is known for one particular type of cuisine, order something completely different, then … Continue reading →

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Albany shows how to do Restaurant Week right

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Burnt My Fingers

Local Upstate NY chef Dominic Colose writes a lively blog in which, among other topics, he rails against restaurant weeks. He feels they pack his establishment with loutish bottom feeders (my words; he’s more polite) who swoop in for the … Continue reading →

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Benton’s Country Hams make mighty good eating

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Burnt My Fingers

I was watching a cooking show on TV, probably the excellent “Mind of a Chef” season with Ed Lee, when it occurred to me I had not eaten any country ham in way too long. Thank goodness we have the … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with fast food burgers? The lettuce, that’s what!

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Burnt My Fingers

I have been holed up after foot surgery which for some reason has given me an unnatural desire for fast food burgers. With a bit of scheming I was able to procure the Dave’s Single shown above. It’s not bad, thanks … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Dr. Ludwig’s “Always Hungry?” diet

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Burnt My Fingers

I needed to lose a few pounds before a surgery and my wife recommended I read Always Hungry? by Dr. David Ludwig, a Harvard nutritional researcher. In a nutshell, the eating method (which Ludwig does not call a diet, and which he … Continue reading →

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Can I turn leftover Buffalo wings into Korean Fried Chicken?

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Burnt My Fingers

“I’m sick of wings now that the Super Bowl is over,” writes no one in particular. “Is there any way I can turn leftover Buffalo wings into Korean Fried Chicken wings?” Yes, though there’s a small caveat. Unless your wings were … Continue reading →

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Results of our Buffalo Wing Taste Test

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Burnt My Fingers

As promised, I’m sharing the results of yesterday’s taste test of Oven-Baked Buffalo Wings. All were cooked in a 400 degree oven for 50 minutes and sauced with Frank’s recipe for a butter/hot sauce combo, so the variation is in … Continue reading →

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Enough with the fruitcake jokes…

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Burnt My Fingers

Bon vivant Calvin Trillin wrote that there is actually only one fruitcake in the world, and it is continually re-gifted each holiday season. That fruitcake joke, or a variation, has had just as much recycling to the point that giving … Continue reading →

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Behold… the wedge!

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Burnt My Fingers

Have you noticed? The wedge salad is quite the thing in high end steakhouses recently. The concept is simple: cut a triangle of chilled iceberg lettuce, and pile stuff on it. Blue cheese dressing (preferably house made, with lots of … Continue reading →

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