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.

Yelp vs Google

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

I am a Yelper. This comes as a surprise to chefs I meet, who typically hate Yelp because they see it as the source of sour grapes write-ups by amateur reviewers who want to bring a restaurant down. But for … Continue reading →

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Food for thought: Today’s Gourmet with Jacques Pepin

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

I recently reconnected with the Today’s Gourmet series of videos which were produced by KQED, the public television station in San Francisco, featuring Jacques Pepin. The series ran from 1991-93 and all or many episodes are available on the KQED … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Korean Fire Chicken

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

You may have purchased gochugaru (Korean chili powder) and gochujang (Korean chili paste) for Korean Fried Chicken or a similar dish, and wondered what else you can do with the chilis. Try this. Korean Fire Chicken comes from the redoutable … Continue reading →

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Affordable food porn

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

We don’t worry too much about food presentation here at Burnt My Fingers, as you may have noticed. But sometimes you want to gild the lily just a bit. And we got thinking about affordable food porn… ways you can … Continue reading →

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Reviewing McDonald’s new condiments

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

McDonald’s has recently introduced two condiments, Mambo sauce and Sweet and Spicy Jam. Although the advertising suggests you should try them one at a time, there is nothing to prevent you from adding 2 of each to your mobile order … Continue reading →

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Top 5 recipes of 2023 on Burnt My Fingers

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Another year, another clips post with the most popular recipes in the past 12 months as measured by clicks. A few changes if you compare to 2022 and 2021. Recipe: Halal Guys White Sauce. Once upon a time, people would … Continue reading →

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Five most popular non-recipe posts in 2023 on Burnt My Fingers

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Each year at this time we do a recap of our posts that have garnered the most clicks in the past 12 months. The world has convulsed with conflict and climate change yet our most popular posts, and even their … Continue reading →

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Perfect hardboiled eggs in the Instant Pot

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

We tend to tune out a lot of the fan chatter about the Instant Pot, especially when folks start talking about how to cook something in the IP that has no business there—like prime rib!—or something that would be just … Continue reading →

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Why do refrigerators have freezers on the top?

Posted on October 3, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Every time I have had the option to purchase a home refrigerator in my life, I have chosen a refrigerator with the freezer on the bottom. It’s only logical since you will access the refrigerator many more times in a … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Spicy Caponata

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Ordered some caponata at a venue the other night and it was pleasant but bland. Our Spicy Caponata is anything but. It’s borrowed from an Ottolenghi recipe which is online but has never been published in any of his books. … Continue reading →

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