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.

Turkey Sandwich

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

This is my canonical turkey sandwich for day-after-Thanksgiving lunch: Sourdough bread Durkee’s dressing (on both pieces of bread) Cranberry sauce Turkey Wilted leftover salad Stuffing with turkey gravy

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Taste test: Cranberry sauce

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

I love cranberry sauce… on Thanksgiving Day turkey, and on the leftovers. But I’ve been pretty undiscriminating until this year. I’ve generally bought a couple of cans of Ocean Spray whole berry as soon as the price drops. As long … Continue reading →

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(Don’t) pass (on) the stuffing, please

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Thanksgiving stuffing (aka “dressing”) does not seem to be a popular dish these days. I volunteered to make a stuffing recipe in Mrs. Brooks’ third grade class and only two children signed to assist, one of them mine. Then last … Continue reading →

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Is head cheese safe to take on an airplane?

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

At a family event in Dallas this past weekend, I asked my sister to pick up some of the wonderful sour head cheese at Kuby’s German deli so I could bring it home to New York. Then ensued a lively … Continue reading →

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Male culinary bluster: a dish best served cold?

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

“Chili growing is to gardening as grilling is to cooking, allowing men to enter, and dominate, a domestic sphere without sacrificing their bluster.” Lauren Collins said that in “Fire Eaters”, an excellent article in the latest food issue of the … Continue reading →

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Christina Tosi’s Halloween Snack Mix

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Did anybody else try this recipe for Halloween Snack Mix? It was on the Food & Wine website yesterday. You take 2 cups of broken pretzels and toss with some melted butter, powdered dry milk, brown and granulated sugar and … Continue reading →

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The Cornell Chicken and the Egg

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

My friend and fellow food blogger Deanna Fox wrote a great piece a while back on the origins of Cornell Chicken. This is a serving method and chicken marinade that was created at Cornell University in the 1940s as a … Continue reading →

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Are food trucks over-rated?

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

I’ve been eating at a lot of food trucks recently… at a local Food Truck Rodeo here in Saratoga, at the annual Eat Real event in Oakland, and at the weekly Off the Grid party in San Francisco’s Fort Mason. … Continue reading →

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My Five Most Popular Non-Recipe Posts

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

In honor of Burnt My Fingers’ second anniversary, I’m revisiting our most popular posts of all time. Here are the top five non-recipe posts: The Sauce that Made Mr. Durkee Famous. This was originally posted on my marketing blog, but … Continue reading →

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Finding bargains at Healthy Living Market in Saratoga

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Healthy Living, the great new Whole Foods-like market in my town, is having its grand opening today from 11 am-2 pm in the parking lot outside the store. Lots of demos, activities and best of all food samples, all for … Continue reading →

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