Tag Archives: pandemic

July 4th Barbecue

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

We have a “Firecracker 4” run in our town that attracts thousands of visitors and our friends’ son Shea Weilbaker has won it twice in a row. We’ll go downtown to see if he three-peats, then turn our attention to … Continue reading →

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The Fancy Food Show is back.

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

We spent yesterday at the 2022 Summer Fancy Food Show, which returned to Javits Convention Center for the first time since 2019. I estimate there were maybe half as many booths as the show had at its peak (the show … Continue reading →

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Chinese cooking in quarantine

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

Wall Street Journal has an article on how Shanghainese are currently coping with a city-wide lockdown due to COVID. Among the tools is a website that helps cooks prepare flavorful Chinese food in quarantine with very few ingredients, i.e. what … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Hotel Room Pickles

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

Hotel room pickles happened because we had some nice carnitas and wanted some Mexican-style pickled vegetables (escabeche) to accompany. We’ve noticed the taco shops no longer put out these assortments, probably a COVID casualty because sharing condiments is looked down … Continue reading →

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What does cheesecake taste like?

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Burnt My Fingers

The Wall Street Journal recently did a piece on how the Cheesecake Factory chain thrived through the pandemic by increasing takeout orders. One of the secrets, as Atul Gawande wrote in a famous 2012 New York article, is process—there’s a … Continue reading →

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Top five recipe posts of 2021 on Burnt My Fingers

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Burnt My Fingers

We reported our five most popular non-recipe posts of the year the other day; now let’s cut to the chase with the most-clicked-on recipes of 2021. As with the previous post, we’ve made an adjustment to upgrade the recipes that … Continue reading →

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Top five non-recipe posts of 2021

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Burnt My Fingers

It’s time to report the most popular recipe and non-recipe posts on Burnt My Fingers, measured by the number of clicks over the past twelve months. However, this year we have an unusual situation because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our … Continue reading →

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Too Good To Go

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Burnt My Fingers

Too Good To Go (TGTG) is an app that matches up restaurants looking to get rid of leftover food at the end of the day and consumers looking to score a bargain. You pay in advance for a mystery box—the … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Gastro Obscura Recreating Ancient Recipes

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Burnt My Fingers

Gastro Obscura: Recreating Ancient Recipes. We are long time readers of the Gastro Obscura website devoted to arcane food cultures and history, and we noticed they have started offering virtual “experiences” in these times of less getting together in person. Recreating … Continue reading →

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Baguette tricks and techniques from King Arthur Baking Education

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Burnt My Fingers

We traveled to Norwich, VT a few weeks ago for the half-day “Beauty and the Baguette” class at the stste-of-the-art King Arthur Baking Education Center. We’ve taken a more intensive baguette class there in the past and mainly wanted to experience … Continue reading →

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