Would you pay $159 a pound for ham? Oink! In the above video, Philadelphia food and wine writer Brian Freedman takes us on a tour of some pretty fancy spots in the City of Brotherly Love that are serving up more than just cheesesteaks. The fancy ham comes from the Iberian pig and is aged for 5 years. It's so fancy, the guy selling it needs a special certificate of authenticity to serve it up.
Laughing Squid's Rusty Blazenhoff paid a visit to the oldest remaining Bob's Big Boy restaurant in the U.S., located in Burbank, California since 1949.
He took lots of cool pictures, and he talks a bit about the significance of the Big Boy over a slice of pie at the link below.
It's a delicious trip down memory lane, is anyone else suddenly in the mood for a cheeseburger?
The blogger at Cake Time made these adorably tiny gingerbread houses for a competition last week. I hope she won! The recipe is in Polish, but you can translate it into English at the top of the page. That will not help American bakers figure out how much 120 grams of caster sugar is in measuring cups. Link -via Buzzfeed
One of Tard's loyal fans spotted this amazing gingerbread house at her local Whole Foods Market. I have to admit, I'm a little jealous. All my Whole Foods has is a lot of overpriced organic hoohah.
Admittedly, I know we've posted a ton of Grumpy Cat stuff over the last month, but when they're this ridiculous and adorable, it's hard not to.
Not Martha has instructions for making your own little tiny gingerbread houses that daintily sit on the edge of your mug, making for a festive and delicious accent to any cup of holiday coco. Link Via Laughing Squid
Someone had to do it sooner or later. It's a new way to add delicious bacon to your holidays -bacon Pumpkin Pie!
In the spirit of fall here in the Pacific Northwest, here is a recipe of my friend Joe's own design! He sought to bring bacon to the dessert menu, and hunted for a pie media capable of sustaining a bacon infusion while retaining deliciousness. Pumpkin (perhaps rhubarb) is the only one he could think of. I offer this recipe to all you bacon lovers out there.
Complete directions are at Allrecipes. Link -Thanks, Peter! (Image credit: Sunny Byrd)
Frosty the Cheeseball Man is just like your everyday snowman, they melt away, except they are far, far more delicious. This terrifying treat was made by the same genius who invented the churpumple pie/cake crossover. http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2011/12/frosty-the-cheeseball-man/ Via Geekosystem
Psshhh...just a stalk of celery in your bloody Mary -how droll. Instead, have a burger, shrimp, cheese, sausage and all the savory garnishes you can imagine, this way you can have a whole meal with your cocktail.
Catching the golden snitch is a big accomplishment if you're in a quiddich match, but otherwise it's just sort of anti-climactic -that is, if it's not a golden snitch truffle. It might not be as challenging to catch these guys, but the rewards are pretty darn sweet.
Anything and everything can be baconified...and should be! With bacon, dextrose powder and cornstarch, you can make pixie stix suitable for a meal. Follow the instructions of Instructables member and genius canida at the link.
P.S. Do you love bacon as much as we do? Check out our Bacon Store!
Carls Jr. came up with a deliciously deadly way to celebrate 12-12-2012--a 9000 calorie behemoth cheeseburger consisting of 12 burger patties, 12 slices of cheese and 12 strips of bacon. It's called the Once In A Deathtime burger, and it should come with a free angioplasty!
The muzzle and neck are obvious. But how did Beth Klosterboer make the ears? By flattening Tootsie Rolls and cutting them with a leaf-shaped cookie cutter.
I never did understand Ruldolph's decision. Santa had no flight options without Rudolph, so Rudolph was in a position to extract huge concessions from Santa. Instead, he gave away his irreplaceable services for some tenuous friendship of depreciating resale value--if any at all. Rudolph was a fool to throw away such a profitable opportunity.
That's not drinking Pepsi while eating chicken flavored potato chips, but potato chips that are infused with Pepsi flavoring and chicken flavoring. Yummy! This product of both Lay's and PepsiCo will soon be available in China:
Cola chicken is a common recipe in China, with chicken wings tossed into a wok and caramelized in soy sauce, spices and cola. In potato-chip form, the flavor is vaguely similar to barbecue with a sugary aftertaste. If there's any hint of Pepsi, it's fleeting and lacks fizz.
What's better than seeing all the Whos in Whoville singing Christmas carols? Seeing all of the Doctors singing around the TARDIS in Doctor Who-ville, of course!
Sriracha hot sauce seems like the last thing anybody would want to smear all over their lips, so it was only a matter of time before someone came up with a Sriracha flavored lip balm!
This sadistic product was created by The Oatmeal and J&D Foods, just for the burn of it.
Maybe it's an ironic statement, a lip balm that burns the lips rather than soothes, or maybe it's a way to punish those who agree to make out with you...
Link --via Laughing Squid
