We received the above photo from Michael, an Eater in Maryland, who saw the videowhere we made "Cheese-Armored Grilled Cheese," which consisted of a grilled cheese sandwich encased in crispy burnt cheese. He writes, "You were right, the flip was perilous, my grease stained shorts are in the wash." But clearly, the end product was a success. Now as you know,
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This photo comes to us from Keith Dixon, author of the excellent new book "Cooking for Gracie: The Making of a Parent from Scratch", who writes: I made something this morning that reminded me of my all-time favorite Sporkful video, the ultimate grilled cheese. I made some Sullivan Street Bakery cheese bread, and all the pecorino melted through and basically crisped
We did a video a few months ago in which we tested various ways to get crispy burnt cheese into your grilled cheese sandwich, inspired by a listener who pokes holes in grilled cheese bread to get the cheese to seep down to the pan and end up crispy and burnt. That came after another listener called in to tell
While Mark and I certainly do indulge our palates on a regular basis, we aren't especially unhealthy eaters overall. It's safe to say, however, that you probably don't associate The Sporkful with healthy eating. And you certainly don't associate our latest GastroLab video on how to get more crispy, burnt cheese into your grilled cheese with
On this week's show, we give some insight into our latest GastroLab video, in which we experiment with ways to incorporate crispy, burnt cheese into grilled cheese. Then we replay the first ever Sporkful, which covered grilled cheese sandwiches. Remember that our GastroLab videos are available as a separate iTunes video podcast. Subscribe now! Photo: Flickr CC / Maggie Hoffman
We experiment with grilled cheese sandwiches that incorporate browned, crispy cheese elements. Our tests culminate with Dan encasing a grilled cheese in fried cheese, and nearly burning the house down in the process.