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For Great Justice, Bourbon

"Hey, should we open that gavel filled with bourbon from the 1970s?" The only acceptable answer to this question is yes, and I gave it with no hesitation last night when offered Ezra Brooks from said vessel. If the label is to be believed, it aged in a barrel for 101 months. Then it was poured into a gavel, sealed with

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We happen to agree, but it's nice to hear it from someone else. Thanks, Rebecca! /mark

2003 Cake in Anderson Cooper’s Cellar

The Happy Meal Project we talked about the other day got me thinking about another food seemingly impervious to time. Back when I worked at CNN (long before my journalistic universe expanded to include creating crazy videos about bacon-laced waffles or the Inversewich), this humble slice of chocolate crumb cake sat on a desk just outside Anderson Cooper's office for

Ahead of the Times on Spaghetti Tacos

I first proposed spaghetti tacos in early 2002, as a way to simultaneously utilize leftover pasta and deplete an intimidatingly tall stack of fresh corn tortillas. The reply I got was, "I like fusion cuisine, but that is too fused." I didn't make them. Now I'm softly vindicated in the NYT, via delayed release from Nickelodeon. These spaghetti tacos use

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October is National Pizza Month(who knew?), so this episode is for the many fans who have begged us for an episode on pizza. Here we cover the basic three ingredients -- crust, sauce, cheese -- as well as techniques like folding, blotting, and silverware usage. Next week in Part 2 we take on toppings!  

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Here's an email from Patrick in Okinawa, Japan... My girlfriend and I were catching up on the last few shows this morning while making pancakes. She was intently listening to the "Beer Serving Techniques" episode while whipping up the batter. I went into the bathroom to shave and heard the sound of a carbonated beverage can opening up. I live in Okinawa,

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Folks who remember our gum episode and gum jingle contest will appreciate this take from The Oatmeal. /mark