On next week's show I'll talk a bit about my recent trip to Israel, and the culinary highlights of the voyage. Way up on the list was aranygaluska, a desert made by Mrs. Sporkful's 89-year-old grandmother, who comes from the tradition of Hungarian bakers. It's a bunch of munchkin-sized dough balls rolled in butter, sugar, cinnamon, nuts, preserves, and more,
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New York, NY, 2:43 pm. Normally we spotlight laptop meals, but since you've been talking to us about KFC's Double Down, we're sharing this photo from Dan in New York. He couples the Double D with airplane Sauvignon blanc in a quest to "know what abomination tastes like." Which raises the question: if one insists on eating a DD, what's the ideal wine pairing? And
Everything I eat tastes like this. The other morning I woke up and had some granola. It had a weird metallic flavor. I figured it was because I hadn't brushed my teeth yet. So I did. It didn't help. I took a taste of things I had around. No matter what I ate, it tasted like I was chewing on Iron Man's
Dear Internet,I am very disappointed in you. I rely on you to keep me informed about the new, but this week you're fixated on the old. And worse yet, you're ripping me off...badly. You're abuzz over the "revelation" that one can cut the bottom off a cupcake and put that cake on top, then eat the cupcake sandwich style. I
In which fireworks erupt over scrambled, fried, and over easy eggs, as well as the use of the bagel vs. the biscuit vs. the English muffin. Cheese, bacon, ham, and more to be covered next week in Pt 2.
When Sporkful ally Todd Zwillich isn't covering DC politics, he's making cat poop confections: Those amazing photos of the tauntaun cake, and associated grim expressions of the eaters, have inspired me to send along some photos of my own. Behold, Kitty Litter Cake! I made it out of pudding, crumbled vanilla and chocolate Oreos, cake, and yes, hyper-realistic Tootsie Rolls (that's