# Mon Apr 24 11:08:53
Hop off the train and grab a lobster roll, my bay area reader(s)!
Lobster Shack West
This article talks about a restaurant that brings a little of my current home (Maine) to my old home (Redwood City, CA):
New Englander Russell Deutsch, who spent 11 years exporting lobsters from Portland, Maine, opened Old Port Lobster Shack, on Veterans Boulevard near the courthouse, in January. It's decorated in a slightly kitschy, but mostly fun, seaside decor. A lighthouse with a rotating beam stands in the back corner, and diners eat from lacquered picnic benches next to fishing floats and maps of Maine's coast.
# Mon Oct 17 08:40:13
No matter how much dramatic music you add, The Ultimate Cupcake Challenge is just not going to seem that exciting.
Only So Much You Can Do
Dear Food Network producers,
# Tue Aug 02 07:00:11
The Gummi-Phone
Gummi bears + microwave + mobile phone - what could go wrong? The Gummi-Phone won third place in a phone customization contest :)
# Wed Jul 21 13:14:58
Krispy Kreme Introduces Glazed Doughnut Frozen Beverage
Best quote from the article:
Krispy Kreme Innovation Alert!
For those of you who can't eat your doughnuts quickly enough, now you can drink them:
The Winston-Salem, N.C.-based company said it currently does not have plans to introduce low-carb versions of the new drinks.
# Thu Jul 01 20:17:20
Basically, if you decide to make any sort of meal where basil is a vital component, you are taking a risk because every major supermarket carries exactly one (1) unit of basil per store per day. You better have a backup recipe in mind before you leave for the store, because there is a good chance there just won't be any basil. I've started affixing little "Thank you for playing, try again next time" stickers to the back of the basil-holding containers, to at least and try and capture the fun and excitement of a traditional game of chance.
This does at least explain why there are usually quite a few major chain supermarkets within 6 miles of each other (often times from the same chain). They think they have customer data showing people like to shop at all of them. In reality, it is just a handful of people driving around looking for basil so they can make a decent pasta dish.
The part that really kills me is that one of the chains advertises that going to their store is an adventure because you discover crazy new things like meter-long aloe leaves (basket of at least half a dozen) and giant sticks of raw sugarcane (special display case of ten). I guess basil isn't adventurous enough for them.
Basil Lottery
You take certain things for granted when living in the SF Bay Area. Apparantly, one of those things is basil. As noted elsewhere, in California, basil is a vegetable while everywhere else it is an herb. That, I can deal with. What I find more difficult here in Maine is what is known (by me (and now you)) as the great basil lottery.
# Mon Jun 14 20:44:51
I reprinted the recipe so you can go ahead and make it without looking at the calorie info ;)
In other Krispy Kreme news, I had a Key Lime doughnut today. It sort of tastes like a key lime surrounded by cake exploding in your mouth. That is to say, fantastic.
Carb-Filled With Extra Carbs On The Side!
Perhaps you are someone who happens to like Krispy Kreme doughnuts. For your next potluck event, why not wow the crowd with Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding with Butter Rum Sauce? From the title alone, we see a triad of goodness: Krispy Kreme, Pudding, Rum. And prepping it is easy:
2 dozen Krispy Kreme donuts
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
(not evaporated)
2 (4.5-ounce) cans fruit cocktail
(undrained)
2 eggs, beaten
1 (9-ounce) box raisins
1 pinch salt
1 or 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Butter Rum Sauce, recipe follows
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cube donuts into a large bowl.
Pour other ingredients on top of
donuts and let soak for a few
minutes. Mix all ingredients
together until donuts have soaked
up the liquid as much as possible.
Bake for about 1 hour until center
has jelled. Top with Butter Rum Sauce.
Butter Rum Sauce:
1 stick butter
1 pound box confectioners' sugar
Rum, to taste
Melt butter and slowly stir in
confectioners' sugar. Add rum
and heat until bubbly. Pour over
each serving of Krispy Kreme
Bread Pudding.
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