http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 2009-11-08T15:14:11-05:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_1 0f93d80a3d7a540adf334fd8f16ea664 photo by testspiel.de on flickr Just months after Calvin Klein pulled down a risqué billboard amidst complaints from neighbors and a Christian advocacy group, the jeans and skivvies manufacturer has installed a new ad on the same wall that has once again sparked controversy among the prudes in SoHo, according to the Daily News . Filling a space ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T15:17:00.001+01:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_2 a0aca09b509ac701daccae829369d647 Deep-fried chocolate. Who wouldn’t want that? When my little cousin asked me to be her sous chef one Sunday afternoon, I said yes, then grabbed my camera to film her creating some delicious Nutella Wontons. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T15:17:00.001+01:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_3 c548177526d30ac76e65006c32e765f8 The kids were watching Sponge Bob yesterday, and I happened to come into the room while this was on.  (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T15:14:11-05:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_4 491661d4c0b46419e546f72a85d78c81 For all the rumors that swirl around the Church of Scientology — the accusations that it is a cult, the hints about its supernatural teachings, the means by which it attracts so many celebrities — its center on West 46th Street, tucked between the soignée Paramount Hotel and the workaday Edison, is a rather straightforward presence. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T13:54:17-05:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_5 e0fe70c6439e1f9f5f4f57e9f757241b Rick Lazio , former L.I. Congressman and the guy who ran for a Senate seat against Hillary Clinon, feels good about his 2010 chances, after GOP gubernatorial victories in NJ and Virginia. He told WCBS 2 , "Tuesday was, to me, very much a validation of my message. Government has become unresponsive, unaccountable and the people have lost faith." ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:21:08 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_6 d1bc326c2886be73ca42a7a31e30b85e Vitalicious Chocolate Fig VitaTops sounded like such a ... unique and interesting combination (in a weird way) that it was one of the first thing I reached for when I ordered a sampler pack. I opened the limited edition package... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:10:57 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_7 1c3b8ef509731453794838d72637aa1e Still not quite ready For his vacation to end He pours another Written by Captain Hops. Thing of the day: “Working Man & Beer” Bottle Opener Baseball Cap Hat Camo Adjustable Size Related haiku:You’ve gotta want it.Ready and WillingGood TimesChurch KeyCleaning Beer Bottles Related haiku: You’ve gotta want it. Ready and ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T20:23:32-05:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_8 103a7b65d0ce1587803cce9637d6d56c   We have had the pleasure of working with Stove Monkeys in creating and designing an Ideas in Food shirt. Stove Monkeys is a t-shirt company created by cooks, really stove monkeys, for cooks. Our first shirt is exciting on many levels. First of all it is the first. The design process was not easy and that is a good thing. It takes time to take ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T09:44:06Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_9 cf2c3d0a3e0fe81c5f319f5e864f9da1 I’m lucky enough to be married to a guy who loves to cook. And he’s improved his skills greatly in the 13 years we’ve been married – I can remember when we met his cooking ability was limited to chili and beef stew, and neither was particularly good. Paul has been making a variation of this recipe for years, and it’ ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:43:47 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_10 003a2431d4673de67f0f180b0f074b14 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:18:00 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_11 63722aa867972f6d53b970f92fa22d29 Cinta Senese pigs are not the only ones pigging out in Tuscany In Italy, thirteen at the table is unlucky as it is the same number Jesus had at the last supper and look what happened to him! However, for me thirteen has always been my lucky number and this week myself and twelve other foodies took on Chianti and were very lucky! Blessed with ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:30:35 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_12 8329ae9e0a8b3c6ceb17daec188d5d83 Testing out one of the Presidential Cookies on my blog HERE Made with oats, chocolate chips, pecans, and coconut. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:18:00 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_13 a4feeb2703294aa2e6ef847835004cc0 Rosemary and White Peach Friands* - Another adaptation from Patricia Wells' recipe for Hazelnut Financiers from her Bistro Cooking, page 230, and online here (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:29:58 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_14 593384b190c819d6991cf447b9af747f Check out the recipe at my blog! Savory Simple (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:29:50 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_15 6c8daa44e7bca2926be9e5b8d9d010d5 A friend of mine has a gallery nearby and each month hosts a themed show. November is "GLUTTONY". This is my recently completed piece called, appropriately, "Breakfast of Champions". It is wood, acrylic paint, paper and ink. Side A with Nutrition Facts and what not. Side B with the "GLUTTONY Recipe of the Week". This is an actual recipe. Thanks ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:29:37 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_16 ea777e2f498b8d5a36566a2bf2365509 Cupcakes are ideal for kids because they're small and easy to run around with (which inevitably happens). We see so many pretty cupcake liners on food blogs, but only seem to find the (blah) foil and pastel liners at our grocery store. Perhaps you have better local options, but if not we have three online sources to recommend... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:46:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_17 edd3bc68c4eae2d3c40310563be7dc1b 12th Avenue at the south side of Tucson bustles with tents and trucks selling corn on the cob by the bushel. One vendor boasts of being "El Rey Del Elote;" another, named "El Frida," has a truck painted with images of corn and chile to advertise "Elote Blanco Mexicano Y Chile Verde." Those last two ingredients – white corn and green chile – ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:43:44 PST http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_18 735648e3b4aec9d1e2a2d57264e99ae8 Ingredients: 1/2 kg pumpkin 5 tsps oil 1 tsp mustard seed/ rai 1 1/2 tsp white sesame seeds/ til 1 1/2 tsp poppy seeds/khus khus 1 tsp fenugreek / methi seeds 1/2 tsp hing 3/4 tsp haldi 1 tsp red... Food, cooking and recipes in India.From the heart of the Deccan.[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_19 3140d1701b319f9e9089e3bf651f591e Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/1#item_20 ca3e3c58e0f5779c1f45a6a7331ba62b Azul 17 in Columbia is also a tequila lounge Howard County has other places where you can get Mexican food, but a $100 margarita? I don't think so. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:19:11 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_1 4d36763a6fb0750051f5f6dee5991f62 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T03:39:25Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_2 175daae221dba41630cbc515c9e48a2f Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T02:52:24Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_3 1eb49c4cd3afb64d9065a4adb62732da It isn't often that I put desserts on a silver platter. When these freshly baked bouchons au chocolat were delivered to my office in Cebu minutes before I hopped onto a flight to Manila, I popped one into my mouth in the airport departure lounge, I was instantly smitten. By the time I managed to take this photo, on a silver platter, only 5 out ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T19:13:00.002-07:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_4 aef0bc3cbb484a249d68c83852c82b3c (Updated, November 2009) This post is a yearly public-service announcement for those of you in the U.S. who might be cooking Thanksgiving dinner, or planning to make turkey stock or turkey soup after the holiday. I've shared how much I love Penzeys Turkey Base, and again this year I'm giving you a reminder so you can order Turkey Soup Base from ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T01:54:09Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_5 5d29ae3845e0425de1a6be7676ddd393 Looking for extra-cute Christmas gifts for the cooks on your list? Or maybe your looking for cute, new Christmas lovelies for your own home (I’m with you all the way!). You might want to check out Avon.com. They have an adorable Polar Bear (Bernard) they feature on lots of great items – from gift bags to spreader sets. I happen to ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T01:54:09Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_6 907237b2aa0344f2c38d5999b83806cb Is this thing on? I’ve been a bad blogger, my apologies. It’s been a month (!) since I’ve been back from a weekend in San Francisco with my blogger-in-crime Tami who has been blogging up a storm at Running with Tweezers. I’ll start off this November with a few shots from a little get-together at her place. Check out the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T01:54:09Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_7 04eb3a3a5344c0d3ea80106caf7adc9f We started out on the Saturday of our Swalloween dinner party with the best of dessert intentions: we were going to make pie. Let us not forget that neither Mike nor I are bakers - pie crust was one of two things (the other being fried chicken) that my mom couldn't cook. They were her kryptonite...and therefore, it's one of those things I ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T01:54:09Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_8 7f608e44d2eccb639092695c3f21c6b0 "Remember, remember the fifth of November" is the rhyme I recall from my childhood, back in the days when I was still small enough to think that the Guy Fawkes was actually Guy Fox.  I have always associated the 5th of November (also known as Guy Fawkes or Bonfire Night) with fireworks and my mom told me ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:08:00 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_9 7cb056b33fd15a753c3f4c64719f0efb Studies highlight potential reasons people overeat to the point of weight gain. From the RSS feed of CalorieLab News (REF3076322B7) The reasons we eat (and overeat) (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T14:07:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_10 55b28266a0d6c496b80a68b7f7f2300a I am very pleased to introduce a new feature on Cooking with Amy. If you scroll down the page on the right hand you will find a Google Calendar that lists local events that I have cherry picked. These are not randomly chosen, but only events I personally think will be well worth attending. I may even be attending some of them myself. Note: the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T19:57:44Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_11 c6ffe4e205bdb062f749c8146e5dbce3 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T12:54:00.002-06:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_12 332c7091f3d16dc8f4c8f196cc5ce739 Those cupcakes we made for that Wednesday Treat Day not too long ago started a monster in my stomach that has been evil, annoying and loud enough that I caved and made more cupcakes (which we are greedily keeping to ourselves!). I was able to dig into our overflowing apple supply though, which made me feel a little better about making these Apple ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:33:26 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_13 a3af9604db2ab9fcd0796faecdf64334 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T16:53:00Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_14 cfabde67d4b4290c257e6e20395d108d Can’t believe that the farmers markets are over for the season, but I’m still trying to catch up on posts from summer still. Oh well, at the very least, it lets me hang on to the illusion of warm weather for a couple of more weeks. This was a Wednesday market at Dublin, but I was in such a hurry to leave the house that day, I forgot ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T16:11:15Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_15 d765385cd607b217f9cfa187be9a4ac0 Summary: coconut ice cream; custard ice cream recipe; eggs are great in ice cream! (click on image for larger view and more photos) T is always experimenting with various flavours of ice cream. In June, he made this coconut flavoured ice cream, adding coconut milk to the cream and then toasting coconut to sprinkle [...] (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T15:45:21Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_16 6e8e88ae8b50fcbc192e8efdd03939b3 Jac cooked up pork and leek sausages and some honey and soy chicken kebabs, all bought from the supermarket. The kebabs looked very black and I feared they were burnt - but they tasted great! Jac also fried up onions and mushrooms. She toasted bread rolls and I buttered them. We piled onions, mushrooms and sausages on top. She also baked ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:17:37 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_17 d493c99983cc1373f7f00aa833684b59 I bought a ceramic bowl with lid a few days ago and I intend to use it for cooking rice dishes with ingredients on top. It is similar to claypot rice but the rice dishes would be steamed instead of getting cooked directly with fire. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:17:37 +0000 http://www.megite.com/food/1257715198/21#item_18 235cc7b8059fdd96674f3aa4de30a461 We're deep into Autumn right now. The move from bright to dark has begun, a yearly non-negotiable event that has a profound influence on our lives. The extent that we can shift with it will become the measure of our contentment and happiness. Often we feel a contraction from the loss of sunshine. We think something is being taken away but in fact ... (Read on Source) ]]>