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 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:50:18 -0500 http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_1 15dc3f1a6de92d7ed5b6d11fe3132af6 I have recently gotten really into making my own yogurt again. A few years ago I was regularly making it with the little Donvier device, but I was never super happy with the results. Although everyone said homemade yogurt tasted... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T20:45:00.001-07:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_2 28b8553fa43ebe3dfbc3613fc958ca50 Sometimes when I love a certain dish at a restaurant I'll order it over and over for years, until in my mind, that particular dish is something I *must* order there. At Cafe Trio (just ten blocks from my house in downtown Salt Lake) Rosemary Flatbread is the appetizer that defines the restaurant for me. Who wouldn't love to start a meal with ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T02:40:50Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_3 4cfa62d5127827ce57173750056262d8 I was messing around in the kitchen, trying to come up with a sandwich that was first delicious, and second, used lechon somehow. First I made a paksiw na lechon and shredded the meat and placed it in a pan de sal. It tasted great, but it looked pretty boring. I think if the paksiw were darker and I threw in some greens it might look more ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T19:48:00.000-06:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_4 af336a9540e6c56ede07f9dfbd9d99da I was itching for tonight to come along so we'd be able to try out a new recipe for this evening's Friday Pizza Night. While the name, Green Pizza , certainly describes this pizza to a "T", I do have to admit it doesn't exactly get the taste buds juiced up. With that, it certainly made up for it taste wise! I fell back into my usual groove and ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T01:27:30Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_5 04ee3941c29fec4a4c2d4585157354b5 I did that thing the other night, Halloween actually, where you're invited to a party and can't decide exactly what to bring. At first I said I'd bring a hearty salad of some sort, but as soon as I heard the word salad leave my mouth, ideas for savory tarts started flitting around my brain. And wow, is that a pâte sucrée tart shell in the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T17:25:30-08:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_6 e3451b76e6b8b346eed5e04d787524c6 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T01:18:08Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_7 09d97fa5ef7710fc1d29a8d771c8b085 Verizon iPhone release coming in 2010. Fortune mag has a bunch of odd articles about Microsoft. I comment on them. Mein Kampf approved by App store. SSD’s now bricking up. Blamed on firmware. The Sun is in trouble with the EU now. Intuit-online killed. Flash once again under attack. Cell phone inventor does not like the current direction ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T00:45:45Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_8 262e29f2b8d7ad98697fcff0acafa289 NEW ORLEANS —The latest jewel in the burgeoning New Orleans restaurant empire of Josh opened today, and it's housed within the WWII Museum there. Called American Sector Restaurant , it's billed as a "replica canteen and cafe with a 1940s-inspired menu." More details on the restaurant's official site . [Times-Picayune] NEW YORK — ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T16:20:11-08:00 http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_9 1885ead853c63e4f8ca9ae727f6eafc0 A dear friend of mine just returned from Africa and brought me a wonderful gift: a literal bag of whole vanilla beans! Apparently vanilla beans are much less expensive in Africa (no doubt due to the vanilla bean powerhouse Madagascar)... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:00 EST 2009-11-07T00:18:00Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_11 e1dc19465be185dbe9c4a2abc3892e2a ​Did you know Emmy-winner, author, and celebrated French chef Jacques Pépin will be here in our very own city November 13 to take on Mr. Michelin 3-star Eric Ripert in a cook-off? Damn, it's going to get really hot in the Arsht Center that night, especially since our favorite kitchen pirate, Anthony Bourdain, will be hosting. (Keep those ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:11:39 -0800 http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_12 14dfa1f084b6ac30189529ef1642d577 What happens when dragonboaters go curling, and wearing kilts? The Scots may have invented the sport of curling, but Canadians dominate at the worlds. At Simon Fraser University, we invented "Human Curling" for the SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy Festival, organized by the SFU Recreation Department. On October 25th, the Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:11:17 -0800 http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_13 4fb925f44deda07a0ee5befa2de4a26f Fearless TV shows highlights from Heart of the City Festival Here's a message from Fearless TV producer Sid Tan FearlessTV #33 Heart of the City Festival 2009 (An ACCESS-TV/DTES-CAN co-production with the assistance of the Community Television Cluster of the W2 Community Media Arts Society) "...shamelessly promoting our friends, neighbours and ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:00 EST http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_14 34992128a5cf35966822b9737f00df5b Filed under: Celebrities Photo: Ray Kachatorian Who doesn't enjoy having dinner prepared for them by someone else? Even better if that someone is celebrity chef Curtis Stone. Enter the GMC Trade Secrets Sweepstakes and you could win a dinner party at your humble abode prepared by the Australian 'Take Home Chef.' Even if you don't win the grand ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T22:30:46Z http://www.megite.com/food/1257661561/1#item_15 39f540105c42e417085b7519e62fc9d4 AAA has released its annual Five Diamond Awards for the country's top hotels and restaurants, and, fun fact, according to AAA, the five diamond designation is " North America’s most coveted symbol of excellence in the hospitality industry ." Of special note for our purposes here is the restaurant side of the list, which is in itself is a ... (Read on Source) ]]>