Festivus chocolate salami
‘Festivus, if you don’t know, is a smart-ass alternative holiday made famous by a 1997 episode of Seinfeld’
From the author of Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us. Article/recipe here.
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Savory bacon bread pudding
‘Bacon, egg, feta and nutty oat bread nestled with herbs in a muffin tin made a superior bread pudding, in my opinion anyway.’
Recipe here.
Found via Hey What’s For Dinner Mom?
The Burberry (charitable) Christmas card
‘Each time you send it, a donation is made to the Burberry Foundation’
Burberry’s digital holiday card features Johnny Borrell of Razorlight singing Can’t Complain About Christmas.
Click the above image to play/jump, customize with your own message and email.
Found via Refinery29
Bourdain on fast food
‘Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert on chains, fast food, In-N-Out, sustainable seafood, tainted food punishment and more’
Click to watch/jump. Four videos at Huffington Post.
Google Blacklist holiday card
‘Nation created Google Blacklist Christmas as an homage to the search giant’s censorship-tinged mini snafu.’
Make your own holiday card – using words that Google has blacklisted (typing them in will return zero search results). Send it to a friend. Or not a friend. Create your card here.
Found via Mashable
Cured meat studies
‘Charcuterie is part of the garde manger chef’s repertoire. Originally intended as a way to preserve meats before the advent of refrigeration, they are prepared today for their flavors derived from the preservation processes.’
A charcuterie study by Nicole Sylianteng. More here.
More studies (beyond meat) here.
Found via Laura Serra
Holiday Slovak Soup
‘Nasty.’ -Jeanne Mehallo
One either likes it or hates it. No compromises. It’s my favorite soup, the recipe was given to my mother when I was a kid.
It’s hearty and I’m pretty sure it’s responsible for hairy chests all over Europe. Hell, it could grow hair on an onion.
And it’s dang easy to make. [Read more →]
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