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The most popular spice found in homes today? Dry Garlic Powder

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 30, 2010

Web Watch knows that making great food requires having great spices.

If you don’t have a PENZEY’S SPICES store near you, then maybe you have some other fresh spice retailer or farmer’s market that you could hit up for some glass jars of spice goodness.

And even if you end up buying your spices at the local supermarket, drug store’s food aisle, or giant-size Super Center Warehouse Emporium, the most important thing you can remember is to rotate your spices on a regular basis. Dry spices especially will lose their flavors anywhere from 6 months to a year after your purchase. You wouldn’t serve a beer after it’s “best by” date – you should apply the same philosophy to your spice cabinet and toss out anything that’s more than a year old.

Your taste buds will thank you.

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10 Things food shopping

The Top 10 Selling Cuts of Beef does not include the “milk dud”

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 26, 2010

The New Steak Cookbook
The New Steak: Recipes for a Range of Cuts plus Savory Sides

Web Watch has a friend who claims to be a “new-fangled vegetarian”: they will only eat vegetables after they’ve been processed by a cow.

Yes, nothing beats a good piece of steak that’s been rubbed and marinated just right and cooked on a hot grill on a summer day when there’s cold beer to be had for the grillmaster.

So let’s talk a little bit about the type of meat that you’ll want to serve up next weekend. First, you need to decide what type of meat you want to put onto the grill. You can always take a cue from the CATTLEMEN’S BEEF BOARD about what they’re saying are the TOP TEN SELLING CUTS OF BEEF for this grilling season.

Boneless Ribeye
Boneless Top Sirloin
New York Strip
T-Bone
Bone-in Ribeye
Bone-in New York Strip
Bone-in Porterhouse
Filet Mignon
Boneless Tri Tip
Boneless Chuck Eye Steak

Tags 10 Things, food, shopping

10 Things food shopping

Mmmmm. That’s one damn good pie.

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 25, 2010

Cutie Pie Cherry Pies

Who doesn’t like pie?

That’s right. Nobody. Nobody DOESN’T like pie…which means that EVERYONE loves pie. Well, 92% of those surveyed said they liked pie – and that’s almost everyone.

And research has found out exactly what type of pies Americans like to eat, and where they like to eat their pie.

Tags 10 Things, food, Pie, shopping, survey

10 Things food Travel

Claim the FATTY 50 VICTORY in the Fifty Phenomenal Fattiest Foods Challenge

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 20, 2010

The Fattest Man in America

Deep-fried Oreo cookies and deep-fried Twinkies are not just a delight to be had at state fairs across the South.

No, unusual deep-fried foods have become a tasty treat that has spread – literally and figuratively – across the country like a delicious fungus, to be treasured. (Mushrooms, by the way, are also a tasty fungus. See how clever we are? No? Oh well, moving on…)

HEALTH.COM has decided to embrace the fact that sometimes people want to eat food that tastes good, regardless of whether those foods are actually good for you or not. So they went out and compiled this list of THE FATTEST FOODS IN THE COUNTRY, one menu item for each of the 50 states.

No, we’re not passing judgement on anyone who wants to eat these meals. Web Watch will be one of the first to join in with you, just to be able to say that we did it. The question that we pose to you, our faithful Web Watch family – who will be the first amongst us to claim the FATTY 50 VICTORY – eating one of each of the following fat-filled items first?

Remember, photos – or it didn’t happen. So step to it, Web Watch readers! Hit the road, and chow down on one of these fifty phenomenally fatty foods:

Tags 10 Things, bacon, food, Travel

10 Things food

Top Ten Foods To Get You High

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 15, 2010

Afroman - Because I Got High
Afroman – Because I Got High

Some people eat for energy, like athletes do.

Some people eat for stress relief.

Most people eat just to survive until the next day, since food is important.

Then there are those people who eat just to get high. A little buzz. Anything to take the edge off of one’s head, if you know what we mean.

Tags 10 Things, dr, food, medical

10 Things food

One of the top pastry chefs in America works at Dunkin’ Donuts? We’ll take a dozen, now!

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 13, 2010
1 Comment on One of the top pastry chefs in America works at Dunkin’ Donuts? We’ll take a dozen, now!

Pastry Shop Business Plan

Web Watch is a big fan of pastries, donuts, and other baked goods.

We’ve been known to travel out of our way to eat at RESTAURANTS THAT EMPLOY THE TOP PASTRY CHEFS IN THE COUNTRY.

And now, according to DESSERT PROFESSIONAL MAGAZINE, we just need to head down to our local doughnut shop, no matter where we are in the world.

That’s because one of the winners of the 17th ANNUAL TOP PASTRY CHEF IN AMERICA competition is Christopher Boos of Dunkin’ Brands.

That’s right. Dunkin’ Brands. Parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts.

Christopher Boos, named one of the ten best pastry chef in Amercia, essentially works in a donut shop. No wonder Homer Simpson is proud of his donut fetish. Donuts are nothing to be ashamed of.

But donuts are not the only pastry that Boos knows how to make. For the competition, Boos’ featured dessert was a milk chocolate jasmine tea tart, Baskin-Robbins cranberry sorbet with soaked cherries and a Dunkin’ Dark Roast coffee crème. Of course – just the type of thing you’d find down at the local coffee shop.

Not.

Or at least, if we keep our fingers crossed, not yet. Web Watch can hope, right?

Who were the other TOP TEN PASTRY CHEFS IN AMERICA? Here’s who made the list along with Boos:

Kimberly Bugler of the 21 Club, New York, NY

Steve Evetts of the New York Marriott Marquis, New York, NY

Bill Foltz of L’Auberge du Lac Casino in Lake Charles, LA

Yannis Janssens of Fontainebleu Miami Beach, Miami, FL

Nicholas Lodge of the French Pastry School, Chicago, IL

Roy Pell of The Phoenician, Scottsdale, AZ

Michelle Tampakis of the Institute of Culinary Education, New York, NY

Robert Truitt of Corton Restaurant, New York, NY

Frank Vollkommer of The Chocolate Mill Pastry Shop and Café, Glen Falls, NY

For those of you interested, Dunkin Brands issued a press release honoring Boos’ achievement. It’s posted after the break.

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food

Some Fun Facts about Nathan’s Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 1, 2010

How to be a Competitive Eating Champion

Even if you have been living under a rock for the past 10 years, you probably have heard about the ANNUAL NATHAN’S HOT DOG EATING CONTEST held every July 4th out on Coney Island, New York. This year is the 94th year, for those of you keeping count.

And thanks to George and Richard Shea, founders of the INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF COMPETITIVE EATING (IFOCE), you’ve also likely seen the ever-expanding hoopla on ESPN, broadcast live.

And since Web Watch wants to be sure that our readers are adequately informed about such monumental occasions, we’re going to share with you these HOT DOG TRIVIA FACTS, courtesy of Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs.