The blooper reel for a commercial for Dysart’s Restaurant in Bangor, Maine, was uploaded to YouTube in 2012 and recently went viral after it resurfaced and was featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The video of an elderly couple sitting at a table with forkfuls of chicken pot pie currently has over three-million views, and it’s not hard to see why.
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20 Cooks, 20 Knives: This month, we’re taking a close look at a chef’s most important tool: her knife. We asked 20 cooks, amateurs and professionals, to share their favorite knives and the stories behind them. While chef’s knives are featured prominently, no two are exactly alike, and there are also a few surprises.
Profession: Chef/Owner Whole Heart Provisions
City: Boston, MA
Instagram: @wholeheartprovisions
Chef Rebecca Arnold cooked in San Francisco and New York before finding a home in the Boston area culinary scene. After stints at Sarma, Alden & Harlow, and Pain D’Avignon on Cape Cod, Rebecca and her partner, James DiSabatino, opened Whole Heart Provisions in 2015. Located in Boston’s Allston neighborhood, the vegetarian restaurant quickly charmed patrons and critics alike with its fresh take on fast-casual, plant-based food.
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There’s no need to order chicken tikka masala takeout when you can make it lightning-fast in the pressure cooker.
A well-made breakfast sandwich can change the direction of your day. Woke up tired and grumpy? You need a hearty breakfast sandwich. A little too much fun over the weekend? Try a veggie-loaded breakfast sandwich. If you think that a breakfast sandwich can only be constructed from bacon, egg, and cheese, then you have forgotten that the only limit to your breakfast sandwich enjoyment is your imagination. Here are 10 leftovers better the next day as a life-altering breakfast sandwich.
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Are you sick of hearing about Pumpkin Spice Lattes? Whether you think they’re basic or they’re your favorite fall beverage of all time, there’s no denying that the market for “new” PSL-flavored items is getting pretty absurd. But Colorado-based Breckenridge Brewery is doing something totally unique with the PSL in the form of beer, and it’s worth getting excited about. That’s right — the Pumpkin Spice Latte is transitioning from caffeination to intoxication.
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20 Cooks, 20 Knives: This month, we’re taking a close look at a chef’s most important tool: her knife. We asked 20 cooks, amateurs and professionals, to share their favorite knives and the stories behind them. While chef’s knives are featured prominently, no two are exactly alike, and there are also a few surprises.
Profession: Chef Partner, The Rose Cafe
City: Venice, CA
Instagram: @jasonneroni
An iconic mainstay in the heart of Venice for over 30 years, the Rose Café is now in the caring hands of chef Jason Neroni. With his focus on local California cuisine touched with a global influence, Jason honors his Southern California roots and combines his extensive international culinary experience. His daughter, Penny, approves.
While we typically associate this inexpensive tool with dough and pastry, you certainly don’t have to be an avid baker to understand the joys of a bench scraper. This dull metal blade does its very best work when used alongside your chef’s knife.
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What’s your strategy for choosing the shortest line at the grocery store? Do you just go for length of the line? Do you try to decipher if anyone standing in line is actually together? Do you look to see how many baskets versus carts are in line? A new study by Christopher Mele for The New York Times suggests a new way to get through the line faster, and it’s not what you think.
