Let's usher in the weekend with a slice of perfect, bubbly pizza. This image of pizza margherita comes from Jim in Toronto. Thanks Jim, for adding this picture to the pool!
Who's having pizza tonight?
Feast Your Eyes: Pizza Margherita
Let's usher in the weekend with a slice of perfect, bubbly pizza. This image of pizza margherita comes from Jim in Toronto. Thanks Jim, for adding this picture to the pool!
Who's having pizza tonight?
Feast Your Eyes: Dappled quail eggs
I live down the street from a gourmet grocery store. I often stop in there for a wedge of cheese or a particularly good loaf of bread. They carry delicious sausage and reasonably priced chicken. On those occasions when I splurge on a bit of hand cut smoked salmon, the wait for my order leaves me gazing at a case that also contains five or six dozen diminutive quail eggs. I've never bought any, but I'm always attracted to their cute size and pretty shells.
This picture comes to us from Diana, a freelance writer, frequent traveler and blogger behind Appetite for China. She's got all sort of tasty things going on over on her site, so make sure to go over and pay her a visit.
Feast Your Eyes: Chocolate chip Amish puffs
These cookies come to us from Erin Cooks. She pulled the recipe for Chocolate Chip Amish Puff Cookies from the newly published Field Guide to Cookies (which you'll see featured here on Slashfood shortly) and says that they are similar to a traditional snickerdoodle in taste and texture.
Erin is actually giving away a copy of the Field Guide to Cookies on her site and you have until 12 noon today to leave a comment to win. Why not head on over and try your luck!
Feast Your Eyes: Glowing pears
I've been binging on pears lately, as they've been bursting from the boxes and tables of my farmers market. Mine aren't nearly as photogenic as these lovely ones (I find it hard to transport them from market to home on my bike without incurring a few bruises) although they've certainly been delicious. I'm hoping to buy a bunch for cheap, in order to make a batch of pear butter, which is one of my very favorite fall treats.
Thanks to John, for adding this pic to the pool.
Feast Your Eyes: Carrot cake pancakes
I find that pancakes that have some heft and substance are far better in terms of keeping you full and satisfied than the ones that are made of 'just add water' mix. These carrot cake pancakes by Joy the Baker aren't just chock full of carrot-y goodness, they're made with sourdough starter for added lift and tang. You can find the recipe here.
Feast Your Eyes: Popovers
Popovers are among the first baked goods I was ever allowed to make on my own when I was just a beginning cook. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for their ease, tender insides and ability to absorb vast amounts of butter and jam.
From the looks of this picture, it appears that someone had a mighty good meal recently. Thanks to Tim for adding this tasty pic to the pool.
Feast Your Eyes: Brioche cinnamon rolls
Don't lick your screen, this is only a picture. Vanessa at What Geeks Eat made these brioche cinnamon rolls, combining two already-wonderful baked goods into single super-treat.
Thanks Vanessa for adding this picture to the Slashfood Flickr pool.
Feast Your Eyes: Pumpkin patch
It's the first day of October and so is now officially pumpkin season (at least in my mind). My first pumpkin came my way last week, in my second to last CSA delivery, but I foresee many more drifting my way in the next month (there's even an pumpkin carving contest coming in a few weeks).
This picture, from Karen, is of a trip she and her family recently took to a pumpkin patch, to pick out their first pumpkins of the season. Great picture, thanks Karen!
Feast Your Eyes: Pomegranate salad for Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah started last night at sundown and people all across the world ushered in the Jewish New Year with festive meals and family gatherings. The picture you see of the pomegranate salad above is from Elana's Pantry. In preparation for the holiday, she put together a holiday menu that was completely gluten-free.
Thanks Elana, for adding your lovely picture to the Slashfood pool!
Feast Your Eyes: Wheat and oat pancakes
I love a good pancake, especially ones bursting with whole grains (I find that those made with white flour leave me feeling hungry an hour after breakfast). These look like they were excellent, stick-with-you cakes. They also have the benefit of being totally vegan (recipe here), so are fabulous for those mornings when you have a crowd to feed and some of them don't do milk or eggs.
Thanks Ashley, for adding this pick to the pool!
Feast Your Eyes: Bacon cinnamon roll
One of the things I love about the internet is its ability to share the amazing things that people do with food on a far wide scale than might otherwise be possible. Take this bacon cinnamon roll, for example. Without the internet, how would I have learned that such a thing was possible? However, thanks to a digital camera and a simple web page, I'm able to appreciate the creativity of the folks over at Super Sized Meals and drool ever so slightly over the treat that they concocted. Delicious!
Updated to add: It appears we credited the wrong folks with the creation of the bacon cinnamon rolls. It belongs to the folks at Bacon Today (that link will take you to the original post).
[via BuzzFeed]
Feast Your Eyes: Fried chicken cook-off
I didn't grow up eating fried chicken. My mom was always more of a baked chicken kind of person (she liked to keep things as healthy as possible). In fact, I can count on one hand the number of times in life I've eaten friend chicken. And to be honest, I've never made it myself. And yet, I find it fascinating and totally hypnotic. I love the idea of good fried chicken and aspire to one day giving it a try in my kitchen.
The guys at The Bitten Word have no fried chicken fear and recently whipped up not one, but two batches of the stuff. They put Clay's mom's fried chicken up against Thomas Keller's recipe and invited a whole bunch of friends over to help them with the taste test. Clay's mom's recipe was the winner, mostly for its classic taste and super crispy skin. Sounds delicious!
Feast Your Eyes: Guacamole in a avocado-shaped bowl
I'm a huge fan of guacamole. I like it with minced onion, lots of lime juice and a bit of shredded cilantro. However, when I make it at home, I'm forced to serve it in a plain old ceramic bowl. Rachel has a far better vessel for her guac, this fabulous avocado shaped bowl (complete with matching lid to help stave off oxidation).
Rachel made this batch with chopped chipotle peppers in adobo and says that it adds a smoky depth of flavor that goes perfectly with avocados. Thanks for adding your pic to the pool, Rachel!
Feast Your Eyes: Toasted ravioli cupcake
Our very own Stef (also of the Cupcake Project) continues to outdo herself in the cupcake creativity department, this time conjuring up a toasted ravioli cupcake for St. Louis website ToastedRav.com. They asked her to do a feature for their site, assuming that she'd make a meat cupcake (which she has done). Instead, she opted to create an apple cinnamon concoction (making her own sweet filled ravioli).
Thanks to Stef (and her photographer husband Jonathan), for adding this pic to the pool.
Feast Your Eyes: Apple turnover
This tasty-looking treat comes to us from Rebecca of the very cleverly named blog Ezra Pound Cake. She baked up a batch of these apple turnovers as part of a Barefoot Blogger challenge, although she's not new to working with pastry (up until recently, she was a pastry chef at a German bakery, spending her days working with strudel).
Thanks Rebecca, for adding your picture to the Slashfood Flickr pool.
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