Vacations That Click: Zooming in on Photography Tours

Vacations That Click: Zooming in on Photography Tours
from Frommer's Travel Guides: The Best Trips Start Here! by Charis Atlas Heelan
With the new year here, a new raft of tours has been announced and while you ponder which destination sounds the most appealing, imagine yourself standing on top of that mountain, or next to that rare animal, with your camera well-positioned and ready to shoot.

Caramelized Onion Quiche

Caramelized Onion Quiche
from Simply Recipes by Elise

Ever wake up in the morning with a craving for a specific food? This morning it was quiche, specifically an onion quiche. To my dear father who turned up his nose at this masterpiece, mumbling something about real men, I say, "phooey". Kudos to my brother Ed, who almost made up for dad's transgression, by saying just "damn good" after inhaling a piece at dinner.

What Wine Goes With What Food?

What Wine Goes With What Food?
(Morgan Slater)
We've all heard the rules: red wine with meat, white with fish or fowl. But just as with all rules, this one was made to be broken. There's a growing recognition that there's both more and less to...

All To Keep You Drinking

ALL TO KEEP YOU DRINKING
(Alison White)
Ensuring the necessary quantity of water to keep your organism working properly should be every person's strong preoccupation, for it is hydrati...

Meet the King of All Cheeses - The Brie Cheese

Meet the King of All Cheeses - The Brie Cheese
(Lee Dobbins)
If you are a true blue cheese-lover through and through, then just saying 'brie' would excite your taste buds. Perhaps you would even salivate. Brie cheese, with its rich history to back it up and a...

Bring the Payne's in Memphis

Bring the Payne's in Memphis

Even in a Southern city like Memphis, there's plenty of variation in the barbeque experience. There are joints for northern rubes, high-class barbeque restaurants, chain barbeque spots and pretty much anything else you can imagine. Clear through all the clutter, though, and you'll soon be craving something else: an authentic barbeque experience. To find that in Memphis, you'll have to go to Payne's.
Payne's is down-home in a way that's hard to even comprehend. It's inside a former garage, and the interior has a few tables, though the huge garage doors remain. They make ribs and smoked sausage, but the real treat is the chopped pork sandwich for $3. It's hand-chopped to order, then piled atop a tiny WonderBread bun with slaw. The slaw is spicy and much closer to relish as most northerners know it. Payne's has no knives, forks, dishes, or straws: only sporks and paper plates. The 'cue itself is tender and on the sweet side, though plenty smoky. However you attempt to eat it, it should be considered one of the best BBQ sandwiches in the nation.
Payne's BBQ [MemhpisDining.com]
[Alexander Basek]
[Photo: Cerifiedfool/Flickr]
Previously: Mustache Maintenance in Memphis, The Elvis Suite, Memphis in May, Memphis and Nashville Music Tourism, NYC Cracks Fattest Top Ten

Meatloaf Stuffed with Spinach and Red Bell Pepper

Meatloaf Stuffed with Spinach and Red Bell Pepper
from Simply Recipes by Elise

We love meat loaf in this house. My father found this recipe in an old issue of Bon Appetit and made it it the other day. It was really quite good, and pretty too (as pretty as meatloaf can be) with the stuffing of red bell peppers and green spinach.

NYC Tourists Get More Neurotic

NYC Tourists Get More Neurotic


Perhaps trying in a meta way to turn NYC tourists into your dime-a-dozen NYC neurotic , the city's tourists have recently been under a barrage of criticisms and nagging from the overbearing press about what not to do. The most recent example comes from AM New York whose front page featured the html-unfriendly hed: They [heart] NYC. Turns out NY has seen more tourists this year than ever before, an approx. 44 million.
Among the exhortations given in the ensuing coverage is the one found above by Chuck Bennett. This, however, is but the most recent onslaught of to don'ts offered. Recently, the NYT's Seth Kugel warned tourists where not to go while Lonely Planet recently advised tourists to mask their maps in classic New York books like Catcher in the Rye.
It's only a matter of time before true New Yorkers will be approached on the street by panicky tourists asking, "Did I do this right? What about this? Is my bag to big? Do my shoes make me look like a tourist?" and on that day, any difference we fancied distinguished us from them, will have been thoroughly and irrevocably erased.
Previously: London in NY, Queen's Hideaway: Wha' Happened?, Pic of the Day: Red Hook Farm, A Royale Pain

Key West -- Island Bike Adventure!

Key West -- Island Bike Adventure!
(D. O. Christian Rieger)
Key West -- Island Bike Adventure! Bring your t-shirt, shorts, sneakers and a camera . . . and take home memories! The Bike Tour of Key West, www.keywestbikeecotour.com, takes guests into the Key W...

What are ten ingredients to always have on hand to cook a good meal?

What are ten ingredients to always have on hand to cook a good meal?
from Megnut by meg@megnut.com (Meg Hourihan)
What are ten (give or take a few) ingredients that are handy to always have on hand to cook a good meal? Looking for suggestions over at Ask.Metafilter.com.

Chicken Marinara

Chicken Marinara
from Simply Recipes by Elise

Chicken pieces coated with Parmesan and bread crumbs, fried and covered with a tomato basil marinara sauce, and topped with melted Mozzarella. My mother made this chicken marinara for dinner tonight and it was fabulous. She uses chicken thighs because they are more flavorful, but you could easily use breasts.

Sausage Brunch Casserole

Sausage Brunch Casserole
from Simply Recipes by Elise
Updated
I think this recipe is based on one from a Jimmy Dean ad. I got it from my friend Heidi, and we've both made it several times for brunch gatherings. If you want you can make it ahead the night before and just put it in the oven for an hour right before you want to serve it. Eggs, Italian sausage, bread, milk, cheddar cheese - yum!
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To Construct the Perfect Meal, Imagine a Restaurant Crawl

To Construct the Perfect Meal, Imagine a Restaurant Crawl
from Dining by FRANK BRUNI
Joël Robuchon finally took Manhattan. Mario Batali traded in his rock soundtrack for a piano. The Little Owl made room for a big pork chop, and Will Goldfarb made Room 4 Dessert.

Every Day with Rachael Ray - Tuscan Cacciatore Risotto

Every Day with Rachael Ray - Tuscan Cacciatore Risotto
from Every Day with Rachael Ray
This recipe is featured in the December-January issue of Every Day with Rachael Ray.

Dark chocolate helps fight fatigue

Dark chocolate helps fight fatigue
from Chocolate: See what people are saying right now on Technorati
Dark chocolate beats fatigue, study NutraIngredients 12/20/06 "Eating a small amount of dark chocolate each day can help combat the symptoms of...

Warm and Fuzzy Holiday Wishes

Warm and Fuzzy Holiday Wishes
from Chocolate & Zucchini by clotilde

May your celebrations be joyful, the company lovely, the food delectable, and the gifts few but thoughtful. Joyeuses Fêtes!
[The little guy above is a Petit Choo Farci -- a pun on petit chou (a term of endearment) and chou farci (stuffed cabbage) -- by French-Japanese artist Ketty Sean. I bought it at the gallery/store L'Art de Rien and it now lives at my friend Laurence's apartment.]

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Cycling in Italy Can Be Fun

Cycling in Italy Can Be Fun
from GoArticles Travel Category (Alastair Hamilton)
With the advent of the World Wide Web, it's easier than ever to do research into those vacation spots that you've longed to visit. With the cost of travel these days, it's important that you do as muc...

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
from Chocolate: See what people are saying right now on Technorati
INGREDIENTS: 2 sticks butter, softened 1 c. firmly packed sugar 1/2 c. granulated sugar 2 eggs 2 tbsp. milk 2 tsp. vanilla 1 3/4 c. flour 1 tsp...

Good Eating: Nouveau Riches
from Dining by Compiled by KRIS ENSMINGER
Today the area around Lincoln Center and the southwestern corner of Central Park is home to some of the city’s most highly regarded restaurants.

CARAMEL-PECAN BUCHE DE NOEL
from Epicurious.com: the World's Greatest Recipe Collection
Recipe from Bon Appétit