Taxi Adventures and more!

The ideal grilled cheese sandwich, taxi gourmets and other yummy links this week.

The Ideal Grilled Cheese sandwich

Cheese expert and author Laura Werlin shares her grilled cheese sandwich technique, complete with food pairing suggestions. After watching the video, scroll down to the comments section for more tips. Should I use regular or artisanal breads? Real cheese or processed cheese? Should I add roasted vegetables and spices? Who knew that a dish so simple could inspire a passionate discussion? It makes one want to do all sorts of grilled cheese sandwich experiments in the kitchen.
Source:  Eatocracy


Taxi Adventures

Back in May 2007, Layne Mosler left a tango club in Buenos Aires and hailed the first cab she saw. Her request to the driver: "Take me to your favorite restaurant". She ended up having a spectacular plate of bife de lomo and her blog Taxi Gourmet was born. Every week she chronicles her dining adventures with taxi drivers and is always pleasantly suprised by the results .  Who knew there was fabulous African food in the Bronx or great Turkish pizza in Berlin?  Next time you travel, consider leaving the guidebook in the hotel room and ask the taxi driver for dining recommendations. You may be in for an exciting food trip.
Source:  MetaFilter

They made the sandwich anyway...

A month ago, rumors came out that KFC was testing a new sandwich creation. The mythical sandwich was called the Skinwich—five layers of KFC Original Recipe chicken skin in a bun topped with American cheese and bacon. Fans were disappointed when KFC dispelled the rumor. But some folks got too excited and created the sandwich anyway. Perfectly doable at home. Would you dare?  
Source:  Chicago Tribune's The Stew

Good Eats Oldies

When it comes to cooking shows, Alton Brown's Good Eats ranks high in the list of favorites of many cooking show aficionados. The Peabody Award winning show is part Julia Child and Bill Nye the Science Guy where the science and techniques of cooking are explored. Too bad there aren't any DVDs of old episodes available here. But you can find show transcripts online in the Good Eats fanpage. The site interface is very web 1.0 and tedious to navigate but the handy search function does the job when looking for favorite episodes. If you want to improve your cookie-making skills, check out Three Chips for Sister Marsha. Still on the fence about the margarine versus butter debate? Check out The Case of Butter episode.  

Ow, Brain Freeze!

Anyone who greedily enjoys a frozen dessert has experienced this momentary headache. So next time you have an icy treat, keep this in mind and nip it in the bud.
Source:  yumsugar


Taxi image by Al Fed | cc by-nc-nd 2.0

Skinwich image from Brain Residue

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