Feedyum » The Amateur Gourmet http://www.feedyum.com Foodie blog feeds from around the world. Updated hourly. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:22:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 My Friends Do Talented Things http://www.feedyum.com/my-friends-do-talented-things/ http://www.feedyum.com/my-friends-do-talented-things/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:46:45 +0000 The Amateur Gourmet http://www.feedyum.com/my-friends-do-talented-things/ This post is to inform you that my friends do talented things. For example, my friend Travis Sentell (who once wrote this guest post) has a book out called “In The Shadow of Freedom.” You should read…

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In that post, I whined about how I wasn’t good at cooking for a group: “The truth is that to impress a large…

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]]> http://www.feedyum.com/the-taste-test-water/feed/ 0 Strange and Exotic Candies from Around The World http://www.feedyum.com/strange-and-exotic-candies-from-around-the-world/ http://www.feedyum.com/strange-and-exotic-candies-from-around-the-world/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:35:17 +0000 The Amateur Gourmet http://www.feedyum.com/strange-and-exotic-candies-from-around-the-world/ It all started with the heart-shaped glass bowl.

My friend Lisa’s getting married at the end of the month and, earlier this year, when she registered at Crate and Barrel they gave her that heart-shaped…

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]]> http://www.feedyum.com/back-to-school-banner/feed/ 0 A Ratatouille Recipe http://www.feedyum.com/a-ratatouille-recipe/ http://www.feedyum.com/a-ratatouille-recipe/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:35:12 +0000 The Amateur Gourmet http://www.feedyum.com/a-ratatouille-recipe/ It’s been more than a month since I made the ratatouille you see in the above photo. I made it for a dinner party where there was lamb (a leg of lamb, actually) and, as many will tell you, ratatouille…

]]> http://www.feedyum.com/a-ratatouille-recipe/feed/ 0 The Taste Test: Eggs http://www.feedyum.com/the-taste-test-eggs/ http://www.feedyum.com/the-taste-test-eggs/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:35:16 +0000 The Amateur Gourmet http://www.feedyum.com/the-taste-test-eggs/ With the salmonella outbreak forcing everyone to reconsider where and how they buy their eggs these days, this week’s “Taste Test” (my show on Food2.com) involves a simple query: which eggs taste…

]]> http://www.feedyum.com/the-taste-test-eggs/feed/ 0 Hot Dog Bun French Toast http://www.feedyum.com/hot-dog-bun-french-toast/ http://www.feedyum.com/hot-dog-bun-french-toast/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:35:17 +0000 The Amateur Gourmet http://www.feedyum.com/hot-dog-bun-french-toast/ On a drowsy Saturday morning, you stumble out of bed and look at what you have in the kitchen. You don’t have much. There are hot dog buns, there’s cream, there are eggs (hopefully untainted by salmonella)…

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]]> http://www.feedyum.com/cheese-of-the-month-club/feed/ 0 The Taste Test: Peanut Butter http://www.feedyum.com/the-taste-test-peanut-butter/ http://www.feedyum.com/the-taste-test-peanut-butter/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:35:13 +0000 The Amateur Gourmet http://www.feedyum.com/the-taste-test-peanut-butter/ I’m glad so many of you have been enjoying my Food2 show, “The Taste Test.” This week’s episode concentrates on peanut butter; something we all love, but few of us examine closely. For this episode…

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