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This time around, one of the tastiest-looking menus belonged to the restaurant Ten Ten. Located in a handsome brick-walled space in the Bagby Building, Ten Ten offers what has become known as "modern American" cuisine: familiar foods prepared with locally-sourced ingredients and strong international </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/HCduJXZXmzw/ten-ten.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AdZoFDTWJCI/Tx33cigeC9I/AAAAAAAARVY/zY0m5L3F2Qk/s72-c/tentenflatbread.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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I know I haven't.

I'm kinda surprised (yet not) that they didn't include a recipe for Lou Diamond Phillips' barbecue sloppy Joe thingies, or Taylor Dayne's bruschetta with figs and</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/f3-_rQ9S2bo/rachel-vs-guy-celebrity-cook-off_26.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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This week's episode starts out with a scene of the cheftestants in the stew room after the verdict has been delivered. Nobody pretends to be sad that Beverly is gone, apart from Grayson, who is possibly too nice for her own good. And then Charlize Theron comes in to hide; Tom has apparently been chasing her all around the studio, asking her to autograph his head.

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It really drives me nuts to hear so many professional cooks calling variously flavored mayonnaises "aioli." Aioli is not just a fancy French word for mayonnaise (the fancy French word for mayonnaise is...wait for it...mayonnaise), but rather a sauce unto itself, made with garlic. 

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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/-3L0bMCfegQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/foodie-pet-peeve.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-5763921110633835650</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-24T09:02:10.417-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crab cakes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Burgers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baltimore restaurant</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">football</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ravens</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wings</category><title>Bill Bateman's Bistro</title><atom:summary>Before I talk about the restaurant itself, I have a funny story to tell you. Ok, maybe it's not so funny, but I'm going to tell you anyway.

Back in the late 90s, my friend Angie was visiting from Texas. We ended up at the Reisterstown branch of Bill Bateman's Bistro, which happened to be a hang-out for Baltimore Ravens players. As we sat and chatted at the bar, we noticed a rather attractive guy</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/E6BNi_I9LaQ/bill-batemans-bistro.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bGdEk5L6X5k/Tw24Iwn5BuI/AAAAAAAARK4/xBSpzHuUQPY/s72-c/kylejim.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/E6BNi_I9LaQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/bill-batemans-bistro.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-8453428944765518370</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-23T13:00:07.341-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parody</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">humor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetti</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Paula Deen</category><title>Hongray!</title><atom:summary>This scene from the promo for Paula Deen's son's new show scares the heck out of me.




Posted on Minxeats.com.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/t9wvhedxKZg/hongray.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KjkTG_MwKHk/Tx2WErr4WtI/AAAAAAAARU4/2hH9dTtJq9g/s72-c/paulanom.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/t9wvhedxKZg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/hongray.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-4841189952579401982</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-23T09:30:28.832-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rachael Ray</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parody</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">humor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Network</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetti</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Guy Fieri</category><title>Rachael vs Guy Celebrity Cook-Off Episode 4 Recap</title><atom:summary>

This week, our five remaining celebrities - Lou Diamond Phillips, Taylor Dayne, Summer Sanders, Coolio, and Joey FatOne - are tasked with (wo)manning lunch carts. Rather than dishing out felafel or dirty water hot dogs, each team is responsible for 100 portions of three dishes, one of which needs to be on a stick, one in a wrap, and one in a bun. 



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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/y53JSKPzC6Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/rachael-vs-guy-celebrity-cook-off_23.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-6090676752769774636</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-20T08:00:06.717-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">water oven</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sous vide</category><title>Cookin' With...Water</title><atom:summary>

As I posted a while ago, I am now the proud owner of a SousVide Supreme. The manufacturer, Eades, calls it a "water oven," which I suppose is more accurate than "immersion circulator," which is what Top Chef and Iron Chef fans may be more familiar with. The modernist cuisine (today's favored term for "molecular gastronomy") technique of sous vide is a method of cooking food--sealed in plastic </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/Mv1TChWqQmU/cookin-withwater.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B__3WuCa--I/TsRPpbrrCzI/AAAAAAAAQlg/gKm1WqLjtsU/s72-c/sousvide1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/Mv1TChWqQmU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/cookin-withwater.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-4558068633715756977</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-19T09:37:52.102-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Top Chef</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Top Chef Texas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parody</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">humor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetti</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Top Chef 9</category><title>Top Chef Texas Episode 11 Recap</title><atom:summary>

This week's episode opens on the chefs in the stew room after Restaurant Wars. They're just getting over the fact that the boys sucked and Jor-El was sent home when Tom comes in with a sour look on his face. He tells them they've been evicted from the Driskill because the other guests are complaining about the kimchi and beer smell coming out of the penthouse, so they are going back to San </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/R6hdlF_0cfw/top-chef-texas-episode-11-recap.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SiRTGwJ5yLM/TrAJ_AYLOEI/AAAAAAAAQbA/uV_okUijhNs/s72-c/leader.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/R6hdlF_0cfw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/top-chef-texas-episode-11-recap.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-6761687736973852374</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-18T14:00:04.598-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rachael Ray</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Network</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Guy Fieri</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recipes</category><title>Fried Chicken and Bloody Mary Butter</title><atom:summary>The recipes for last Sunday's episode of Rachel vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-off are finally available.

Here's Coolio's recipe for My Mother's Fried Chicken and  here's the recipe for Taylor Dayne's Bucatini with Tomato Basil Sauce. The one I'm most interested in is Summer Sander's Bloody Mary Butter for rib eye steaks. And if you don't know how to make a proper grilled cheese sandwich topped with a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/tNkpvTtiBo4/fried-chicken-and-bloody-mary-butter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/tNkpvTtiBo4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/fried-chicken-and-bloody-mary-butter.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-311483320331687124</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-18T11:25:01.024-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Network</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Paula Deen</category><title>Paula's New Cash Cow</title><atom:summary>By now, you've probably all heard that mayonnaise's best friend, Paula Deen, has diabetes. She's had it for three years now, but has only just announced it publicly because she also has a nifty new endorsement deal with the diabetes drug, Victoza, manufactured by Novo Nordisk. How convenient. I'm surprised she hasn't already had endorsements from the Dolly Parton Wig Company and Polident.

I </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/3eYTrDDTYO8/paulas-new-cash-cow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DZgQpwt8-uE/TxbLw5OEf9I/AAAAAAAARQ0/CX3cXfdWq-Q/s72-c/deanabetes.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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Potentially NSFW dish of red braised pig tails

Where have pig's tails been all my life?

These bony pig parts - featured in the third course of my New Year's Eve dinner at B&amp;O American Brasserie - are right up my culinary alley. Full of bones, tendon, and gelatinous skin, pig's tails are something that my Polish, offal-loving mother and grandmother would have adored; I am surprised that they</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/A3wGQXDowr4/pig-from-neck-to-tail.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-20pro6ZpYgU/TwovWYsxF6I/AAAAAAAARJw/56i9BfLNoWI/s72-c/pigtails2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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We spent a couple of the last remaining hours of 2011 having a lovely dinner at B&amp;O American Brasserie. Among the five courses we consumed were two that really inspired me to try a variation at home, one of which was a brown butter pear cake paired with figs and bacon.

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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/PEHmxXptqI8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/pear-and-fig-turnovers-with-bourbon.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-5084728027875238073</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-16T12:12:36.570-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rachael Ray</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parody</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">humor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Network</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetti</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Guy Fieri</category><title>Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off Episode 3 Recap</title><atom:summary>

This week, the competition seemed like a real cooking show. There was almost some real cooking going on!

Guy and Rachael meet the six remaining celebrity cheftestants in the kitchen and tell them they will be competing head to head - one member of Team Guy vs one member of Team Rachael - in three rounds. The loser of each round will have to face each other in the Blind Tasting, with one person</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/uN3l-_gyUOY/rachael-vs-guy-celebrity-cook-off_16.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0PbLpqEy538/TwHtQGCgd2I/AAAAAAAARB8/W5Ib6lnJC5Y/s72-c/rachelvsguy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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This week there was one challenge and one challenge only, but it was a doozy - Restaurant Wars! In other seasons there was a Quickfire Challenge before Restaurant Wars, but this year there are a few changes. At the top of the episode, the eight remaining cheftestants gather at a party venue called Palm Door. Padma and Hugh are on hand to give them the rundown on this year's Restaurant Wars </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/63mf7myWNqg/top-chef-texas-episode-10-recap.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SiRTGwJ5yLM/TrAJ_AYLOEI/AAAAAAAAQbA/uV_okUijhNs/s72-c/leader.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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Coolio's Lemon Pudding Cake, aka "Granny's Old Fashioned Pudding Cake Vigilante," and Taylor Dayne's Stacked Strawberry Shortcakes. Notice that the recipe calls for adding the pudding mix into the cake mix and not making the pudding in advance, as Coolio did on the show.

Posted on Minxeats.com.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/UkUNRU15Njs/coolios-lemon-pudding-cake-etc.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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One of my Christmas gifts was a copy of Top Chef Masters competitor Suvir Saran's 2007 cookbook, American Masala. After a quick flip through the book, my eye caught on a recipe for Lemon Chicken Legs and Thighs that seemed quick, easy, and delicious. We already had a pack of bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs in the freezer - all we needed to pick up at the store was a couple of lemons.

While the</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/9t157jbRC-8/american-masala.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NXjEWQ7gCs0/Tvz_WySBt0I/AAAAAAAARBk/NIXj-DcnwjI/s72-c/suvirchicken.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/9t157jbRC-8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/american-masala.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-3409683798324868698</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-10T08:00:09.545-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">quick dinners</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">poached salmon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Joy of Cooking</category><title>Poached Salmon</title><atom:summary>

Mr. Minx here with another story about a quick, easy dinner concocted on the fly. Most days, I don't think about what I'm going to cook for dinner until about 30 minutes before I have to start cooking. It's not that I don't like cooking; I just don't like to think about cooking. This is especially true when I've been busy all day and there isn't anything in the fridge that immediately sings to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/baAiyiWJYRI/poached-salmon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neal P)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WKAIhNObCSQ/TwIEJIPFEUI/AAAAAAAAALs/dBBQcbaa72E/s72-c/poachedsalmon3.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/baAiyiWJYRI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/poached-salmon.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-994344698061758625</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-13T10:26:56.946-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rachael Ray</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">celebrities</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parody</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">humor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Network</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetti</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Guy Fieri</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Celebrity Cook-Off</category><title>Rachael vs Guy Celebrity Cook-Off Episode 2 Recap</title><atom:summary>

I got some good response to last week's recap, so I'm doing it again! Lucky you!

Last week, scrawny singer Aaron Carter got bumped because he didn't know a spatula from a spittoon. This week, it's someone else's turn to say bye bye. But first - the challenge.

Two of the Food Network's Most Annoying, Guy Fieri and Rachael Ray, meet with their now-lopsided teams (4 on Guy's, 3 on Rach's) to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/mkhVAyYNpK4/rachel-vs-guy-celebrity-cook-off.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0PbLpqEy538/TwHtQGCgd2I/AAAAAAAARB8/W5Ib6lnJC5Y/s72-c/rachelvsguy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/mkhVAyYNpK4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/rachel-vs-guy-celebrity-cook-off.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-8189193709634009796</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-06T08:21:05.541-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">miso</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">teppanyaki</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Japanese</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">steakhouse</category><title>Sakura</title><atom:summary>We found ourselves in Hunt Valley a few days before Christmas and decided to pop into Sakura for a bit of dinner before heading to a movie. When I was a kid, it was always a big thrill to have dinner at Nichi Bei Kai. Like Sakura, NBK was a teppanyaki joint, where Japanese chefs showed off their shrimp-tossing and knife skills.

While I'm not a kid anymore, I still sorta enjoy the spectacle of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/-zdQZNXjs-U/sakura.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/-zdQZNXjs-U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/sakura.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-9062698770005451933</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-05T16:00:02.136-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ribs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rachael Ray</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beef</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Guy Fieri</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recipes</category><title>Ribs and Machaca</title><atom:summary>For those of you searching for Lou Diamond Phillips' recipe for Turbo Ribs, as seen on Rachael vs Guy Celebrity Cook-Off, here it is! But if Cheech Marin's Machaca is more your speed, you can find that recipe here.

Posted on Minxeats.com.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/eetE-5o64AY/ribs-and-machaca.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/eetE-5o64AY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/ribs-and-machaca.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-1364877601495959848</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-05T11:47:49.244-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Top Chef</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Top Chef Texas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parody</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">humor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fumetti</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Top Chef 9</category><title>Top Chef Texas Episode 9 Recap</title><atom:summary>

After two weeks away from Top Chef, I almost missed it. Notice that I said "almost." While I do enjoy watching the show, taking notes for a recap does take a bit of the pleasure out of it. As do episodes that are "Supersized" for no apparent reason. Luckily, this one didn't feel padded.

Episode 9 starts out back at the hotel, immediately after the last Elimination Challenge. The cheftestants </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/MtB8rxvabwk/top-chef-texas-episode-9-recap.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SiRTGwJ5yLM/TrAJ_AYLOEI/AAAAAAAAQbA/uV_okUijhNs/s72-c/leader.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~4/MtB8rxvabwk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.minxeats.com/2012/01/top-chef-texas-episode-9-recap.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15425522.post-2111727203130337494</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-04T08:00:13.901-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">poached eggs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">roast chicken</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lamb</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shrimp and grits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">paella</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sandwiches</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sausage</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Korean</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shrimp</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">flank steak</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">best of 2011</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dinner</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rice</category><title>Minxeats Best of 2011 part 2</title><atom:summary>In this part two of the Best of 2011, we're taking a look back at the yummy stuff we concocted at home. Sometimes (ok, most of the time), home cookin' is even better than restaurant food!

2011 is the year that theminx lost her fear of baking bread, and back in February, she made a loaf of brioche using the recipe in Artisan Baking in 5 Minutes a Day. She thinks it was the best brioche she's ever</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XvHn/~3/01CZ5P1chiM/minxeats-best-of-2011-part-2.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (theminx)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XY0EpN-Pu2A/TujQKBl_dUI/AAAAAAAAQ1g/3sBcHLfxC0w/s72-c/brioche2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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