tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:33:46 +0000noms.http://www.takethoufood.com/tkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)Blogger214125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-7648542585022957462Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:24:00 +00002010-03-16T21:33:46.422-04:00Jamie OliverMeatPastaItalianBeef Forgive me reader(s) for the lack of posts but...I've been running low on blogging mojo. Enjoy the pictures (if at all possible) and this simple recipe for spaghetti and meatballs by Jamie Oliver while I try to unlock this particular Pandora's Box with a Rubik's Cube shaped enigma inside. -Sean Spaghetti and Meatballs Adapted from Jamie's Food Revolution, Serves 4 - 6 Ingredients:http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/03/spaghetti-and-meatballs.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-9200824857949328870Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:40:00 +00002010-03-11T11:34:18.896-05:00Jamie OliverMeatBeef Because I run a food blog, I must be: a) a food snob and/or b) eat elaborate foods everyday. Other food bloggers can empathize with me on this one and these 2 assumptions are of course...false. I'm not eating fancy, complex or Keller-esque stuff every single meal. Heck, most of the stuff I make for the site isn't that complex to begin with! Aside from the easy pasta, stir-fries and ricehttp://www.takethoufood.com/2010/03/roast-beef.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-4114960489976809225Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +00002010-03-10T04:30:00.445-05:00ThoughtsMisc ...sometimes, people just want pictures (cuz I know you're not here for my writing) First picture: Korean noodles, soy-glazed Spam Lite, fried egg, sesame oil -- don't judge. :)http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/03/wordless-wednesday_10.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-7295492129544462163Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:01:00 +00002010-03-03T09:01:04.437-05:00ThoughtsMisc ...because pictures are worth a 1000 words - or something like that :) http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/03/wordless-wednesday.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-8144156208371903796Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:30:00 +00002010-03-01T18:30:54.515-05:00MeatLes HallesChicken I'll be honest - chicken can get a little boring. ...and let me finish before you start throwing tomatoes, eggs and coconuts over this way! Even though I much prefer pork and beef over everyone's favorite (eating) bird, I actually like roast chicken - a lot! What's not to like about roast chicken? It's easy, it's fast, it's tasty and it's cheap. The cool thing about making roast chicken http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/03/poulet-roti-herb-butter-les-halles.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-4794282390115933334Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:01:00 +00002010-02-28T14:57:10.891-05:00ReviewAthens Sometimes, you don't go to a restaurant just for the food. Weaver D's as made famous by R.E.M.'s album "Automatic for the People" is one of those exceptions. It's not just about the food here - it's about connecting with history, creating memories and experiencing - becoming even - a part of Athens. Located off Broad Street, it's almost impossible to miss Weaver D's in its bright, lime http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/weaver-ds-athens-ga.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-7163948217797906804Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +00002010-02-24T08:59:43.973-05:00PastaVegetablesThoughtsCheese There won't be a Wordless Wednesday post today. February 24th is a special day for me. One filled with sorrow, memories and unfortunate regrets. Because on this day last year, my friend T - my very first friend growing up in Canada - passed away. Even when I was growing up in the 90s, racism was prevalent in school. I went to a Catholic school with an extremely low Asian population my http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/in-memory-of-cauliflower-mac-and-cheese.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-7793653970657834652Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:44:00 +00002010-02-23T13:49:23.224-05:00T5W  (all photos in this post are by Em from Kitchen M) In case anyone was wondering - yes, I'm still alive. There's a bunch of posts I need to finish, write and process but school is le suck right now from all the tests and I've just been busy with life in general. By no means have I forgotten about my T5W series and I'm particularly excited about today's because this happens to be one of my http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/take-5-withkitchen-m.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-8474052311813237518Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:06:00 +00002010-02-28T15:50:36.187-05:00ThoughtsMisc ...because sometimes, pictures are all you need Thanks for the doughnuts and the bagels - they were delicious :) http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/wordless-wednesday_17.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-4247971425861277336Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:57:00 +00002010-02-16T16:00:41.897-05:00MeezChicken Roasting a chicken has to be like the hardest thing - ever. Remember when Ruhlman wrote about how insanely difficult it is to roast a chicken a while back?? It's Twitter crashing stuff, man. Imagine if people actually started to make stock...at home! Forget that crap movie 2012, it's gonna be 2010!!! Of course, I'm being sarcastic (you did catch on right?) and roasting a chicken really http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/its-easy-man-chicken-stock.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-3858272054812010688Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:26:00 +00002010-02-15T09:15:33.110-05:00IndianChicken I've said it before and I'll say it again - I'm no genius. I don't have the answer to all of your questions and I won't pretend to know something when I really don't. But given the opportunity and time - I will find you the answer and I'm damn good at keeping my promises. Determination and integrity aside, the other thing I'm pretty good at is multitasking. I've been getting flak from http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/un-complicated-easy-chicken-masala.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-1903322713828676237Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:08:00 +00002010-02-14T14:34:42.027-05:00ThoughtsMisc For the couples who are celebrating - happy Valentine's day! I hope you and your favorite person have a wonderful day filled with fun, laughter, companionship and of course: good food. Also, happy lunar new year! This year is the year of the tiger. So if you're not participating in Valentine's day festivities, celebrate the new year - Asian style. Full Disclosure: I don't work for Merck andhttp://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/021410.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-902467796111999066Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +00002010-02-11T09:03:43.223-05:00ThoughtsLes HallesBeefPotato It's that time of year again. You know the day I'm talking about. Chocolate, candy and cheesy cards are passed around classrooms. Couples flock to restaurants with hands locked. Red, white and pink are everywhere. And for the unfortunate single guys and girls out there - it's just another day. Valentine's Day. Love it or hate it, it's happening soon - like this Sunday soon. The good http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/its-simple-meat-potatoes-booze-les.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-7096293309154968306Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +00002010-02-10T18:04:29.168-05:00ThoughtsMisc  ...because sometimes, pictures are all you need Dude, Sublime Doughnuts are off the wall. I'd kill for an A-Town Cream right now. If you live within 50 miles of Atlanta, you need to go - now. http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/wordless-wednesday_10.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-8714474096321652508Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:03:00 +00002010-02-09T14:14:05.381-05:00T5W (all photos in this post are by Hannah at Honey & Jam) First off, I want to apologize to everyone about this post's delay. I've been pretty busy with tests and overcoming an illness last week so things got backed up a little bit. No worries though - if all goes to plan, I'll be having a double feature for T5W this week! Now, back to the important stuff... One of two things can happen whenhttp://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/take-5-withhoney-jam.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-2375085695190199882Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:59:00 +00002010-02-08T00:27:55.443-05:00ReviewAthens It can get pretty challenging trying to find ethnic food that's not slutty Chinese, bad Tex-Mex or $1 maki rolls in Athens. So when that inevitable craving for juicy, slow-roasted meat descends down to your stomach, you head over to Keba Spitfire Grill on the East side. Keba's (that's pronounced KAY-BAH and they really want you to pronounce it right) been dishing out German style doner http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/keba-spitfire-grill-athens-ga.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-3277746214447178731Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:06:00 +00002010-03-09T14:13:36.389-05:00SandwichBeef With respect to the Atlanta food blogging scene, there are 2 people in particular who I'm really thankful for. Gene from Eat, Drink, Man... and Chloe from Chow Down Atlanta. Through Gene-hyung, I was able to meet Chloe and through Chloe I was able to meet a lot of cool food people in this city. I had no idea when I first started the blog in December '08 that people would even know who I was http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/inspiration-homemade-krystal-burgers.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-4180908230294508860Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:06:00 +00002010-02-03T12:06:00.237-05:00ThoughtsMisc ...because sometimes, pictures are all you need  (the kebab kinda sucked but whatevs)http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/wordless-wednesday.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-1418482227422457943Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:01:00 +00002010-02-05T08:44:44.942-05:00ad hoc at homeVegetablesPotato ...not the scallion potato cakes of course. These are Thomas Keller approved so you know they're good stuff. Every year there's an Asian prodigy that pops up on YouTube who just stuns people all around the world. 3 years ago, it was Sungha and recently, there's this 5 year old who's on his way to becoming the next Jake Shimabukuro. I don't know what you did when you were 5 years old but I http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/being-average-scallion-potato-cakes-ad.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-4499931721415786331Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:28:00 +00002010-02-01T09:28:52.754-05:00SoupLes HallesFrench French onion soup. It holds a special place in my heart. This soup...this wonderful, rich soup was the first non-Korean food I tasted as a little boy growing up in Korea. I still remember sitting down at TGI Friday's at the naive age of 5 and being told (more like forced really) to eat this by my mother. "Here, eat this." she said as she pushed this odd looking concoction in front of me.http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/02/nostalgic-memories-french-onion-soup.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-2292635814313635080Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:00:00 +00002010-01-30T15:55:47.280-05:00SeafoodThoughtsLes Halles This post shouldn't be going up now. ...but it is. Because if I don't write this now, I'll forget about what I wanted to say (sometime next week) and I'll end up hating myself for procrastinating.  You see, this was supposed to be another happy, jolly post about my Les Halles series and how wonderful and delicious mussels were. Maybe I would've added in something here and there about howhttp://www.takethoufood.com/2010/01/meal-for-one-moules-marinieres-les.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-8172589919386556337Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:05:00 +00002010-01-29T15:26:02.666-05:00T5W All the way from USC (that's the Trojans you Cocks!), we have Sophia from Burp and Slurp joining us for T5W this week.  I can't really recall how I found Sophia's blog but I was hooked by her passionate posts about overcoming her past of ED (that's eating disorder not...the other thing). She also has a collection of unique and outrageous dishes on her blog - like the picture above. It's a http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/01/take-5-withburp-and-slurp.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-2092597770805597403Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:38:00 +00002010-01-28T18:38:22.721-05:00PorkLes HallesFrench Late last year, I started my Les Halles series - my adventure to cook through Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook. It's been awhile since I last updated my series so I decided to cook a recipe out of the book on Monday for a new episode of No Reservations. On this particular night, my stomach led me to Bourdain's côte de porc à la charcutière. Sounds fancy and intimidating doesn't it? http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/01/cote-de-porc-la-charcutiere-les-halles.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-1133022531795447454Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:13:00 +00002010-01-27T13:19:30.238-05:00ThoughtsMisc ...because sometimes, pictures are all you need http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/01/wordless-wednesday.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635052518114905107.post-4390276941559647832Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:10:00 +00002010-01-26T21:14:04.910-05:00Jamie OliverSoupVegetables I love my french fries, hash browns and mashed potatoes but most days out of the year, I prefer sweet potatoes instead. Maybe it's the fact they're healthier for you, the delicate sweetness or the diverse varieties of sweet potatoes. Whatever the reason, it's one of my favorite vegetables to eat. The weather kinda sucks in Georgia right now - it's awesome and sunny one day and then it'll http://www.takethoufood.com/2010/01/jamie-olivers-sweet-potato-and-chorizo.htmltkthoufood@gmail.com (Sean)5