If you’re looking for traditional Thanksgiving turkey recipes, gobble on, because you won’t find any here. From a bird boasting a paprika bikini tan to a roaster wrapped in bacon, these seven Thanksgiving turkey creations are for hosts that just want to have fun.

More here: Pictures of Thanksgiving Turkeys at WomansDay.com- Thanksgiving ideas

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New York chef Sam Mason has a deep voice, tattooed sleeves, hair the color of midnight, and he knows how to wield a butcher's knife. We took notice of the guy when he delivered to the world wide webosphere an original web series, Dinner With The Band, in which he invited indie-music darlings to Brooklyn to cook up something good.

Needless to say, it didn't take long before people in the teevee took notice, thus IFC's snatching up the series and preparing to air it in Spring 2010. You can catch a sneak peek serving beginning Tuesday, November 24 at 11:00 p.m. EST/PST

Read the rest of this post here: Dinner With The Band - We Liked It, and So Does TV! - Urlesque

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My Lord. Is cracking an egg this hard, people? And what about the blasphemous abomination at the end where they actually discard PORK FAT?? Who ARE these DEVIL people??

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An argument between whether or not soy is good for you or bad for you is briefly outlined in this article at Boing Boing, but it seems like the answer is the same as it is with anything else: if it's processed, stay away and if it's a whole food, it's going to have nutritional value. This has always seemed like a no-brainer to me. Cook with whole foods, they taste better and are better for you. My personal favorite version of soy, is edamame. Seriously, in my opinion, nature's absolute perfection (aside from my son of course ;).

In her recent book The Jungle Effect, San Francisco-based physician Daphne Miller — who studied low cancer rates in Okinawa extensively — writes:

While Okinawans take in over 80 percent of their soy in a relatively unprocessed form as tofu, edamame, soy flour, soy milk, or miso, people in the United States eat a similiar percentage of their soy in a processed form. Our soy foods are heated, mashed, and denatured to create a vast array of substances ranging from Tofurky to fillers for tuna fish to ice-cream sandwiches... while whole foods offer valuable protection, concentrated or denatured derivatives of these foods are having the opposite effect.


The bottom line, at least for now, seems to be that good soy prevent cancer and bad soy might promote cancer. Good soy = tofu, soy sauce, miso, natto, edamame. Bad soy = soy protein powder, energy bars made with soy, fake hot dogs, tofurky.

Read the rest here: Taste Test: natto, gooey fermented soy beans - Boing Boing

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Drool. Yum. Nom. Etc.

1. Heat a ridged grill pan over high heat until very hot. Cut each steak in half crosswise. Brush the steaks with oil and season with salt and pepper. In batches, add the steaks to the pan and cook, turning once, for about 3 minutes on each side for medium-rare.

2. Meanwhile, mash the cream cheese, blue cheese, and horseradish together. Spread on the toasted rolls.

3. Place a steak on the bottom half of each roll. Top each with tomato slices, onion rings, 2 pickle slices, and a lettuce leaf. Replace the roll tops and secure with wooden toothpicks. Serve at once, with the mustard passed on the side.

Steakhouse Sandwich - iVillage

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I got all the enjoyment I can get from this picther by looking at the photo. No need to spend $22, as the milk I buy already comes in a carton. Heffer pitcher

I don't know how the guys and gals at Boing Boing always find this stuff, but they do! 

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This is a fantastic video about the Soda Pop Stop in Los Angeles. This guy sticks it to the man every day...



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