I hate Bobby Flay

Just finished watching Next Food Network Star, which is my favorite show on television currently.  Bobby Flay, one of three judges, is a total asshole every episode and I'm a little sick of him beating on Adam who woos me week after week.

Tonight I got so angry that I typed "I hate Bobby Flay" into Google.  Sometimes I need my opinion affirmed by the internet.  Apparently 24,600 other people hate him too.  Not nearly enough.

Some highlights of my search:

Veiled Conceit 

Hilarious, unfortunately dead since 2006, blog that offers insight into the weddings announced in the New York Times. This article is on Bobby's wedding to the cute DA on Law & Order: SVU. I have always really liked her and am sort of dumbfounded that she would marry Flay who has been divorced twice and dropped out of high school after being expelled. I smell an anger problem.

The Staggering Dicketry of Bobby Flay

Worth every minute of your Bobby Flay hating time--this title requires no explanation.

Winner of most creepy anti-Flay find:

Bobby Flay Sucks

Is this considered a forum?  I'm unsure with some interweb terms.  An entire website devoted to pissed off Food Network viewers that put anime representations of themselves next to their scornful comments.  In addition to using weird grammar lots of people do this, "::".  For example:

::wink::

::waves::

::facepalm::

::sighs and starts flipping channels again::

::slaps him around like mad crazy::

I was able to deduce that "::" means "imagine I am doing the following" or maybe even, "I am doing the following while typing."  But is this some weird trait of people who play Second Life or something?  It creeps me the fuck out...like mad crazy.

::continues typing::

So, in conclusion, I hate Bobby Flay.

Update:  while tagging this post, I momentarily forgot what my Torture label encompassed and hovered over it for a second.  Insightful.

A fabulous weekend

I galavanted all over the city this weekend. If you'd like to recreate my Saturday please feel free to follow this itinerary:

Sofi's Crêpes
A small quirky café in Mount Vernon. I got a yummy tomato, spinach and sharp cheddar crêpe.

James Joyce
Stopped here around 2 p.m. Good service, food, and outdoor seating in lovely Harbor East.

Patrick's of Pratt Street
Cozy family owned pub with great food and atmosphere. Penny pint nights from time to time. The bartender on Wednesday and Friday nights is delicious to boot.

Ixia
Sparkly and colorful. Expensive but the lack of deafening acousitic guitar/club music makes it a great place to conversate, have a drink and enjoy some Justin Timberlake jams. This is a tie for me in atmosphere with Sky Lounge, another martini bar.

My great night ended with lasagna from Italiano's, the only place where you can get decent Italian and pretty much anything else until 3 a.m.

Are you a fat ass like me?

Do you frequently go on late-night pilgrimmages for specific dessert items (Twizzlers or ice cream, perhaps)? Are you crushed when you can't find them at the grocery store of your choice? I too share your quandary.

The bf and I went on a B&J hunt last night for some Oatmeal Cookie ice cream. Canton's Safeway, where we'd previously had luck, didn't have it in stock. If only I had known:

Ben & Jerry Flavor Locator

We did discover a delightful replacement flavor though.

Imagine Whirled Peace-- a tribute via ice cream to John Lennon. Sweet cream and caramel ice cream with chewy toffee cookies and fudge peace signs.

They love to do crazy shit with those fudge chunks (see: Phish Food).

It's earned a place in my top five:

1. Oatmeal Cookie
2. Cinnamon Buns
3. Imagine Whirled Peace
4. Half Baked
5. Chubby Hubby

A cure for vegans who crave bacon?

For a few years, I was a vegetarian. After expressing that I had thought about breaking my carcass boycot, a friend gave me a bag of beef jerky as a joke. I succumbed to temptation within a few hours.

The NYT is reporting that PETA is now offering a million dollars to the first person to come up with

...tissue cultures that could be consumed like meat without the expense of land or feed and the disease potential of real meat.

Completely different than your standard tofu, this alternative is actually meat produced in vitro (cloned, I believe?).

This brings up new issues within the vegetarian/vegan community as no animals are killed with this product. Despite PETA's endorsement of the idea and the lack of harm to animals, many PETAers (and vegetarians otherwise, I'd assume) are still disgusted with the idea of eating this animal tissue.

This also comes at an interesting time as the organic section of American grocery stores expand and some people are pushing for the FDA labeling of cloned foods. I'm curious to see how consumers respond to this if a viable product can be made.

Yum-yums for me.

After I returned home from grocery shopping today, I noticed that without realizing it, I had bought three different types of Nabisco's 100 Calorie Packs, namely:

• Oreo Chewy Granola Bars
• Honey Maid Cinnamon Thin Crisps
• Mister Salty Chocolate Covered Pretzels (New!)

I'm definetly most excited about the Mister Salties. I'm amazed by this supposed diet-type food. I feel like before the 100CPs came out, there hadn't been this many choices of tasty snacks in a while.

I wish they sold them in big bags though so I didn't feel bad about eating three or four of them at a time. I generally don't care much about my calorie intake, but it's difficult not to feel like a porker when you're lying on your bed with little bags strewn about everywhere.

I have a bad habit. Whenever I go to the store-- and I always pick up great food by the way-- I come home and I end up eating one of everything I bought. Over the course of today, for example, I ate the aforementioned, a yogurt, and a Fruit by the Foot (okay, two). Although I did leave my Honey Maids and Cheez-Its sealed up.

Damn, forgot to pick up some B&J Cinnamon Rolls.

A Disappointing Lunch

I got a pre-made turkey, mozzarella and croissant sandwich today. I was really disappointed. The croissant didn't look too sprightly to begin with, but I went for it anyway out of desperation.

Aren't whole grains supposed to keep you full? I seem to only be able to go about two hours between eating cereal in the morning and then wanting lunch. I'm beginning to think that the craze for whole grains is a load of bunk.

Anyway, I assumed that the turkey would turn the delicate croissant into mush alone, but after purchasing it I saw that they had put mayonaise on it also.

I might be alone in this, but I am disturbed when my pre-made sandwich comes with pre-spread condiments. Although I am terrified of condiments, I don't see how an otherwise mayonaise-loving person would want that shit soaking into their bread for who knows how many hours?

If I see a label that says "Turkey and Mozzarella on Croissant" that is what I expect. Why is it acceptable for them to slather it on without disclosure?