Foodnetworkhumour.com: Because someone had to make a website poking fun of Paula Deen and Butter

From the Rachel Ray "Mmmm!" Video to The 10 Commandments of Paula Deen, Food Network Humour has a decent selection of humour related to the hosts and food you love to make fun of rather than learn how to make their food; and let's face it, watch over an hour of the Food Network with someone and you'll be mimicing Rachel Ray's husky nattering rather than actually learning anything.

My personal favourites include:
Food Network Chefs are Horrible at Twitter
Gina Neely's Nasty Shrimp Corn Dogs
The Ten Commandments of Paula Deen

Last but certainly not least.. I give you Rachael Ray's Yum-o Ugg Boots (complete with toe-whisk)

Being Slim is goof for the Environment.. and you

The rising numbers of people who are overweight and obese in the UK means the nation uses 19% more food energy than 40 years ago, a study suggests.

via the BBC

SANDVICH

Because sometimes a sandwich is so damn good you have to take a picture.

Ham, Swiss cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and mayo all on a fresh croissant.

Evernote Rocks for Recipes, Shopping Lists

I've tried several methods of storing recipes, including separate text files for each recipe, one big document with each page being a recipe, databases, etc. etc. Each method has several inherent problems, but the two biggest I've found are simplicity and portability.  I want my recipes stored somewhere safe that I can access from anywhere, any time. This last part is critical; I want to be able to get my favourite recipes when I want them; if I'm at the grocery store and at a loss for what to make for dinner, I want to be able to look up some recipes and get myself a shopping list going. Enter Evernote.

What is Evernote? From the Evernote website:

Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere. Did we mention that it's free?

For all of the above reasons, I love Evernote; it's perfect for storing recipes and shopping lists.  If you're at a friend's house and want to make that killer risotto recipe you have but can't seem to remember, use your friend's computer or your mobile to look up the recipe in your Evernote recipes notebook.  If you want to save paper and have an accessible shopping list, use your mobile to look up your list on Evernote.

I have a notebook in Evernote called "Recipes" that houses my favourites that I may want to access from anywhere. The tagging feature allows me to separate recipes by their type or ingredients, so finding vegetarian or chicken recipes is simple. Last but not least the powerful Web Clipper feature allows me to quickly and easily grab recipes found online and put them in my recipe notebook.

Similarly, I have an ever-changing shopping list note that stores what I need to get from the grocery store that I access from my mobile using the Evernote for Windows Mobile. I always have my mobile with me so I can (almost) never forget the list at home, and it saves on guilt from using countless scraps of paper.

If you're looking for a powerful, flexible, and portable method of storing your recipes and shopping lists, I'd highly recommend you check out Evernote.

List of Genetically Engineered Foods on Canadian Grocery Store Shelves

Know your foods! This table shows the genetically modified foods grown in Canada, and those legally allowed for importation.

There's some other great resources on the CBAN site, such as the List of the 12 genetically engineered crops and foods approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(CFIA) and Health Canada

Beer Cookies for Jac Jac

Cookies, like many other foods, have one critical flaw: they lack beer. This recipe seeks to rectify this shortcoming.

You'll need about 10 glasses of milk when you eat these. You could also serve them with coffee, port, vanilla ice cream or coffee ice cream (or any combination of the above).

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup turbino sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup good cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of teaspoon salt
1 bar good dark chocolate crushed into pea-sized chunks
1/2 cup Young's Double Chocolate Stout

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Combine butter, eggs, vanilla, stout, and sugar in a bowl, mix until combine until light and fluffy.
3. In another bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt until completely mixed.
4. Combine the two bowls until thoroughly mixed, then add the crushed chocolate bar.
5. Using a tablespoon, place rounded scoops onto baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.