SNACK TIME: Chainsaw chat-n-chew, vegetarian riffing on Southwark's meaty menu, the gourmet shop of the future, mid-rare blondies, sniffing out the stinkers with Madame Fromage

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SNACK TIME: Chainsaw chat-n-chew, vegetarian riffing on Southwark's meaty menu, the gourmet shop of the future, mid-rare blondies, sniffing out the stinkers with Madame Fromage

POSTED: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 4:28 PM
Filed Under: Snack Time
Phoodie.info
John "Chainsaw" Taus, rising star

Every Wednesday, Meal Ticket pokes around the food blog world to see what's simmering.

-- Collin Flatt of Phoodie.info spends a few hours with John "Chainsaw" Taus, exec chef at the recently three-belled Snackbar. Find out from whence that tough nickname comes, where to find the best and possibly illegal kimchi and which common breakfast cereal terrifies him, all in Flatt's piece.

-- Messy and Picky re-create Southwark's "single, huge, 9" slab of delicious belly fat", otherwise known as smoked-and-barbecued pork belly with baked beans, wilted collards and Birchrun Hills Blue cheese sauce -- with Ray's Seitan.� They are also interested in vegan-izing the blue cheese sauce, so if you have any hints, get at 'em.

-- Ashley Primis profiles the next generation of corner store, pointing up the gourmet treats and staple items at Good Food Market and Green Aisle Grocery in The Restaurant Club.

-- That precocious� Foodie At Fifteen evangelizes home-cooked holiday gifts in his school paper, even sharing his recipe for mid-rare blondies with his Lower Merion mates.

-- If you haven't yet sniffed out Madame Fromage, get over to Tenaya's blog to� learn how to host a Raclette party in true Swiss style or properly appreciate some California Purple Haze, by the makers of the legendary Humboldt Fog.


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