Rachael Ray is on it.
Posted by: Christopher Werner on Jan 31, 2011 at 03:38PM
Rachael Ray and Serious Eats dig Monster Dogs. Photo courtesy Monster Dogs.
So Every Day with Rachael Ray and the blog Serious Eats are buddying up to determine America’s best hot dog. You may recall they did this last year, only with pizza. For this year’s quest, three serious eaters from Serious Eats set out for more than 55 cities across the U.S., eventually locating the country’s top 64 franks. That list, first rolled out a couple of days ago and divided by region, has since been narrowed down to 16 contenders. Among them: Seattle’s Monster Dogs.
Monster Dogs, whose motto reads “BECAUSE SIZE DOES MATTER…ours are bigger!”, maintains eight stations throughout the city and is a favorite of Pike/Pine late-night spillover, thanks in part to a generous slather of cream cheese lining the bun.
We’ll know whether that cheesy touch is enough to secure Monster the title of America’s best dog imminently—she of the raspy voice will continue to pare down the contenders throughout the week. Keep tabs on the Rachael Ray site.
Worth noting: Po Dog also received a mention but promptly got booted by Casper’s Famous Hot Dogs of Albany, California.
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Seattle restaurants stir up strong feelings among the stars.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Jan 27, 2011 at 12:29PM
Ernst Borgnine tips his hat to Volterra. The Seattle restaurant’s chef will create small plates for an event honoring the legendary actor this weekend.
I was at an Indian food restaurant called Poppy in Seattle and I got a little hysterical over it. They made pre-made selected plates. I think the highlight for me was an eggplant French fry with lavender honey.
That’s Jewel, the singer and actress (Who will saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave your soul?), responding to a CNN Eatocracy interviewer who asked her about the last meal that made her cry. A commenter on the post got pedantic about Jewel calling the food “pre-made,” and about the fact that Poppy isn’t technically an Indian restaurant. Fair points, but why quibble with compliments? Jewel loves Poppy and so do we.
Meanwhile it seems Don Curtiss, chef at Ballard neighborhood favorite Volterra, will travel to L.A. this weekend to chef a party celebrating the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award winner. SAG is honoring actor Ernest Borgnine, whose daughter ate at Volterra while visiting Seattle in 2006 and wound up smitten with the Tuscan-inspired fare—so smitten, in fact, she asked that Curtiss and his wife Michelle Quisenberry make the food on her father’s big night. The couple will give a cooking demo and serve small plates including wild boar tenderloin to invitees at a poolside party celebrating Borgnine’s award.
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