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September 24, 2002
Peter Gabriel is finally releasing a new Album

"US" will be the first pop album Peter Gabriel has released in a decade. While he has produced a number of soundtracks, including "The Rabbit Proof Fence" which I picked up recently at Reckless Records. (I am definitely looking forwards to seeing and hearing it on the big screen, it is a great album!

The Salon article that I linked to doesn't mention the soundtracks that he has worked on, which I find to be an odd omission considering how fantastic they are. My all time favorite Peter Gabriel album remains Passion: The Soundtrack for the Last Temptation of Christ.

Posted by Patrick at 02:04 PM
This is just wrong: Deep Fried Twinkies

Okay, this just leaves me speechless. Does this really sound tasty to you?

All of this has come as a surprise to the dessert's inventor, Christopher Sell, a 36-year-old Brit who owns the Park Slope ChipShop in Brooklyn, N.Y.

His fish-and-chips restaurant was already serving up deep-fried Mars, Snickers and other chocolate bars -- treats that originated in Scotland and have since become a staple at U.S. fairgrounds -- when his general manager suggested he toss a Twinkie into the vat of oil. Just to see.

"So we did, and it was good, and we put it on the menu . . . as a joke almost," he said. It might have ended there, except that a New York Times food writer tried one and wrote a positive review last May. Soon, the Food Network and CNBC were calling.

The secret to making a deep-fried Twinkie, he says, is to place it in the fridge first to give it more stability. He then rolls it in flour, covers it with batter -- the same that he uses on fish -- and plunks it into the oil.

 

Posted by Patrick at 01:27 PM
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