CK Food Links--Friday July 11, 2008

I'm going to try a new feature here at CK and run an occasional links post of any particularly good recipes and other food- (and non-food) related sites I think are worth passing along.

Many of you already know that I have just a little bit more time on my hands these days--hopefully I can put all this extra websurfing I'm doing to good use by helping locate some of the good stuff out there in cyberspace.
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Two spectacular and highly original margarita variants from Well Fed:
1) Smoky Grilled Grapefruit Margarita
2) The Sueño
To borrow a quote from the late, great George Carlin, "One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor."

CheapHealthyGood: 20 Cheap, Healthy Dishes Made From 10 Pantry Staples
With limited space in her pantry, Kris at CHG shows how she can make a preposterously wide range of dishes from a modest stash of inexpensive staples. This is a classic example of 80/20 thinking, and her post makes for pragmatic advice that anyone can put to good use.

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies with Maple Cinnamon Glaze from Never Bashful With Butter:
What's fascinating to me is the variety of reactions to this recipe, ranging from horror at the blasphemy of combining bacon with a chocolate chip cookie, to intense curiosity at such a bizarre food combination. I'm still reeling from reading it.

The Human Mirror:
Nothing to do with cooking, and admittedly this has been picked up by some other sites already, but this is a world-class prank. And it's so New York.

Lord of the Wings
An Ontario-based blogger in search of the perfect chicken wing. Could there possibly be a better idea for a blog? Includes wings and hot sauce reviews with an elaborate ratings scale--including "burn chronology" (I can tell I'd like this guy). I particularly enjoyed reading about his pilgrimmage to Buffalo, NY, and his intense disappointment with his visit to the restaurant that was supposedly the birthplace of the chicken wing:

So, like with all religions, my faith was somewhat shattered. Fortunately, I have had excellent wings elsewhere in the world. Don't get me wrong, The Anchor Bar is a cherished site, it has given a gift to the world that the world can never repay. But in the evolutionary chart, the wing has definitely grown up since leaving Buffalo.

And I thought he'd complain about the weather. Anyone who's ever gotten their hopes up a bit too high and had them dashed should sympathize.