{"id":25055,"date":"2011-11-05T14:07:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T21:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=25055"},"modified":"2011-11-05T14:07:27","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T21:07:27","slug":"links-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=25055","title":{"rendered":"Links of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/LinkLove.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25558\" title=\"LinkLove\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/LinkLove-300x81.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/LinkLove-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/LinkLove.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/richard-blais\/how-running-saved-this-chefs-life_b_1030743.html?ref=food\">How Running Save My Life<\/a> &#8211; <em>Has fitness saved your life? Tell me your story!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What a great article! I&#8217;m such a huge Top Chef fan and I loved reading this great article about Richard Blais. The photo of him &#8220;before&#8221; was rather shocking. I know him as the skinny chef from Top Chef All Stars. What an inspiring read!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/life\/a_fine_whine\/2011\/10\/restaurant_wait_times_why_they_re_unreasonable_.html\">Foodie Death Sentance<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <em>How long are you willing to wait in line for a trendy restaurant?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It seems that the new fad in Portland trendy restaurants is places that don&#8217;t take reservations and the lines are always long. The first place that comes to my mind is Pok Pok&#8211;a trendy, awesome restaurant that <strong>always<\/strong>\u00a0has a long line. Even on a Tuesday night. Why is this the new trend? Why can&#8217;t people make dinner reservations anymore?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/galleries\/2011\/10\/24\/the-20-unhealthiest-cereals-from-capn-crunch-to-honey-smacks-to-quaker-granola-photos.html\">20 Unhealthiest Cereals<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<em>\u00a0Of course it&#8217;s all the cereal <strong>I<\/strong>\u00a0like!!\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>And your cooking lesson of the day&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/blogs\/mouthing-off\/2011\/10\/25\/5-ways-to-ruin-pasta\">5 Ways to Ruin Pasta<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Some Link Love for Blogs<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rageyourwaythin.com\/2011\/10\/advice-from-your-aunt-michelle-the-list\/\">Advice From Your Aunt Michelle \u2013 The List<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rageyourwaythin.com\/2011\/10\/5-things-you-shouldnt-say-to-people-who-are-losing-weight\/#comment-1455\">5 Things You Shouldn\u2019t Say To People Who Are Losing Weight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/sweet-potato-soup-102511-wdc-380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25264\" title=\"sweet-potato-soup-102511-wdc-380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/sweet-potato-soup-102511-wdc-380-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/sweet-potato-soup-102511-wdc-380-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/sweet-potato-soup-102511-wdc-380.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Must. Try. This&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycandy.com\/all-cities\/article\/112854\/Soupergirls-Lentil-Sweet-Potato-Apple-Soup-Fall-Soup-Recipes\">Soupergirl&#8217;s Lentil Sweet Potato Apple Soup<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Some Book Love<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Recently I read a good book too: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cooking-Dirty-Story-Death-Kitchen\/dp\/0374289212\">Cooking Dirty<\/a>. It&#8217;s a memoir of a writer\/chef detailing his life in the kitchen. It starts with his first job as a dishwasher at a pizzeria and goes from there. The book is gritty and raw. It&#8217;s kind of a cross between Jack Kerouac and Anthony Bourdain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/food_roundup3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25559\" title=\"food_roundup3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/food_roundup3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/food_roundup3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/food_roundup3.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8220;I wrote an essay about what it was like during those cooking classes I gave to look up and see fifty stick-thin, health-conscious suburban housewives squirming uncomfortably in their chairs and watching the mounting horror as I added pound after pound of high-fat European butter to my sauce, about all of them staring at me with equal parts lust and revulsion&#8211;as though I were up at the front of the room chopping up kittens for stew, but then dipping the kittens in yummy, yummy chocolate.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The writing is crisp and concise with sarcastic stories, vulgar language and mysterious &#8220;kitchen&#8221; language thrown in. (I have no idea what their short-hand language means!) It&#8217;s a really good read and a way different view than reality TV shows of what cooking is really like! Read it!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>QUESTION: You want to link to something you&#8217;ve written and are proud of? Comment here!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; How Running Save My Life &#8211; Has fitness saved your life? Tell me your story! What a great article! I&#8217;m such a huge Top Chef fan and I loved reading this great article about Richard Blais. The photo of him &#8220;before&#8221; was rather shocking. 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