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Review - Imo's Pizza Hot Wings - St. Louis Wings, Part One
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Great Wings of St. Louis, Part One - Imo's Hot Wings
I'm beginning a series that features most the best chicken wings for sale in the greater St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. To kick off the reviews, I'll focus on one of my personal favorites, Imo's Pizza's Hot Wings.
Now some of you may know Imo's as the preeminent dealer of what is known as St. Louis-style pizza. If you're unfamiliar with the term, this version of pizza is characterized by a wafer-thin crust that's similar to a cracker (albeit with a little chewiness), and is topped with a sweet tomato sauce and super-rich Provel processed cheese. I've never seen a pizza so polarizing - it even trumps the Chicago vs New York style wars, in my estimation. Either you hate it with all your soul or you crave it night and day - there is no middle. I'm firmly entrenched in the camp that loves St. Louis-style pie.
But that's a topic for another day. What I'll put my attention on this time is the highly underrated Imo's Hot Wings...
Awesomely Creative Logos That Will Inspire You
Smashing Magazine has gathered 50 different absolutely brilliant logos from corporations and organizations that will make you think second-guess what your previous definitions of the word "creative" is. All are vivid, colorful, and clever; and most have imagery that reflect the company's name.
Take a look at the logo above for Fold It; not only does it display "folds" in the letter "f", but the folds themselves turn into a letter "i", making the initials of the name. Presented in an ultramodern font, cool colors and gradients, and you have the epitome of one slick logo.
Link: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/01/drawing-inspiration-from-creative-logos/
Roasting Chiles the Alton Brown Way
Excerpt courtesy of Serious Eats:
"..Here are step-by-step directions:
1. Place the metal steamer insert on top of one burner on your stove's gas burner. Fill the steamer insert with chiles but do not overload. Make sure to trim off the stems of the chiles or you could have a mini fire on your hands. (Ahem. Speaking from experience.)
2. Turn on the gas burner and stand back. Open windows, turn on fans, etc., in your home. Cook the chiles until..."
Creative Lego Advertisements
Speckboy.com has compiled a bunch of clever and creative print ads for Lego blocks. I especially love the extremely simplistic advertisements, such as the ones with the shadows.
Link: http://speckyboy.com/2009/03/16/39-creative-lego-advertisements-creativty-without-bricks
If Star Wars Was a 1970s TV Show
Classic!
Squeez Bacon - Real Bacon in a Squeezable Bottle
If only this were was the real deal - Squeez Bacon. This is paste made from 100% fully-cooked bacon that has been available in Sweden for decades and is now for sale to anyone in the U.S. through ThinkGeek...or is it?;-).
Now if someone would just make a squeezable buffalo chicken wing (including real wing meat) I could die a happy man.;-)
Link: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html.
Ten Ingredients in Your Kitchen You Cannot Live Without
What are the ten food items in your kitchen you cannot do without? Most of us in the western world will have ingredients such as milk, eggs, butter/margarine, sugar and some type of flour on hand, but what else do you need (or makes it hard to get by without) for everyday cooking and meal creation?
1. Garlic Powder - I'll add this stuff to a wide variety of dishes. It's almost as good and universally useful as salt, even if it's just a pinch. If a recipe calls for fresh garlic, then I'll use fresh garlic. But for things that need a quick "spicing up", garlic powder is the answer.
2. Shredded Cheese - Preferably cheddar, or a colby/monterey jack blend. I'm a cheese lover, and there are all kinds of things that can benefit from the addition of a little sprinkle of the shredded stuff. For virtually all Italian dishes, mozzarella or parmesan is a requirement.....
Jungle Jim's Weekend of Fire Salsa Contest
If you are a professional salsa maker and you think your salsa is better than the rest, then I have a contest for YOU. Bret Vitek of Jungle Jim's International Market will offer to buy a total of 35 cases of salsa for this contest. PLUS, for Labor Day Weekend, Jungle Jim's will feature the winning salsa in their weekly newsletter which reaches over 50,000 residents in the Cincinnati area in one of their biggest shopping weeks of the year. A value of $300 for the ad, for FREE to that winning salsa company.
CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE DETAILS!
The Hot Pepper Awards 2009 is Now Accepting Entries
THPA is a fiery-foods competition accepting hot products of all kinds. Categories include Hot Sauce, BBQ Sauce, Salsa, Dry Spice (seasonings, rubs, mixes...), Condiment (ketchup, mustard, steak sauce...), Sweet Condiment (jelly, jam, honey...), Snack/Sweet (jerky, chips, candy...), Extreme Product, and Open Class (miscellaneous hot), with many sub-categories.
THPA is hosted by thehotpepper.com, the Internet's leading community for spicy food lovers and creators. Only the best will be awarded The Hot Pepper Award.
Why Enter?
Show the Industry and consumers that you have an award-winning product. When it carries the seal of The Hot Pepper Awards, it not only signifies a win, but a win in a competition that cares about quality.
Winners receive exposure to the Industry and free advertising packages. Previous winners have received feature articles in various newspapers and magazines and have noted an increase in sales due to the Awards.
Full details at www.thehotpepperawards.com
Cool Base Jump Video
This is totally insane. Click the image to watch the video:
Review - Benito's Meme's Mango Habanero, Joe's #1 Jalapa, and Old Bricktucky Hot Sauces
In this review I'll try out three more of Benito's colorful, organic hot sauces - the green Joe's #1 Jalapa, the yellow Meem's Mango Habanero, and the orange Old Bricktucky Cayenne. Because of the high marks I had previously given to the Naranja Organic Hot Sauce, I had lofty expectations for these other offerings.
Only in Missouri
Only in Missouri can we get snow a few weeks after we hit a couple of days with above 80 degree temps. Of course, it's just par for the course for us residents dealing with this usual yo-yo weather.
Need Help Managing Twitter? Here's More Than 100 Twitter Tools
Overwhelmed by Twitter? Do you wish there were some sites and tools that will help you better manage your account, your friends and followers, and be more productive?
Here's a list of more than 100 Twitter tools. While it's certainly not comprehensive (there were a few sites I noticed that were missing even upon a quick study), this list contains most of the useful resources you need to get you on your way to better tweeting.
Serious Heat: Five of the Best Spicy Lollipops
From Serious Eats:
"While some need the pep of an afternoon cup of joe, I used to have a midday addiction to Atomic Fireballs. But inside that hard red candy there's a fleeting cinnamon heat that disappears into blandness sooner than I'd like. What's a way better choice? Spicy lollipops speckled with chiles, which contain a continual explosion of sugary fire. Don't make the mistake of newbies, who sometimes underestimate the power of these candies. According to Kathy Mitchell, accounts manager for the Grover, California-based Hotlix, 'When we're at trade shows with the lollipops, some people try them and then say their mouths are burning off.' Don't say we didn't warn you - here's a rundown of our favorites..".
Link: http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/03/serious-heat-favorite-spicy-hot-lollipops-candy.html
What Time Means to Radio Hosts
You know how it is when listening to terrestrial radio (you still do listen to it, don't you?) - you get in your car, you hear 15 to 20 minutes of annoying commercials, mindless chit-chat, a song you absolutely loathe, and then FINALLY a song you love...30 seconds before you arrive at your destination.
Something similar applies to talk radio shows and hosts. They promise a good segment, a special guest, a juicy topic, an important announcement, an answer to a trivia question that's been bugging the heck out of you, or whatever it may be. They they force you to wait. They string you along, blabbing and droning on and on about something that is about as interesting as a piece of dress shirt cardboard. They unknowingly tease you along while the seconds tick away before you pull in your work parking lot or your driveway...
