It’s Friday again! Here are a few tasty links the Al Dente editors obsessed about this week:
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- Cakes and cruising, what’s not to love? (thanks @cakespy!)
- How to brew beer in a coffee maker, using only materials commonly found on a modestly-sized oceanographic research vessel.
- Next stop, county fair: Donut fries with raspberry jam and Bavarian cream dipping sauce.
- More eating local–really local: Grow culinary herbs at home.
- Best use for your homegrown herbs? Baked goat cheese.
- YumSugar’s ‘Wich of the Week: Prosciutto and mango panini.
- Woah. Pain au chocolat cinnamon rolls with crème fraîche icing and walnuts.
- Turns out Obama is a foodie from way back. And a poet too.
- Cute cupcake of the week: Coffee + Donut Cupcakes:










Photo courtesy of Just Jenn. Check out more of her fun food pics on Flickr.
While you’re out and about, reading up on food news, don’t miss Al Dente’s most popular posts of the week. Here are a few reader favorites:
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- Bobby Flay makes breakfast even better with his breakfast burger.
- Kathy Casey shares two strawberry recipes: the Strawberry Shag cocktail and a spinach and strawberry salad.



Last, but not least, I’d like to welcome two new regular contributors to Al Dente! Melissa A. Trainer is a former assistant editor at Gourmet and has written for well-known publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Real Food. Stay tuned for her posts on family-friendly eating, camping cuisine, and kitchen toys. Leslie Kelly also joins us this week, recently of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. She’s now working in restaurant kitchens in Seattle and chronicling her journey from critic to cook. Check back in to Al Dente for updates on her adventures. And don’t miss their first posts:
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- The Best (Bacon) Dessert Ever?
- Berry Good Cream–The iSi Dessert Whip Comes into Season



Did I miss a not-to-be-missed foodie link from this past week? Add a comment or tweet at me!
Have a great weekend!
–KitchenMaus
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