dannisree
Dennis Lee
dannisree
Staff writer at The Takeout. Also: Saveur Humor Blog Award Winner, professional pizza maker, and insufferable troublemaker.

I really appreciate your insider knowledge on this stuff! It’s cool to learn about. Read more

Mine is in the mail, please report back with your experience! Read more

While I have the same problem, I looked closely at the roller and found out there’s a packet opening section on the device that slices it for you! Read more

Thanks for the catch. I noticed shortly after what my mistake was and promptly forgot to fix it, because I am a clown. Read more

Wait did they glue the English muffins to the top of that sandwich maker for that pic? If they did, that’s hilarious. Read more

Whoa. I guess everybody loves chicken noodle soup! I guess I don’t have the popular opinion...dangit. Read more

Okay, all of this makes sense. I don’t know if mine is older but it doesn’t beep at me, though. I got it a long time ago! I’ll keep this all in mind and have been thinking about whippin’ it back out, I just need English muffins, which I forgot to get the last time I was out. Read more

Yeah, that fact is acknowledged at the end. I am totally able-bodied, so the typical egg prep isn’t an issue for me (which I am grateful for, daily). However, also as someone who’s fine with mobility, I can’t conceive of the idea that these things help that much. Like the Eggstractor, holy crap was that thing hard to Read more

Have you ever tried Chao? It’s not for pizza, it comes in slices, but I could eat that stuff all day. Read more

I can totally see that. I think all fledgling careers have their missteps right at the beginning, and I grew to love what he would go on to do. A Cook’s Tour is this look backwards in time for someone so many people loved, and remembering that he too made what we’d consider missteps kinda reminds me of my own Read more

I see you, Simon - I think there’s some funny business going on, I can’t see that comment in our system anywhere, including the grays. If you see this happening again somewhere, let me know again and I can do some further investigation. Read more

I’m sorry about the joint issues. Talking about stuff like that isn’t easy in any regard. Read more

Oh man. Monster mistake on my part and thanks for pointing that out. My English degree never did help with my sense of geography. Read more

Thank you for telling us! This makes more sense. I think that goes to show that it’s hard for us to read into details like that in a press release because sometimes it’s hard to understand. Read more

I was reaching back to when I was a kid. It was literally the only thing people would understand, and when you say it a dozen times, you default to what works, you know? Plus then I’d have to brace for the fact that people would call it “weird” right afterwards so at some point I just stopped wanting to bother. Read more

I told myself that I’d do my best to smoke through Thanksgiving. Smoked turkey here we come, baby! Read more

While I don’t have a brand rec for you (since I haven’t branched out that much yet), a friend of mine has a tabletop pellet smoker that’s perfect for city life if you have a balcony or back porch. Look for one that’s shaped sort of like a suitcase with a hinge lid, and the added benefit is that they come cheaper than Read more

I like the 2 rotisserie or fried chickens for $10! But we live far from a Mariano’s so going to one is kind of a treat these days. Read more

Damn. I felt vindicated for a second, and for a moment I experienced the true free spirit of eating. Now I am back down to earth where commenters will mock me. Read more