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The wonderful people at abc News10 in Sacramento interviewed us for the 5 o'clock news last night. It's pretty crazy to hear a Newscaster say your name in that Newscaster-y voice. We LOVE it! Check out the awesome video below.

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Just a note, E. Biters - our show is now available as a video podcast on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and you'll automatically get the newest episodes of Economy Bites downloaded to iTunes each week! Could we possibly make life easier for you? I think not!!

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When I say "Cook on Sunday, eat til Thursday," implied is the notion that Friday and Saturday are the days to EAT OUT! Last week, I fully lived the lifestyle I pitch (not to say I usually don't, but sometimes we all slip). I ate at home all week until Friday, when I started my weekend culinary adventure.

My romp began in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at The Cove where our street food loving friends at VendrTV hosted their 1 year anniversary party. Fittingly, the party was catered by 3 notable NYC food trucks: Waffels and Dinges, Calexico, and Schnitzel & Things.

AndieD, a close friend of EconomyBites, and I were two of the first five people in line for food and drink. I could explain in detail everything we ate, but I have a feeling you'd stop reading. So let me just list it for you. Between the two of us, we consumed: chicken schnitzel, bratwurst, sauerkraut, potato salad, a Schnitz burger, a chicken taco, a pulled pork taco, a waffel with nutella and bananas and 4 Brooklyn Lagers. OY!!

The truck favorites, as far as we were concerned, were the Calexico Cart tacos (which didn't surprise me at all as I've been a Calexico fan for some time now) and the Schnitz burger from Schnitzel & Things. The burger was fried (we think?) and filled with Bleu Cheese. DELICIOUS! Thanks to our friends at VendrTV for putting us out of commision for the rest of the night!

On to Saturday...

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Hey guys, we got some cool press! The folks over at Recession Wire did a write up about E. Bites, and it seems they like it! In their words,

"If the Food Network is steamy, glistening food porn, then Economy Bites is amateur food porn — in some ways all the more compelling because the technique, actors and setting are rough around the edges. Much like us."

How exciting is that? To read the rest of the review, click here

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Ebites would not be what it is without our tasty & home-made super awesome soundtrack, by Seth G Samuel, cooked last summer and eaten since.  We've just got a new variation on our Ebites theme, and we're posting it here so you can appreciate it in all its glory:

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***The Wandering Foodie - check his blog for his take on our meal together

Let me start with this: it's Thursday morning, January 14th, and I'm still, more than 12 hours after my meal with Hagan Blout of The Wandering Foodie, completely stuffed!

The Wandering Foodie's project is called 93 Plates - he's eating at a different NYC restaurant, with a different Food Blogger 3 meals a day for 31 days. I know - best job ever, right? Daniel and I were lucky enough to make his list of blogger-diners and we joined him for meal #39: dinner at DuMont in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

A personal quirk: I think the service at a restaurant is nearly as important as the food. I have a hard time enjoying even the best meal if the waiters/hosts/hostesses are rude. To that end, the people of DuMont were fabulous, really accommodating and friendly. Of course we got special treatment, but something tells me that the Dumont staff is always this way, blogger or no blogger.

On to the most important thing, the food: I can't say enough about the classic, tasty dishes at DuMont. The first course was chestnut soup, which was creamy and hearty. I use chestnuts in my Thanksgiving stuffing, and so that's what I tasted in the soup: homey, comforting Thanksgiving. Nothing better!

The soup was followed by really great scallops - nice and firm with a crispy crust - with Mitake Mushrooms and broccoli, grilled shrimp salad with fried cauliflower, crunchy chorizo and lobster vinaigrette, and pork belly with pineapple and cilantro. The shrimp was a bit on the salty side, but the pork belly was spot on - really moist and fatty. Also - pork belly and cilantro? Great combination! Who knew?

The third course was wild striped bass with herbed chowder; braised lamb shank with couscous, pomegranate seeds and eggplant caviar; and the most delicious dish we had all night: NY Strip Steak with barley risotto, Swiss chard and dried cranberries. I can't say enough about this steak - it was AMAZING. It was cooked perfectly rare, set in a bowl of this scrumptious barley risotto that was meaty and rich. Paired with the dried cranberries - the dish was fantastic. One of the best steaks I've ever had.

We also had 3 desserts - the one most worth noting was a hazelnut chocolate brownie with malt vanilla ice cream. Can you see why I'm still stuffed? Ridiculously delicious meal!

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Happy new year from the economy bites team!  We'll be back with episode 13 this week, meanwhile, here's a bit of new years cheer:

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Just a bit more of Grandma Hilde for your viewing pleasure...

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Hey folks! Enjoy a little bonus footage of my momma and I cooking up a storm in my tiny little kitchen.

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Hi, Veggie Friends!

I'm writing because I hear you're maybe a tid bit miffed. I've heard you think I'm neglecting you...and you're right. I'm sorry. I just looked back and realized that, discounting the chocolate cake because it's dessert, we've only aired one vegetarian episode so far: Hoisin Veggie Stir Fry. I'm a little embarassed; will you accept my apology?

Coming up in this, our first season, we have 2 vegetarian recipes, for your consideration. We are including a lot more vegetarian recipes in our 2nd season, which we're filming now. It'll air in March, so stay strong!

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