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Holiday Recipe Resources

November 21, 2010 By Justin Levy 2 Comments

Anyone that knows me knows that I’m a huge foodie. I guess that’s what you would expect out of a restauranteur, huh? Because of this, the holiday season is my favorite time of the year. It’s a chance to have traditional dishes while an opportunity to experiment with new recipes. Whenever I’m itching for a new recipe, I have a quick list of resources that I turn to.

As we head into the holiday season many of us will be gathering together with friends, family and colleagues. So, I thought that I would share just a few of my favorite resources:

Besides these resources, there are thousands of food blogs out there, many of which you can find through FoodGawker and FoodBuzz. Also, several of these resources also have iPhone and iPad apps available.

Additionally, I’ve spent the past year or so gathering a list of 275+ recipes over on Delicious that you can also search through and also have a food blog (which has been woefully neglected lately), Prime Cuts.

Do you have a favorite food blog that you find as a great resource? Add them below in the comments so the rest of us can go check it out.

Oh, and these resources are great for any other time of the year too.

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Filed Under: Holidays Tagged With: food, Holidays, recipes, resources

Get Your Chipotle On – iPhone Style!

August 29, 2009 By Justin Levy 18 Comments

Ok, anyone that follows me on Twitter knows that I have a slight obsession with chips & salsa. It doesn’t end there though. I’m ALWAYS down for a little Mexican. One of my favorite places to grab good, fast Mexican is Chipotle Mexican Grill. They make your food to order and right in front of you allowing you to customize your taco, burrito or salad as you go.

Separately from my obsession with Mexican food, I had been waiting for an iPhone app to come out that would allow you to complete the ENTIRE ordering process for a restaurant from your phone. You see, I want to be able to take care of everything on my phone, walk in, grab my bag o’ food and walk out. There have been a couple of apps that have come out, but none of them were for restaurants that I tend to go to. No help there.

Enter the Chipotle Mexican Grill iPhone app.

The app is location-based so grant it permission and it will find the closest Chipotle to you. You can view their entire menu, including pictures of the food. You can place an order and pay for it (securely, of course). All from your iPhone. For those of us (ahem, pointing a finger at myself) that tend to be frequent customers, you can even make an entire purchase a “favorite”. So, the next time you have a craving, all you have to do is load up your favorite order, pay and you’re off to the races. Of course, you have to sign up for an account for it to remember all of that, but hey, what DON’T you have to sign up for an account with nowadays.

This isn’t the first time the app was released. Back in January Chipotle apparently tried releasing this app into the wild. It did so well that the app couldn’t handle it so it had to be taken down, the process refined and now it’s back.

Have you tried this app yet? What are your thoughts about completing an entire food order from your phone? I’m curious to hear your thoughts…

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