bananas

Sweet Tooth

Bananas Foster Milkshake Recipe

A banana milkshake recipe with delicious history

Aug 11, 2012 2:01 pm

Photo: adactio on Flickr

Developed at Brennan’s Restaurant for a favored customer, Mr. Foster, fresh bananas sautéed in butter and brown sugar, gently spiced with cinnamon, doused with rum and flamed dramatically, and served with vanilla ice cream is a classic dessert from New Orleans. Since ice cream is part of the program already, I figured it was just one blender away from a shake.

What To Eat: Lunch

Is That A Banana In My Sandwich?

Sandwiches other than peanut butter welcome banana

Jun 5, 2012 11:31 am

It's not that bananas inherently belong in savory sandwiches, it's that they're not banned from them. You can't ban a banana. Say that five times fast. Anyway, by keeping an open mind you can pull off sweet-umami, rich, buttery, smooth and many other positive sandwich adjectives using bananas.

Burger of the Week

St. Croix: Elvis Burger, Fit For A King

A peanut butter and banana burger blows our mind

Apr 25, 2012 4:01 pm

Photo: Jane Watkins

At eat @ cane bay, chef/owner Frank Pugliese offers a make-your-own burger setup that lets you construct a masterpiece from sexy toppings like jalapeno cream cheese, smoked duck chili, and even a slab of seared foie gras. If you want to leave it up to the experts, however, you'll find the Burger of the Month listed on a chalkboard facing the sparkling Cane Bay. This month, they're serving The Elvis, a burger fit for The King.

Brunch

Easy Banana Pancakes Recipe

You only need one recipe for banana pancakes

Feb 25, 2012 11:01 am

Photo: stevecoutts on Flickr

Last weekend we conducted a word association survey to decide which basic and necessary pancake recipe to run. As it turns out, just as many people want the best recipe for banana pancakes as they do for blueberry. Making banana pancakes is about as easy as adding sliced bananas to our perfect pancake batter. Actually it's exactly that easy.

What To Eat: Lunch

In Praise Of Plantains

Plant a few "cooking bananas" in your lunch

Jan 5, 2012 12:31 pm

My favorite part of ordering from any kind of Latin, African, Caribbean or even Southeast Asian restaurant is the inevitable procuring of a massive side (read: plate piled high) of fried plantains. That's right, I'm too lazy to fry bananas. Unless they're these bananas.

Brunch

Bananas Foster Pancakes Recipe

Bananas go great with pancakes — fire it up!

Dec 17, 2011 11:01 am

Photo: Avid Hills on Flickr

If you're not a fan of buttery, liquored-up sweetness, we've got a Mediterranean brown rice salad that's probably right up your alley. But if the thought of fluffy, homemade pancakes covered in Bananas Foster sauce gets you into the kitchen, we guarantee you won't regret rolling out of bed.

Brunch

Banana-Stuffed French Toast Recipe

Stuffed revolution, meet a sweet banana brunch dish

Sep 25, 2011 10:01 am

Photo: perry_marco on Flickr

There is absolutely nothing like awesome food stuffed with awesome food, and banana-stuffed French toast is no exception. That has sneak attack written all over it. As in, “Surprise, babe! You thought it was just French toast. Well guess what? You’re better than that.”

Talking Points

All You Can Eat Week on NPR

Fresh Air takes on the food world

Aug 31, 2011 2:31 pm

Photo: stankuns on Flickr

If you’ve ever listened to NPR, specifically Fresh Air, you know that Terry Gross’ soothing voice draws you to the radio like a moth to a flame. This week we have even more reason to switch on the radio (or NPR online player) since Fresh Air has decided to devote the entire week’s programming to interviews about food, dubbing it...