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Reader: How could you forget Homer’s low-fat exploding eclair?

Tom Colicchio -- or a reasonable facsimile -- will guest star on The Simpsons later this month, which inspired our look back at some of the great Simpsons food scenes. Wonders Wratha: How could you not include any scenes from the episode where Homer is a food critic? The "low...
By Patricia Calhoun
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Tom Colicchio — or a reasonable facsimile — will guest star on The Simpsons later this month, which inspired our look back at some of the great Simpsons food scenes.

Wonders Wratha:

How could you not include any scenes from the episode where Homer is a food critic? The “low fat” exploding eclair is a classic.

Tk has a few more:

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Homer’s Moon Waffle

Caramel, waffle batter, liquid smoke cooked on a waffle iron. then wrapped around a stick of butter and eaten off of a toothpick, classic!

and often found in the Simpsons’ cupboards

Nuts and gum, together at last!

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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