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Does anyone else hate blackberries?

To me they taste like soap. I can't stand them. I can't even eat "Mixed Berry" yogourt because I can discern the soapiness. Do I have a weird chemical imbalance or brain tumour? (anyone remember the "Dr. Penfield, I smell...

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How Do You Cut Your Pizza?

A recent New York Times article highlighted a newly introduced long knife for cutting pizza. Do you use the traditional pizza wheel or another tool? I like using poultry shears myself....

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Pizza Tastes Better with Cooked Sauce!

OK, let the war begin. I've tried all the suggestions about just putting crushed tomatoes on pizza, but in my opinion a cooked sauce has more flavor. No more raw tomatoes on my pizzas, from now on it's well cooked,...

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Favorite Potato Chips?

We're looking to do a taste test of plain potato chips, preferably kettle cooked. What brands should we check out? Do you have any regional favorites, perhaps something we're unlikely to find near SE world headquarters in NYC? We want...

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Travel eats: Cheap local, fancy local, or fancy-fancy?

I got back last week from Curacao and noticed while I was on the island there seemed to be 3 basic types of restaurants that were always full. The first were the small food stands, often a bar/restaurant, most were...

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What do you wear when you're cooking?

I got caught totally off guard this weekend while at home trying out some new recipes -- out-of-town relatives drop by! So here I am in my hole-filled t-shirt and bleach splattered shorts greeting guests. So I get ot thinking...

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What's Your Favorite Topping for Ice Cream?

I've been looking for new ice cream ideas and will be trying some later on. However, I'm also looking to perk up ice cream that's store bought or perhaps is served sometime during a meal. I don't mean stir-ins while...

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Big Meal Eater or Snacker?

As I've gotten older I find that I no longer look forward to huge meals, but would rather snack on much smaller meals much more often. Tonight I made corned beef and simply eat sliced corned beef with some green...

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Which is your Favorite/Least Favorite Culinary Herb?

I wish I could create a poll for this topic. Anyway, in regard to the basic, fresh and readily available herbs (not lemon thyme or Thai basil), choose one favorite and one least favorite and explain why you chose these....

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What kind of chocolate do you prefer?

At first, I was going to ask what type of dark chocolate everyone liked, by the percentage of cocoa, but then I realized that some people don't like dark chocolate (gasp!) I'm talking about chocolate that you would eat straight,...

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