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With limited space I don't usually go for specialty pans but I do love this. It's the only way to include pancakes for brunch without spending the whole time in the kitchen and pretty much any batter works. I think I need to try banana nutella next.

TJ is great for great prices on olive oil, chocolate, bread, some fruit but you do want to stay away from the pre-packaged stuff. One thing that's been disappointing is that they've started to phase out of carrying other brands that I used to buy there for the steep discount like Pulgra butter by the pound, King Arthur Flour etc. for the TJ line.

The 2 1/2 hours you spend making something that takes twenty minutes to eat seems like time well spent, then you do it again the next day.

Frying an egg in high school I got distracted by something on tv and wandered away. I heard cackling and turned around to see the shadow from the flames reflected on the dining room wall. Extinguishers, firemen, insurance adjusters. Still get antsy when Im frying.

I like to soak steal cut oatmeal overnight so that it cooks in 15 minutes vs. an hour - if you're the kind of person who falls asleep thinking about breakfast - which I am.

These is my go to recipe for parties - it always works!

Is anything included anymore? I think if they have a toaster it should be no extra charge. There are a million that don't toast and that's fine but adding a surcharge seems sneaky - it's not a grocery store.

Met Food (occasionally) and Stinky's (usually) have it on Smith Street. The Key Food on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope also. If you're willing to make the trip to Sunset Park, you'll find it in all the stores up and down Fifth Avenue and the 40s.

Until recently I was more of a reader than a poster, but I do have my own blog about traditional Latin food with a focus on Cuban: http://hungrysofia.com/