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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

it is nice and all but has an elitist feel - both the previous US team guys seemed snotty -not what i like about food

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

If Kevin survives he should be favored in the finals as this is not his style of cooking

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From Serious Eats

Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

it is nice and all but has an elitist feel - both the previous US team guys seemed snotty -not what i like about food

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

If Kevin survives he should be favored in the finals as this is not his style of cooking

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Use for pork bones?

what do you u use pork stock in?

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Cider fermentation question

hopefully the water wasnt too hot. those little bubbles seem right - they sorta look like soda carbonation. should be going by tomorrow

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Cider fermentation question

When did u start it? Did u add yeast?

I make mine from my own apples and dont add yeast - usually takes 4-6 days to start bubbling. With added yeast should take 1-2 days at most. Check your airlock and cover for fermenter that you dont have air leaks otherwise u will get vinegar. U can also take a specific gravity readings to check if your airlock isnt working.

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Kitchenaid smells...

@JT: Right...now might has it normal?

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Help me understand a confusing Giada salad

@gastronmeg - my 3 yr old son and I enjoy Giada or as she is known in our house "Giada Big Boobs" - we just turn down the volume and watch

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Kitchenaid smells...

"read the book"? maybe i was using it too slow, i used the slowest setting for the dough hook - i will try it next time, thanks

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Kitchenaid smells...

not sure of the exact size, it is the Artisan model and when i am using a stiff dough of about 6-8 cups flour it may happen

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Help me understand a confusing Giada salad

You are probably missing the low cut blouse that is kinda out of place in the kitchen.

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What's Your Favorite Sandwich?

Homemade LOBSTER ROLL with mayo/chives and roll covered in butter then pan fried...

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Pizza: A cure for the blues?

@finewinedine - even though i am happily married...i love you. For all i know you are a man, woman or a piece of wood it doesnt matter, we are a match

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What strange food combos do you partake in or have you seen?

Cheese pizza with chocolate cookies on the side...even a hershey's bar will do, yum.

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Gluten Free Dessert Ideas?

My wife and father inlaw are celiacs and I have the Ultimate Recipe

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/throwdown-with-bobby-flay/red-velvet-cupcakes-recipe/index.html

I use Pamelas mix of Gluten free flour - they are to die for, I usually half the recipe as it makes like 16 super large muffins, also you will need to add more flour then the recipe calls for, just keep adding until it seems "right" but the icing is the bomb. In fact you could simply make the icing and put it on a spoon and people would love it.

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Your Clever SE Name

I am a Montreal Canadiens hockey fan and at the arena the guys who sell beer in the stands say it in french then english over and over and over....

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Does one need a microwave?

From your link

CAUTION: Your microwave oven is capable of giving you a serious electrical shock, even when it is unplugged. We strongly suggest you seek the assistance of an appliance repair technician when conducting any microwave oven repair.

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Does one need a microwave?

@ pavlov the service call is $130 my well healed friend for the $1.22 fuse. Cant repair by oneself as they hold a lethal voltage even when unplugged - maybe you weren't aware of this we fact...hence the question

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Does one need a microwave?

@squeeze agreed but the oven can melt and heat too - until it blows a fuse, then i have my wood cookstove...

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What Are We Eating Today-10/14

B:cereal (fart smart...) and 2 sunny side up home grown eggs with butter
L: leftover roast chicken with polenta
D: basmati rice with peas, tofu in bbqsauce (alton brown) and pan-seared brussels sprouts in mustard and honey sauce

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Italian Frying Peppers

I have grown "Jimmy Nardelo's" before as an example (http://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/seeds_pic.php?pic=3730).
They are banana shaped turn red, very mild, no heat. To cook them i cut them into strips, pan fried in olive oil, put on slice of italian bread then broiled with mozzarella and basil.

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Do you know where your hamburg is coming from?

Actually grinding your meat is safer. Steaks are possibly contaminated on the surface of the meat not the inside so when you grind you have a better percentage of not having e coli in the center of your burger. Wheras at a butcher the ground meat has the potential to harbor bacteria all the way thru and replicate to higher numbers thus needing to be cooked thru.
This is providing you dont have animal feces strewn about your kitchen as you grind your meat...which on a bad day can happen.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Michael, aka the douchey, backwards behatted bro, just doesn't get it. He's got a lot of chops but his ideas are masturbatory in their complexity. Simpler, well-executed & flavorful food always wins over a plate full of 40 different flavors of nouvelle late 80's 'America-in-its-fine-food-infancy' style cooking. He's like a kid with his or her first giant box of crayons - bizarre rainbows everywhere, well-drawn rainbows perhaps, but those colors don't work together. His ego is the one who does the cooking, not him.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

I heart Kevin, or as he's known in my house, "Teddy Ruxpin." Food doesn't have to be overcomplicated to be special. He knows that. Everything he's made this season has made me drool.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Moe: “Bring us your finest food stuffed with the second finest.” Waiter: “Excellent, sir. Lobsters stuffed with tacos."

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Haven't seen the episode yet (we seem to be a week behind in Canada), but I'm rooting for Kevin. Michael can complain all he wants about Kevin's dishes, but the guy is consistently in the top, or winning. It's that simple. He can cook very, very well, and can create dishes that fit the challenge. The fact that he has such a great attitude just makes him look better, and will serve to bolster what will undoubtedly be a long and stellar career.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Call me crazy, but I think Bryan would like to kick Michael down a couple of notches too. Giving Kevin some sous vide pointers and ultimately having him win the challenge has to really be p*ssing Michael off.

Nice little kick to his baby brat brother.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Michael V is arrogant; criticizing Kevin's food is classless and also shows he's a sore loser and most likely jealous of Kevin's success on the show. As long as the judges like it, who gives a s**t what he or anyone else on the show for that matter, thinks?

I already knew Eli was going home before the judgine even began because the final four are the strongest chefs left and he was the weakest one left. Jen has improved, but her ability to work under pressure is seriously questionable.

I really like Kevin; not only is he kicking ass, his personality is GREAT! Humbleness is ALWAYS a good trait! He is polite and gracious after every win and often encourages his competition. Kevin is full of class something Michael V. lacks in the worst way.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

"Kevins food is the kind of food I cook on my day off." Please. MV is losing fans fast. I just don't understand why he can't give credit where it is due. Lighten up Bro. When Bryan told Kevin about the proper temp, and said I'm not sure if my brother would have...no way he would have. I understand it's a competition, but quit being a sore loser Michael. Kevin wins it all, I hope.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

@smackrabbit: Robin would've said, "I had breast cancer so my dish is pretty lame but simple, and I think I deserve to be here."

Translated: Glad she's gone.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Lots of "yay, Jen!" Interesting.

Chicks rooting on gender and not merit, I think.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Wow, that was hard to watch (at least until the right person got the boot). The next two weeks will be brutal.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Went to a top chef event tonight and Kevin was gracious (Padma as well.)

It was funny to watch Kevin laugh when Michael made his conceited, overblown comments. Completely gracious.

Gavin was there and when Kevin disagreed with his comments they both looked at each other and laughed...adorable. Even before I had met him, I had hoped Kevin would win it all!

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Tom knew it and even commented on it. I am thrilled Kevin won and can't wait for the 2011 Bocuse D'or!!

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

I felt like Jen and Bryan did admirable enough jobs to be safe, so it was between Eli and Michael for elimination. I kind of thought it might have been Michael, which would have ruined my guess for who the final four would be.

Given that they had nowhere close to enough time to make something that would really meet Bocuse D'or standards, I think Kevin's strategy of doing something a little simpler and doing it all right was the right one. Also, it wasn't that much playing it safe...as he used a technique he'd never done before in making it. Not that the judges really knew that or not.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Though I was glad she's gone, part of me was wondering what in the world Robin would have presented in this challenge if Eli had been eliminated last week. Oh, that would not have been pretty.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

This years contestants have been amazingly talented. And such a wide range of cooking styles...

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Glad for Kevin, but Bryan's was soooo full of potential!

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

---i should mention it is an article about Steingarten's journey to finding the true Turducken

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

@Adam--for a good essay on ballotine, check out Jeffery Steingarten's "It must have been something I ate" I read the piece last night and it really put me in the Thanksgiving spirit!

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

Weird. I probably should have known this, but I had never heard the term ballotine before. Never knew there was a word that formally described a turducken.

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Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 12

ditto to Kevin. so freaking adorable. I just want to hug him.

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