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As a fellow Frenchie owner, I express my deepest sympathies. Dumpling was a great dog, who was taken too soon. Rest in peace.

My family and I are all over the map -- we all sometimes crave fruit for post dinner TV snacking, like cubed melon, berries, grapes, bananas, orange slices, etc. But my father also loves roasted peanuts, my mother has recently taken a liking to a fruit/nut trail mix, and I'm anywhere from cookies and milk to potato chips/crackers (Goldfish have been a current favorite), or yogurt. We don't discriminate between snack options :)
- S

I agree with PiggyWoo! I'd buy that calendar in a second!

Mmm.. unsalted Lurpak butter on warm challah bread is like heaven to me.

Not a day goes by where I do not use my toaster oven.

I'm telling you, Dumpling and Lola would make a beautiful couple.

Crunchy Oats&Honey granola bars with peanut butter and milk. Yummmmm.

My head almost exploded when Kelly announced that "these can openers don't work on Chinese cans!" -- I have a kitchen full of examples that would prove that she was simply freaking out at the moment. No wonder why she cut herself.
- S

Toast with peanut butter dipped in hot chocolate. Awesome.

-- Alone in the Kitchen With an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone * Edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler * Essays that reflect how people eat when left to their own devices -- no one to impress, just comfort for one.

-- Anything by Michael Ruhlman or Anthony Bourdain

-- Roasting in Hell's Kitchen * Gordon Ramsey * Great memoir; he's not as harsh as TV portrays him as.

-- Luncheonette * Steven Sorrentino * Another memoir. A son takes over his father's luncheonette in New Jersey after a health scare, where he comes to terms with his family, his sexuality, and his life. Awesome.

Try them!

When I worked at a pizzeria not too long ago, it wasn't unusual for customers to order their pizzas in quarters -- two slices one topping, two slices another.... even on busy Friday nights when the poor pie guy was already working on a million other orders.

Just keep your chef's knife in your hand! People are less prone to start up when you're "armed." :)

I'm with deglazer -- even with the excruciating heat, thank goodness for air conditioning because it still keeps all avenues of food open. But if I know that I'm going to be spending the day out or down the shore, then it's all about grilling, pizza slices, salads, fruit, cold treats. I simply can't do anything fried or heavy when I'm in a bikini. Just can't.