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Sauteed Brussels sprouts with bacon!

Thanks for sharing this Jamie. I've been lactose intolerant since I was born, and spent years meticulously avoiding dairy products of any kind. After realizing that my quality of life suffers without SOME dairy, I've been experimenting for the past two years with eating it again.

I've found that I can have some about once every week or two (a pizza or other cheesy meal, dessert, etc...) with some lactaid and be OK. I tend to go on giant dairy binges while on vacation, and after about a week of eating it every day the dairy builds up in my system to the point where I get sick every time I eat, whether or not the food contains dairy. After detoxing from dairy after my trip, my system returns to normal.

Another point I'd like to make is that I have read the comments of many people (experts, authors, random people) who claim that lactose intolerance does not exist, or that "almost everyone can tolerate XYZ amount/type of dairy." Well, I'm here to tell you that it's real, very uncomfortable, and there are a lot of people who genuinely cannot tolerate a giant glass of milk. In my personal experience, it is not temporary, psychosomatic, and not every lactose intolerant person is exactly the same. Thank you. **steps off of soap box**

I really look forward to reading more posts about this issue!

I had to send that link to my brother - his fiance hates those inflatable people (commonly seen outside of cellular phone stores for some reason). When asked what she hates about them she said "They're so unpredictable and scary!" Now we call them USGs - Unpredictable Scary Guys.

That is terrible. Kids these days have no respect for their tacos.

Any kind of cookie with chocolate chips in it.

I need the book so I can get some good tips!

Any kind of mint ice cream. Still love it, although I don't eat dairy very often anymore, so I indulge in soy mint treats.

This happened at my office a few years ago. Someone kept leaving different types of meat on a grassy hill on our property. One day it would be beef, then some pork, and sometimes chicken. This start happening soon after a new BBQ restaurant opened a block away so we called the city and they sent someone from Animal Control to speak to the manager at the restaurant. I guess he denied that it was them, but the meat offerings stopped after that. Weird!

I haven't tried any of her recipes - yet!

I also put a layer of PB on both slices and then the jelly on one slice. I do have an unusual way of cutting the sandwich though:

I like to cut the sandwich slightly off center, so one half is bigger than the other. When I eat the sammy, I eat the small half first - and then when I get to the big half I feel like I'm getting a bonus! My husband used to tease me about this, but I know he thinks I'm a sandwich genius.

My biggest baking mistake was relying on a friend to correctly read the ingredients to me as I made chocolate cookies. She told me "1 and 1/2 teaspoons of salt." I didn't think that sounded right so asked if she was SURE about the amount, and she got all defensive about it so I just went ahead and added 1 1/2 teaspoons to the batter. The correct amount was actually 1/2 tsp. Salty cookies!
I was about nine years old at the time, and hadn't done a lot of baking, but my instincts were right on.

Thank you so much for posting this. I have finally found my perfect wedding dress. Here comes the bride? Not good enough for my man! Here comes the TACO!

Bourdain- I also really enjoyed Bill Buford's Heat.