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Vanilla Frosting for Cupcakes

Wilton's website had amazing and free recipes.

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Peanuts and Coca-Cola

But don't you really want to try it?

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Peanuts and Coca-Cola

Lest my street cred be revoked....yes.

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Ordering sushi: how much?

Order the chef's tasting menu. It's like fighting the biggest kid in a new school: you win respect from everybody. It's win-win.

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Vanilla Frosting for Cupcakes

Wilton's website had amazing and free recipes.

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Peanuts and Coca-Cola

But don't you really want to try it?

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Peanuts and Coca-Cola

Lest my street cred be revoked....yes.

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Ordering sushi: how much?

Order the chef's tasting menu. It's like fighting the biggest kid in a new school: you win respect from everybody. It's win-win.

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Really missing the point

The only thing worse than kids with allergies are the parents of kids with allergies. Oh, please, continue to make a federal case out of your little ones dietary restrictions; in the schools, in the supermarket. Continue to rail against casual dining establishments and torture the college-aged server by explaining that not knowing what, exactly, is in your Chicken Tenders makes them completely unqualified for their job, and that for $3/hr, they should be aware that LIFE and DEATH are on their hands.

Its cute and protective now, but when Timmy is still a bachelor at 35, living in your basement, well...

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Your food related book favorites?

Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, naturally!

Also, like water for chocolate.

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I make a great ____, but I won't eat it.

People love my pastry. Breads, cakes, cupcakes, you name it. Here's the rub: I am allergic to baking soda and usually can't enjoy ANY of it. Also, I am not a dessert person.

People have made pilgrimages and wept openly over my sweets, but I usually only take a small piece to be polite and chase it with strong coffee.

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Worst Food You Ate at a Party

The Tribune Review recipe section wasn't much better.....they made thorough use of canned chicken! I kill myself to make some really cool dishes for parties, and it kind of offends me when I see people licking cold gravy from styrofoam plates and leaving my offerings untouched.

Offends me until I realise I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsyltuckey.

From Serious Eats

Food Blog Award Nominees Announced

Where's The Girl Who Ate Everything?!? Humor, photography, city and writing should have had a spot for Boppy. No Cake Wrecks, either.

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Reconceptualizing the Things On or with Which You Eat

I'm a big fan of the spork. If they could add a cutting edge, it would solve a lot of problems over setting/clearing/washing in my house.


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Please Read: Serious Efforts

I'll give it a shot, but my prior opinion stands--I would NEVER rely on serious eats for this kind of information.

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Who is Dorie Greenspan and why does she Dominate Tastespotting?

For me, it's a toss up: I would NOT read her because of Bon Appetite and Louis Vuitton, but WOULD follow her due to the apparent inspiration she has given her followers.

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Vegitarian-ism EPIC FAIL

I respect your decision, but think you're going to have to wean slowly or you'll be miserable.

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How do I get rid of gnats?!!!

1 part apple cider vinegar, one part water, drop of dish soap. The bugs are attracted to the cider smell, the soap lessens the surface tension and they fall in. Put it by the sink or the garbage.

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What's your fast food guilty pleasure?

KFC bowl. We make them at home sometimes with leftovers, but they just aren't the same.

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Thank You, Brian Flannery!

And I am such a heel that I spelled his name wrong!

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Funny remarks you can re-use

When we'd clean our plates, my grandmother says "A soldier's coming home." I think it's a rationing term, but I use it all of the time.

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Silly Food Name Inside Jokes

Orange Juice is "Spider Juice" from my unfortunate grasp of spanish on a trip to Costa Rica.

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Best food quote ever

"Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon."
Dalai Lama

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Sandwiches at Primanti Brothers: Pittsburgh Between Two Slices

I have lived in Pittsburgh all my life and I cannot understand why people love Primanti's. The sandwich is very dry from the french fries.

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Julie Powell's First Reactions to 'Julie and Julia' Movie

Find "My Life in France" by Julia and her nephew. That is a great book. I will go see this movie though I wish it were just the "Julia" part of the story.

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Worst Food You Ate at a Party

This may not be the worst food I ever had but it's a good story. When I was a kid, my grandmother made Thanksgiving dinner. She always has been a very tidy housekeeper. She took extra care about making sure there was never a time when she did not have plenty of mothballs in all her closets. I love her but her house always smells of that awful mothball stench. (She'll be 90 next month!) Where did she stash the extra loaves of bread she bought a few days early for the stuffing? You guessed it. The hall closet. Ah, the aroma and taste of sage, onion and mothball............

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Worst Food You Ate at a Party

How about defrosted dips and cheeseball and lil smokys frozen from a previous party. Oh my god served in the plastic bowl they were frozen in. These same people serve left over breakfast stuff at brunches,ever had leftover frozen omelet , um yummy!! gotta get rid of these penny pinchen people out of the group !!!!!!! Yeh Gads! can you believe

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Burger King's 'Whopper Virgins' Documentary Takes Whoppers to Remote Places

If you were in Chiang Mai, trust that the last thing you may want would be Burger King...which they do actually have in the city of Chiang Mai !!! They have the best Northern Style Thai food in the country.
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Really missing the point

@babsrose~please, do post again. I understand your frustration and I know that in the past, I have not has been as eloquent as I would like to be, when trying to get my point across.
You did bring up a valid concern and there were many different responses out there. Some negative, some positive, but I think most were pointing out the need for education and compromise. So, even if you could have broached the subject differently, you brought up something that certainly got a reaction. A good debate makes for good changes and compromises in policy unless we are stuck in a filibuster!
And hey, with the whole peanut butter recall, some of us folks are going through withdrawl. Please forgive my persnickety remarks!

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Really missing the point

wow, i've been away & just read these. seems my post caused a bit of an uproar- i did post on wrong site & it was out of frustration that i chose my words poorly. my apologies for both. that said, my son does know to avoid nuts. i respectfully disagree w/ those who don't support schools limiting nut products (they cannot be banned completely b/c nut oils, etc. are in so many foods). if your child was proven to be allergic to something FATAL (not just causes a couple hives or makes your eyes water), i would be more than happy to help limit that exposure. my feeling is why not take an extra step for your neighbor & it does take a village. no more posts from me. i know that'll make many happy : ) again, sorry for making everyone upset. best.

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Ordering sushi: how much?

I like what @amandarama said. While your variety may be more extensive if ordering sushi a la carte, it can also get really expensive really fast. That being said, unless you're dining at, let's say, Nobu in New York City few places impose a minimum purchase requirement on customers. Part of the joy of the sushi bar for me is the fact that one can "graze" leisurely and avail oneself of the most intriguing offerings.

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Ordering sushi: how much?

What I like about sushi is the ability to order as you go. We typically start with miso soup or some other starter, then a couple of maki and some nigiri. And beer or sake. And when we're done with that we often order another roll and more nigiri. Maybe a handroll (temaki) if I'm still hungry. If you're sitting at a sushi bar, you can always order more.

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Ordering sushi: how much?

When I was in Japan, I really enjoyed the way people ate...big plates of food for the table, put onto small plates for each diner. Multiple courses ordered as needed. If it's an authentic Japanese place, they'll understand multiple orders.

But by no means should you try natto.

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Ordering sushi: how much?

I've had sushi with friends in many different scenarios. Generally we all go to an all you can eat place down the street and try to put the place out of business. ...Because I really could eat four volcano rolls if I wanted to.

However, I've also been in situations where everyone orders one roll, which they will share, and everyone at the table gets soup and edamame. This has worked out really well in the past since everyone gets some variety and splitting the check is extremely fair and equal.

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Ordering sushi: how much?

My sister-in-law introduced me to a rule of thumb many years ago when I was discovering sushi, and it's stood me in good stead. 1 roll = 2 orders of nigiri (generally 2 pieces each). And 2 rolls worth will generally satisfy you if you're making a meal of it. So I'll order 2 rolls, or 1 roll and 2 orders of nigiri, or 4 orders of nigiri. If I'm especially hungry, add 1 more order nigiri. If I'm not very hungry, I order 1 roll and 1 nigiri.

And remember: you can always eat some and then order more. This is perfectly normal etiquette, especially if you're eating at the bar.

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Peanuts and Coca-Cola

You can take the coke, I'll take my peanuts boiled (pronounced bowled) cajun style and on my way to Gulf Shores!.... of course I have to shovel my car out first!

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Peanuts and Coca-Cola

definately a southern thing. first time i saw someone do it in the mid 70's here in florida i was kinda grossed out. btw it's pepsi or RC in the south, not coke. then i tried it once. definately different, salty/sweet/crunchy and juicy all in one. it was pretty good but i didn't make a habit of it.

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Ordering sushi: how much?

Oooh you're going to Morimoto, I'm jealous. Whenever I go out for sushi, I always want more than I probably need. I'll usually go off the prices and order in accordance with what I'm comfortable spending. Usually that turns out to be one fish roll with 2 pieces of fish nigiri and a soup or something like that. Believe me, I'd want to eat more but I have to cut myself off somewhere :)

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Ordering sushi: how much?

A friend of ours went to Morimoto this past Saturday night. They ordered one of the many tasting menus;theirs was $100 per person for 7 courses.
they had some sashimi, sushi,a salad, lollipop lamb chops, palate cleanser, and I can't recall what the other 2 tastings were. They said it was fabulous.Enjoy.

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Ordering sushi: how much?

My hub and I love sushi and we think the most fun is to be had when sitting at the bar - order a couple rolls to share, ask the chef for his suggestions, order a couple more rolls, buy the chef a beer... good times.

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Peanuts and Coca-Cola

try it with montain dew it will knock your socks, i would put in the small bar bags with a can of ice cold dew

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Peanuts and Coca-Cola

We always used RC cola with this, and a handful of peanuts, but I agree that you should let your guests decide how many peanuts to use.

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Vanilla Frosting for Cupcakes

It's true that you only want a thin layer of icing on top, as sadiepix said, it will harden pretty dramatically, though you could use 1 tsp glycerin for every pound of sugar used. Another solution could be vanilla cream cheese frosting. Just beat together a ratio of 1:1 (by weight) butter and cream cheese, beat in 2x (by weight) the amount of confectioners sugar, as well as vanilla extract to taste and a pinch of salt. Again, I hope this clears things up, and that it helps you on your way to find your perfect frosting.

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Ordering sushi: how much?

I worked in a Asian restaurant dont forget the rolls have rice so you will get filled up on that. If you under order and feel you want more just order a bit more. It doesnt take too long to make depending on how busy the place is and that little break in eating will give you time to "settle" and you wont feel so hungry still.

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Your food related book favorites?

@sailordave~ thanks for the fiction selections. I eat off of the non -fiction and just feel taste somehow from the fiction food novels.
I have many to add to the list...time. Will do later.

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Your food related book favorites?

Laurie Colwin - Home Coojing / More Home Cooking / Gourmet Articles
A. J. Liebling
Delight's & Predjudices - James Beard
My Life in France - Julia Child
The Tenth Muse - Judith Jones
Alice B/ Toklas Cookbook
Elizabeth David - MFK Fisher - JohnThorne - Steingarten
How fortunate we are that these writers, and many others, shared their thoughts with us

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Vanilla Frosting for Cupcakes

I second the butter-roux style icing also, that stuff is really quite good. I always forget about it though I love it.

Royal icing can work, but does harden, from semi-hard to rock hard so you would want to do a thin layer, not a big poof of it on top of the cupcake. Think of the icing used on cookies that hardens--you would not want a big glob of that to try to bite through.

Try out some of the cake websites out there, like CakeCentral.com for more recipes and ideas than you can shake a stick at.

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Location: Pittsburgh

About: I hate dessert. I love bacon.

Favorite foods: Takosu. Cuban Sandwiches. Mashed Potatoes. Corn. Pho. Fern Cakes. Beouf a la Catalan. Spaghetti (not the squash). Ribs, Ham, Pork Chops, Pork Tenderloin, Bacon, Head Cheese. Any Part of the pig, but at least I am prepared to eat Head Cheese.

Last bite on earth: Thanksgiving dinner. An Iron City Light, If they're still around. And a Marlboro Red.