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Balsamic Vinegar

I've used the Oliviers & Co as well and have really enjoyed it. If you have a membership to Cooks Illustrated's website you can look up their Balsamic Vinegar tasting and get a few choices.

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It's Harder Than it Looks

Mohican, I had the same problems with biscuits until I found this tutorial from Scott Peacock.

http://www.ajc.com/eveningedge/content/eveningedge/stories/2008/03/19/biscuits_from_scratch.html

Also Good Eats had a episode on biscuits that was very helpful. I can now make some pretty fine biscuits.

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Best wings in Buffalo, NY?

Duffs!!! My wife is from Buffalo so I've been to both Anchor Bar and Duffs. Anchor Bar is a tourist trap and the wings are just okay. Duffs are great. I had a bad experience at Schwabl's but maybe it was just a bad day.

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Vinaigrette tip

I'm with you hungrychristel shaking in a jar works best

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From Talk

Balsamic Vinegar

I've used the Oliviers & Co as well and have really enjoyed it. If you have a membership to Cooks Illustrated's website you can look up their Balsamic Vinegar tasting and get a few choices.

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It's Harder Than it Looks

Mohican, I had the same problems with biscuits until I found this tutorial from Scott Peacock.

http://www.ajc.com/eveningedge/content/eveningedge/stories/2008/03/19/biscuits_from_scratch.html

Also Good Eats had a episode on biscuits that was very helpful. I can now make some pretty fine biscuits.

From Talk

Best wings in Buffalo, NY?

Duffs!!! My wife is from Buffalo so I've been to both Anchor Bar and Duffs. Anchor Bar is a tourist trap and the wings are just okay. Duffs are great. I had a bad experience at Schwabl's but maybe it was just a bad day.

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Vinaigrette tip

I'm with you hungrychristel shaking in a jar works best

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Done with comfort food!

When I feel like this I make jerk chicken, glazed sweet potatoes and some Key Lime pie. I imagine myself eating it on the beach. It's my vacation from the winter.

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What's your Christmas main dish?

For years I would make a very fancy dinner and then one Christmas I realized that my family's favorite dinner is cheeseburgers. So from then on we have that for our Christmas meal. I know it is not the norm but we enjoy it and have fun with it.

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ThermoWorks Thermapen

I have one and love it. It is expensive but it is worth the money.

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What's the trick for a perfect looking cheesecake?

Are you overcooking it? The sides are split when you take it out of the oven or when you take it out of the mold?

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An open letter to the pie crust recipe I attempted last night

When you said you chilled the butter how did you do that? I found that if I freeze the butter for 10 minutes I have better results. For me, just taking it out of the frig wasn't enough it still melted and made things stick.

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What's your culinary 'white whale'?

Used to be pie crust. Now I freeze the butter and have mastered it.

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Used to hate it, now I love it

sweet potatoes now my favorite food
fish

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Grilling: Blackened Chicken Sandwich

I agree with Nick. I stand over the chicken and take it off right before it is done and let it rest. I took a cooking class and the chef compared it to brewing tea. You obviously don't want to undercook it and if you overcook it, just a little, it can dry out quickly.

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Falls Church, Virginia: Pizzeria Orso

Geeyore, go on a Sunday in the afternoon or during the week at lunch. The place is pretty open at those times.

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Falls Church, Virginia: Pizzeria Orso

I grew up in Falls Church and now live nearby. I have been to this restaurant a number of times and it has been excellent. Edan McQuaid is always working the pizza oven and patiently answers all my questions. If you ever get a chance I highly recommend it.

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Your best "save" when a meal went wrong.

I had a huge 4th of July party and the power went out due to a big fast moving storm. Fortunately, I had made most of the food earlier but I still had to heat it up. I put foiler over the grill and used it as a stove. The bottom of most of them were burnt but the majority of the food was saved.

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What food or technique has made you reevaluate your position?

hotnpopin, thank you for the detailed response. I will try this tomorrow night.

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What food or technique has made you reevaluate your position?

hotnpopin, can you expand on that? What do you mean by pan frying the green beans? Sounds good.

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Dinner for one...what do you make when you are all alone?

Same with me all the things my wife won't eat. Lamb and seafood.

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Banging Knife Blades on Cutting Board

They also constantly drag their knives across the board to scrape food which ruins the knife. Drives me crazy. You would think there would be some sort of quality control person to edit or direct the talent.

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Washington D.C. Eats

Equinox is back open and had a good initial review from the Wahington Post. For a good dinner that won't bust the bank the Majestic is good as well as EvenTide in Clarendon right across the street from the metro stop.

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Boiled Water Recipe

If I don't have any water can I substitute something else for it?

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Eaters! What's your Favorite BBQ Chicken Recipe?

Arjava, it's great. He figured out a way to incoporated bacon into BBQ!

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How do you get your pizza off of the peel and onto the stone??

It might be your flour. I had the same problem and asked a chef at a local pizzeria and he told me to use OO flour. I haven't tried it yet. If it works let us know.

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MacGyver cooking tips?

I made my fireplace into a tuscan grill by stacking bricks on both sides of the wood and placing the grate from my grill over the wood and on top of the bricks.

In Rick Bayless' new book he shows how to make an outside wood burning grill using a similar method.

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Favorite foods: Italian and American Southern

Last bite on earth: Cheeseburger, potato salad, Edna Lewis Chocolate Cake