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5 potato, 6 potato, 7 potato more...

My favorite potato dish is my grandmother's oven fried potato. She cuts it up in cubes, tosses them in olive oil and roasts them in the oven at a fairly hight temp (400 F or higher). I have never made french fries any other way.

Potatoes au gratin are also majorly yummy

I am going to have to try those Patrician potatoes

There is one thanksgiving food that rarely yields leftovers (at leats in my family) : stuffing! my favorite thanksgiving food

I have only a tiny bit of leftover turkey that I want to turn into croquetas, the Spaniards' delicious answer to any leftover meat!

@Duncan When I visit my dad's relatives in Venezuela, we hit up a nearby fruit juice store where they drill holes in a coconut and you use a straw to drink in the water. Absolutely delicious! And totally puts you in vacation mode!

However I did try canned coconut water from the local grocery store and found it to be tasty as well, though not quite like the real thing (maybe it's the fun factor of holding a huge coconut in your hand that's missing)

@soozm32...yeah It's called a Royale with cheese...love Pulp fiction!

I've been to

x - In-N-Out (various locations)
x - Rudy's Bar-B-Q (Leon Springs, Texas)
x - Star Pizza (Houston)
x - Pappadeaux (Houston)
x - Amy's Ice Cream (Austin, Texas)
x - Magnolia Cafe (Austin, Texas)
x - Whataburger (various locations) -awfulness =(
x - Chuy's (Austin, Texas)
x - Goode Company restaurants (Houston)
x - Kerbey Lane (Austin, Texas)
x - La Tapatia Taqueria (Houston)
x - Niko Niko's (Houston)
x - Mai's (Houston) - you are sorely missed =(
x - Shipley's (Houston)
x - Chapultepec (Houston)

pretty much all of these are my hometown haunts...with the exception of whataburger which I only eat when subjected to.

Wow I'm excited to see so many places in the Oakland/Berkeley area, which I'll definitely have to try when I move there in a few short weeks =)

I love how all of the sudden this has turned into an anti-government, oh look here comes big brother thread. Did I wander over to CNN.com?

I think toad3000 and eatgirl said it best--- While I do not necessarily want the government outright banning toys, I do think McD's has a responsibility to not market as blatantly to children as they currently do. They cannot process advertising the way we do, and thus are swayed much more easily.

Ultimately it is up to the parents to say no, and they have a huge responsibility to do so, but I can easily see an overwhelmed parent giving in and going to McD's anyway. To me there is a difference between banning something outright and encouraging healthier behaviors (ie smoking is legal, but many public health measures discourage it). Such advertising encourages unhealthy habits on those who are most vulnerable.

I doubt the courts will rule in favor of CSPI (and I hope they don't), but I don't think they are imbeciles, just an advocacy group doing their best. If this lawsuit encourages McDs to change their ways, CSPI will effectively win.

It was a nickname given to me in college, though the only person who ever used it was the guy I had a crush on back then =)

whhaaat...Sandra Lee and Andrew Cuomo are a couple? Crazyness...I explain my ignorance due to the fact that I don't live in NY

Happy Sumo in Salt Lake City is actually quite good, in a "why am I eating seafood in the mountains, and how can it possibly be so good" kind of way. It's in the Gateway, a quasi-new-urbanist-type development they built around olympics time that's actually kinda fun to walk around. Old Town Sacramento is also worthwhile in an expensive-touristy way and has some good food.

beets!

@AyeEat- word on the brisket

I would also have to add king ranch casserole and frito pies (the mere thought takes me back to my high school cafeteria)

The one competition show I like on FN is Iron Chef America. I love seeing the creative process these amazing chefs go through and how they do one ingredient in so many different, creative ways. The other shows are not that exciting. I really don't want to watch somebody make a sculpture out of food.

I'm excited to see some more cooking shows on TV in the vein of Ina, Alton, even Rachael, so I will certainly be checking the shows on CC out =) This is why I love FN on Saturday and Sunday mornings since it's pretty much all cooking shows then.

oops the last comment was meant for therealchiffonade ... my bad