In all candor, what's thrown up a red flag to me, is how superficial Serious Eats has become. What was once a great site, where one could not only turn to for recipes, tips and ideas, discussions on cookery and related subjects, is now a fad ridden joke.

You need to find a good Portuguese bakery. Growing up in southeastern New England, it was easy to find one, but unfortunately, too many yuppies and fools displaced those great old bakeries during gentrification. For example, on the east side of Providence, RI, on Wickenden St. there used to be a great Portuguese bakery, but the detritus that's shed by Brown University caused tax rates to price it out of business, and it's been replaced by one pathetic, over priced joke after another.

Ibbop, Papa Gino's, at least the franchises in Rhode Island do include linguica as one of their meat toppings.

To whomever inferred that PG's puts cheddar on their pizzas, that's simply not true. I believe there's one specialty pizza they offer that includes cheddar, but none of their other pizzas do.

PG's isn't bad pizza, in fact it can be pretty darned good. They also include a new crust type they call, 'rustic' which is pretty comparable to hand tossed, semolina pizza crust.

This is the best recipe for larb/laab I've ever made. Came across it in 2006, and after not finding anything better, it's my go to and everyone loves it. http://orangette.blogspot.com/2004/08/flurry-of-fingers-and-cupped-lettuce.html

Wendy's frosty tastes like a barium shake I remember being forced to drink as a child while in the hospital.

In the northeast we knew about sun tea in the '70s, we also knew about instances where bacteria would grow in those jars of water left out in the sun. It might not happen all the time, but it only takes the one time to get people seriously ill. Back in the '70s, there were outbreaks when the sun tea fad was at it's zenith. You don't need to actually put the tea out in the sun to brew. You can place the tea bags in a covered pitcher, put it in the fridge the night before and the next morning, you've got lovely iced tea. You don't need the warmth of the sun.

Our favorite additions to sun tea included a cinnamon stick or two, or a fifty-fifty combination of tea and fresh spearmint, or to substitute, spearmint herbal tea bags.

jedd63, I stated that Obama cut 26.9 billion from the food stamp program to bailout state's education funding, and an additional 18 billion to fund Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" commercials and program (which doesn't provide nutrious, healthy foods, it's only a duplication of what schools already taught)

The reality has been thus far, that more people are using food stamp programs in the US than in our entire history, and receive $40. less each month, per individual. I'm also saying as well, that Obama has refused any attempt at a cost of living increase, and refuses to allow the cost of food, energy or housing to be counted when determining the cost of living. The president who ended the USDA practice of monitoring food, energy and housing costs for determining the cost of living, was Bill Clinton. It's also true that under Bill Clinton's changes to the unemployment insurance program, the US government no longer keeps track of the actual unemployed when they run out of benefits, and fall off the unemployment rolls. You've no doubt heard the news media refer to the unemployed who, "stop looking for work", that is a Clinton era euphemism that refers to the Clinton admin wanting to sweep the long term unemployed under the carpet, so the damages brought about by NAFTA and Most Favored Trading Status w/China, wouldn't be so readily noticed. Those unemployed haven't stopped looking for work, they're just not being counted as 'unemployed' and the government wants to make it appear as though the onus is on the displaced worker.

If anyone wants to inform themselves on other economic realities, I'd recommend reading the findings of a world respected economist, Dr. George Borjas, of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard (that's not a right wing think tank). Dr. Borjas, who I met while attending a local conference on jobs, the economy and the poor, has proven that the US doesn't have a worker or skills shortage of any kind, and the policies Obama is implementing are eroding wages, increasing unemployment in the US.

Mohican, as I stated, my friend has only been able to find 2 part time jobs, and she's grateful for the work, she's looking for a 3rd as well as a better full time job. She's not complained about working, or the food stamps, but she had relayed to me that she'd been hoping for a bit more, to make things a bit more manageable. I think she'd only talked to me about it, because she knows I work as a volunteer with homeless people, and she was incredulous because the amount she was given was so low.

She grew up working poor, never relied on social programs. She worked in the IT department of a national bank chain, lost her job when her employer fired her entire department, and replaced them with visa workers. She had been paying off her student loans, and helping her elderly mother make ends meet. The rest of her family are struggling, so there's no one she can turn to. Here in RI, it's a common sight to see people, adults, as well as teenagers going to every fast food place, Subway included, asking for an application. No one is taking any job for granted, or turning their noses up at any work they can get. People are barely keeping their noses above water. People who have worked hard their entire lives, including people who used to have small businesses and employed people. Some have lost everything, and have nothing left to give. Churches that used to help the poor out are out of money to do so. In my state, there is no help, no rental assistance, and people are told they have to become homeless. In my town, there are two shelters, but people who have lived in my town all their lives, when they become homeless, are denied shelter beds for themselves and their kids, because the shelters in the capital city, manage to find out about any empty beds, and send their overflow to towns like mine. I've been trying to secure any shelter or transitional housing for a family of four, and a single dad and his young son for months, with no success. Both of those families, I might add, work, but can't find an affordable apartment. The problem is, they are citizens, and don't have a multi-milllion dollar lobby, or corporate contributors behind them. Some times I can get them a voucher to stay one night in a cheap motel, most times they're living out of their cars.

Barbieri13, there aren't alot of wait staff positions available in most cities and towns. Perhaps in huge cities like NYC, LA and DC, financial capitals, or where there are lots of CEOs, bankers and politicians, there are still restaurants that aren't having a hard time, having to cut back, but across the vast majority of the US that is not the case. I know waiters, waitresses, and bus staff who are not able to pay rent, are seeking rental assistance or are homeless.

My friend pays almost $800. rent for an efficiency apartment, she doesn't have anything left for food, after paying electricity and phone, it's a struggle for her to buy a bus pass each month.

Btw, while the msm didn't report much on the subject, all you have to do is perform an online search, Rep Rosa DeLauro (democrat representative from Connecticut) complained about Obama's cutting $26.9 billion from the food stamp program last summer to fund an additional bailout for the states to pay for schools, and earlier in 2010 Obama cut 18 billion from the food stamp program to fund Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" program. All those commercials where you see Michelle say, 'let's move' over and over again. This is a viable discussion for SE, as there are apparently those who use this forum, yet are on food stamps, they've admitted as much, and the site claims to promote discussion on subjects like this, as well as cooking and healthy eating. Funny that I didn't see any slamming of SE'ers who use food stamps, in the derogatory manner that a few hypocrites have attempted to insult me and my concern on a real issue, the reality behind the hype.

During the Depression, FDR cut way back on the whitehouse budget, took a pay cut, and the entire congress back then cut their salaries twice, yet we haven't seen any of the democrats willing to cut their salaries, or the president willing to cut his salary, or curtail the obscene spending of tax dollars to fund the lavish lifestyle he demands. I believe that is how the wasteful "let's move' and bailouts should have been paid for, not stealing the food out of the mouths of truly poor people.

The real coronation chicken salad does have fresh mango or mango chutney, they use a combination of mayo and creme fraiche, and the curry powder is toasted a bit before mixing with the mayo, creme fraiche mixture. slivered or thinly sliced almonds are sometimes added as well. Don't remember celery in it, when I was served it (though I adore celery in chicken salad as a rule)

One suggestion is, make a cold, peanut or sesame noodle salad, with fresh veggies mixed in or available in bowls for those who want to pick and choose to add to the salad. You can provide slices of grilled chicken to those who are meat eaters, and vegetarians can eat the noodle salad as is. I tried this at a birthday party cookout, and while I knew the cold sesame noodle salad I make is popular with my family, I didn't expect it would be the hit that it had been with everyone, including kids who were picky eaters. I think it'd be a great way to get the most bang for your buck with chicken.

Another option would be to serving thin slices of grilled steak, with a cold pasta salad, instead of having to serve each guest an entire steak. Or grill flank steak, or chicken and thinly slice and serve as fajitas.

The ones served at the fountain at the old Delekta's pharmacy in Warren, RI. Always loved them. Other than that, Old Tyme used to make a lovely strawberry soda.