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'F*** Yeah, Cilantro'

I've been known to eat cilantro and cheese sandwiches. This site, however, turned me off with its misogynist porn-culture tenor. I support cilantro but I do not support this blog.

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Cheese-Filled Bacon Roll, Too Much of a Good Thing?

I'd be tempted to roll up a scrambled egg and cheese mixture to fill it out a bit more.

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Do Apples Make You Hungrier?

I totally agree about eating the apple with something else. If I eat an apple with my english muffin for breakfast, I stay full way longer than an english muffin alone. But I long ago learned I can't eat just an apple for breakfast or I feel just awful all day long.

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Does Your Grocery Store Have You Crying Tears of Joy?

Another vote for the Berkeley Bowl. It's like a bottomless pit of things I didn't even know I needed. Just last month I actually looked at the chilled case near the bulk food weigh station and discovered they stock almond meal. Last week I discovered rose petals! And don't get me started about the people who work at the bulk food weigh station. They can differentiate between identical beige powders perfectly every time, in a fraction of a second. But really, the reason we're here is THE PRODUCE. Added bonus: the whole store is so reasonably priced.

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'F*** Yeah, Cilantro'

I've been known to eat cilantro and cheese sandwiches. This site, however, turned me off with its misogynist porn-culture tenor. I support cilantro but I do not support this blog.

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Cheese-Filled Bacon Roll, Too Much of a Good Thing?

I'd be tempted to roll up a scrambled egg and cheese mixture to fill it out a bit more.

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Do Apples Make You Hungrier?

I totally agree about eating the apple with something else. If I eat an apple with my english muffin for breakfast, I stay full way longer than an english muffin alone. But I long ago learned I can't eat just an apple for breakfast or I feel just awful all day long.

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Does Your Grocery Store Have You Crying Tears of Joy?

Another vote for the Berkeley Bowl. It's like a bottomless pit of things I didn't even know I needed. Just last month I actually looked at the chilled case near the bulk food weigh station and discovered they stock almond meal. Last week I discovered rose petals! And don't get me started about the people who work at the bulk food weigh station. They can differentiate between identical beige powders perfectly every time, in a fraction of a second. But really, the reason we're here is THE PRODUCE. Added bonus: the whole store is so reasonably priced.

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Celebrate National School Lunch Week

If you were nice, my elementary school lunch lady would give you an extra half grilled cheese sandwich. For years my dream school day was getting to wear my Snow White costume and grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch. I don't know what substance that cheese was, but it sure was tasty.

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Top Ten Worst Halloween 'Candies'

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What is this lumping Smarties in with Necco wafers? One is awesome, the other repulsive. The more Smarties, the better, is my halloween motto.

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Can 'Pushing Daisies' Increase Awareness of Pie With Cheese?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. It's Chuck who whips up the apple-gruyere pie with the homeopathic mood-enhancers, not Ned. Let's give props where they're due!

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In Videos: McDonald's Coffee Ad Sets Feminism Back 30 Years

@worldcupfever: Hanging Gardens of Babylon... Switzerland.

The first problem with the ads is that they're anti-intellectual, I agree, but I think it's the gender stereotyping that make them anti-feminist. The comments on the Feministing post are interesting.

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8-Year-Old Forced to Eat Organic Macaroni and Cheese

I know it's not the point of the Onion headline, but remember the Salon article about the difference between Annie's and Kraft? That's what turned me off of the bunny-butt as a go-to meal.

(Where was that "sense of humor" Wikipedia article again?)

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Reservations at The French Laundry

I got through to the reservations desk by dialing a few seconds before 10 a.m. so that the call would connect at 10 precisely. And even then the earliest seating was booked when they got to me.

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Favorite Food Network Show and Chef

Alton Brown for being unabashedly and delightfully technical. And zany. Bee puppets! He uses honeybee puppets! Amazing.

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Pity the Food Snob

Unless I'm going to donate to food charities the $15 I would have spent on ramps, I don't quite see the contradiction. It seems like paying farmers more for their work is a good thing. I am sad that people less fortunate than I am will have a harder time making ends meet, but feeling guilty about my own dinner is counter-productive. I will, instead, donate to food charities and write to Congress about the Farm Bill food stamp program.

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Dinner Tonight: Asparagus with Fried Egg and Parmesan

And then the novice can graduate to poached eggs instead and discover a whole new variety of heaven. :-)

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Cook the Book: Nigella Express

My housemates and I cook lunches & dinners for one another. Since cooking for 4 isn't much harder than cooking for 2, we're saving time by exchanging human capital, with everyone cooking half as often.

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The Myth of Food Miles

I buy local because I like feeling in touch with the seasonal changes around me and in touch with the people who grow my food. The environmental benefits are secondary, and from the Observer article, it sounds like much of the negative environmental impact comes from buying local out-of-season items. Eat seasonally.

Environmental impacts will vary from food item to food item; for people looking for a rubric by which they might shop to minimize impact without researching every ingredient, local's pretty good. (Though I do appreciate that giving up meat & dairy would be better!)

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