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How funny. My friend is doing the same thing! She's doing it very scientifically (she IS a scientist in Houston). December was the control month, January is the vegan month, both with regular weight, glucose, bp measurements and lots of corresponding graphs on her blog (http://aveganchallenge.blogspot.com)! As well as food pics. She's also a baker on the side, so trying to bake vegan is also going to be an interesting challenge for her. I'll have to tell her to check out your efforts!

LOL @SmokedMeat!

Make it three days and I'd make croissants, finally.

When I was trapped inside during the snowstorm over Super Bowl Sunday I had planned to make sliders, but I couldn't get to the store to get potato rolls, so I made those from scratch. I'm not a great bread baker so they weren't great, but dammit, I had my sliders! Also the house was cold so I had to let the dough rise on a heating pad. I didn't want to leave the heating pad unattended, so I put it next to me under the covers of the bed where I was reading. It was also keeping me warm. But all I could think about was the millions of yeast cells farting in my bed.

My favorite Richmond restaurant! I love the soft scrambled eggs with lobster and puff pastry! Oh, and they make a damn fine cup of joe. But really, brunch, lunch, and dinner - all soooo good.

That was a good rant!

I live in the DC area and 'round these parts if you want banh mi, you go to any of the many shops in the Eden Center in Falls Church, Va.

I'm looking forward to some panettone french toast!

ribeye with a hanger on top

I KNOW the corniest corn muffins are yummy because I've made them multiple times and I'd love one right now.

I had some fresh jackfruit(langka) just last night! It was sooo good and the seeds are sitting on the counter waiting to be boiled. And this morning I had some along with sweet ripe plaintains inside turon (plaintain wrapped in eggroll wrappers and deep fried). Yummm

Triscuits. The addictive crack is woven in.

I didn't have a really creative pie recipe, but I did end up making 34 pies (30 were muffin-sized). Then my friend brought over 3 for a total of 37 pies. And we were only serving 5. Totally irrational (har har!).

When the Julie and Julia DVD came out there was a sweepstakes that included a set of Le Crueset pots as a prize and I was one of the lucky ones! Once they arrive, I plan on making Boeuf Bourguignon in honor of the movie. But then after that, who knows? Little baked egg dishes would be nice I think because I'm also getting the mini cocottes.

I came to the end of the article and my reaction was, "Wait. That's it? OMG that is Awesome."

*drrrooooooool* my mom's kare kare has to be the family's favorite dish. i love it with plenty of tender ox tail (mmm gelatinous "buttons"!), long beans, japanese eggplant, okra, and bok choy. oh, just the thought of it gets me happy! mmmmm kare kare and rice...man, i just ate but now i'm hungry.