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dark chocolate bread pudding (with cardamom!)

depends on the pasta (I got a new pasta book for Christmas and am learning what sauces go with what pastas...)
but you can't go wrong with lemon zest, butter, and some fresh grated parmasean...

the first spanish tapas I made myself was patatas bravas, but my favorite thing to order at a tapas place is baked goat cheese with tomato sauce

I like finding a great dish that I don't have to adapt to make it gluten free - like Nigella Lawson's Chicken alla Cacciatora (http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/chickenallacacciator_87054.shtml). Served with a salad with homemade vinagrette, almonds, and goat cheese. And then a decadent flourless chocolate cake for dessert. Although I'm not gluten-free, I love sharing food and recipes with my gf friends.

I have a bottle sitting in my fridge from a while ago - summer, I think. I got it from my friend who works at whole foods, and has just started making her own kombucha. At first I was afraid of the blob, but now that I'm a little more willing to try it, I'm not sure if it's still good. What's the fridge life for a bottle of this stuff?

Greenbush Bar in Madison, WI. A great little Italian restaurant in the basement of the old Italian Workmen's Club.

In Madison, WI, I'd take my visitors to Mickies Dairy Bar for breakfast, and to The Old Fashioned for some local and typical Wisconsin food and drink.

My family always ate mac & cheese with ketchup on it. It's still my favorite way to eat it. I am also still surprised that everyone doesn't eat it that way.
And we also had peanut butter and miracle whip on our deli meat and cheese sandwiches. I feel a little less crazy seeing others with that combo.

This Christmas I got Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant, a collection of essays (and recipes!) about eating alone, edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler. Some of the essays are funny, some are sad, some have inspired new adventures in the kitchen. It's a lovely way to celebrate cooking something for yourself.