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What was the most memorable dish at your 1st night seder?

My favorite stuff from the seder (in course order): my boyfriend's mom's charroset (sp?), my boyfriend's mom's matzo stuffing (SO GOOD), and my 4 layer flourless chocolate cake

From Talk

What was the most memorable dish at your 1st night seder?

@Koala - not drinkers? Doesn't the haggadah say you need to drink several glasses of wine? I'm a shiksa though, what do I know. :-)

From Slice

Ramsey, New Jersey: Excellent Bar Pizza at Kinchley's Tavern

mmm, Kinchley's is my favorite! Lido's in Hackensack is also pretty good, but not as good as Kinchley's :-)

my boyfriend will fight me on that statement though, his heart (stomach?) belongs to Lido's

From Serious Eats

Weekend Giveaway: 'The Food Matters Cookbook'

We're eating much less meat than we were before and the meat that we are eating is of a higher quality. We eat very little processed food. We're also trying to eat more seasonally and taking note of where everything we eat is coming from.

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What was the most memorable dish at your 1st night seder?

My favorite stuff from the seder (in course order): my boyfriend's mom's charroset (sp?), my boyfriend's mom's matzo stuffing (SO GOOD), and my 4 layer flourless chocolate cake

From Talk

What was the most memorable dish at your 1st night seder?

@Koala - not drinkers? Doesn't the haggadah say you need to drink several glasses of wine? I'm a shiksa though, what do I know. :-)

From Slice

Ramsey, New Jersey: Excellent Bar Pizza at Kinchley's Tavern

mmm, Kinchley's is my favorite! Lido's in Hackensack is also pretty good, but not as good as Kinchley's :-)

my boyfriend will fight me on that statement though, his heart (stomach?) belongs to Lido's

From Serious Eats

Weekend Giveaway: 'The Food Matters Cookbook'

We're eating much less meat than we were before and the meat that we are eating is of a higher quality. We eat very little processed food. We're also trying to eat more seasonally and taking note of where everything we eat is coming from.

From Talk

Stocking the pantry - what are the bare essentials?

The following are always in my pantry:
rice (long and medium grain)
flour (AP and whole wheat)
sugar (white, light brown, dark brown, powdered)
several packages of pasta and asian noodles
big canned of whole tomatoes
canned beans
a can or two of emergency soup
salt (regular, kosher, sea)
vinegar (white, red wine, apple cider, balsamic, rice)
bread crumbs (regular italian seasoned and panko)
baking soda, baking powder
vanilla (beans and extract)
oils (veggie, olive, sesame, asian chili oil)
seasonings/spices (dried): oregano, rosemary, thyme, cumin, red pepper flakes, turmeric, garam masala, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, sage, a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting
various hot sauce (in fridge or pantry): tabasco, franks, sambal oeleck (sp?), sriracha
popping corn
roasted red peppers
emergency annies mac n cheese
crackers
tea
cocoa

From Talk

Santa is the Best! What was under your tree?

basically all of my gifts were cooking-related :-)

kitchen aid pasta roller attachment, truffle oil, new oven mitt, lots of cookbooks, new knife block, julia and jacques "cooking at home" dvds

I'm a happy girl - I already have pasta dough resting

From Talk

Your thoughts on lunches for a group

cream of tomato soup with grilled cheese and a small salad, yum!

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What's on your Foodie Christmas List?

pasta roller attachment for my kitchen aid
oodles of cookbooks
grownup knives

From Drinks

Serious Beer: The Best Pumpkin Ales

Dogfish Head Punkin' is my favorite, but I have yet to have any this year - the taste does vary some year to year (as it should, since they're using fresh pumpkin).

Cambridge Brewing Company's Great Pumpkin Ale is also awesome, but sadly I can't get it anymore... maybe I'll have to take a weekend trip up to Boston soon.

From Talk

Autumn is here! What is your favorite apple?

My favorite kind of apple that I can get right now: Honeycrisp

My all time favorite apple: Pink Lady!

From Talk

Halving a recipe that calls for one egg...

you can halve the recipe and use the whole egg. I actually made that shortbread last night :-)

I didn't halve it, but several people in the smittenkitchen comments did.

From Talk

Top Chef Contestants - Least Favorite

I'm still mourning the loss of Kenny. Then I started to really like Tiffany and now she's gone too!

Of the remaining 4, the only one I like is Ed. I can't stand Angelo. I find Kelly slightly annoying, but not terribly so (could not stand Amanda or Alex AT ALL). I don't really care about Kevin. I'm shocked he's still around and some of the others aren't (Tiffany, Kenny).

From Talk

Carnivores and herbivores eating together.

I love meat but frequently have one my friends (a vegan) over for dinner... Ratatouille is awesome and this time of year everything is extra delicious. I really like the recipe on smitten kitchen (http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/07/rat-a-too-ee-for-you-ee/). I serve it over couscous. Gazpacho would also be good this time of year. I like the recipe from Pioneer Woman (http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/06/gazpacho/) - without the shrimp, of course.

From Slice

Where Do You Get Your Favorite Pizza?

Kinchleys in Ramsey, NJ - I grew up eating there and it is crazy good.

From Slice

Boonton NJ: Solid Pizza at Bevacqua's Reservoir Tavern

I went there the first night I moved in to my new apartment! I need to go back, not only because that was over two months ago, but because I didn't even have pizza the time I went (everyone else at the table did though).

From Sweets

When the Good Humor Man Is a Woman

I always get the strawberry shortcake. Except for when I get a king cone. :-)

From Serious Eats

In Season: Swiss Chard

I love swiss chard with some pasta (something medium length) a bag of frozen mixed vegetables, some alfredo sauce, and some hot italian sausage.

From Talk

Every Kitchen Should have one -Kitchen tools we can't be without

my dishwasher. I can't go back to my pre-dishwasher days.

tongs, dutch oven, immersion blender, kitchen aid, big sharp chef's knife.

From Talk

Everybody Loves Raymond's Brother!

@scarletini I do basically the same exact thing as your husband - save my favorite thing for last, eating everything separately, occasionally trying everything first to determine favorites, haha

my boyfriend, on the other hand, makes everything he eats into a sandwich

From A Hamburger Today

Poll: What Lean-To-Fat Ratio Do You Prefer When Making Burgers?

85/15 but I do grind my own from time to time and I have no idea what percentage is comes out to, probably somewhere around 80/20 or 85/15.

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Happy National Chicken Finger Day!

Is it sad that I immediately knew that the chicken fingers in the picture are from IKEA?

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Poll: Did You Take Home Ec in High School?

When I graduated high school in 2004, there was a class at my high school called Foods, which I took. We learned how to make tons of things - my favorite being cranberry cookie bars.
Today, that high school has a course called Culinary Arts. They cook some great stuff and sell lunches to staff on Fridays.

From Talk

Slow-Cooker Pulled Pork ideas?

I use this recipe from whole foods: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/1884

I change it a little bit by cooking more of everything, using homemade bbq sauce (a la smittenkitchen.com) and using beer instead of water.

It is delicious... To make it more smoky instead of tangy, you can add a chipotle in adobo or two.

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arielg answered "No" to Are You Eating Fewer Eggs

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arielg answered "KrAzY StRaWz!" to Straight or bendy, that is the question.

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arielg answered "Other" to Paper or plastic?

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arielg answered "85/15" to What Lean-To-Fat Ratio Do You Prefer When Making Burgers?

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arielg answered "Yes" to Did you take home ec in high school?

From Sweets

arielg answered "Chocolate" to Soft-Serve Poll: Vanilla, Chocolate, Swirl?

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arielg answered "Home fries!" to Hash browns or home fries?

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arielg answered "Always, with a friend." to Do you share drinking straws?

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arielg answered "I've grilled it and eaten it!" to What's your experience with grilled pizza?

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arielg answered "Sprinkles" to Do You Call Them Jimmies or Sprinkles?

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arielg answered "Anytime the restaurant wants: It has to protect its employees" to When Is an Automatic Gratuity Acceptable?

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arielg answered "Other (please share below)" to What's Your Favorite Cheese on a Breakfast Sandwich?

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arielg answered "Red pepper" to What's Your Favorite Hummus Flavor?

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arielg answered "Yes! " to Do you make pizza at home?

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arielg answered "Special homecooked dinner" to What Do You Prefer to Do for Dinner on Valentine's Day?

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arielg answered "Whole Foods" to What's Your Favorite Grocery Chain?

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arielg answered "Rarely" to Ever drink milk from the carton when no one's looking?

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arielg answered "Yes" to Would you like to see more polls on SE?

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arielg answered "New York thin crust" to What's Your Favorite Style of Pizza

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arielg answered "Two slices" to How many slices in a pizza lunch?

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arielg got 80% correct on Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Bagels?

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arielg got 87% correct on How Much Do You Know About Beer?

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arielg got 87% correct on How Much Do You Know About Passover Foods?

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arielg got 42% correct on How Much Do You Know About Chocolate Chip Cookies?

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arielg got 75% correct on How Much Do You Know About Vegan Substitutes?

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