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I love shephard's pie but I've been enjoying a nice turkey tortilla pie lately - essentially turkey chili and cheese layered between tortillas and baked. Yum.

@Dcarl1 and @Mhays My read of the situation is that Bittman found the plastic, determined it was not lethal, pointed it out to the waiter and then finished the soup. He did not ask for compensation and he judged the food to be edible AFTER finding foreign objects in it so no compensation is required. It would be good service, but it isn't required.

If he was so affronted that he didn't want to pay, he shouldn't have finished the soup and should have asked to have it removed from the bill because it was inedible/tainted.

Of course if you find something more off-putting after you've eaten all or most of the soup, that would be a different situation, but I was commenting on the situation quoted above. If it is good enough and safe enough to keep eating, you've gotten what you paid for. Any compensation would be a bonus.

Koffie verkeerd in the Netherlands. It actually means "coffee the wrong way" but it refers to cafe au lait.

We do this for work all the time. We order multiple pizzas with 1/2 toppings to please the crowd. It too the delivery place forever to understand that if we're getting a vegetarian pizza we need the other half to be plain cheese, not "meat lovers". The toppings do migrate.

I also leave it at room temp as long as possible to eat later. At bed time, if there's any left, I'll reluctantly put it in the fridge. The best way I have found to "re-heat" it is to put it in the microwave for about 40 seconds to get it back around room temp. I don't like it getting all crispy in the oven or soggy in the microwave and this way keeps as much of the original texture as possible.

I love self checkout. I bring my own bags everywhere since my province has a law that all stores charge for plastic bags. When I'm using the cashier I always put my stuff on the belt in the order I want it bagged since I'm bagging it myself, so it is no hardship to do the same with self checkout. Although it is sometimes a pain to look up produce it is actually often faster than dealing with cashiers who don't recognize fennel or celeriac and have to call for help.

Ginger root in the freezer. Makes it super easy to grate into fine powder without even peeling and means I always have usable ginger on hand, rather than a dried out stump.

I used this recipe for cupcakes last easter and they were delicious. SO moist. I can never get over melting and adding the eggs to the liquid but it works great!

Great, thanks for your help!

Lai Wah Heen was recently featured here on Serious Eats. Never been but I've heard it is some of the best Dim Sum anywhere. Definitely pricy though.
http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/07/amazing-dim-sum-in-toronto-lai_wah_heen.html

Otherwise I like Tremendous in Mississauga but it is cart service.

Unico Hot & Spicy is my default canned sauce. On a weeknight I don't have the time to simmer home-made as long as I like. It also has 0.1g of fat compared to Hunts the other widely available canned brand (in Canada) that has 4g of fat.

Honestly, I don't see a world of difference between reading the labels on a can of prepared sauce and using one you like the taste of over opening cans of tomatoes and tomato paste and seasoning it yourself.

Weird, you don't see this much chat about London, Ontario too often! That's where I'm from too.