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Nothing beats good home pizza or good home cooking. I am my own fantasy.

From the Department of Redundancy Department (and the support Rick Bayless foundation) isn't this the 2nd time that SE has printed the exact same recipe?

With all the recipes out there in the world to try? Click on the "related recipes" Cook The Book....you will see what I mean.

Even in NYC it is hard to find a nice Muscat. Maybe 6 or 7 years ago Kientzler (Alsace) was carried at a handful of shops, but now in I usually settle for Hugl when I get the urge.

Several wine sellers have tried to steer me to Torrontes, which shares some of the muscat profile, but what I have tried seems more "one dimensional" than alsace muscat.

Unfortunately, due to budget, I try to keep to under $20 retail.

It is probably sugar syrup getting all over you, not honey. Sometimes a baker may add some orange water or rose water in too - but if you read Greek or Poli recipes you will generally find they use sugar.

A cookie shapped chewy confection of shaved coconut and caramelized sugar. On the "street of sweets"in Puebla, Mexico.

I am trying to travel in Greece with just a Patagonia Maximum Legal Carry-On bag-partly because my partner has a bad back so I am going to be schlepping both of our bags anywhere her's can't be rolled (cobblestones, gravel, and staircases). Also we want to hit the ground running and I've had some bad experiences with missing luggage.

You can stuff a couple of pairs of pants, 1/2 dozen shirts, 7 days underwear, swimsuit, , windbreaker and fleece etc. in it- so hopefully I'll be doing laundry twice and stay relatively clean for 3 weeks.

We do like to shop in markets for food for lunch because we are cheap, like fruit and cheese, and we don't want to stuff ourselves continuosly/obessively.

So it looks like I'll be purchasing a greek army knife with corkscrew that either gets sent home checked or given away to a fellow traveller.

Good also has a clear option to create a vegetable plate - choose a selection of their vegetable side dishes (3 or 5) and you have a fabulous dinner. I usually get the fire roasted red peppers, one of their greens, and either grits or they have a cheesy rice ball. I just wish they would bring back the arepas.

Maybe your calendar is different than mine, but mine says spring began March 20.

I can eat fresh asparagus almost every day during April. But I am grateful for the apples, bread, and cheese because I eat them for lunch all winter long.

I love skordalia, but if you look at recipes you will see that what separates it from regular mashed potatoes is that it is full of olive oil (fruity fruity wonderful greek olive oil from Peloponnesia) and that it is basically a dip/dressing. So don't order skordalia thinking you are ordering something light. But do put on dollop on your beets or fried squid.

The best is at my house (hah!). Made from Alice Water's Simple Food cookbook. It is pretty easy to make and hands down the best. Why go out and eat something that is so easy to make and so much better if you make it yourself. Best part is if you don't invite too many people over you get the leftovers. At casa bauwau it is served two sides, a mixture of savoy cabbage/brocolli rape/garlic and hot pepper, and usually oven roasted plum tomatoes.

I had a wicked TAB habit (yech!) even for breakfast. 6+ cans a day - like an addict knew every Deli in every neighborhood that stocked it. I tried the cigarette approach to quit - I switched brands first to cut down (I went to Diet Dr. Pepper), and drank coffee in the AM to ease the caffiene, then found a couple of flavored seltzers that I liked (Schwepps) then went off all sacharine and aspartame. Took about 6 weeks but I am artificial sweetener free and a coffee addict now.

For the record, I eat fish but not meat or poultry. Lots of grains and vegetables, eggs, dairy etc. It is my choice. I am a very good cook and I don't waste my time or calories on stuff that is not worth eating. I ate meat in the past and I know what I am missing (bacon and pastrami). I keep myself really satisfied without it. I don't suffer.

You wouldn't (I hope) berate someone who was kosher for not eating lobster. You wouldn't berate someone who ate halal food for not eating pork. I think you would probably admit that there can be excellent kosher or halal cuisine?

So lay off the vegetarians and the vegans.