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Dinner Tonight: Asparagus and Bacon on Buttered Toast

I've been making asparagus/bacon "BLTs" for the past few springs and find it to be a stellar combination. Some suggestions:

1) Add a splash of red wine or sherry vinegar to the asparagus when it's done cooking.
2) Spare the cheese - keep this a simple sandwich
3) Seasoning the asparagus with red pepper flakes adds a nice subtle spiciness.

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Travelers: What's Your Favorite Airport Food?

I didn't realize there was any airport food out there that was actually worth buying. It always seemed to me the be a movie theater situation where you're trapped with no options except bad food at high prices.

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To Store Chocolate or Not to Store?

I'm storing chocolate I bought in Belgium about a month ago to bring home with me when I'm done studying abroad in Spain in June. Right now I'm keeping it in a plastic bag in an odorless closet. I open the window to the room often, and luckily I think the Spanish spring is not too bad with humidity and temp usually stays between 60-80 F. I hope this will keep the chocolate quality high enough to have been worth it to bring all the way home to the US from Belgium!!

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Dinner Tonight: Chicken Breasts in Foil with Tomato, Olives, and Parmesan

Wow! Still licking my fingers after cooking this great recipe!

A couple comments: I substituted the rosemary for fresh thyme... not exactly a radical move, but for anyone wanting to make this, it's a worthy substitution if you have on but not the other. Also, I used plain old 12" foil and had no problem - just make sure you seal it well!

Also, the 7-minute cooking time was dead on. It didn't overcook nor did I have to throw it back on the skillet for a second or two more.

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Dinner Tonight: Asparagus and Bacon on Buttered Toast

I've been making asparagus/bacon "BLTs" for the past few springs and find it to be a stellar combination. Some suggestions:

1) Add a splash of red wine or sherry vinegar to the asparagus when it's done cooking.
2) Spare the cheese - keep this a simple sandwich
3) Seasoning the asparagus with red pepper flakes adds a nice subtle spiciness.

From Serious Eats

Travelers: What's Your Favorite Airport Food?

I didn't realize there was any airport food out there that was actually worth buying. It always seemed to me the be a movie theater situation where you're trapped with no options except bad food at high prices.

From Sweets

To Store Chocolate or Not to Store?

I'm storing chocolate I bought in Belgium about a month ago to bring home with me when I'm done studying abroad in Spain in June. Right now I'm keeping it in a plastic bag in an odorless closet. I open the window to the room often, and luckily I think the Spanish spring is not too bad with humidity and temp usually stays between 60-80 F. I hope this will keep the chocolate quality high enough to have been worth it to bring all the way home to the US from Belgium!!

From Recipes

Dinner Tonight: Chicken Breasts in Foil with Tomato, Olives, and Parmesan

Wow! Still licking my fingers after cooking this great recipe!

A couple comments: I substituted the rosemary for fresh thyme... not exactly a radical move, but for anyone wanting to make this, it's a worthy substitution if you have on but not the other. Also, I used plain old 12" foil and had no problem - just make sure you seal it well!

Also, the 7-minute cooking time was dead on. It didn't overcook nor did I have to throw it back on the skillet for a second or two more.

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Pizza cheese

I don't know if you usually use grated mozzarella but if you do my suggestion would be to "rediscover" mozzerella by buying it fresh at the store and then instead of grating it, slice it thin and put the slices right on top of the sauce.

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Snapshots from Italy: Tagliatelle with Artichokes, Leeks, and Lemon

Gina - just went through all the steps and I'm not posting with everything in my belly. I must say it was great - not the type of meal I typically cook in my kitchen. And even though there was no meat, the artichokes here are clearly the star of the show and their flavor shone through with a perfect balance of the other flavors. I must say, due to it being a somewhat obscure item, I did not implement the leek, but rather just did with the lemon/artichoke combo with the addition of some hot peppers and spices.

For the most part everything came out as it should have. My only self-criticism was that I perhaps should have let the chokes steam a bit more since they still had some tougher/chewier regions when I sat down with it.

Oh, and I don't know how relevant it was, but I cooked this dish in Spain - and the artichokes I got were the smaller ones, not the larger ones more common in the US.

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Ween's Unreleased Pizza Hut Jingle

Where did the cheese in fact go?

I don't know the answer to that question, but I do know that Pizza Hut is totally lame for not using this cleverly orchestrated jingle, and furthermore I will never eat at Pizza Hut again!

Does anyone know if this songs actually ever been played live or not?

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