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Mmm, that sounds yummy. The olives are a great idea. Do the shrimp stay tender, though? I make shrimp ceviche a lot, and start from raw. I find that the shrimp gets tough really quickly from over-marination, so I'd be worried that cooking AND marinating would ruin the shrimp even faster. That said, I love the mix of flavors and can't wait to try it out. Thanks for the recipe :)

Denver native here. I fall in the not-so-much camp when it comes to Beau Jo's...It's good to try, once. I'm happy you mentioned BA Pizzeria, though. It's not traditional pizza, but it's the best in town. Try the San Isidro (white pizza with pineapple, red pepper, bacon), and don't miss their gelato. Honeydew is heavenly, but hardly ever in season, or the banana dulce de leche flavor.

If you're ever in Houston, try Kasra on Westheimer. They have an incredible garlic hummus that's the best I've ever had, with fresh, homemade pita. The khoresh bademjan is very good- lamb with roasted eggplant and sour grapes. Also the chicken fesenjan- chicken in a pomegranate-nut sauce, and the flavored rices (ie, sour cherry rice) are delicious.

Try the Ethiopian food. Seriously. Denver has the biggest immigrant population outside of DC, and there are some amazing places. The best place in town is a little cinderblock shack on Colfax called, as far as I can tell, "Ethiopian Restaurant". It's across from East High School, with an Ethiopian flag painted on the side. They only take cash. Try the key wot or special tibs, they're about $10 and come with excellent sides and injera bread.

Any of Pete's restaurants. In addition to the University Cafe mentioned above, there's one across from Ethiopian Restaurant that makes huge, hearty, and cheap breakfasts- great Greek omelette with hash browns, and so big you won't be hungry for days, about $7. There's also a little Greek bakery next door called Omonia for cookies, breads, and desserts.

My favorite Mexican taqueria is Tacos Jalisco on W 38th. La Fogata is a local place with two or three locations that's also pretty good- try the homemade mole.

Finally, check out the Argentine pizzeria, Buenos Aires Pizzeria, www.bapizza.com. My fave is the San Isidro, with bacon, red peppers, and pineapple. They also have empanadas, salads, milanesa, etc. Do NOT miss their homemade gelato. It's amazing.

I miss Denver food so much. Have fun!!

Ditto. I was intrigued by the provocative statement regarding grass-fed beef, only to find the teaser completely misleading.

Provided you're not in first/business class, the food will not be stellar. Continental's international meals are slightly better than other mainstream American carriers, and they offer a nice (if very basic) croissant with jam and butter for breakfast prior to landing. The best coach food I've ever had has been on carriers with little US presence- Turkish Airlines and Czech Air (CSA), specifically. If the food is very important to you, pack your own. I think it's worth it, personally-sometimes there will be an interesting surprise (great lamb curry on British Airways, for example), and at the least it makes for a fun story.

Weirdest has to be the frozen raw whale meat. I was visiting Japan with a friend, and she ordered something off a menu handwritten in kanji at random (neither of us reads or speaks Japanese). The waiter just laughed at us. When it came, it looked so bizarre that she took one bite and refused to eat more. So I ate it. It tastes like fishy beef. To this day, I'm not sure what to make of the frozen presentation, but I didn't get sick and it didn't taste awful.

@deetroitMI, I had mealworms sauteed in butter years back at an entomology lecture. If you can get past the way they look, it's mostly a texture thing. Any flavor they may have had was covered up by all the butter.

@Brian: You mean to say it's not vegan. Ordinary vegetarianism does not exclude dairy. Lacto-vegetarianism is a more specific term that implies one eats dairy but not eggs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarian

I have an Aroma from the mid-90s that looks similar to the ARC you linked. I love the convenience of a rice cooker, and it's pretty durable. Ten years in, the enamel is a little scratched, which makes it difficult to clean after cooking sticky/colored rices, but it's otherwise completely functional.

That said, if I were shopping for a new one, I'd look for a different style lid- mine spits liquid if it's more than a third full. This is especially bad when I cook colored rices, because it turns a 4' swath of my counter purple, red, etc. It also has a tendency (which might be fixed in newer ones?) to overcook the bottom layer of rice.

Mister Donut has the best tchochkes! I have a set of juice glasses with cartoon lions from one of their giveaways in Japan. And their donuts aren't bad, either. I recommend the ones with green tea filling.

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Mayo that's not homemade
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Raw ceviche is the best. The key is to consume it after a few hours of marinating, just after it turns opaque but before all the acids and salt suck too much moisture from the fish. Of course old ceviche is going to be tough and possibly make you sick- the solution is to make it fresh, not to cook it.