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Serious Eats City Guide: Chicago

I am looking for a best breakfast place in Chicago . Funkyness encouraged since I am of the Friendly Toast, Portsmouth, NH school.

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Sneaking food into movies

No guilt if you support the Belmont Studio Cinema in Belmont, MA. You can bring the delicous fresh sandwiches or some gelato from next door (Angelato, http://www.angelatofoods.com/) with you to that theatre 'legally'. This is so much more satisfying for me than popcorn.

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When Is It Socially Acceptable to Share Food?

@janaatwg , you or someone close to her should really take your friend aside and tell her that her behavior is alienating her friends. Maybe she is not fully aware.

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Serious Eats City Guide: Chicago

I am looking for a best breakfast place in Chicago . Funkyness encouraged since I am of the Friendly Toast, Portsmouth, NH school.

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Sneaking food into movies

No guilt if you support the Belmont Studio Cinema in Belmont, MA. You can bring the delicous fresh sandwiches or some gelato from next door (Angelato, http://www.angelatofoods.com/) with you to that theatre 'legally'. This is so much more satisfying for me than popcorn.

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When Is It Socially Acceptable to Share Food?

@janaatwg , you or someone close to her should really take your friend aside and tell her that her behavior is alienating her friends. Maybe she is not fully aware.

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When Is It Socially Acceptable to Share Food?

First of all I think one should never 'steal' off another's plate. Silverware incl chopsticks were originally weapons to defend one's food, so permission should be asked before reaching over, unless permission was firmly previously established.
I have a problem with 'plate envy' so I may choose to order the same thing as another, because why order something else, only to then desire the other's plate more than my own. So right on @ksimmy. I usually interview my table mates before I make a choice, unless I had one of those lucky days where I have a craving that the restaurant can fulfill.
I am happy to have you share, and may put the brakes on if you are eating most of mine, and none of yours (which I don't desire either).
I can't stand all that germ phobic behavior of 'you can have that corner, I didn't touch it'. If you are that phobic you are unsuitable for sharing I think.
I love family style because my preference is usually a little taste of everything. Getting Chinese take-out with my mate is a challenge 'cause he just orders and eats his one or two things and doesn't want any of mine. (He is a reluctant sharer-but has been trainable.) So that's makes for less variety. I solve this issue by ordering 3 dishes for me, me, and me and eating the leftovers for lunch over a few days. Problem solved.
Sharing is nice but what is even nicer is respecting people's eating preferences incl wether they share or not (and not incl. someone forbidding for you to order the same as them).

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Out of the Box: Dr. Oetker Ristorante Mozzarella Frozen Pizza

I generally trust the Dr. Oetker brand because their baking products in Germany are excellent too.

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

My Mutter's Kohlrabi recipe: Peel the kohrabi, cutting off all the woody bits too. Slice or cube, boil just covered in salted water for about 10 minutes, set aside some of the cooking water and the kohlrabi and make a roux with butter and flour in the bottom of your kohlrabi pot. Whisk it into a white sauce with some of the cooking water. Add kohlrabi, add freshly ground white pepper and salt to taste. I think of it as 'kohrabi farmstyle', so that goes with the CSA share, right.

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What lengths do you go through for your favourite?

Black licorice cats paws (Katjes Katzenpfo:tchen) from Germany. I bring back about 10 bags each time. There is no US substitute!

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What lengths do you go through for your favourite?

@kanupupi,
2 hrs each way? Maybe U 2 should make your Quark at home. It IS easy using buttermilk and a yogurt maker!! 3 quarts of buttermilk yielded 1140Gramm and cost me $3.60. See link for more info:
http://www.germancorner.com/recipes/hints/quark.html
And, ja weisser Spargel, lecker!!!

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What one food mag should I get?

Cooks Illustrated gets my vote too. But, after reading this I might switch to Cooking Light for a year or so.

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What lengths do you go through for your favourite?

I make my own Quark cause I miss it so (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(cheese)
and I buy German bread at high prices in a store that is 40 minutes away, up yucky Rt 1 in Saugus, MA (http://www.karlssausage.com/) and store the extra loaves in the freezer so that I never run out.

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Serious Green: 10 Cheap & Green Kitchen Tips

Love these tips, many of them indoctinated in me by my grandmother, who had it figured out from living through two wars in Europe. And she never even heard the term 'carbon footprint'.
Hey, Cooks Illustrated did one of their science experiments to see how to best clean fruits and vegetables. They tried antibacterial soap (yuk), water, and a 1/3 vinegar with 2/3 water mixture. The vinegar/water mixture killed the most bacteria. So I keep it around in a spray bottle under the sink. When I wash grapes in a bowl of water I also add a splash of vinegar to that too. Works great.
I keep a linen towel for drying dishes and a terry cloth towel for hands and counters in my kitchen. The paper towels are stored out of the way and last me about 6 months per roll, just used for things like cat throw-up. I have a collection of linen towels from my travels. A nice keepsake and very practical. Excellent gifts for your friends too if you are a traveler.

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The Serious Eats Ginger Beer Taste Test

I like Barritts Bermuda stone ginger beer, which comes in cans. They carry it at my liquor store in Cambridge and we drank it a lot with the rum in St. John's
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xpH_4P0-1xo/SUVHpzBy5fI/AAAAAAAAAgs/9ziPzPmXFNg/s512/100_0979.JPG

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Egg in Toast: What Do You Call It?

DRY!
I had this dish recently for the first, and likely only time (at the new Friendly Toast in Cambridge, MA) and found it to be very dry. Not my cuppa tea.

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Time for a Drink: Stepping into Summer

Oops, wrong link above for the recipe, but now you know where to buy Bitter Lemon, also very good with Pimms Cup.
Here is another Pimm's Cup recipe:
http://www.chow.com/recipes/10279

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What's Your Favorite Ice Cream Flavor

On second thought I wonder why you "need to convince my spouse that "fancy" flavored ice cream." Let your spouse stick to the basics. Nothing wrong with that.

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Are All Parties Potlucks Now?

I agree with almost all you summarized kah9932 except the color beige analogy for potlucks. We have potlucks at work and the variety is bright and beautiful and from lots of different cultures (as we encourage fols to bring food from their culture is they want to). The variety makes the gatherings amazing!

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Served: Your Waitress Gets Reprimanded

This makes me think of when I worked at Med-o-lark overnight camp in the 80s. They had a rule that you were 'on' when you were on the grounds. So when you were off you'd stay away from the campus so that you could relax. Maybe this is good advice in the restaurant business too. If you are on the floor you should be expected to be 'on', otherwise go do your paperwork in the back where you might be slightly less comfortable but able to singularly focus on your paperwork.
However, I would consider such an arrangement something that is made part of the establishments's culture by the management (so if they are usually fine with you sitting at the bar doing paperwork than this whole thing is their own fault).
Also, yelling at someone in front of other people is always tacky!!!

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What's Your Favorite Ice Cream Flavor

Mango ice-cream (not sorbet). Whatever brand they might have at Whole Foods or TJ 's will work. If you are in the Boston area you can go to Rancatore's on Belmont Street in Belmont, they often have it. They also now have a location in Lexington and they are open 7 days a week from 10am-11pm! YUMMY!

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Quark Cheesecake

If you can find unpastreurized, unhomoginized milk (like at your local farm straight out of the cow) you can make your own Quark by curtling it with lemon juice (see Wikipedia reference above, I think it touches on this) I did it once, it was good but of course full fat unlike all the different grades you can buy in Deutschland and Österreich.
In Germany we eat most of our Quark on the wonderful bread with jam on top (there is also a school of jam underneath, but I think you taste the sweet more when it is on top).
This site has a recipe that is more complex (and auf Deutsch), and an ad for a Quark maker ($45)
http://www.germancorner.com/recipes/hints/quark1.html

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Time for a Drink: Painkiller

This sounds crazy good. I will try it this wkend!

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Summer BBQ - How to deal with something tactfully

SEND HER A LINK TO THIS PAGE!!!
Make the brownies, don't make the brownies, don't go the BBQ---this you have to decide by following your heart,
My thing would be that I'd want to communicate my feelings about the rudeness and if I am feeling passive aggressive I'd do it by
SENDING HER A LINK TO THIS PAGE. Caution, this might end your friendship though.
If she is a close friend you have to come clean about this really bugging you, bugging you enough to start this page!

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The Secret Ingredient: Pomegranate Molasses

I stumbled upon this site looking for recipes for Pomegranate Molasses, and I'm so glad I did! I love the Secret Ingredient idea and can't wait to check out the others! And these Pomegranate Molasses and Pine Nut Cookies are going to be a nice change to make for Christmas! Thanks for the inspiration!

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Dinner Tonight: Cauliflower Gratin

Made this tonight, with some broccoli thrown in. Delicious!

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Egg in Toast: What Do You Call It?

A Hole in One!!!! My grandfather used to make these for me when I was a very little girl, visiting him in Lancaster, PA. He was not a golfer. He was first-generation American of Swedish descent, who had grown up in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Serious Eats City Guide: Chicago

also you can check out Flo, Toast, and Over Easy... All do a pretty good job. Have fun!

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Serious Eats City Guide: Chicago

Gepperths is a wonderful place owned by wonderful people. Agreed.

My favorite breakfast is Lula Cafe up in Lincoln Square- food is great. service can be touch and go, but if you're out for a slow Sunday brunch, no big deal, have a cocktail, it's the weekend :) expect a wait, and don't be surprised by all of the too cool for themselves hipsters.

Lou Mitchell's is just ok- but gives fresh donuts on the weekend as you wait and milk duds to kids

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Serious Eats City Guide: Chicago

Wow Mr. Nagrant you really got some stones thrown at you in the comment section. While I have only lived in Chicago for two years I think your review is really exceptional. The mentioning of pequod's, Al's and GEPPERTHS! I think you really got it down, awesome summary!

Please note indigenous Chicagoans there is no mention of LouMalnatis here. Mostly because its not good.

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The Serious Eats Ginger Beer Taste Test

Hey, if you have gotten over your ginger beer shell shock and decide to do another review, please include Jamaca's Finest Ginger Beer from the Natrona Bottling Company. I think it's far better than those citrus-y, honey, pineapple-y, fruity, too-sweet, brew-y beverages you have tried.
Cheers!

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Store-Bought Chicken Stocks, Reviewed: Which Are the Best?

everyone see that "top chef" is using swanson stocks for most of teir challanges???

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Sneaking food into movies

I always pack a banana-pb sandwich for those late-night movies

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What’s Your Favorite Weird Snack Combo?

I used to go to the LA Reader office on Friday mornings to collect my mail, then I'd stop in the chain drugstore nearby to pick up a piece of beef jerky, and a package of vanilla creme sandwich cookies, which I'd eat while driving to my day job. Not together, just back-to-back. Can't remember if I ate the jerky or the cookies first, nor why I thought those would make a good breakfast.

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Sneaking food into movies

Not to sound annoying, but I think I'm actually good at that. I do remember the time I had to make room for the churros in my bag and made my male cousin hold it. (Unfortunately, they forced my uncle who had the second batch eat them before he entered, shame).

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Sneaking food into movies

I usually sneak some food into the movies.. generally I will bake some chocolate chip cookies (I keep several pounds vacuum sealed in the freezer) about an hour before the show. They are still just slightly warm by the time I get in, and perfect to watch a movie with.

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Egg in Toast: What Do You Call It?

Some great names here - I love Egyptian Eyes especially! But wow: over 200 comments, and apparently no one else calls them "top hats". (And yes, I always thought my mother invented them, too. :) )

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Sneaking food into movies

Living in the upper midwest, I spend about 9 months out of the year being cold. It's not a scandalous sneak, but I like smuggling coffee/latte/gas station cappaccino into theaters--the key is a travel mug with a good seal.

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Sneaking food into movies

I put soup in a soda cup once and sipped on it during the movie. Other than that I always go armed with lots of water.

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Sneaking food into movies

I live in a relatively low-income neighborhood that, for some reason, has a pretty snazy movie theater. I kid you not, I have seen families carry pizzas into the theater. The worst was a family of four that brought a medium-sized watermelon and four Subway sandwiches. I felt so bad for whoever was in charge of cleaning up after them.

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Sneaking food into movies

Have always and always will need to keep my mouth happily occupied during entertainment at the movies! Only rules I insist upon are that snacks are quiet (no crackly plastic bags, or loud munching foods) and no imposing smells (garlic, or hot fragrant pizza/sandwiches). Admittedly a little seduced by other movie patrons eating KFC, the smell and the noise was irritating. We are, after all, in a closed indoor situation trying to enjoy a movie theater experience and are not at home where we can hit the pause button.

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Egg in Toast: What Do You Call It?

My hubby made these for me for me all the time when we were in college - we call them Eggs in a Basket.

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Egg in Toast: What Do You Call It?

@Ed Levine - My mom called them "Egyptian eggs" as well. I think me, you and Embackus's friend were the only one. It seems to be the least known name for them.

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Egg in Toast: What Do You Call It?

Everyone knows it's called a "bunny egg". My grandmother invented it.

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