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Dinner Tonight: Carrot Vichyssoise

Awesome! The "match sticks" really make it!

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Cornish Pasty

Love! Yoopers don't usually put thyme in their pasties, but I think it's a worthwhile addition. Maybe some sage too.

Would anyone care to comment on the ketchup vs. gravy debate (or perhaps just more butter)?

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Dinner Tonight: Carrot Vichyssoise

Awesome! The "match sticks" really make it!

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Cornish Pasty

Love! Yoopers don't usually put thyme in their pasties, but I think it's a worthwhile addition. Maybe some sage too.

Would anyone care to comment on the ketchup vs. gravy debate (or perhaps just more butter)?

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The Food Lab: Homemade Mayo In 2 Minutes Or Less (Video)

I had infuriating results making mayo this summer. One time my hand blender came to the rescue (after adding more and more yolks and oil) and one time even that couldn't help me. Could you comment on temperature? Some places claim everything must be at room temperature. My house is quite cold and I'm convinced that "room temp" is still too cold, hence the broken mayo. Otherwise....just FML.

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Cook the Book: 'Ruhlman's Twenty'

Doesn't almost everything start with the knife? So I'm gonna go with slicing, dicing and other knife skills.

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Football, Deviled Eggs, Bloody Marys: NFL Week 3

Patriots, ugh (and I live in Mass.). But I always love your pieces and thus am inspired to make more deviled eggs, or at least hard-boiled eggs. Drinking? Well that's a given.

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Put your shopping carts back where they belong, Please!

This isn't about dented cars, or what you think the store staff should do...it's about the fact that, in most cases, it only takes a few second for someone to get their cart to the corral--that's what they're there for! Just f***ing do it!

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Most Beautiful Thing In Your Kitchen

A platter my mother made (she's a potter)...and my wooden spoons (I really don't understand why everyone doesn't have a huge collection of these!)...and yes, my All-Clads, a little weathered but all the more lovely for it.

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Cook the Book: Chicken and Leek Pasties

It's pronounced differently than the ta-ta cover-ups. Get your mind out of the gutter!

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Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Old Crow Reserve

I'm more of a beer & wine person myself, but reading this column makes me want to drink more liquor! And cheap liquor at that! Thanks--

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Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Non-Alcoholic Beer

I think this discussion is a bit moot. Will Gordon seems to be about booze, which I usually enjoy quite a bit (both reading & drinking). Can we all just agree this post was an anomaly?

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Cook the Book: 'At Elizabeth David's Table'

The NY Times food section-so many recipes from various cooks & columnists over the past 20 years!

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Cook the Book: 'At Home with Madhur Jaffrey'

Stir-fried cabbage with cumin seeds (one of Madhur's recipes)

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Enter to Win a Copy of the 'Alinea' Cookbook

French macarons? Hi-hat cupcakes? Anything with a candy thermometer is usually a crapshoot.

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Recap: Top Chef All-Stars, Episode 11, Paula Deen

Sorry to see Dale go. I used to try to tolerate Paula Deen, but those fake eyelashes were just too much!

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Pasta with Peas & Carrots

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Creamy Cucumber Avocado Soup

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