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Beef, beer, bread, bananas:
All wonderful things, but what can
Compare with the
Oh so wonderful taste of bacon?
Nothing comes near.

The Yukon gold as sweet potato gratin.

Yukon gold and sweet potato gratin

I have to agree with the "M" word contingency. I'm sure it's wonderfully tasty, but I don't think I could get over the aesthetics.

Chocolate crinkles

That's weird. The Whole Foods I shop at actually has signs encouraging people to take away small orders without a bag.

When I was growing up, vegetables usually consisted of iceberg lettuce (which was really just a vehicle for croutons) and frozen veggies that were often microwaved beyond recognition. Yet, I still found most vegetables reasonably tasty. I just didn't discover how much I liked them until I learned to cook them correctly. When you compare frozen microwaved brussells sprouts to fresh roasted ones . . . well, you can't because they are completely different.

Mine is cookingwithkaty.livejournal.com. My goal in starting it is to help people learn to tweak recipes and also learn to cook without recipes or develop their own.

Steak burrito, no beans, corn salsa, cheese, and guacamole.

If you consider how giant Chipotle burritos are, those calorie counts are not surprising. If you get the most caloric burrito and eat half of it (which is about all I can eat), you have a meal that is just under 500 calories. That seems pretty reasonable to me.

But what happens when you get to the very last of the tea in the cup? You'll have to choose between drinking that last bit and possibly swallowing the stirrer, pulling out the stirrer with your fingers (or a spoon, rendering the cup useless), or missing out on that last bit of tea. I don't want to think that hard about my tea. I think I'll stick to the spoon.

I have to wonder how much prices at Whole Foods vs. other supermarkets depends on the area. It seems obvious from reading the above comment that some people experience sticker shock when shopping at Whole Foods. But apparently I'm also not alone when I spend about the same amount on my weekly groceries whether I buy them at Kroger, Publix, or Whole Foods. I can't think of another probable reason for the differences except geographical location.

My favorite cornbread comes from Famous Dave's, though my own isn't half bad either.

I've had a similar experience to potroast's. With rising food prices (which were especially more pronounced since I went from shopping at Kroger to shopping at Whole Foods), I have just gotten more careful and creative with what I buy, and I make sure to get the most out of what I buy. In fact, since I have started this process, I actually spend less at Whole Foods than I did at Kroger. (Though I have to be more careful about impulse purchases at Whole Foods.)