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I currently attend CMU for grad school...Too bad they're not open for dinner or I would totally run down there right now mmmm. I disagree on the strawberry being the best- banana and chocolate chip all the way.

Something in your kitchen design that irritates you!

My kitchen is tiny (4x4) and I'm running out of room for things as I accumulate more and more stuff :-/ The most annoying thing is emptying out a carefully stacked cupboard so I can get to whatever's in the back.

Road-Trippers: Where Did You Go and What Did You Eat?

Crabs at Mike's in Annapolis!

Cook the Book: 'Mary Mac's Tea Room'

eating a muffuletta for the first time in New Orleans!

Poll: Ice Cream, Gelato, or Frozen Custard?

Frozen yogurt!!! A shop recently opened a block from my apartment and now that I am hooked, ice cream just doesn't hold the same appeal to me as it used to. But if I can't have frozen yogurt, gelato is a close second.

Cook the Book: 'Recipes from an Italian Summer'

orzo pasta salad with a raspberry vinaigrette, cherry tomatoes, and mint!

Cook the Book: 'The Book of Tapas'

chicken wrapped in pandanus leaf at the silk elephant in pittsburgh

Best Baltimore crab cakes / seafood?

Ok cool! We've been thinking of hitting up Lexington Market and now we will for sure!

Weekend Giveaway: Vienna Beef Hot Dog Kit for Your Memorial Day Party

just ketchup

Here's looking at you kid--Dinner 4/29/10 ?

Tonight I'm going to a Thai cooking class...chicken satays, spring rolls, shrimp pad Thai, and Panang beef curry!

burned out on lunch sandwiches

Thanks everyone for the help! I especially like the quinoa / couscous / pasta salad ideas! I'm thinking about making a quinoa and black bean salad this week.

Where to take grandmother do dinner in Pittsburgh?

I second the Grand Concourse

Cook the Book: 'In The Green Kitchen'

add more garlic than the recipe calls for :)

Weekend Cook and Tell: You Ate Where?

On a recent Caribbean cruise, I did a van tour of St. Lucia. At the end of the day, we stopped at a bakery in a village, our guide got out and came back with bags of bread and cheese. The bread was piping hot, crunchy on the outside, and oh so soft on the inside. The cheese got all melty and gooey and delicious stuffed inside the bread. One of the simplest meals ever (and eaten in a van) but so amazing!

Valentine's Day Giveaway: Peanut Butter & Co. Chocolate Hearts

Reese's

Weekend Giveaway: California Wine Club Membership

riesling

Michael Symon's B Spot Shakes Up Cleveland

Went there a few weeks ago and it was fantastic. There are also six or so sauces on each table including different ketchups, mustards, and barbecue sauces- my favorite was the slightly sweet coffee barbecue sauce. As far as the beef goes, it wasn't particularly memorable, but that's probably because it was covered with so many delicious toppings and slathered in sauce.

The vanilla apple pie bacon shake was pretty much the only reason our group wanted to go B Spot in the first place. I think it was unanimous that we wouldn't ge the bacon shake again. Tiny pieces of bacon in a milkshake was very unsettling haha. All in all though, a unique and tasty lunch.

Best Baltimore crab cakes / seafood?

I'm going to Baltimore this weekend...any suggestions on the best place for crab cakes/seafood that won't break the bank?

burned out on lunch sandwiches

I'm a grad student who takes my lunch to work every day, and typically I take a sandwich of some kind: turkey, egg salad, tuna, etc. As you can imagine, this gets pretty old. Does anyone have ideas for sprucing up lunchtime, either ways to jazz up sandwiches or other quick, cheap things to pack? What kinds of things do you pack in your lunch?

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