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..... Parmesan Cheese! The real deal --- all dishes made with Parmesan -- could get very creative!, but nothing too strange- no chocolate/parmesan desserts, etc. Other than that, it would be heaven!
P.S. Re the garlic themed restaruant -- in Madison, NJ there is a restaurant called Garlic Rose -- all garlic, all the time, every dish -- I can't go near the place and if you are with someone who does, you can't go near them for a couple of days.
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Crunchy peanut butter spread on grainy bread, topped with very thin slices of apples, sprkled with cinnamon! Excellent!
Would you rather give up ice cream or cookies?
Could never give up cookies! A good homemade cookie with oatmeal, chocolate chips, nuts and dried cherries is one of life's simiple, but exquisite pleasures.
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Oikos Yogurt
I like Fage but find it very overpriced for a rather small cup -- Oikos is good, but lately I've switched to Chobani Greek yogurt--available at Whole Foods and other stores in northern New Jersey -- it comes in flavors, but I always get the Vanilla and add trail mix, gogi berries, etc. to it -- delicious -- and the price is less than Fage,
One Trick Pony Restaurants
..... Parmesan Cheese! The real deal --- all dishes made with Parmesan -- could get very creative!, but nothing too strange- no chocolate/parmesan desserts, etc. Other than that, it would be heaven!
P.S. Re the garlic themed restaruant -- in Madison, NJ there is a restaurant called Garlic Rose -- all garlic, all the time, every dish -- I can't go near the place and if you are with someone who does, you can't go near them for a couple of days.
Bring PB&J up a notch!
Crunchy peanut butter spread on grainy bread, topped with very thin slices of apples, sprkled with cinnamon! Excellent!
Would you rather give up ice cream or cookies?
Could never give up cookies! A good homemade cookie with oatmeal, chocolate chips, nuts and dried cherries is one of life's simiple, but exquisite pleasures.
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
For years there was a restaurant on Nantucket called
The Elegant Dump! No longer there!
My Seven Go-To Foods for the New Year: What Are Yours?
Add these to your list for quick, light, healthy and satisfying:
1) Single serving size microwave Kettle Corn popcorn
2) Fuji apple spread with reduced fat crunchy peanut butter (or get the dried 75% reduced fat peanut butter and mix with water, juice or applebutter)
3) Bowl of Kashi Go-Lean Crunch cereal with banana or blueberries, small sprinkle of chopped walnutes and low fat milk
4) Whole grain waffle topped with apple butter, 1% fat whipped cottage cheese and small sprinkle of chopped nuts or honey roasted soy nuts
5) Vanilla flavored, fat free Greek yogurt mixed with Grape Nuts Trail Mix Crunch and dried cherries (no sugar needed)
6) Glenny's single serve bag of soy crisps -- Apple Cinnamon are best-- with a cup of tea
Cook the Book: 'How to Cook Everything Vegetarian' Book Giveaway
My brand-new favorite is a Maple Baked Tofu recipe published in the fall issue of Eating Well -- it's delicious-- don't be turned off by the "maple"--it's just a tiny bit of pure maple syrup that makes for a delicious, complex flavor. Baking tofu is such a refreshing change from all those tofu stir-fry recipes.
A trip down memory lane: What food makes you smile?
Pastina cooked in chicken broth with a beaten egg added while the broth boils--finished off with butter and lots of parmesan once the mixture thickens. Delicious! My mother always made it for me when I had a bad cold as a kid. I made it for my daughter who is now 23 and still loves it.
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
In Chongqing. I recent ate at a hot pot restaurant called Zhu's Fagty Rot Hot-Tot. I have the napkin to prove it. What is this: a restaurant for gay pedophiles?
Oikos Yogurt
My husband bought Okios for me when looking for "Greek yogurt" and it was OK - in a pinch, however I found it not as creamy as everyone has already said and not nearly as filling plus a little sour (and more calories than the 0%). I just opened one (Okios) today and it was curddled!! and runny and the expiration date was 9/30! (today is 9/5) - that's it - I don't care how much more Fage costs, I won't be substituting Okios for it again. The only place I have found it is at Trader Joe's (in Paramus, NJ) and at a Price Chopper Supermarket near Lake Geroge, NY. Does anyone know if A&P, ShopRite, Costco or StopNShop carries Fage in the lower Hudson Valley, NY area? or at any other store I haven't mentioned??
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Dai Ho
Temple City, CA
Yung Ho King Tou Chiang Restaurant
San Gabriel, CA
Yung Hou Tou Jiang
San Gabriel, CA
Yung Ho Restaurant
San Gabriel, CA
It's all about the HOs!!
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
A friend of mine at Vassar told me about a place in Poughkipsee called the "Yeung Ho Chinese Restaurant"
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Safari Tacos in Door County, Wisc. I mean seriously, that makes no sense. Safari Tacos?
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Phuket, let's Thai one on.
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Juan Toomany's Taco Hut in Missouri City, Texas (now closed).
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
My favorite is the chinese restaurant in Cooperstown, NY.
Foo Kin, as in "I want some of that Foo Kin Chinese Food!"
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Singapore Bistro on 19th and L in Washington DC has the name right but if you look closely the sign below reads "Asian Cousin". Awesome!
And in Hilton Head, South Carolina somewhere I remember seeing a restaurant called Mexician Grill. We still laugh at that one!
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
There's a Chinese restaurant here in Portland, OR called Hung Far Low. I have no idea why.
There used to be a place called Takee Outee in the French Quarter. There was one right up the street from Pat O's. The eggrolls were huge, delicious and exactly what we needed after a few Hurricanes. Good times.
Oikos Yogurt
I like Oikos vanilla it is great.I am also a fan on trader joes honey greek yogurtThe fage flavor I like is the cherry it is so yummy....
One Trick Pony Restaurants
Definitely peanut butter. I, too, have eaten at Peanut Butter & Co. in New York (and LOVED it), but I'd love to have a more upscale restaurant and definitely an even larger menu than they currently do. Peanut butter can be used in so many ways - from sweet to savory, appetizers to dessert, Latin American to Thai flavors, and just about everything in between.....
One Trick Pony Restaurants
Oh my gosh - a garlic restaurant! Brilliant!
eatorama - ever heard of "Cheeburger Cheeburger"? They do something like that, with all the crazy toppings & whatnot. Give 'em a google search sometime, check out the website. We got one in LR about a year ago (or so), but... honestly... when I went there it was all hype and not a lot of delivery.
One Trick Pony Restaurants
@johnfred--you made me think about a sauce I haven't made in a long time--vanilla bean burre blanc. The vanilla bean is opened and added into the cream and vinegar when they are reduced. Then you remove the bean and proceed as usual.
One Trick Pony Restaurants
Pizza! oh...i guess its been done.
Bring PB&J up a notch!
I am a HUGE HUGE fan of Sunflower Seed butter with bananas and unfiltered wildflower honey on whole wheat. The sunflower butter is amazingly good and balanced with the sweetness of the honey.
also PB&Co's Dark Chocolate Dreams and SEEDED raspberry jam...drool drool
Bring PB&J up a notch!
I love peanut butter and Polana apricot jam on rye toast. With it, a cup of coffee with skim milk, no sugar.
All the best,
Linda J. Atamian
Bring PB&J up a notch!
Peanut Butter & Co. The Heat Is On with Rasberry jam. Hot!
My Seven Go-To Foods for the New Year: What Are Yours?
Every week I roast 4 pounds of carrots at 400 degrees for 90 minutes. They sit in the refrigerator and make a delicious and filling snack with a generous sprinkling of salt.
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
In Bellevue, Washington, there is "What the Pho?"
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Mrs. Fly's Bakery (now defunct) was famous for shoo-fly pie.
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Kung Food in Las Vegas far off the Strip
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Around the corner from my house (in a neighborhood with a large Latino population) there is a restaurant called "Pupuseria My Family's" I'm dying to know how they managed to have a sign created without anyone pointing out the problematic grammar. thepictsie - There's a "Chinee Takee Outee" in Gainesville, FL too.
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
"Cabbages and Condoms" in Bangkok.
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
"The Oinkster" on Colorado in LA's Eagle Rock neighborhood is the best worst name I know. While the name is a total joke, the food is not!
I stopped in there in late December and got a generous serving of their belgian fries w/ garlic aioli. So damn good, I finished them all.
Oink, oink, baby.
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I like Fage but find it very overpriced for a rather small cup -- Oikos is good, but lately I've switched to Chobani Greek yogurt--available at Whole Foods and other stores in northern New Jersey -- it comes in flavors, but I always get the Vanilla and add trail mix, gogi berries, etc. to it -- delicious -- and the price is less than Fage,