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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Counter Culture Coffee Subscription

With skim milk, half-n-half when there's no skim

curiousotter at 2:58PM on 12/08/11

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Enter to Win a Kenny & Zuke's Pastrami Kit

smoked meat, caraway
Smells like Grandma's kitchen
Extra mustard, please

curiousotter at 8:26AM on 02/20/11

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Cook the Book: 'Appetite for Reduction'

Chickpea-pumpkin-peanut butter soup :)

curiousotter at 7:18PM on 01/26/11

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5 Ways to Spice Up Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

@aSaltedYouth, my epiphany might be a couple weeks too late for you, but this afternoon I filled the bowl of pulp and seeds with water. All the seeds that were unattached floated to the top. The others just needed a bit of massaging out of the pulp. Skim them off with your hands or a soup strainer. Takes 5 minutes, tops.

curiousotter at 4:22PM on 10/31/10

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Cook the Book: 'In The Green Kitchen'

Fresh ingredients, good butter, and better friends make the simplest meals divine.

curiousotter at 1:42PM on 04/20/10

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Etiquette for Eating on Planes/Trains/Buses

It's important to be able to carry on one's own food of choice. I'm a prime example: I have to fly cross-country several times a year, and I have several significant food allergies. There are many times when those "$10 turkey sandwiches" aren't properly labeled, and just trusting that the ingredients are what they say they are isn't going to help when I'm sick as a dog for my entire trip.

I try to pack simple, inoffensive foods that avoid common airborne allergens such as peanuts (I was once seated next to a little girl and her mother who were very kind in asking me not to eat the complimentary peanuts from the flight attendant since the girl was so severely allergic). Almond butter and jelly sandwiches, cheese and crackers, cut fruit/veggies, granola, chocolate, simple pasta and sauce dishes, etc. Generally nothing hot, nothing stinky.

curiousotter at 12:17PM on 04/08/10

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Cook the Book: 'My New Orleans'

Local honey, 100%. Tasty AND keeps my allergies at bay!

curiousotter at 1:18PM on 03/01/10

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What's Your Favorite Hamantash Filling?

This year's accidental discovery is my favorite: fig jam with balsamic vinegar.

For the record, if you're using a bottle of balsamic vinegar as your rolling pin, make sure the cap is on tight, unless you're in the mood to experiment :-)

curiousotter at 11:26PM on 02/27/10

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Cook the Book: 'The Best Soups in the World'

Two weekends ago I had an amazing, amazing bowl of chickpea, spinach, potato and garlic soup. Super creamy, but with no dairy. Spicy, but not too hot for the chili-powder averse. It was a hearty winter meal all in itself!

curiousotter at 1:45PM on 01/25/10

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Russ & Daughters Brunch Package

Everything bagel. Schmear. Lox, onions, tomato. Coffee and perhaps some fresh-squeezed OJ!

curiousotter at 7:20PM on 12/11/09

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Zingerman's Culinary Adventure Society

Hummus and pita in Yafo/Jaffa... I dream of it often, and have yet to find its equal

curiousotter at 1:30PM on 12/07/09

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Charles Chocolates

My mother's famous once-a-year amazing bittersweet chocolate brownies made with brewed french roast coffee. Practically a perfect fudge-brownie hybrid.

curiousotter at 7:32PM on 12/05/09

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Edible Chocolate Box from Charles Chocolates

My grandmother's marble cake with dark chocolate icing- it had the perfect hint of coffee in it. mmm, amazing memories. The best part was scraping the icing bowl when she was done with the cake!

curiousotter at 11:56PM on 01/04/09

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Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet

My unending quest (with *almost* too many contenders) for the very best black and white cookie in NYC!

curiousotter at 9:20PM on 10/04/08

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Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine

My mother, a fantastic cook, has made us many many great meals over the years. The most memorable, however, was the meal gone wrong. It looked like it would be perfect-- roasted chicken, potatoes, and broccoli. The chicken was covered in sweet paprika and garlic powder, or so we thought. One bite revealed that it was oodles of HOT paprika and something we couldn't quite place. Oh that's it... ground ginger, not garlic. On both the chicken AND the potatoes. It was the only meal ever thrown away in our home. Thank goodness for pizza delivery.

curiousotter at 3:13PM on 05/05/08

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Serious Easter Artisanal Chocolate Egg Giveaway

dark chocolate covered matzoh, and also those orange-creme cadbury eggs.... bur don't tell my mother. mmmmm

curiousotter at 3:21PM on 03/18/08

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Cook the Book: 'Techniques of Healthy Cooking'

brown rice and a salad of grilled chicken breast, steamed kale, and chickpeas mixed with a dressing of tahini, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice and garlic

curiousotter at 3:33PM on 01/14/08

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