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Squash Tiramisu mmm

It all looks good, but I'm giving it to the squash tiramisu. That just sounds genius.

Odd, I don't think Katz's pastrami is remotely hot doggy. Did you not get it fatty? Oh my, oh my -- all fatty and piping hot with the black edges... it tastes more like brisket than hot dogs to me.

Or maybe you just have some really good hot dogs?

I love Jeffrey on Iron Chef too -- he is usually the only critic with half a brain (like the asian woman who thinks everything is greasy -- ugh someone slap her), and I definitely appreciate his love of food. I would LOVE to have an all-Jeffrey show. Yay!

Plus, unlike the other two meanies, he's not just mean for mean's sake. He usually does have constructive criticism and knows how to call a spade a spade -- without resorting to foul language or violence.

@ toad: Thinking of trying Stewarts, but I'm wary after your liver comment. I hear that "american" versions of haggis can indeed be too liver heavy. When I've had it in Scotland, it was not overly liver tasting at all. Not that liver is bad, just not what I'm pining after.

Tab Tos on East 5th. So cheap, so delicious, so weird... my long lost sushi nazi. RIP, Tab Tos.

My family have been giving each other the Harry & David pears for at least 30 years now, if not longer. They are indeed delicious once they ripen (try them with a sprinkling of cheese on top!), and the boxes make excellent storage for christmas ornaments. We must have 20 H&D boxes up in our attic full of christmas history.

This one won't top any lists, but I love The Old Hickory House in Atlanta. I'm so homesick for their Brunswick stew.

It's a tie -- between (1) the day I realized that all of the flavor in a pork chop is right next to the bone (I know, I know, DUH), because that changed my life, and (2) eating suckling pig in Spain, with that super crisp thin skin and melt-in-your mouth soft, fatty baby piggie meat inside.

I tried the Master Cleanse back in the fall, not really to lose weight, but to flush out all the bad stuff in my body. The "lemonade" wasn't actually that bad -- I had plenty of energy and was never hungry or grumpy. However, it did make me realize how much my life revolves around food because I was BORED CRAZY. No going out to dinner or drinks with friends, no cooking at home, no lazy brunch on the weekends -- not even my favorite cup of tea at night. I broke down 5 days into it, not out of hunger, but because I just missed eating so much. I really can't see a foodie getting into a cleanse like this. That, and the lemonade really hurts your teeth enamel. Oh and the benefits? There weren't really any. I wouldn't recommend it for much more than a test of personal will.

I had a friend in college who swore she was deathly allergic to shrimp... but NOT fried shrimp. Somehow fried shrimp was okay. A miracle of science?

Goat cheese brie. Mmmmmm.

malaysian curry soup with udon noodles, tons of veggies and whatever protein is in the house. yum. love that coconut milk + hot pepper oil combination.