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The Anatomy of a Gummy Bear
Ah well... I imagine given that they're mostly gelatin that they were never *quite* vegetarian anyway
Sour Cream and The Onion: The A.V. Club Reviews Weird Pringles
They're not weird, but I want to know what happened to the reduced-fat ranch Pringles I used to crave in grad school, about a dozen years ago. They have reduced fat in every other flavor. Were these just so addictive that they were considered unsafe? If I bought them I couldn't stop till I'd eaten the whole can.
Portland eating adventure
Some random thoughts: Roses Bakery in NW, Fire on the Mountain in N Portland for amazing wings and fries (washed down w/ good local microbrews). The gelato place across the street (to the north) from the main Powell's (and please tell me you're going to Powell's? even if you are not a big reader they have a great cookbook section).
Lots of great down-and-dirty Mexican food if you're coming, say, from the East Coast and don't get that much. I like Cha Cha Cha (several locations, I think the one on Hawthorne is best).
Andina is supposed to be nice for S. American cuisine.
There's one other that I can't remember... I'll see if I can get my sister, a local, to remind me what it was.
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What's your favorite fried food?
Haddock and chips, only in New England, served with coleslaw and ketchup. Fried clams a close second.
The Anatomy of a Gummy Bear
Ah well... I imagine given that they're mostly gelatin that they were never *quite* vegetarian anyway
Sour Cream and The Onion: The A.V. Club Reviews Weird Pringles
They're not weird, but I want to know what happened to the reduced-fat ranch Pringles I used to crave in grad school, about a dozen years ago. They have reduced fat in every other flavor. Were these just so addictive that they were considered unsafe? If I bought them I couldn't stop till I'd eaten the whole can.
Portland eating adventure
Some random thoughts: Roses Bakery in NW, Fire on the Mountain in N Portland for amazing wings and fries (washed down w/ good local microbrews). The gelato place across the street (to the north) from the main Powell's (and please tell me you're going to Powell's? even if you are not a big reader they have a great cookbook section).
Lots of great down-and-dirty Mexican food if you're coming, say, from the East Coast and don't get that much. I like Cha Cha Cha (several locations, I think the one on Hawthorne is best).
Andina is supposed to be nice for S. American cuisine.
There's one other that I can't remember... I'll see if I can get my sister, a local, to remind me what it was.
Best Fish Tacos in San Diego
I have to go to San Diego in a few of weeks for a conference and had not been looking forward to it, but you've given me a new lease on my trip, especially since I didn't do well in the fish taco department last time I was there. So many thanks, Erin!
Dinner Tonight: Chipotle Smashed Sweet Potatoes
Throw some cinnamon in, too.
Best Fro-Yo Shops in SoCali
Erin! After I read the article in the NYTimes, I swore that I had to find a way to bring real frozen yogurt here to DC. What do you think? Heard any rumors? I'll even invest my own money!
A Well-Intentioned Chippy
Price notwithstanding, and I'm not sure what explains why pollock, etc., would be so steep, I'm really glad someone's thinking about this. Sure, cod is wonderful, and I'm a New Englander, but I get scared every time I see it on a menu. We are truly eating our fish species into extinction.
Too many people! Auuuggghhh!
Trader Joe's Torture: What one thing do you have to buy?
I have to pick just one thing?? Torture is right. How about the pesto ricotta gnocchi?
Serious Sandwiches: Churrasco Completo
Guacamole with sour cream or cheese??? :-O Where would that be? I'm ready to accept that there's variation in guacamole recipes throughout Latin American (i.e., it's not just Mexican); adding dairy sounds extreme to me, but I'm happy to be corrected.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Garrison Confections Ultimate Chocolate Cooler
depends: milk, dark, with or without nuts, fruit, other stuff... as long as it's real.
Chinese Food, Christmas Day, and the Jews: Where Can We Go for Old-School Chinese?
Not sure what you mean, Ed, when you say that twice-cooked pork and lion's head on Christmas don't seem right... please elaborate.
What are some good hot wintertime alcoholic drinks?
Mulled cider with bourbon
December tastes like...
gingerbread
latkes
egg nog
peppermint
New Thanksgiving Recipes - a hit or a miss?
I made the cheese-straw apple pie from this site. It was pretty tasty, and not too hard; I kept the butter and then the dough very cold, which helped manage the crust. There is *a lot* of fat in that crust - butter and cheddar cheese - and it came out nice and crispy, and really did taste like a cheese straw. However, the granny smith apples I used were sour and otherwise tasteless; next time I'll use a somewhat sweeter apple and/or use more brown sugar, for a better contrast with the completely savory crust. Also, I imagine 2 teaspoons of cayenne would be way too much; one was plenty.
Cook the Book: Vegetarian Suppers
A nice risotto with lots of vegetables, especially mushrooms, and finished with very good parmesan cheese.
Cooking with Kids: Cornish Pasties
Um, "loaded" with monounsaturated fat? How is that possible? Lard has to be mostly saturated fat in order to be solid - in other words, lard. Just basic chemistry. Whether or not saturated fat is bad for you is still an open question.
Sunday Brunch: Pumpkin Fritters
I would be inclined to call these pumpkin latkes...
Vegetarians / Thanksgiving
KarynMC, you could always ask them to roast the dressing outside the bird for health reasons... so the turkey bacteria don't contaminate it, it never reaches a high enough temperature to kill them, etc...
Novels with great food scenes... what are your favorites?
Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, was as much a memoir as a novel, but it did have wonderful food scenes throughout.
What is your favorite spice, and in what dishes do you use it?
Black pepper. Pretty much everything. Boring, I know... Ginger and cinnamon are tied for second, and I use them in dishes both sweet and savory.
What's the richest thing you've ever tasted?
A bit of a toss-up: I always found Toscanini's ice cream (in Cambridge) to be extremely rich. I once ordered a fettuccine alfredo that I couldn't finish (never happens). Then there was a bread pudding I made with pound cake. Or a lobster pie (soaked in butter).
Color Standards System for French Fries
I love it. Can I get a poster of that to put up in my kitchen?
- French Fry Girl
To satisfy a salty craving, I eat _____
First choice is potato chips (plain Utz are fine, but other than barbeque I don't discriminate) but they're my worst vice, so I've tried to substitute a few pistachios (which take a little work) or a couple of good olives.
Shhh.....Don't tell...I've used MSG
There was a cool story on NPR this morning about umami, the 5th taste, which has been shown to be glutamate, and we apparently have taste receptors for glutamate (a.k.a. glutamic acid). So am I wrong, or isn't MSG just the sodium salt of glutamate?
Just because it's in regular foods, though, doesn't mean people don't have a sensitivity to large amounts of it, or in the form of the sodium salt, which might make it more easily absorbed... as we were reminded constantly in toxicology class, the dose makes the poison.
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
Try The Veggie Space Blog at http://veggie85.blogspot.com for vegetarian and vegan recipes, restaurant reveiws, and other great info. I will be posting new content every day, so check often for new stuff.
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
My blog is vegetarian and vegan, I experiment quite a bit and most of the time I end up with great recipes... www.cmacskitchen.com
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
I don't have a vegetarian blog, but I just put up a post about the best vegetarian restaurants in Montreal. It might be useful for any tourists coming up. Montreal has so many vegetarian/vegan restaurants!
What's your favorite salad combination?
Top a bed of arugula with blueberries, sliced granny smith apples or pears, blue cheese and some chopped pecans. Squeeze some fresh lemon juice on top and you have a great salad combo! I have another great salad combo under my recipes section on my blog: www.shar-on-nutrition.com
What's your favorite salad combination?
I slowly slowly lowly cook thin slices of garlic and sliced almonds in olive oil and butteruntil they are just barely browned, and finish the last few minutes with a good shake of seasoned salt and sugar.
They are the perfect delicious yummy crunchy topping to any mixed green salad. That, plus a sweet element, like grapes or berries or diced apple, makes a good salad great for me.
What's your favorite salad combination?
Spinach, strawberries, red onion, almonds, raisins, cheese...yummy! This is also good with pears...and a homemade poppyseed vinagrette! Excellent!
What is the best pepper mill on the market?
I like Paula Deen's pepper mill, the peppermate, www.peppermate.com
It has a bottom catch, and it grinds very efficiently - I've had mine for many years.
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
101 Cookbooks. Done.
Also, Cheap Healthy Good.
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
Hello! I have a vegetarian blog as well. siddhivegcook.blogspot.com
Possiblity of contamination of coumarin in cinnamon?
You can buy real organic Ceylon cinnamon at Amazon. You don't have to go around the world and pay through your nose to get the product. A company in California will ship you the product right away. I found this on the web
http://www.indusorganics.com/camparison.php
check the amazon.com
just search for organic Ceylon cinnamon at Amazon.com or click on this link
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=organic+ceylon+cinnamon&x=0&y=0
The Best Jewish Delis: What's Your Favorite?
Oh man, I think I am going to plan a Deli tour of NYC. I am from Vancouver, BC and we have Kaplans which has been around since the 50's I believe, but it is not so good, not anymore. Other than that we have NOTHING here. As for the comment about Montreal, I don't agree that Montreal bagels are the best, I don't like them chewy I like them the way I grew up with them which are more doughy. Also we don't have smoked meat in Vancouver, but rather corned beef.
Anyway I did go to Artie's when I was in NY three years ago as well as Katz' and preferred Artie's by a longshot.
I am sad that I have missed out on all the great deli's from a bygone era, I may never get to experience the atmosphere and tastes that I grew up yearning for.
The Best Jewish Delis: What's Your Favorite?
I live in Jersey and so far the best Jewish Deli is in Cherry Hill. It's called the Kibitz Room. The Matzo ball soup is to die for, the liver knish is one of the best I have ever tasted. When I need a Kibbitz "fix" I go for the pastrami sandwich with chopped liver on pumpernickle, a liver knish and matzo ball soup and their pickles and green tomatoes. The matzo ball soup and the knish get eaten later for dinner. The sandwiches come half or whole and they also have a humongous sandwich called the g.b.m.f. It is insane. It took four of us to eat it. Next time anyone is in Jersey and close proximity to Cherry Hill, try them. The deli guys are a riot and they do kibitz with you and the waitresses are funny.
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
I just created a blog, it is at www.nosaladforme.com. My blog is about helping out new vegetarians and sharing QUICK and EASY vegetarian recipes, most of the recipes I post will only have a few ingredients so that you can make them without having to run to the grocery store every night. I plan on listing many recipes along with my blog. I only have one entry up right now, but expect to see something new weekly!
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
My blog deals mainly with David Wolfe's teachings in raw foods as well as much emphasis on the vegan diet. Healthy Food Raw Diet Hope you enjoy it!
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
i am vegetarian and have a blog... you might like it... at the time this post was originally generated KarmaFree Cooking did not exist yet... It's also available in Spanish, if anyone is interested...
Madelyn
KarmaFreeCooking
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
Cheap Healthy Good is mostly vegetarian, and there's a biweekly column called Veggie Might on that blog that is vegetarian.
The list of vegetarian entree recipes on that site:
ENTREES: VEGETARIAN
Angel Hair Pasta with Eggplant-Tomato Sauce
Baked Eggplant with Mushroom-Tomato Sauce
Black Bean Burrito Bake
Black Bean Soup With a Fried Egg on Top
Bodega Beans
Broiled Eggplant Japonaise
Butternut Squash Lasagna with Ricotta and Pine Nuts
Cheesy Eggplant Bake
Chili Lime Tofu and Greens
Curried Apple and Lentil Dal
Curried Chickpeas and Black Beans
Eggplant Mini Pizzas
Falafel
Falafel with Tahini Sauce
Fresh Tomato Lasagna
Homemade Pizza
Gallo Pinto
Gumbo z’Herbes
Kale and Mushrooms With Polenta
Lentils with Burnt Onions
Light Macaroni and Cheese
Meatless Shepherd’s Pie
Nuyorican Beans and Rice
Orecchiette (er, Macaroni) with Broccoli and Chickpeas
Parmesan-Crusted Portobello Mushrooms
Pasta with Asparagus and Mushrooms
Pasta with Eggplant, Zucchini, and Tomatoes
Pasta with Nettles, Sorrel, and Lemon
Penne with Lemon, Potatoes, and Cannelini
Pindi Chana
Potato Gnocchi
Pumpkin Orzo with Sage
Ratatouille on the Run
Seitan O’Greatness
Shaksouka (Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce)
Shredded Zucchini and Chick Peas Over Polenta
Spaghetti Squash Puttanesca
Spaghetti with Asparagus, Egg, and Parmesan
Spinach Rice Casserole
Plus there are plenty of sides and breakfasts not on this list.
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
If you're not necessarily interested in cooking the food yourself http://www.veggiebrothers.com has vegetarian and vegan meals that can be delivered anywhere in the U.S.!
Is Raw Milk Safe? Which Side Are You On?
I live in California so I'm fortunate enough to be able to purchase raw milk. I, as well as my 11 year old son, have never had an issue. Both my son & I prefer the raw milk because it tastes fantastic. I don't know if it cures diseases but I do know this...When I drink pasteurized milk I get an headache & become congested within an hour of consuming it. When I drink raw milk I have zero issues so I am certain that there is something to this. The only issue I've had w/ the raw milk is that there are two brand-one of the brand's milk comes in a glass bottle, the other in plastic....the glass bottle raw milk tastes better & keeps longer than the brand in the plastic container. My son & I will continue drinking raw milk.
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
http:www.downtoearth.org blog is awesome
What's your favorite salad combination?
The organic farm is drowning us in huge quantities of broccoli, lettuce, boc choy, kale, spinach, Kale, collards, radicchio and escarole! I'm not complaining, but I'm trying to keep things interesting while we eat all these greens.
Current fave: any combo of lettuce, sliced strawberries, chopped red onion, walnuts, chevre and poppyseed dressing thinned with a little milk - don't like it too thick. You can throw in some white beans, too, if you like.
Also: lettuce or greens of any kind, thinly sliced pears, craisins, and a good-sized slice off a log of chevre, rolled in chopped pecans and baked until warm. Dijon mustard dressing - heaven!
My favorite chopped salad: lettuce, onions, tomato, avocado, walnuts or almonds and any type of vinegarette. Love, love, love tomatoes and avocado together.
Best Vegetarian Blogs?
Check this one out too.
Help, I am dating a vegetarian!
Does he drink too much? If not I wouldn't worry.
Serious Sandwiches: Churrasco Completo
In southern South America, including Chile, avocado is called palta. In Chile they also call "palta" the mixture they make that looks somewhat similar to guacamole, but the two mixtures are different. Avocado, in Chile, is mixed simply with lemon juice, salt, and salad oil. Guacamole is avocado mixed with garlic, tomato, a little jalapeno pepper, salt, and lime juice (though that can vary, a little). Palta and guacamole are not interchangeable in my opinion!
Chilean palta, all by itself on bread, is also delicioius, and is a common treat for the afternoon/evening onces.
I stumbled upon this blog earlier today. The descriptions of the Chilean sandwiches are making me even more eager for my return trip to Chile in July!
What is your favorite spice, and in what dishes do you use it?
cinnamon ginger and nutmeg they go amazing in everything, savory and sweet.
i add them to meat dishes, breads, oatmeal, anything!
i also love using tons of cumin and coriander and paprika in mexican food
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Haddock and chips, only in New England, served with coleslaw and ketchup. Fried clams a close second.