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Mainstream cake choices - a tie between carrot cake and german chocolate cake. But as for the true favorite, which comes rarely and with much love is my mom's date cake. soft medjool dates, no icing or frosting, crumbly interior, occasionally with nuts. probably walnuts.

Looks like it would take up too much counter space.

For a casual dinner with friends, I tried out this incredibly simple recipe from Yumsugar - orzo with lemon and parsley. My adaptions included adding a few dashes of red pepper flakes when sauteing the garlic and stirring in a can of chickpeas and some grated Parmesan. But really, the lemon and parsley flavors really shine and I am sure you could up the juice and/or zest content.

Appreciate the review - I recently bought the Unsalted Kitchen Basics Stock, and it isn't much different from the regular/salted product, which I suppose is a good thing...has enough natural sodium from the ingredients and no MSG. And at my grocery store, also the same price.

Bacon is everywhere, but I agree that although this is not a new thing, there has been quite a bit of SE devoted to it. I suppose I just notice it more, since I'm Muslim and don't eat bacon. There are a lot of strange bacon related posts that are silly, but then again I suppose there are a lot of silly posts in general right? I've never had bacon, so maybe it is just that good. I've also never had a bacon substitute like turkey bacon - are they good? Should I give it a try?