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Roasted eggplant and chickpea salad with feta, or spinach with roasted sweet potatoes and crispy bacon!

Lots of pasta tossed with whatever vegetable looked good that week, lots of garlic and olive oil!

The best time to go to 26 Beach is for brunch! They have amazing french toast in a million varieties.

Last week I saw a gorgeous zucchini at the farmers market and scooped it up along with some heirloom tomatoes. I sliced it up thin and sauteed it in olive oil with heaps of garlic and some red chili flakes. Then I tossed it with some spaghetti and threw in the diced up heirlooms right at the end to just barely warm them. It was so delicious and fresh, like summer in a bowl! It took no time either!

I live directly around the corner from Cutty's. It's a welcome addition to the neighborhood. I've had the ham on the baguette and it was delicious. Sichuan Garden right across the street is also a total hidden gem. And you can't leave out Brookline Family Restaurant, which is Turkish, next door to the Sichuan place. It's a Brookline institution.

I have to also echo @Avocado's suggestion to review Wan Convenience Store. The sandwiches are really good and HUGE. Plus, dealing with Al is an experience worth writing about.

Monte Alban is a 10 minute drive from Century City and is worth it. You can't get Oaxacan food other places. The mole is mind blowing. There are also some really good sushi restaurants around there.

Yes! It's so good as long as you are willing to really watch over it and take a lot of time on it. My friends made one a few years in a row in a makeshift fryer outside on their tiny lawn. There were really no disasters because they really studied how to do it right. The skin is just incredible.

My pumpkin chili turned out wonderfully. Check it out http://dinnerblogging.blogspot.com.

Tomorrow I'm planning to make the Pumpkin Turkey Chili that was posted in the Healthy & Delicious column a few weeks ago, for Sunday football. I love the idea of using the healthy but rich pumpkin puree to thicken the chili, and I love adding a touch of sweet to a savory dish. I'll be writing about it in my blog tomorrow (http://dinnerblogging.blogspot.com)

I wasn't too big on cafeteria food but I always loved when they would have the special "holiday" hot turkey meals right before vacations. An ice cream scoop of mashed potatoes, a slice of turkey with that brown canned gravy and the always random slice of white bread to soak it up. Old fashioned yum.

Trader Joe's has a low-fat plain version now and I think it's really good. After running out of honey, I started stirring in a little maple syrup and now I am obsessed. However, I tried the fat-free vanilla that the taste testers liked and I was not a fan - I thought it tasted like very obvious sugar substitute.

I second avoiding El Coyote, it is very generic food and I've heard that their owners were avid supporters of Prop 8, if that matters to you.

Tacomiendo is very good, their homemade tortillas are really delicious. Also someone mentioned tortas, which I miss desperately, and Tacomiendo does those as well.

I'm not sure I'd pick LA over NYC but LA does have some good delis. I'm partial to Canter's myself. A lot of the other delis are overrated in my opinion - Factor's and Junior's in particular.