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@jpeckjr - you're awesome!
I was one of those girls, and now I'm one of those students on a budget. I was always so impressed and happy when people I had expected to turn me down turned out to be the most giving and warm and helpful :)

so strange to me that so many people haven't seen CF kids!
I'm from Washington State too, and they're definitely all around the Seattle area.

I don't know... I couldn't help but expect to hear techno beats and "i'm bringing sexy back" coming from my speakers every time "beret brad" was in front of the camera. he has charm, i'll admit. but its a very old-school timberlakey charm.

but 100% agreement here that paul's promo was the most disturbing thing i've seen in awhile. possibly, however, just disturbing enough to make the bizarre, the curious, and the brave tune into his show? he's like an androgynous paula deen/emeril/guy/wanna-be-alton, with a little bit of flynn from flynn's carpet sense thrown in there.
he intrigues me.
as do everyone's crazy eyes.

on a different note, aria and aarti are adorable.
and das is a bro. a bro with expressive arms and bad grammar.

and how can we forget the grilled cheese bus? favorite of adventurous lewis and clark students who are sick of dining halls and banning's, taking a break from sushi land for something more down-home and delicious? definitely worth a mention :)

chocolate can mean so many different things!
white (not my favorite - and yes, I know, not even chocolate!) reminds me of easter bunnies that I used to get to help my dad make while he was executive chef at the Harbor Club in downtown seattle.
milk is just comforting and essentially chocolaty - creamy, sweet, and delicious
but dark is by far my favorite - there's nothing like a good 70-90% bar of just plain cacoa goodness.

1. Have you ever eaten horseradish? No (I'm the oddball)
2. If yes, what would you put it on?
3. Where do you shop for special meal ingredients? stores that I know carry them - usually Central Market
4. Would you order ingredients online? If so, which sites? probably not
5. 1 to 10 scale, how adventurous are you at trying new foods? 6
6. How far have you driven to eat-out? not far - half an hour to downtown seattle?
7. How often do you prepare meals each week? At least 6 days a week, at least 2 meals each day
8. What colors come to mind associated with adventure? bold colors, sneaky colors (thinking: jungly, black, dark greens/purples)
9. Do you consume artificial sweeteners? yes, although they're one of the only things I consume that I chide myself for doing so

hahahhaha
I don't live in the city, so i can't truthfully answer your question. but I love your title
:]

I haven't had ice cream in a while... I got kind of burnt out on it after many years of nightly (and afternoonly, and often mid-morningly) indulging in it.

as a kid, I liked the chocololateiest flavors I could get my hands on... chocolate fudge brownie, chocolate mousse royalle, that kind of thing. extra chocolate, please, wherever you can shove it in :)
In elementary school, if I went out for ice cream, it was always the chocolatiest flavor, whipped cream (no fudge sauce, for some reason), and the little tiny gummi bears. I still see the appeal of those little frozen fruity guys, but I'm not sure if I'd still order it quite that way now.

PeanutButter - in my sophomore year of high school I went through a huge long kick of eating ice cream (coffee and vanilla, one scoop of each) with frozen sliced strawberries and kashi go lean crunch mixed in.
so crunchy. so good. so tooth-breaking.

I'd agree - I don't think they'd make a really great substitution in pasta dishes that depend on that pasta-y taste or texture. They won't easily taste italian, they have their own squishy (or as cassaendra said, rubbery) texture and an un-semolina taste that you'll either love or hate.
I love the texture, but I had to get over how different they were from other noodles. coming up with new recipes that use them, instead of using old pasta recipes with a substitute, would probably have better results.

Cassaendra - I wish I could have your long sukiaki recipe! I'm always looking for new things to do with funky ingredients like shirataki.

waaaa-a-a-a-a-ay better than frickin "diet coke LIME." just because it's artificially sweetened doesn't mean they have to artificially lime-itize it!!

I agree though, regular diet coke, with real delicious lime is the best.
I spent a week in yelapa, mexico, in february, and drank it every day - multiple times.

so there's an answer for you - it's spread to Seattle, and all the way down to yelapa.
:)

I have found my people.
:)

I love mushrooms... no one around here seems to understand it, but I just absolutely adore them. broiled portabellos over spinach, crimini and button raw. perfectttt.

I'm munching a 12:20am snack of two extra thin toasty corn tortillas, mozzarella cheese, and salty sundried tomatoes at the moment. (yes, I like my sundried tomatoes in their intense little dehydrated state!)

I recently rediscovered tortillas after a long time without... @Ravara - like mexican bread and butter for sure.
:)

oh and @sadiepix - I always offer my two cents about interesting foods!! I love it when people ask me questions or don't mind answering mine - its always refreshing to know i'm not the only foodie weirdo in the vicinity!

Just a few days ago I was browsing all the talk topics of the past couple weeks and I realized how much I missed reading the hilarious ones started by you, JEP!!
glad you're back!!