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thanks for all the suggestions! very helpful :)

hmm, I'm tempted to say David Lebovtiz's chocolate caramel matzah crack, but I think it's just so fresh in my mind from passover. But otherwise, ice cream. Especially fresh peach ice cream.

great ideas, thanks all!

disaster and triumph combined: french macarons. 2/3 of the batch baked up beautifully and were filled with ganache and buttercream, 1/3 was pancake-flat and impossible to pry off the parchment paper. Those things are a lot of work!

how i wake up in the morning: fat-free greek yogurt + berries or peaches + walnuts/almonds/pecans + a little sprinkle of brown sugar = yum. it is equally good in the afternoon. or evening.

watermelon or grapes are also really good snacks that fill you up really fast because they are full of water (duh). the yogurt is healthy too, as long as you don't get those single-serving yoplait or dannon containers which are a) wasteful and b) deceptive in that they claim to be healthy but are really laden with corn syrup and artificial flavoring, but that's another story...
and i have no excuse for the brown sugar. It's not healthy, but...it's really good!

I second Homeslice, it's not NY pizza but hello, Texas has tex-mex. And bbq.
others to try:
-Guero's on SoCo
-Juan in a million - on the East side, really really good if you have a hangover on a Sunday morning/afternoon
-Clay Pit, 16th and Guadalupe - amazing lunch buffet for like $7!!!
-Salt Lick in Driftwood, TX (plzzz tell me you've been there! If it's too far, Stubb's will do).
-Eastside Cafe - Manor just past 35
-Vespaio/Enoteca Vespaio on SoCo (one is more expensive than the other, but they are both amazing)
-Amy's ice cream - not really a restaurant, but yummyyy
-Zoot (haven't been for a while and I heard it changed locations and is not so good now, but their sister restaurant Wink is supposedly pretty good)
-Uchi, S. Lamar, and only if you have a few hundred dollars to throw around...

Well, I have a lot more suggestions where those came from, but if you only have a month you might not even have enough time!

onion poppy seed bread, my mom's recipe. it's really pretty and braided and it's so simple but looks fancy!

If silken tofu is what you have left over, don't use it in a stir fry or a dish where you want the tofu to 'hold up' like a meat would in such a situation, because silken is meant to be creamier (after a year of being vegan I figured out such things...I also figured out that I shouldn't be vegan).

this might sound weird, but silken tofu is pretty good in smoothies. just use it like yogurt, and throw in some berries and ice and oj.

there's a nice blog called 101 Cookbooks that features a lot of tofu based recipes, maybe you can find something that sounds appealing to you.

also, if you really want to love tofu, learn to do it right! when making stir you MUST use firm or preferably extra-firm tofu, drain it and press as much water out of it as you possibly can - Alton Brown suggests wrapping it in a tea towel and pressing it between two cake pans for 12 hours...honestly i think just putting it between some paper towels and pressing on it gently a couple times will do the trick. If you want the tofu to be crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, don't marinate it at first. Just brown the outside gently in a skillet or wok using a bit of vegetable oil.Keep an eye out to make sure the sides are browning evenly. Then, drain the cooked tofu on paper towels and start cooking some veggies with whatever sauce you want to use. Throw the tofu back in a few minutes before the veggies are done, just to get it warm and saucy. It will take on the flavor of the sauce pretty much immediately, I have found that marinating makes little or no difference. Good luck!

I love these, I have one in my bag right now! I studied in Denmark for a summer and these are at all the museums and design stores there because they're made by a Scandinavian designer. My friend and I decided to call them 'spifes' (spork + knife)...

I created an account here just to say that no trip to San Antonio is complete without a trip to Taco Taco Cafe. I was introduced to this place by my friend who goes to school in SA, and now I'm addicted. If I had the time I would make the 1.5 hour drive from Austin (where I live) just to eat a taco from TTC.

There is usually a line out the door, but don't let that discourage you because the line moves fast and it is completely worth the wait. Also, they were featured in Bon Appetit for having the best taco in America...who could argue with that? I recommend the Taco Norteno.

Here's the website: Taco Taco Cafe