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Standing Room Only: Tropi Cuban
I had the best cuban I've had in years this weekend at The Chef's Table at the Edgewater hotel in Winter Garden, FL. For someplace with a fancy prix fixe dinner menu at night and the best wine and food pairings in Orlando, they can sure throw down with some cubans and roast beef po' boys for lunch!
Where can I find Marshall Biscuits in Orlando, Florida???
They don't sell them in the Orlando area.
I'm Cheap
I don't have a problem with our local farmer's market--it's the local Co-op that is out of control. I decided to try it last week and they charged me over $10.00 for 3, count 'em, 3 heirloom tomatoes. I also got a season pick box for $20.00 which contained 2 acorn squash, one eggplant, a bag of okra, and one mango! Really!!??? Really?? Are you crazy?
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Orlando, FL dining
The Chef's Table at Edgewater Inn in Winter Garden -- amazing!
Standing Room Only: Tropi Cuban
I had the best cuban I've had in years this weekend at The Chef's Table at the Edgewater hotel in Winter Garden, FL. For someplace with a fancy prix fixe dinner menu at night and the best wine and food pairings in Orlando, they can sure throw down with some cubans and roast beef po' boys for lunch!
Where can I find Marshall Biscuits in Orlando, Florida???
They don't sell them in the Orlando area.
I'm Cheap
I don't have a problem with our local farmer's market--it's the local Co-op that is out of control. I decided to try it last week and they charged me over $10.00 for 3, count 'em, 3 heirloom tomatoes. I also got a season pick box for $20.00 which contained 2 acorn squash, one eggplant, a bag of okra, and one mango! Really!!??? Really?? Are you crazy?
What's in your kid's lunch bag?
I'm one of those horrible parents that feeds my child junk for school lunch. If I packed half the stuff on here, the kid would starve. 8 year old wants pb&j, lays, grapes, and if she's lucky, some sort of little debbie monstrosity. I tried getting her to eat the food at school, but then she just comes home starving because all she "ate" was milk.
Curious purple vegetable in my CSA box
I slice it, salt it, and eat it. We used to grow them up North. I search the markets looking for them all the time!
Cook the Book: 'Seven Fires'
Empanadas...but the columbian ones with cornmeal instead of flour.
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
Re: LaRosa's marketing--is it still 347-1111? I only lived in Cincy for 4 years and moved away 15 years ago! La Rosa's was our go to, but last time I had it, I was 15.
I will admit though that I was very close to ordering LaRosa's pizza kit online when the order form came with my box of Montgomery Inn sauce. I think I may just buy a whole slew of Mett's. Can't go wrong there, can ya?
Oh..and Goldstar over Skyline any day.
do you remember elementary school cafeteria food?
We had a somewhat progressive elementary school (for the time) in Tennessee. We had the option of regular hot lunch or the bar. The bar was a make your own salad and potato bar.
I usually had the salad bar, but whenever there was fried okra involved on the hot bar, I switched. I also loved the chicken nuggets dunked in honey served with green beans and a biscuit.
I think I was one of the few who didn't actually like the square pizza. But the hamburgers were glorious and served on a yeast roll with crispy tater tots.
Everything changed in middle school when I moved to Ohio. They served fish every friday and every menu item was served with french fries. They also had taco bell, mcdonald's, and spooner's pizza carted in different days of the week.
what food do you miss from childhood ?
@notamerican -- you mean Hugs? They still sell those around here. I have a battle with my daughter every time we go to the grocery store over them.
All about Arroz con Pollo
Puerto Rican style, with cilantro, sazon, bone in chicken pieces cut up, with chicken stock. Served with a side of plantanos.
Guilty Food Pleasures
7-11 Cuban sandwiches and taquito's (taquito's just added today thanks to my co-worker who had to make me eat one).
Lays BBQ Kettle cooked chips
Totino's pepperoni party pizza
Taco Bell crunchy tacos with hot sauce
What is Divinity?
I didn't realize it was a southern thing. My born and raised and lived all her life in Indiana grandmother used to make it every year for Christmas. I haven't had it since she died, but I remember how good it was!
Has Anyone Had Sister Schubert's Rolls or Marshall's Biscuits?
I've been serving Sister Schuberts for years!!
Serious Grape: Women and Wine
Properly hold the wine glass? Wow...don't come over to my house. I have those wine glasses that don't even have a stem on them...just the top part. Why does wine need to be unapproachable and have rules? Just drink it.
National Pie Championships
Good luck Dawn! I'll be there...scarfing down pie at the "all you can eat pie" buffet.
Easter 2009: What are Your Plans?
All I know so far is the dessert---and it's coconut cake....I really need to get on this.
'If You Like Coffee'
I love that site! I like Natalie Dee even more! Kills me!
Do you love to cook or to eat?
Both. In my kitchen, I'm first a cook and rarely eat simply because by the time I get done tasting, reseasoning, tasting, repeat....once I get it just right, I'm over it. But my family sure does appreciate it.
Now, if you'r cooking or I'm going out to eat....it's all about the food. I'm still not a big eater though, but I love the food so much, I always want one bite of everything just to try it. I get bored very easily with a big plate of one thing.
Carbonara
I do the chazmo version...and it's perfect...at least for me!
Where To Find Fried Pickles on the East Coast
How did I ever miss this? Toots was my first exposure to fried pickles back in college over 10 years ago! Now, Jockamo's is my place to get my fix!
West Tennessee : Not-to-miss BBQ?
mmmmmmmmmmm....Whitt's! Every Sunday after church we would go get a family pack of bbq from there! It's one of the best chains.
West Tennessee : Not-to-miss BBQ?
Slick Pig BBQ and Goff's BBQ in Murfreesboro. It's just south of Nashville and a must eat!
Fancy Restaurants Should Implement an Early 'Baby Seating'
@Knitter --- that's what I did. My daughter is 8 and has been to more fine dining places than I want to count. But, I basically taught her how to act and I can't recall a single time she ever cried, threw a fit, tantrum, etc. in a restaurant. She also emphasizes now that she wants a "glass" of water -- she's offended when someone hands her a kids cup. Maybe I'm just lucky---maybe some people don't know how to raise their kids to "act right".
Orlando, FL dining
Thanks all. Just finishing my time in Orlando. 2 places of note for anyone willing to get away from disney and the chain o'restaurants.
Rice Paper: Turkey Lake Road and Sand Lake - in a strip mall. Decor is minimal but the food is great and at a good price. Vietnamese fusion cuisine cooked to order by an older Vietnamese gentleman - he actually delivers each plate! Great selection - had crisp cornish hen, husband had hanoi noodles - rice noodles saute'd with chicken , shrimp and veggies.
Have been to Le Coq Au Vin a few times - always plan a trip there when I am here. Family run French/creole bistro. Great ambiance and exceptional food.
A local said Backwater BBQ - next door to Le Coq is really good, but has limited hours. Looks like a standing room only kind of place - aromas are pretty awesome. On my list for next time.
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Oh, man, I thought I had blocked out my Gatorade Gum cravings!
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
I miss bbq munchos, planters cheeseballs (there is another brand available now in a large container that are good but...) and morton raspberry filled powdered donuts. Oh, those were the days.
Standing Room Only: Tropi Cuban
if you want authentic cuban then just have two slices of miscellaneous white bread, a thin slice of ham, some sliced cucumbers, and maybe there's mustard involved.
i spent three months in havana this year. none of the 'wiches i tasted came with a mojo sauce and pickles were beyond impossible to find. you should have seen how excited i was the day i found one little pickle in one of my sandwiches.
Standing Room Only: Tropi Cuban
....although this one above looks as close to Miami as you're gonna get, who knows maybe there's a gem like this in my neck of the woods....
Standing Room Only: Tropi Cuban
I had my first and best Cuban Sandwiches in Miami, both at real deal cuban barrio joints and a slightly touristy (but still authentic) cuban sandwich mega-restaurant (forget the name)
They're awesome and I've had plenty since then at restaurants, bars, gastropubs (even made them myself / put them on menus as a line cook) and nothing really "takes me back" to the real thing... they use soft cuban bread that doesn't really exist up north (as far as I know) and a plancha sandwich press.
If you don't get the details down it just ends up coming out like a grilled ham & cheese or a panini with pickles, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Standing Room Only: Tropi Cuban
all the cubans i ever had my years in NYC (i'm talking sandwiches, people) had mustard on 'em. the roast pork was made with mojo in the really good ones. and i've never seen one without pickles.
What is the best meal you have ever had?
Reviving the thread...before she got feeble, my mom fixed a "typical" dinner one night...green beans cooked with streak 'o lean, corn on the cob, sliced fresh homegrown tomatoes and cucumber, homegrown cantalope...there may have been some "fried cabbage" (grated cabbage cooked in an iron skillet with butter, salt, pepper, a pinch of sugar and a bit of water), fried potatoes, cornbread. A po' folks' supper since it had no meat. And lots of love...I miss mama.
Cooking with Kids: Fine Dining Boot Camp
Fine dining boot camp such a great thing it is. This camp teach the ethics of healthy eating. youths come to know how to prepare the cuisines and eat in well manners. Teenagers summer camps recommend highly experiential learning programs for boys and girls. Camps offer the exceptional training and camping programs during the months of summer. Summer training centers offer training in varieties of fields like arts, crafts, music, singing, acting, cooking, weight loss, religious learning and technological training for youths to choose according to their needs and demands. Summer camps for kids are very popular in all over the world.
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Healthy & Delicious: White Chicken Chili
I realize this post is a bit old, It seems to me that turkey could make a reasonable substitution for the chicken. I've got some leftover turkey that I roasted in my BBQ sitting in the freezer. Anybody have any input before I try it and possibly ruin it? Thanks!
Throwdown: Chick-fil-A vs. McDonald's Southern Style Chicken
it would have to be hands down to chick fil a. take into consideration the quality of their food as well as price point, flavor and texture. i've had both. i was Extremely disappointed with mcdonalds (as always really). i'm not one for take out and fast food however knowing that chick fil a hand batters each breast, fresh (Actually Fresh!) is a winner. i worked at a mcdonalds - it makes no sense how they are comparable - to me its a sad sad copy cat. oh, PS...mcdonald's "southern style" chicken on a biscuit is also a joke.
Throwdown: Chick-fil-A vs. McDonald's Southern Style Chicken
I really hate pickles on a chicken sandwich period, no matter who makes it! I always pick them off!
Throwdown: Chick-fil-A vs. McDonald's Southern Style Chicken
Chick-Fil-A definitely has the better sandwich but McDonald's is not a bad second if you can't get to CFA! McDonald's is open later and on Sundays!
do you remember elementary school cafeteria food?
A brief tribute to the chief lunchlady at my school from grade 4-12. Mrs. Harwell fed about a hundred hungry kids every day. (towards the middle seventies she supervised two locations)
Almost all of the food was prepared onsite from fresh ingredients. NO surplus cheese or bunk food. Our school district was very small and had the benefit of being well funded. We paid a nominal fee for lunch.( I think it was fifty cents my senior year -1976). Potatoes arrived in a sack, were peeled and cooked from scratch.
In her kitchen the only thing that came out of can was condiments. She would come out into the lunchroom with a big pot under her arm of whatever was leftover about 20 minutes after everyone was seated and got many takers. The food was simple wholesome and fresh.
Pinto beans and cornbread from her kitchen was a feast I still remember.
Chipotle Calorie Math Makes Absolutely No Sense
you can pick healthy choices... i can get crunchy tacos with carnitas, fajita veggies, lettuce, and medium salsa. all stuff that I know won't add a lot of calories (like rice, beans). My total for that is 410 calories.
What's in your kid's lunch bag?
I grew up with the worst bagged lunches ever (unsalted PB with no jelly on 50-grain bread, unpeeled carrots, etc) so I take extra care that the lunches are yummy AND healthy. However, without any heating facilities available in elementary school, and a thermos unlikely to survive a week, there are limitations. I tend toward a lot of fruit and sliced veggies, cheese sticks, sandwiches of tuna, cheese, or turkey. DD hates PB. I would like some good suggestions for non-sandwich items that don't need any heat.
What's in your kid's lunch bag?
Here are some great tips and recipes for packing your child's lunch: Back to School Recipes
What's in your kid's lunch bag?
When I was in high school my mom always packed me a turkey sandwich with honey mustard. Sometimes it would be chicken salad or tuna salad if I was in the mood. The fun part was the bread because she would switch it up. Sometimes Portuguese rolls, sometimes grainy bread, potato bread, etc. I'd also take along fruit or veggies, a small bag of Smart food popcorn, sometimes a couple of cookies, and granola bars. When I had the cross country and track seasons, I'd have to take some extra food with me to eat before practice. Usually a Power Bar or energy bar - kids think that stuff is fun to eat because it makes you feel like a pro athlete but the nutrition is not bad either.
What's in your kid's lunch bag?
@aholsber
Alan, what sort of foods do you put in her lunch? My fifth-grade son now wants to bring a lunch instead of buying lunch at school, and I'm leery of the typical sandwich-and-a-bag-of-chips style lunch. I also want him more involved in picking and packing, which he is eager (ish) to do.
He likes some Japanese foods, so Bento-style appeals.
What's in your kid's lunch bag?
Lately, I have been packing Bento style lunches for my daughter. She loves it, all of the different little packages of foods she enjoys.
The sandwich thing never really took off with her, but now and then she'll ask for one.
Another thing that she has been enjoying are the sunkist create your own tuna salad packages, comes with tuna, mayo, relish, crackers, a spoon and a mint.
With the Bento style lunches, I have been asked by numerous of her classmates parents about them and what sorts of things have worked well. It's amazing what a little creativity and about 15-20 minutes will come up with. When I send her with this style lunch, I try to get most of it done the night before so the morning is more relaxed.
Alan
What's in your kid's lunch bag?
I just saw an interesting concept... pb slices. I also saw where someone remarked whats next jelly slices?? When you think about it, what about a pb slice with a fruit rollup on top between 2 slices of bread! Hey sandwich concepts can be worse...Pineapple and mayo sandwich...sardines and onion..etc. Gross!!!
What's in your kid's lunch bag?
A dietician had an article in my paper today discouraging lunch meat in kids lunch boxes. The nitrates or something.
What's in your kid's lunch bag?
my kids enjoyed boiled eggs, cheese stick and crackers, and fuit juice until one of the classmates made fun of the smell now she will never bring it again.
Best Hangover Food?
for some reason, i actually embrace my hangovers; it means that there's a ton to discuss with my girlfriends the next morning! we'll typically cruise over to a local burger joint and get their saturday special (huge greasy cheeseburger, thick-cut fries, and a large soda... i always opt for water instead of the soda). if they're not around, i'll brew some coffee, and then pick up a huge plate of pad thai, which is so big that i'll snack on it throughout the day.
cheers!!
Best Hangover Food?
Last night I drank a bunch of beers and some shots. I was so drunk I was hitting on a lady who was twice my age, so thats about how drunk I was. Went home and fell asleep as soon as I hit the pillow, woke up fully clothed shoes and all --- I was HUNG OVER. But there's a Pho diner around the corner. I went over there and got some of that vietnamese noodle soup and ate that whole thing. Went straight home and fell right back asleep again until later on in the afternoon. When I woke up, the hangover was completely gone.
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The Chef's Table at Edgewater Inn in Winter Garden -- amazing!