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Cook the Book: 'Donuts, An American Passion'

AJ's Donuts and Delights in Concord, OH. Yummmmm!!!

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Cook the Book: 'Donuts, An American Passion'

AJ's Donuts and Delights in Concord, OH. Yummmmm!!!

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Cook the Book: 'What's a Cook To Do?' Giveaway

How to tell when an egg expires; if it floats in water, bad, bad, bad!!!

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The Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Yay! Hopefully I will be able to make this sandwich without screwing it up!

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Question of the Day: Fresh avocado, share your love

I've never heard of avocado's sweetened... but I love them plain. Me, a half avocado and a spoon and nothing else. Guacamole is good, just as long as it's mildly if at all spicy.

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What NON-food items do you keep in your fridge and/or freezer?

Ice packs, aloe gel, and vanilla body spray (it's nice to spray when it's really hot outside, plus you smell nice!)

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Cook the Book: 'The Silver Palate Cookbook, 25th Anniversary Edition'

My first cookbook was Nigella Lawson's How to be a Domestic Godess and then Jamie Oliver's The Naked Chef. I love them both and they have places of honor on my shelf.

From Talk

Question of the Day: What's Your Favorite Type of Cake?

Cassada cake (strawberries with custard in the center of a white cake with light as air frosting) is my all time favorite. I also love white/white cake, chocolate/chocolate cake or any combination of the two and if they're in cupcake form, even better!

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Heath Bar, Reese's PB Eggs, Butterfinger, Snickers, Twix, Mars with almonds, Payday, BabyRuth, Ritter Sport with Rum and Raisins, Kinder Eggs, Clark Bars, and Skor Bars, Lindt anything, Dove anything, and Malley's Pretzel Chocolate Bars. Wow do I love chocolate.

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What Happened to the AG?

Bravo, AG! I've read your column religiously for years and have thoroughly enjoyed it. I know that you don't take yourself too seriously and that is half the reason why it's so enjoyable. Keep up the great work and I'm looking forward to your book.

From Talk

Have you tried any new ice cream flavors lately?

Woo City has an amazing peanut butter ice cream that tastes like peanut butter fudge. Yum!
Marilyn? Where did you find the Haagen Dazs Sticky Toffee Pudding? My husband and I have been looking for it for months to no avail.

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Do you want to make the perfect meal?

I don't think I feel pressured. Let me ask my husband if I act pressured... Ok, he said, "Sometimes, yeah." Apparantly the most when I cook for him. Ok, so maybe a little pressure.

From Talk

Is your kitchen clean right now?

I wish I was better about cleaning the kitchen after a meal. The table is cleared, but the sink has dishes in it from dinner. And my floor is in desperate need of a good scrubbing (the on the floor on your hands and knees with scrub brush variety.)

From Talk

Do you ever leave the oven on when you aren't home?

There is no way I could do it. I can't even leave the slow cooker on and leave the house.

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What one food are you ashamed to admit you like?

I looove girly alchoholic drinks that come in the glass bottles. Like Bartyl's (spell?) and James.

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite cheese?

I used to live in France, and I loved walking down the isles of cheese in the stores. I don't remember the name all I know is that it was sold in a little black dish with the rind covering the top like a shell, the cheese was scooped out with a spoon. It was actually warm it was so ripe. I loved that cheese. And pretty much any cheese except for swiss-that has to be in something for me to eat.

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Recommend some good chocolate for me please ....

I love Green & Black. It's organic dark chocolate and pretty yummy.

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What's the one piece of kitchen gear you can not function without

I agree with angrywayne and Husband. I looove me some sharp chef knife!

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What to put on which kind of bagel?

Cinnamon bagel with hazelnut cream cheese. Onion bagel with butter. Plain bagel with cream cheese and raspberry or strawberry jam on top. MMMMMMMM........

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Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

I used to watch a lot of FN back in the early days. I enjoyed Jack McDavid, Mario Batali, Sara Moulton. Now, I never watch FN. The turning point, for me, was when Rachel Ray became a "star" (gag).
Now if I want to learn something about cooking, I tune in PBS, and watch Jacques Pepin, Lidia, or the two ladies on America's Test Kitchen.

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Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

Least: Ina Garten; from her voice to her food, personality, friends, etc. . .she drives me insane.

Most: Giada Di Laurentiis, I have a girl crush on her.

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Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

I have to agree with many comments here.I have studied culinary arts for years and these housewife cook wannabees do not know the difference between a good Veloute and a bowl of gravy.
Where does the food netwok find these people?
Sandra Lee gets so excited over her booze,you would think she was an alcoholic! Rachael Ray acts like the host of Sesame Street with her ignorant, goofy, childish sayings. Paula Dean serves so much fat in her food, it is more rich than her fake,overpronounced accent which is comparable to fingernails on a chalkboard.Giada dresses like a street walker and tries to sound italian with her fancy pronouncing og food.What happened to credible culinarians? are all we are left with are women's day readers like these four women who think they are teaching cooking? please!!!

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Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

My faves: Alton Brown, Anne Burrell, Ina Garten
Likes: Jaime O., Tyler F. Micheal Chirello (sp?)
My not so faves: Ray Ray, Sunny Anderson and the Neeleys...I started out liking Ray but her overexposure did me in...I haven't seen a thing on Sunny's show that I would make, and I can't stand her delivery, and the Neeleys...I like things they make but that lovey dovey crap really turns me off...and of course Sandra goes without saying...

From Talk

Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

My favorite is Ina and my very least favorite is Giada. Can Giada's tops get any lower without this show being rated as porn? I have nothing at all against showing some cleavage, but please...this is a cooking show, and if her cooking isn't good enough to stand on its own, they should take her off the air. Actually, I tried several of her recipes and thought they we just "okay". Her books are loaded with photos of her rather than of the food, and she is way too full of herself. She should stop the annoying Italian accent when she pronounces Italian food items. She was born and raised in California for goodness sakes!

From Talk

Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

I used to watch a lot of FN but honestly it's so overproduced these days I just can't get into it. I understand that they get the best ratings with these lame reality shows and camera-friendly cooks, but can't they appease everyone by having a few shows with hosts passionate about a particular part of cooking? Go ahead, play them at some weird-ass time of day, I'll tape it, but to me it's such a waste of a perfect medium to march out these clowns preparing the same bland recipe over and over and over again.

Favorites (none of these exist anymore): Jamie , Mario, Alton
Least favorites: Aida Whatever, Sunni Whatever

From Talk

Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

I used to watch this channel frequently for info on cooking techniques, and good recipes; not on much anymore. Weekend getaways at $40 and such rot are a waste of time. I have no problem with the dumbed-down shows for the chef-boyardee crowd, but I have the travel channel, with Bourdain, for the other stuff.

Faves: Alton, Mario, Sara

Middling: Sandra, Giada [OK....just eye candy....no turtlenecks needed]. Flay....I like the genre, so I follow his recipes. Emeril....shelf life date gone by......he's now a shill on the "green network".....and, not convincingly so. Paula.....on the fast track to Emeril status.

Least: Ray Ray. Well, Sandra too...although S doesn't annoy me me nearly as much as does RR.

From Talk

Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

Favorite: Ina Garten and Bobby Flay
Least Fave: Sandra Lee (worst), Sunny Anderson, Ellie Krieger, Ann Burell

From Talk

Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

FAVE: jamie oliver -- i LOVE jamie at home. also nigella -- apparently i love brits.

LEAST FAVES: sandra lee, hands down. not even a competition!

From Talk

Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

Favs: Ina Garten, Giada, Alton Brown. Duff Goldman & Mary Alice from Ace of Cakes - do they count?
also sort of Flay because, hey, a good looking guy who can cook? im all for it.

least favs - Paula Deen. something about her annoys the CRAP out of me. Sandra Lee - im in college and even i wouldnt eat some of the disgusting look things she makes

From Talk

Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

Favorites: Paula Dean, her recipes I can make and have. Sandra Lee because her recipes are very doable. Why do so many dislike her? I love to watch her. I also like the fact that with Sandra Lee, you can take common packaged stuff and make something great. Alton Brown, definitely a fav of mine. I can't stand Emeril. His recipes are so complicated, why bother? Ina Garten's recipes are too complicated as well.
Least Favorite: Obviously Rachel Ray is an amature when it comes to cooking. Come on folks, I mean, my teenage son can concoct what she comes up with. Also, she is extremely irritating with all of her hand gestures and her EEVO and her rolling eyes. I deliberately turn off the FN when she is scheduled. I just don't get it. She's awful. BEST: Alton Brown WORST: Rachel Ray

From Recipes

The Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich

add one more peice of cheese and some crispy bacon and youre set to go.

From Talk

Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?

Most: Paula Deen, Alton Brown, and Ina Garten
Least: The Neelys and Sunny Anderson

From Recipes

The Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich

My husband says I make the best grilled cheese sandwiches. You know my secret?? Parmesan cheese sprinkled on the buttered slices before they go into the pan. Just sprinkle then pat down with a knife. Creates a lovely cheese texture on the tops and bottoms of the sandwiches. Try it!

From Talk

What's your favorite fair/carnival food?

Cream Puffs at the Wisconsin State Fair! And fried cheese curds. And root-beer flavored milk from Herb Kohl's stand- see, people in the government DO come up with good ideas, sometimes :)

From Talk

What's your favorite fair/carnival food?

Malassadas! They are the Portuguese version of fried dough - crispy yet soft and chewy, and rolled in sugar while still hot. Sooo good!

From Recipes

The Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich

My boyfriend makes his grill cheese w/italian bread. After grilling it he sprinkles powdered sugar on it. He recently made it for me and i loved it!

From Recipes

The Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Use Jarlsberg. It's heaven. Especially with a Roma tomato and red onion.

From Talk

What to put on which kind of bagel?

Montreal sesame seed bagel, toasted with avocado smushed on top
Cinnamon and raisin bagel, toasted, with crunchy peanut butter
Everything bagel, toasted, with herb and garlic cream cheese

From Talk

What to put on which kind of bagel?

mmmm....let's see...a toasted cinnamon bagel with peanut butter smeared on top (so it melts slightly because of the warm bagel), a sliced banana, and drizzled with honey. filling, nutritious, and delicious.

From Talk

What to put on which kind of bagel?

My favorites are a wheat or plain bagel with cream cheese and strawberry jam, a blueberry bagel with cinnamon walnut cream cheese, and an everything bagel with sharp cheddar and a slice of tomato. Mmm! I don't have bagels often, but this is really making me want one!

From Talk

What to put on which kind of bagel?

Smoked cheddar bagel, toasted, with green olive cream cheese. Pumpernickle, not toasted, with plain cream cheese, lox, capers, red onion and maybe tomato.

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What to put on which kind of bagel?

Plain, toasted, lox, capers, cream cheese (hey, I'm from the South; we're a little new to this party), or cinnamon-raisin, toasted, with sharp cheddar.

Of course, the game changes if they're *fresh* (and good) - but the only time that happens in my area is if I've made them. If then, the answer is always: fresh butter. Preferably homemade.

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