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Not only do I have "just one" oven. My kitchen actually has less counter space than my work cubicle. Yet we still host a 12-15 person dinner. I find that for Thanksgiving the roaster is key and a crock pot or two help. We cook 2 - 12 pound birds. One in the oven timed to come out about a 45 minutes before dinner and one in the roaster. The oven bird is the "show bird" and the roaster bird is carved and served right away. Everything else (except the two veggie dishes) is cooked fully or partially the day before or the morning of and heated or finished dinner (even the mashed potatoes) and is put in oven dishes as soon as the turkey comes out and served right in the dish. I find this arrangement makes it a more social event.

Also our guests bring snacks, drinks, wine, bread, and desert.

When you buy a new house the first thing you make is love.

Afterward you eat some cheese and olives and drink a bottle of wine.

I think with celebrities as gourmets the idea is that they have the ability to eat anything. That money, time, and access to fancy places in any part of the world are no obstacles to them. Presumably they have advisers who are paid to be experts or know experts in fashion, food, decorating, etc. They even could have access to private chefs.

Celebrities are basically the real life "if someone could eat anything they wanted forever, what would they eat?" question. The rest of us are limited by money, time, and even health.

But I don't doubt for a second that many celebrities are spotted at places because they are there to be spotted. "So and so was at UberFude the trendy new hot spot that's taking LA by storm." They would be portrayed as hip and happening. But if "That Guy was spotted at the Ma and Pa's Feedbag." then they are a celebrity who hasn't lost touch with regular folk and is one himself.

Being spotted at a fancy place eating tripe by Thomas Keller doesn't mean you're a gourmet anymore than grabbing a chili dog from the hot dog cart means you're not.

I saw this awesome looking brussels sprout hash on Diners Drive-ins and Dives the other day. If you could get a hold of that recipe that's worth trying.

As for me, I blanch them, saute some shallots, add the sprouts and some pomegranate seeds and some sugar.

The Bay of Pigs (Sort of an insane Cuban sandwich on steriods) ham, pork, sausage, cheese, hot sauce, and mustard from Fathead's in Pittsburgh. With a meal-sized appetizer of 'shrooms (beer batter fried mushrooms). http://www.fatheads.com/

And it may be sacrilege in Pittsburgh to say it, but Primanti's is just OK. It's really just glorified drunk food. If that's what you experienced it will always be that special sandwich. If I went, the fried salami and cheese with an egg. A better sandwich option is Peppi's for the Roethlisburger. Hot sausage, steak, eggs, and cheese grilled and slammed haphazardly on a roll.

But almost every local pizza place around here makes a good to great Italian hoagie. You have to stay in business.

The best part of a bloody mary is how versatile the basics are. Tomato juice, liquor, seasoning, and spice. in any combo, with some swap outs, and garnishes it's a drink for all occasions.

I make these a lot. My last one was tomato juice, lime, vodka, celery seed, Worcestershire sauce, tabasco, and a beefstick.

I've made it swapping out the worcestershire for clam juice and the beef stick for shrimp. Or swapping tabasco for horseradish and gardinera. There's just so much you can do.

I'd like to see Bobby Flay vs Alton Brown.

Each cooking in an exact replica of my tiny kitchen.

Secret ingredient - cheese.

I haven't had KFC in about a year. Mostly because I don't have one on my standard travel routes but also because I think that out of the 11 secret herbs and spices 8 of them are salt. . . I always need to drink massive amounts of water after consuming even one piece of chicken. And my fingers get swollen.

Lest you think I'm sensitive to salt, I eat condensed chicken noodle soup out of the can with no water, suck on those chicken bouillon cubes, drink pickle juice, and can polish off an whole bag of pretzels or chips in a sitting and not notice it the way I do after just one chicken breast.

I like my homemade chicken soup, and vegetable beef soups the best.

But I also enjoy making (and eating) ham and black bean, minestrone, fish, hot sausage and lentil, potato leek, hot and sour, gazpacho, and so many many more. . . I think I may love more soups than I thought. I couldn't imagine not eating any of those again.

Now I know what I am doing for dinner tonight. I'm going to recreate this. . .That sandwich looks like everything I require in an Italian hoagie. . .

How about making Jamaican jerk chicken?

There was a recipe for chicken papriska on the site a while back and a chicken adobo recipe you could try.

Hell it's summer, but chicken soup is great too.

pierogies and kielbasa and kraut.

When you get around Toledo, Ohio you can make a side trip in to Tony Packo's. It's not exactly right off the Interstate but it wasn't a bad side trip 15-20 minutes. Lots of famous people have eaten there (including rock stars, presidential candidates etc) and they sign buns which are displayed in cases on the walls. The hot dogs were pretty decent as well.