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Red wine sorbet with chocolate and white chocolate chunks.

So good! I order from here when I have friends over for a movie night. They have a pretty wide delivery radius, which reaches me over in south slope.

I've spotted Jeni's for sale at Brooklyn Fare on Schermerhorn...a bit steep at $10.99 a pint.

I'm a fan of the blackberry Manischewitz. The Manischewitz that's kosher for passover may be a little more palatable--it's made without corn syrup and I find it to be slightly less sweet. As for kosher wines--the most logical place to look is from Israel!

@ssp242 You want the butter to be slightly colder than room temperature--so that it's not melting, but you can roll it out like a dough. I've found it easier (and tastier) to use European butter like Plugra or Kerrygold, because they have a higher fat content they are a little softer while cold than the standard grocery store butter that's made with more water.

For NY, I recommend:

ilili for very, very reasonably priced Mediterranean (on the Middle Eastern side) cuisine
Bien Cuit in Brooklyn for breakfast pastries, bread
DeKalb Market and Smorgasbord in Brooklyn for assorted delicious artisan food finds
Shopsins in the Essex St. Market
Eataly, just because. Even if you don't buy anything, it's a sight to see.
Shake Shack, any location (although I've found that the UES location is generally less crowded during peak times than other locations)
ilili for very, very reasonably priced Mediterranean (on the Middle Eastern side) cuisine

In elementary school, I loved cream cheese and jelly on potato bread. I still love it today, but in limited quantities. Now, my go-to is almond butter on toast with a sprinkling of both salt and sugar. Or my second favorite is apples and fresh mozz on an onion roll.

I heard Pete Wells from one site, and Ryan Sutton from another. I will be sad to see Sifton go. I loved the fact that he ventured out into the places that are accessible to everyone--making his reviews recommendations, and not delicious fairy tales. Sure, they got a little weird sometimes. I got over it.

Temperature of fats (butter, eggs, cream) in baking!

I could never wrap my head around cheese + seafood. I won't even put parm on a seafood pasta dish!

As for road trip suggestions: you should head up to Syracuse...there are some great eats up there! The original Dinosaur BBQ, restaurants in Armory Square and of course the Finger Lakes wine region!

My neon orange Syracuse University mug. I drink tea, coffee, soda, and eat soup and ice cream out of it. It's so obnoxious that I just have to.

Butterfield Market...They sell Payard pastries, fro-yo, and have pretty good sandwiches/salads. I love the diy coffee/tea bar, both hot and iced.

Croissants, opera and petit fours! who says you need vegetables?