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you can find grecha (buckwheat) in regular supermarkets in the international aisle usually....i'd assume food emporium and stuff has it. i know i've seen it at whole foods.

i'm also the sole smoked salmon / lox / gravlax / whatever kind of cured salmon eater. usually i eat the entire package in 2 days but i've kept it up to a week opened with no issue...but i remember it got a little dried out and didn't taste as good, no funny taste, just not as good

i haven't been recently (i went sometime in February 08) but i was under whelmed. we had the sweetbreads (not very good), the gnudi (they were far better at dona but these were good nonetheless), some kind of skewers of meat i think and the fries. i think my favorite part of the meal were the fries which are brined

anything overwhelmingly licorice flavored (i can't do star anise, but i can do anise in biscotti), and anything with too much cumin...i'm not a huge fan of cumin

"korovka" means "little cow" in russian, and its also the name of a fudge candy. i thought it appropriate b/c (a) i like how it sounds (b) i'm russian and (c) i like to eat (i assume cows like to eat too)

my ex-aunt's mom made cranberry napoleons that were the perfect combination of tangy and sweet

unless i want to bake on a weekend (i usually don't), i have to bake at night! people think i'm crazy to bake after i get home from work (12+ hours usually, start sometime around 9pm if i'm lucky, 10pm is more like it), but then when i come in with cookies or brownies the next morning, all is well in the office :)
i also once stayed up until 1am making a mille crepes cake (smitten kitchen) for my friend who was leaving our group

toasted baguette slices with a spread of fig jam, topped with manchego and the whole thing wrapped in serrano ham (or proscuitto)

patricio sandoval. i can have a make-your-own taco station! and sopes! and chilaquiles! and lots and lots of tequila.

i fulfill my fast food urge when i go down to jersey to visit the parents. i get 2 or 3 fresco tacos at taco bell...for some reason it just tastes really good down there and the ingredients (even the tomatoes!) taste really good. i know its not real mexican or whatnot (i

white toast with salted butter if i'm feeling like something warm or watermelon if i want something refreshing. either one works for me though!

it brings a savory salty smokiness to everything

i also second (third?) demel (they have one in nyc but i havent been so i don't know how it compares). i'm pretty sure i had dobos torte when i was there (yes i know its hungarian, not viennese but its so good!)
and like @ortalan said, hotel sacher (for the original sacher torte, what else?!)
other than that, please eat some good wiener schnitzel!