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One cannot eat breakfast all day,
Nor is it the act of a sinner,
When breakfast is taken away,
To turn his attention to dinner.

-WS Gilbert (Trial by Jury)

This quote graced the fridge door at my father's house until the day he died. The same handwritten note now hangs on mine.

I always make ratatouille which everyone is thankful for as it's not heavy. For the bird-eaters, it also goes well with the turkey. My personal favorite is Julia Child's recipe. The secret is cutting the eggplant and zucchini into bigger pieces, and sauteeing before you put it all together. This is not the mush most people think of as ratatouille!

My grandmother took me to this place when I was a child in the late 1960s....I had skating lessons at Rockefeller Center and then we always came here for Hot Chocolate and a burger. I thought the swing out trays were so cool! I had no idea it was still there. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Ed.

Ratatouille (Julia Child's recipe) with some rice or farro. I make big batches of it and freeze it in dinner-size portions. 15 mins slowly reheating (from frozen) on the stove and I have a fantastic dinner.....

Jacques Pepin makes a great risotto with broccoli stems. I think it's from his current series/book "More Fast Food my way" He compares them to artichoke hearts. (You do need to peel them)