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From Serious Eats: New York

Does the World Need More Fancy-Pants French Restaurants?

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"Fancy pants French restaurants" - Fancy pants?? This sounds like it comes from someone with a limited vocabulary, I am sure other words could have expressed his feelings. Well anyway, yes there will eternally be a need for these restaurants, the chefs are creators, artists, always researching for tastes & beauty in their presentations. Why not do away with sculpters, painters, architects? Dress up to show respect for the reservations that you have taken with a great chef, use it as a celebration & the senses. it's so important.

lucille at 8:54AM on 03/19/08

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Know of a good food processor?

By far the best & long lasting food processor is certainly the Cuisine art - the "pro" model. It can tackle anything & the discs are perfect.
It has endless uses for daily preparation.

lucille at 8:43AM on 03/19/08

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Know of a good food processor?

I love my KitchenAid 670. It's been kicking but without missing a beat for four years. That model has been discontinued, but what I love about the KitchenAid family is the large number of attachments. My model has an egg whip, citrus juicer and juicer attachments. It also came with 11, 9 and 3-cup bowls. It is the ultimate in versatility.

My only complaint is that I don't have a large feed tube. This only becomes a problem with potatoes, so I don't mind the trimming. Try to get a feed tube that will accomodate both large and small items. When the large tubes first came out years ago, some folks had difficulty processing smaller items.

Good luck!

http://nujoikitchendiary.blogspot.com/

NuJoi at 4:57PM on 03/29/08

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Know of a good food processor?

the kitchenaid KFP750 in black only is available at amazon for $130. My only reservations come from the reviews on epinions, a lot of people don't have great things to say about the durability of the bowls and that it leaks (even though you probably shouldnt be using it for liquid). http://www.epinions.com/pr-KitchenAid_KFP750_Food_Processor/display_~reviews

the_o at 12:50PM on 03/21/08

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Know of a good food processor?

I have a Kitchenaid 12 cup that is really versatile and effective and seems to be more or less indestructible (it's a tall, substantial piece of hardware, though, so perhaps less than ideal if you're working in a small, cramped kitchen) but a good friend who's one of the better cooks that I know swears by her Cuisinart. That said, she's got an older (ten+ years) model and I've heard from other friends that the newer models are not of the same high quality. I'd say a new Kitchenaid or look around for an older model Cuisinart. And, as others have mentioned, go with the largest capacity model your budget and available space allow for.

slloyddouglass at 8:23AM on 03/20/08

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Know of a good food processor?

Cuisinart. at least 11 cups. Then go on ebay and buy an extra bowl.

JerzeeTomato at 10:50PM on 03/19/08

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Know of a good food processor?

Psst: "Cuisinart"

crazyspice at 10:31PM on 03/19/08

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Know of a good food processor?

Oh wow! It looks like either Kitchenaid or Cuisinart are good bets. I will do more research on the two brands. Thank you so much for your input!

PattyCho at 10:11PM on 03/19/08

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Know of a good food processor?

I have a big/wide-mouth kitchenaid and I love it. I almost bought a cuisinart, but my mom recently bought one that broke not long after purchase.

dettling05 at 8:16PM on 03/19/08

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Know of a good food processor?

@wookie - When I turn on my blender, one of my dogs runs upstairs and the other 2 stand in the kitchen and bark at me until I turn it off! The Cuisinart is very quiet!

crazyspice at 6:44PM on 03/19/08

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Know of a good food processor?

Definitely the Cuisinart---and the big one. Mine is the small one (got it with a $100.00 gift certificate from Macy's 20 years ago) and I wish I had sprung for the larger one. I use it all the time.

jsd517 at 6:36PM on 03/19/08

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Know of a good food processor?

I'm glad you posted this, I've been thinking I need a FP. The one I have isn't tiny, but it aint big...it came with my Cuisinart blender. The machine is very loud! My dog actually leaves the kitchen(!!!) and I can't operate it for very long b/c I'm worried about going deaf. So my priority is power with noise reduction. I think I want whatever machine Ina uses on her show. She was making mac&cheese and she grated what looked like 2 pounds of cheddar and parm in about a half a minute and the remarkable thing was the LACK of noise. I covet her machine. Although Alton did an episode on FP's once and recommended the kind with containers that sit on top of the motor housing instead of beside, something about efficiency. Ina's sits beside. Oh what to do?

wookie at 6:29PM on 03/19/08