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Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
as a veg, my go to meatless meal is eggplant (or broccoli or any veg i have on hand) with ginger, garlic, and chili in a stirfry/soy sauce and rice or noodles. mmm..
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: A Piece of Cake
a nice tart lemon cake with buttercream frosting!
Emotional Eating: Strange Cravings when you're ANGRY!
@onepercent99: i'll take just the herb, thanks! haha
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Seriously Meatless: Wild Mushroom Stuffing
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Ma Peche, 'Momofuku Midtown': Tien Ho Is a Peach of a Chef
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Video: Chez Pim's Super Easy Pie or Tart Dough
Posted by Erin Zimmer, November 6, 2009 at 12:00 PM
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Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
I never liked chocolate growing up, which makes sense when all I had at my disposable were Nestle and Hershey's. Once I went to Australia this summer I couldn't stop eating Cadbury and Kinder though, it was sooo delicious. It makes me think that American chocolate is just not very good...
Also, Ritter Sport for the win! :) My favorite is the one with the biscuit in the center, mmm...
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
as a veg, my go to meatless meal is eggplant (or broccoli or any veg i have on hand) with ginger, garlic, and chili in a stirfry/soy sauce and rice or noodles. mmm..
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: A Piece of Cake
a nice tart lemon cake with buttercream frosting!
Emotional Eating: Strange Cravings when you're ANGRY!
@onepercent99: i'll take just the herb, thanks! haha
Mixed Review: No Pudge! Brownies
hm looks like they have changed the box! i no longer make brownies from scratch as i have not found a recipe to match the dense and gooey chocolate deliciousness that is no pudge! brownies. they are my favorite, hands down.
Topless Coffee Shop In Maine Burns Down
gotta say i agree with you, simon. im quite the liberal, though.
also, this is awful :(
Snapshots from South Korea: Hotteok, Two Ways
oh my god i live 3 blocks from h-mart, i have to get that mix now!!
Cook the Book: 'Rustic Fruit Desserts'
Mmm, I love nearly any fruit-based dessert. My favorite would have to be either warm apple crisp with ice cream or a fruit tart with pastry cream.
Snapshots from South Korea: Hotteok, Two Ways
oh god, i have always wanted to try this...!!
also, i speak the same way you do with the 'OH GOD,YES!' especially when tasty food is involved :)
Cook the Book: Green Goddess Dressing
I've seen two variations on this recipe very recently in Gourmet and Bon Appetit ! Maybe its time for this dressing to make a comeback!
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
One thing I will always remember is coming home after school and eating an egg custard tart with my grandparents, except at the time, I hated the crust (blasphemy, I know!) and I would eat all of the yellow custard-y goodness with a spoon and my grandmother would eat the crust. I still think of that whenever I eat one!
Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'
tomatoes, lemons, and making my own types of pickles! ooo and jams of course, mm
Peter Anton's Giant Food Sculptures
Oh man, I definitely have to go see this! And bring a box of donuts with me so I don't try to eat the art instead.. lol
What do you collect?
all of the alice in wonderland dishes, they are so pretty! also various lids from containers that may come in useful for covering dishes or something..
what to order in an Indian restaurant
if you're vegetarian, malai kofta is divine. heck, even if youre not vegetarian its delicious! saag/palak paneer is like a pureed spinach curry with indian cheese that is also quite tasty and is good for someone new to indian food!
Vanilla essence?
Hmm... okay. The ingredients say water, vanilla extract. It definitely smelled a little funky to me but then again I've never smelled vanilla essence (if it in fact is, different from extract).
What are your strange, secret and personal cooking tips?
Try to get a good handle on your most basic skills-- scrambled eggs, making pasta, making a roux, etc and other basic dishes/skills. Most of the more complicated dishes will probably require a knowledge of those rudimentary skills and they will make your dish even better! ie, a well cooked pasta with the right toothiness and salt added to the cooking water will elevate the dish and bring out the flavours of your sauce!
Photo of the Day: Polar Bear Food
CUTE. i love me some polar bear.
Photo of the Day: Crocodile Meat for Sale
This is kind of disgusting, and I hope it is alligator and not crocodile. Crocodiles are listed as vulnerable and we really don't need people eating them...
Cook the Book: 'Kneadlessly Simple'
I've only just ventured into the world of bread baking, but I do love King Arthur Flour's white sandwich bread recipe. It came out perfect the first time I tried it!
How To Make Bulk Breakfast Burritos
this is AWESOME. perfect for my college student lifestyle aka running to class 10 minutes late and always broke!
Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate
I love all of those things. I don't have them anymore at my thanksgiving table, but if I'm served (any and all of it!) somewhere, I go for it and bask in nostalgia for days gone by with Nana and the whole fam!
Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate
@ mr guy- I agree, the brining doesn't do much for me either. I've done it the past two years, and if you ask me it's a big pain in the ass for little results. Expensive too.
Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate
Cans of thick slop and sludge never get anywhere near my cooking. As a matter of fact, Campbell's cream "soup" line is single handedly responsible for making crock pots the biggest laugh in the kitchen. (The crock pot was later de-throned by Sandra Lee as the biggest laugh in the kitchen - ironically a chronic user of cream soups.)
Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate
Don't be hating on me, but Campbell's creamy onion soup is far superior to use in casseroles versus the cream of mushroom. When I took over Thanksgiving duty from my MIL, that marshmallow sweet potato monstrosity was banned from my menu. As well as the canned cranberry "sauce", I make my own SF version from the real cranberries from the produce section.
Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate
Everything was fair game until you got to the marshmallows.
Marshmallows aren't Thanksgiving food. They're candy.
In Videos: Melanie Hutsell Impersonates Paula Deen on 'Paula's Best Dishes'
I love it!! I was laughing out loud through tears. I know many a bawdy lady like Paula.
In Videos: 'Toy Food' Music Video
Very 80s new-wavey sound
Dear Whole Foods,
Once you bite into a Great A&P 150th anniversary chocolate chunk cookie, that taste will make you forever foresake Whole Paycheck.
Head on over to any A&P Fresh and rediscover the origins of foodie paradise, great food at fantastic savings.
Can't beat that A&P!!!
Photo of the Day: Rabbits Eating Lettuce
@lo - Haha. Totally have that song in my head now. Poor persecuted witches.
Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
Ritter Sport has always been my favorite Milk Chocolate. If you want a little more quality you should try Ritter Sport Alpenmilch (Alpine Milk).
Another good milk chocolate is Milka (from Germany also).
mmm Ritter Sport, now you gave me a craving lol
Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
@BananaMonkey - if memory serves me correctly, you are from the Chatham, ON, area. I am from London and I woud like to know where the LIndt factory outlet is located - sounds like a day trip comin' up!
Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
Another reason to buy Ritters besides the great taste and handy shape - it is fairly low in carbohydrate and you can break off the appropriate number of "squares" that works into a Diabetic food plan.
Also, for sheer cheapness, the chocolate bars sold at Ikea are really yummy. Haven't got any at the moment to check for name, but it is the only brand they sell, probably something like, "Berskolitz" or "Iglun!"
Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
Ritter Sport is my absolute favorite! I especially love the one with the buttery biscuit inside-- swoon!
Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
See's Bordeauxs are the single best pieces of chocolate candy on the planet. Period.
Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
I don't know where you are writing from but my alltime favorite (55 years worth) is See's candy. They are on the West coast and fantastic.So creamy, so chocolately, no fakiness. Their truffles are stupendous, white, dark or milk chocolate. They cannot be outdone by anything except for a few things that Moonstruck (Portland Oregon) chocolates has produced.The pecan rolls or molasses chips are possibly my favorites, or maybe the keylime truffles with white chocolate, gooey carmel turtles with almonds or anyone of them at certain times of the month. Give them a try (they mail) you won't regret it.
Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
I have to second okupin- by missing the Sharffen Berger milk and milk with salted almonds bars, you are missing the best.
Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
I'm not a true chocaholic because I don't care for dark -- only milk chocolate. I was introduced to Hershey's chunks (forget name, small rectangles, individually wrapped chunks) at of all places, as a giveaway at best Thai restaurant around here. The word may be nuggets, but that doesn't seem right eit her.Delicious. Especially those with almonds.
I too have noted difference in Cadbury's in England and here -- when we lived there for a bit years ago, found out they didn't even sell them in summer because not "preserved" to withstand heat. Probably why they're so good.
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Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
I love milk chocolate, and agree with you about Lindt. Yum.
In round two, I'd suggest adding Dove. And if you've ingested too much milk chocolate to complete round 2, I'm sure you'd get a willing panel among those who have commented.
Taste Test: Milk Chocolate Bars
Here's another vote for the Cadbury, but once again the kind you can buy in Boston isn't nearly as nice as what you get in Ireland/England. I find that most American milk chocolate (Hershey's for example) is "waxy" for lack of a better word. Nothing is as nice as a proper Daily Milk with a cuppa on the couch! :)
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
my favorite meatless dish is a veggie burger!
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
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Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
Any pasta dish with zucchini! Love it!
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
My favorite meatless meal is mattar paneer with couscous.
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
A new dish I just made up that I call creamy eggplant ziti, it is out of this world delicious. One everyone, even the eggplant haters kept going back for more of.
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
My favorite is mushroom stroganoff
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I never liked chocolate growing up, which makes sense when all I had at my disposable were Nestle and Hershey's. Once I went to Australia this summer I couldn't stop eating Cadbury and Kinder though, it was sooo delicious. It makes me think that American chocolate is just not very good...
Also, Ritter Sport for the win! :) My favorite is the one with the biscuit in the center, mmm...