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I love this srriacha based sauce recipe that i found-- sriracha with toasted seasame oil, brown sugar, peanuts, lime juice and cilantro thrown into a food processor....awesome just got awesomer!

The relative that should only be in charge of non edible items

My mother....She can make a wicked stir fry and some awesome kimchi, but that prime rib cooked at 400 degrees for 4 hours...cry!

Bake the Book: The Brown Betty Cookbook

My dad would make duncan hines yellow cake with chocolate frosting....still my favorite :)

Cook the Book: 'The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook'

I made this recipe from chow: http://www.chow.com/recipes/30507-spicy-thai-coconut-quinoa

seriously, I love the sauce and want to put it on everything!

Would You Buy Premixed Sangria?

I tried bottled Sangria once. It wasn't worth the calories or $4 liter bottle. I agree with Lorenzo; in fact, I've been making sangria out of craptastic leftover wine from my wedding since June (the wine being craptastic, not the wedding), and most of the fun is just seeing what I can turn it into.

Unrelated, but it is ridiculous the hubbs and I essentially BYOB-ed to our own wedding? We did share with the wedding party O:)

Pumpkin Spice Latte

I like it a little bit...but I feel like it also tastes like play-doh, or what I would imagine play-doh would taste like..I always found the smell similar

Bake the Book: Baked Elements

Brown sugar

We Try Guy's American Kitchen and Bar, Guy Fieri's New Times Square Restaurant

Whenever I watch DDD and see the chefs/cooks preparing something wearing gloves, and GF subsequently pops his bare hand in to taste it, my gag reflexes kick in a bit.

Restaurants in Williamsburg VA

I grew up in Williamsburg, aka the mecca for chain restaurants pleasing to every tourists' palate.Here are locally-owned goodies:
Pricier, but good for dinner: The Trellis, Blue Talon or Fat Canary They also all have decent lunch menus. Christina Campbell's tavern, located in Colonial Williamsburg, is also amazing for seafood. I believe the latter requires reservations. But for all, for dinner, I'd definitely suggest them.

There's a place in Merchant's Square called the Cheese Shop, my favorite thing to do is go there, get a bag of bread ends or a loaf of freshly baked bread, get some cheese and a beer and sit out on the patio. They also have good sandwiches.
For good southern BBQ- Pierce's Pitt
Southern breakfast: The chickahominy House
Italian: Sals (not the one on Capitol Landing Rd, but the one off Richmond Road, tucked behind a Food Lion)
Sushi: hayashi or ichiban
Mexican: Tequila Rose on 143.
Amazing, greasy burgers and sweet, delicious ice cream: Queen Anne Diary on 143. Seriously. SO. GOOD.
I've also heard Food for Thought is good, but I've never been.

If you google these places, I'm sure you'll find more info on them. If you can, I definitely suggest going to one of the Taverns owned by CW!

Unsung Local Breweries?

Ithaca Brewery! Whenever I go back to upstate New York, I have to stop and get some of their Apricot Wheat.

Win VIP Tickets to the Sweetlife Festival on April 28

The decemberists- red right ankle

Starbucks for the non-coffee-drinker

Chai lattes are 1/2 milk, but less milk than standard lattes, so you could always go that route if you're wary of dairy.

All of their milk beverages can be made with soy; the smoothies do have milk in them, but it's only an ounce or two.

The iced teas are good (zen green tea, passion fruit tea and black tea) and can also be made as tea/lemonades.

The creme fraps don't have any coffee in them-- but they do have a lot of milk. The vanilla bean tastes like a vanilla creamsicle, and the strawberries and cream tastes like a strawberry creamsicle. You can get any of the syrup flavors in a frap, like a chai frap, or a white mocha creme frap, but be prepared for the milk/soy.

You can also get blended lemonades (i think plain and strawberry) and they're alright.

I just got off work and I am blanking for some reason. You'd think I'd be better versed after a shift :(

Strawberry 3.14

sugar cookie crust, lime cream cheese whipped cream filling, strawberry puree, strawberries

Nutella Ice Cream Cake- help!

My sister got me an ice cream maker for xmas, and I'm going to be making her an ice cream caking for her birthday, which is the week before xmas, haha..but! That December baby requested a chocolate ice cream with white/vanilla cake, so I'm trying to think of what to do. I've already got my (errr..both our!) hearts set on nutella ice cream ( a la Chocolate & Zucchini), but I'm not sure what kind of cake to make..Any suggestions/ideas? Has anyone made a cake w/ frangelico??

thank you :)

What so serve with Acorn Squash

I'm going to bake 2 acorn squash using the recipe from Simply Recipes, and I'm not sure what to serve with it..protein and one more side? suggestions please!

If you had 4lbs of drumsticks....

For the sake of conserving money, I finally pulled the 4lb package of chicken drumsticks out of the freezer, and now I'm debating what to do with them. I was considering bbq sauce..or baking them with lemon and pepper seasoning..but I'm kind of stuck..and indecisive. They don't all have to be used, but I need healthy inspiration (Dad has high BP and cholesterol). What would you do??

What to do with Mandarinetto?

My boyfriend bought me a bottle of Mandarinetto from his trip to Italy, only I don't know what to do with it or how to drink it. Any ideas?

Baguettes? Black Forest Cake? Weiner Schniztel?

I'm leaving for a short Euro trip next week (Germany, the Netherlands, France, maybe Spain if i can squeeze) and as I haven't been there in almost exactly 20 years, I'm very excited this trip. Personally, I could live off of baguettes and carbs for the entire trip, but I'd really like suggestions.
So far the trip is: 1 day in Frankfurt, 4 days in Munich, 2 days in Amsterdam, 1 day The Hague, 2 days in Normandy & the Loire, 2 days in Paris, 2 days in Nice and then either squeezing 2 more days in Spain or in France.
Soo, suggestions please! :)

I'm not a red meat or pork eater, health reasons and they make me ridiculously sick, but other than that I'm pretty open!

thanks!

And yes, I know weiner schniztel is Austrian.

Chicken Bouillon Help!!!!

I have a package of Knorr's Chicken bouillon, and I'm planning on making chicken pot pie tomorrow.
The problem is, I don't know how much water to add to make broth. The directions are in Arabic (I'm in Korea, I was lucky to find bouillon!) so I'm kind of SOL.
Anyone have an idea??

Mmm..donuts

What's your favorite flavor donut? Favorite place to get them?

Are you a frosting person? A sprinkles person?
Cream-filled? Purist, like myself?

Here in Seoul, there are a lot of Dunkin' Donuts places all over, and while I *rarely* have eaten from there in the States, it's much different here, and I've enjoyed the different flavors. My favorite so far has been a purple sweet potato

My favorite donut is a plain, old-fashioned donut from the Piseco Lake Lodge in New York State's Adirondack park..

Turkey..without an oven

Okay, I'm going to need a little help with this.

I'm currently living in Seoul, ROK, and I don't have an oven!
I'm here through April, and frankly, I'm too lazy and cheap to buy a convection oven for 6 months. They're overpriced here and I'd have to find someone to buy it.

My dad is here this week and he has access to the commissary, where I spotted turkey breasts.

Now, here's where you guys can help me out:

I'm freezing them til Thanksgiving and want to make a small meal for me and a few friends, but I need stovetop turkey recipes!! I only have a 2 burner gas stove.
No microwave (overrated), toaster, etc.
I'm putting others in charge of sides, so I just need a way to make them taste as good as the whole baked turkey...or as close to it as possible.

Thanks! :)

Is there a such thing as too much fried potato?

http://www.kfckorea.co.kr/menu/burger_01.asp?mc=3&ps=6

I went to a KFC here today, because I needed some grilled chicken.
While I was successful in it, I also stumbled across that.

It's a fried chicken patty with a hashbrown on top, all stacked into a sandwich. The meal comes with fries (what no fake mashed potatoes?).

Artery clogging? Yes.
Tastey? I have no idea.
Too much potato for one person? You decide.

Soft sugar cookies?

Does anyone have a soft sugar cookie recipe? I've tried a few, but I've yet to find that perfectly soft one I'm looking for.

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Best Moments at Serious Eats World Headquarters from 2011

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Gadgets: Automatic Dispensing Spice Carousel by KitchenArt

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