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Amaro cherries!

Having my friends over, potluck style. I was planning on making david chang's bo ssam for all - but i could easily swap in sliders!

Arthur Bryants - because I'm a East Coast girl and that's probably the only bbq place I've been that wouldn't get me scoffed at.

cut so it's absolutely see thru and melts on my tongue. and just as it is.

Eating the Bo Ssam at Momofuku Ssam Bar for my 24th birthday. There's something about eating a full pork shoulder with your friends that says "Welcome to the last year of your early 20s!"

A margarita on the rocks with salt - made ONLY with fresh lime juice and cointreau - anything else is much too sweet.

Can Thomas have a column on SE? I'd love to see what he can come up with if given free reign!

All of my friends and I taking part of the full pork butt at Momofuku Ssam Bar for my 24th birthday. We had to eat at 530 since there were no later reservations available but it was deliciously porky, even though it was the early bird special.

Anyway really but mostly as is. But last year I placed slices underneath the breadcrumb/last layer of cheese topping of my mac& chese and ran it under the broiler after baking, it was wonderfully crisp and imparted a really sublte porky flavor to the whole dish from rendering the fat.

the cauliflower gratin!

Love porterhouse!

I may be hosting my boyfriend's vegetarian parents this year so I'm eyeing that acorn squash lasagna!

Indian currys. If I have meat, I'll add it - if not there's no flavor lost if you replace the meat with beans.
i also make mushroom with the meat from just one or two sausages. the mushrooms provide most of the meatiness but I like the flavor that sweet italian sausage gives.