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all of my weird food combinations begin and end with rice...if it is a flavored rice, i have to put sour cream on it. if it is plain rice it must have either hot sauce or worcestershire sauce on it. yum!

Bar Keepers Friend is absolutely the way to go! I got mine at Williams Sonoma when I bought my first piece of All Clad and it even cleaned up years of brown/black grease off of my other pots and pans. It costs just about $2 and it really works!

I'm in the throws of the terrible discomfort caused by pine mouth right now, and it isn't fun. A few days ago I ate some toasted pine nuts, then made a pesto with them. They must have gone bad at the grocery store, because i had just purchased them. After years of blissfully enjoying classic pesto, arugula salad with roasted beets, goat cheese and pine nuts, I don't think I'll every be able to eat another pine nut again. :-{

dunkin donuts once had a cereal, it was AMAZING! no one i bring this up to ever remembers it. my fav of all time has to be strawberry shortcake's cereal.

oh, and yes, thank you kathyvegas for the link to that wonderful website!!!

corkscrew!!! :-D

My favorite appetizer to make is real easy, but the flavors really work well:

make crostini out of your favorite crusty bread, you know, olive oil, 350 oven till slightly golden and crispy
arugula
bosc or asian pears (i prefer bosc)
shaved pecorino romano cheese
lemon vinagrette, or even better, lemoncello vinagrette
(just lemon, good extra virgin olive oil, s & p)

assemble them, and just before your ready to serve, drizzle the vinaigrette over them, they are delicious.

There is nothing better on a night like this than an amazing vanilla ice cream (enter your favorite brand here, I don't know if I'm ready for the heated debate that would ensue over the best vanilla) drenched in a pool of espresso. mmm, mmm....