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@Potluckcraft - I agree that they were going for a particular aesthetic effect... I just don't think they really succeeded. To me, that style doesn't really belong on a food magazine.

I did end up liking more recipes in this issue than in the previous months' magazines, but I'm still not totally sold on Rapoport's new vision.

Waking up to my dad frying bacon on Christmas morning.

A tie: Ooh La La cookies (the best oatmeal cookies ever), and a new ginger cookie recipe I tried last week. Yum!

I just baked this today. I was a little concerned when the milk separated after I added the marmalade, and then there didn't seem to be enough liquid for all the flour, but it baked up just fine. Thank you for a very tasty recipe!

Watching in horror as my classmates on a high school Spanish class trip turned up their noses at paella in Madrid. I ate three plates of it, picking the clams and calamari off of several more. It was delicious, and twelve years later, I'm still appalled that they wouldn't even try it.

I'll second @betteirene. Mock Apple Pie is definitely the way to go for monster zucchini.

I usually make mine into more of a cobbler, though, because I'm crap at rolling out dough. Just use the dough recipe from your fave baking cookbook (I'm partial to Alton Brown's) and make the filling the same way betteirene suggests.

Because my dad used to make big breakfasts on Saturdays when I was growing up, and the smell of bacon flavors every precious memory I have of those mornings.

The most memorable would be my first, on a date with a metrosexual foodie who always made me feel so pedestrian. The relationship with him didn't last long, but Tapas and I remain good friends!

For those who live in metro Detroit, you MUST visit the Long Family Farm in Commerce Township. Their asparagus is fresh-picked daily, absolutely the best I've ever had, and usually around $1.50-$2/lb! Get there right at 3:00 pm, though, or it'll sell out before you can blink. Visit their website!

@Susquehanna: as an English teacher, I love, love, love that you followed proper MLA format for your citation! It absolutely geeked me out to see it. Thank you!

My grandmother used to make an orange rhubarb jelly that was to die for: a sour/tart marmalade. Unfortunately, her recipe is lost in the ether. If I could replicate it, I'd be a happy foodie!

The photo on the right (all the Peeps on the conveyor belt) reminds me of the marching workers in Metropolis... kinda creepy, actually! Who knew that Peeps could symbolize the marginalization of the working class?