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I have a marvelous basil plant....gives me plenty of basil for the summer and well into the fall - and then I move it to my mother's greenhouse and I'm able to keep it alive for most of the winter there. I am never at a loss for basil. I do the same with my rosemary. I let nature take its course with my other herbs - mint, cilantro, parsley, thyme, tarragon, chives, summer savory, oregano, sage....but if I could plant ANYTHING - it would be tomatoes. I eat them all the time, but I live in a condo and just have a limited space (all my herbs are in containers). My sister-in-law grows them, and shares her harvest with me. All kinds - heirloom, beefsteak...it's wonderful.

My boyfriend makes a cookie that he calls "Sin."- It's a basic Toll-House chocolate chip recipe, but he adds cocoa powder, then chocolate, cinnamon, peanut butter, and white chocolate chips, and dried cherries. They're truly sinful. :-)

Milk for everyday, but dark when I want The Good Stuff.

the darker the better...

dark, dark chocolate

Most certainly dark ... milk carries the memory of too many crummy commercial candies.

I always have lemons and herbs growing in pots on my cement patio, but only once did I grow tomatoes. The Early Girls were delicious, but by the time I purchased the cages and special food and all the other stuff I needed--not to mention the acquired compulsion to roll the pots around every afternoon to catch the most sun--they probably cost me $5 per pound. So much more relaxing to go to the farmers' marekt....