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Thanks for blogging about eating while pregnant--I just found out I'm pregnant and I'll be following your posts avidly! In fact, one of the first things I did after finding out (after telling the hubby, of course) was order this book from Amazon.

Zingerman's Bakehouse makes a really amazing Hummingbird cake (think carrot cake, but soooo much more). It has so much stuff--carrot, pineapple, raisins, nuts, etc.--packed in it I'm astonished it holds together, and the bakery dept. in one of our local stores carries the cupcake version. >Sigh

It doesn't really surprise me that John Edwards is the only candidate with an articulated food policy--he's spent much of his time since the last presidential election working on poverty issues, and the poor tend to be the hardest hit by the lousy food policy we have currently in place.

Pretty much anything with smoked salmon.

I love the aged stuff--good parmesan, cheddar, gouda.

Hi Ed. I just found this post while trolling the web for Houston's Key Lime Pie recipe/ingredients. I waited tables in the Rockville, MD Houston's from 1993-1995. Having seen Houston's and more than a dozen independently-owned restaurants from the waiter's side of the table, I agree with everyone's positive comments about Houston's. It's one of my go-to spots when I want to treat myself (and I live in Manhattan).

Although more personal non-chain restaurants are great, only Houston's made me memorize each ingredient in every dish before letting me serve a customer. We had line-up every night where we were quizzed on the number of ounces in the coho salmon and the marinade for the Houston's Hawaiin ribeye. I learned how to give 110% to a job and what to expect as a guest in a restaurant.

the problem w/ food politics is...politicians.

no presidential candidate will risk the support of "farm states", who have small populations but equal say in the Senate (and therefore disproportionate political clout).

i would be really proud of ANY candidate who'd have the balls to seriously address food policies, as they not only affect each of us as individually as eaters in this country, but as terrible neighbors who have enormous (and unfortunate) influence in the global food market.

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Paula Deen. Southern all the way.

I have Mark Bittman's book "How to Cook Everthing" and what I like about him is that he really has a genuine love for cooking.

Anthony Bourdain seems very honest