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Kenji's work on hard/soft-boiling an egg. Definitely one of those "don't want to ask but need to know" things.
And there was the DIY Ramen modification one.

I've always been a fan of peanuts in mine, but not so much the dried shrimp and the grainy egg yolk.
My family's avoided a lot of the trouble by buying them from the old ladies selling them on the street in Chinatown lately though, so the fun's been taken out of the whole procedure :-(

Nostalgia takes it for me. When I was a kid, I had to see a dentist or a doctor down in Chinatown fairly often (Chinese parents, Chinese healthcare, natch). My treat for enduring the trip was one of those dirty water dogs by the jewelry stores on Bowery. In retrospect, probably an awful treat, but still, that off-taste brings back... memories. Not sure if they're positive or negative, but just memories.

Men's Pocky is still my favorite, with the dark chocolate coating. I always load up on the Winter ones when the season rolls around, too.

My friend once got me this nifty three-tier bento set from Korea, but somehow lost it in her apartment after I opened it.
There was a compartment for soup, one for rice, and one for the other foods, to be stacked in such a way that the heat would rise upward and keep the other compartments warm. Genius!

I'd definitely have to go for some sort of rice dish, probably something heavy on the soy or oyster sauce, and one big chunk of meat. And maybe a bit of veggies.

Ever have one of those roasted turkey...things from a Chinese restaurant? Seriously thinking about just going to Chinatown and having them bag a roasted turkey for me. It kinda looks like those roast ducks they hang in the window, except thicker.

My story isn't so much a favorite as it memorable by the sheer novelty of it all. My father, a Chinese immigrant, was usually gung-ho about the American traditions in Thanksgiving. I guess he sensed our apathy towards the holiday one year and decided to buy one of those "Chinese" style turkeys from Chinatown. I think they roasted the whole bird like they do with the ducks they hang in the window. It was a helluva sight seeing him whip out a roasted turkey from a paper bag dripping with grease.
Can't say it was a very tasty bird, though.

I'm like a lot of people here who've significantly reduced the amount of meat he eats, partly due to Bittman's writing.

Ack, why don't I read warnings?!

I've received dinner mints before.

The freegans in NYC host regular tours of their sites (freegan.info) if anyone's curious enough.

It's got to be Alton Brown. Not so much for his food choices, but for chemistry lecture that's sure to go with it. Plus all those goofy, distracting props and sock puppets.