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Who's the best home cook in Minnesota?

Thanks for the suggestions! Yes, there will def. be 1-2 wild rice dishes, including, I hope, soup.

The "root beer lady" is such a hoot -- I wish she was out there giving out ice-cold root beer in the 90s, when I was a summer camper paddling thru the Boundary Waters! It was just bug juice for us.

Thanks again.

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What's the richest thing you've ever tasted?

I lived in New Orleans for something like 4 yrs so this is a toughie. I'm going to go with a tie:

Andoulle and Alligator Cheese Cake from Jacque-Imo's and Creole Cream Cheese King Cake from Haydel's (come to think of, anywhere you are the foods that combine the words "cheese" and "cake" are a sure bet!)

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To satisfy a salty craving, I eat _____

Just discovered these natural snack foods called Pea Crisps -- look for them! Amazing, delicately crunchy, perfectly salted.

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Do you find you have to eat or snack while browsing food sites?

Oh lord! Why did you have to bring up snacking? (But thanks for starting the thread!) I just finished my morning oatmeal and now I'm thinking about a little something munchy (lagniappe, as they call it down in New Orleans).

I guess I'm alone here. The way it works for me is: after about 30 mins on food-related sights, I start to snack. And I never watch something like No Reservations or Food Network or Top Chef without cooking -- I get too antsy watching them having so much fun.

This is why I pay $80 a month for the gym!

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Who's the best home cook in Minnesota?

Thanks for the suggestions! Yes, there will def. be 1-2 wild rice dishes, including, I hope, soup.

The "root beer lady" is such a hoot -- I wish she was out there giving out ice-cold root beer in the 90s, when I was a summer camper paddling thru the Boundary Waters! It was just bug juice for us.

Thanks again.

From Talk

What's the richest thing you've ever tasted?

I lived in New Orleans for something like 4 yrs so this is a toughie. I'm going to go with a tie:

Andoulle and Alligator Cheese Cake from Jacque-Imo's and Creole Cream Cheese King Cake from Haydel's (come to think of, anywhere you are the foods that combine the words "cheese" and "cake" are a sure bet!)

From Talk

To satisfy a salty craving, I eat _____

Just discovered these natural snack foods called Pea Crisps -- look for them! Amazing, delicately crunchy, perfectly salted.

From Talk

Do you find you have to eat or snack while browsing food sites?

Oh lord! Why did you have to bring up snacking? (But thanks for starting the thread!) I just finished my morning oatmeal and now I'm thinking about a little something munchy (lagniappe, as they call it down in New Orleans).

I guess I'm alone here. The way it works for me is: after about 30 mins on food-related sights, I start to snack. And I never watch something like No Reservations or Food Network or Top Chef without cooking -- I get too antsy watching them having so much fun.

This is why I pay $80 a month for the gym!

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Do you own a microwave oven? What do you use it for?

Quick steaming spinach for my delicious egg white-feta-tomato-spinach-thyme-rosemary omelettes ... quick cooking things like broccoli or squash (not ideal, but wonderously fast!) ... and oatmeal!

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Do you blog? What's your URL?

What a good question. I wish I wasn't at (ahem) work so I could check all these blogs out right now!

Mine is The Great American Cooking Project ("a time-traveling year in the American kitchen"). I'm cooking my way through about 100 historical recipes, anthologized by Molly O'Neill in American Food Writing. (Btw, I'm hosting the Big Bundt Appreciation Bake-off, if there are any Bundt lovahs in the house.)

http://greatamericancookingproject.blogspot.com/

While I wouldn't say I started the blog on a lark -- I want to be a writer and just a few months of food blogging has really focused my ambitions on a very particular kind of food writing career -- I didn't think much would come of it. And it has! I'm working for Molly on her upcoming book!

Blogging dreams really do come true!

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The Big Bundt Appreciation Bake-Off

What am I thinking? A bake-off ain't a bake-off unless someone's declared the winner!

So the entry that expresses the purest Bundt love -- a combination of enthusiasm and creativity -- will win a jar of my homemade Balsamic Ketchup or my "Kings County" Apple Butter, their choice!

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Blogger bake-off in honor of National Bundt Day, 11/15?

Alright, it's official, I'm hosting a "Big Bundt Appreciation Bake-off!"

Submissions are due by Nov. 11. Check out my site for the details, and I certainly hope to get photos & recipes from y'all!

The Great American Cooking Project: http://greatamericancookingproject.blogspot.com/


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When craving a velvety, creamy food, I eat ____

Greek yogurt with honey & dried fruit ... Ben and Jerry's (ridiculously creamy, no? Sometimes the ultra-rich ice creams tick me off; I mean, it's easy to make something delicious if you pump it with 24 grams of fat in one half cup!) ... Ricotta, straight out of tub ... and my secret shame, Laughing Cow cheese. There's something terrific about it although it scares me that it never need be refrigerated!

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How to get a food blog read and noticed

What really works about All Kinds of Delicious is that as an expat in a fantastic place for food, it has a built-in hook. It's not for nothing that most very successful food blogs are Americans in Paris or English-speakers Parisiennes (sp?) or Brits in San Fran or experts in a vast and generally little-known cuisine (say, Malaysian) or celiacs!

And now for the self-promotion: I'm interested in culinary traditions and the intersection of food & history (my hook: "a time-traveling year in the American kitchen"). And I'd like to find other bloggers interested in the same, perhaps for an early-American recipe potluck in Brooklyn?!

http://greatamericancookingproject.blogspot.com/

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What's the weirdest cookbook you own?

Delving into American culinary history for my blog, I've acquired a major addiction to weird & wonderful vintage cookbooks (fueled by Ebay, of course). Here are a couple highlights:

No home cook can live without "Mealtime Marvels: Lard in 133 Recipes" (among them: Jelly Tidbits, Fried Liver-Begue, and Crusty Water Rolls)

Or how about "The Best of Midwest Kitchens" (1946), which includes such gems as Avocado Pear & Grapefruit Salad with Frozen Roquefort Green (which are dyed green!) and Cornflake Potatoes (exactly as it sounds).

And then there's the 70s style "healthy" foods in "The Rodale Cookbook": Fitness House Liverwurst and Soybean-Rice Surprise Casserole.

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