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From Ed Levine Eats

Off the Beaten Path: Mother's Day Guinea Pig

Gee, is this where all the guinea pigs on Craigs List end up?

onespicymama at 3:58PM on 05/14/08

From Talk

What is more of a 'deal breaker'--food or books?

As a former English major and self-professed foodie - I have to say my deal breaker is food. I once broke up with a guy because he didn't drink hot beverages. You can go a whole marriage without ever discussing James Joyce's Ulysses, but you can't go a whole marrieage with a man who puts ketchup on his eggs and thinks twinkies are pastries.

onespicymama at 11:08AM on 05/14/08

From Talk

starting a food blog ........

I also like "A Butcher's Blog" the best, but if you go w/"The Butcher's Block", how about "On the Butcher's Block"?

onespicymama at 8:30PM on 05/01/08

From Recipes

Dinner Tonight: Ramps with Linguine

I agree with your inital comments - what's with this inexplicable trend of every food blog featuring a glorified scallion? I've grown up eating ramps (only recently learning the English name) and I am scratching my head at the fuss. So I didn't quite get a real sense of whether you liked ramps or not. I personally treat it as I would leeks or scallions - to flavor a dish, but not as the star attraction. It's a bit too strong and bitter for top billing IMO.

onespicymama at 4:44PM on 05/01/08

Responses to Comments by onespicymama

From Talk

What is more of a 'deal breaker'--food or books?

Neither is a deal-breaker unless the person is fanatic about it, or tries to convert me to their ways. Same goes for just about anything -- religion, politics, milk-or-sugar -- whatever. I'm perfectly happy to have a reasoned discussion about whatever it might be, and I'm just as willing to let the topic lie undisturbed, but I'm not fond of people who insist that I should change who I am to suit them.

I'm actually more interested in people who are unlike me than those who could be my clones. I like learning about other people's cultures (including foods) and beliefs. I might not agree with them or embrace them in my own life, but I find it interesting on an intellectual level.

Things that are deal breakers are unkindness and ill manners of all sorts. Some ill manners I might excuse in a friend or relative that I wouldn't accept in a mate, however. Luckily, that choice is already made.

dbcurrie at 1:12AM on 05/16/08

From Talk

What is more of a 'deal breaker'--food or books?

@Luna; LOL!!!! Report back after the gift has been delivered!

izatryt at 6:01PM on 05/15/08

From Talk

What is more of a 'deal breaker'--food or books?

I agree wholeheartedly with Karen Resta, while I love both food and books, I am of the opinion that the heart and soul of a person determines their worth.

stephie at 10:59AM on 05/15/08

From Talk

What is more of a 'deal breaker'--food or books?

I have had people refuse to date me for both reasons. One guy who thought of himself as a "writer" dumped me after 3 dates when he found out I read trashy romance novels. Another person ( who I wasn't even interested in) told me in straight up "I can not have a pork eater in my house" He was muslim though...so that was understandable. On the flip side though I don't think I could give up pork for a guy.

Sweetie at 10:36AM on 05/15/08

From Talk

What is more of a 'deal breaker'--food or books?

I am a pescetarian married to an omnivore, but we have had few problems since we do both love food. And we are both readers. While I don't worry too much about WHAT he reads, the fact that he DOES read was important. The previous boyfriend didn't read newspapers and was never in the middle of a book. 'Twas a deal-breaker, for sure.

sarahbeam at 7:28AM on 05/15/08

From Talk

What is more of a 'deal breaker'--food or books?

@ Butrflygirly: The stabbing. Oh God, the stabbing...

BangieB at 2:44AM on 05/15/08

From Ed Levine Eats

Off the Beaten Path: Mother's Day Guinea Pig

I kept them as pets as a child, would rather eat a cat.

redfish at 10:14PM on 05/14/08

From Talk

What is more of a 'deal breaker'--food or books?

Books are more of a dealbreaker for me. Anyone who likes Ayn Rand is out. Anyone who likes Nabokov is in.

I don't think food is quite as important as the person's attitude towards life, especially since the kind of food someone eats changes over time more than the mindset defined by the books they like. And it's a lot easier to sneak kale into someone's dish than Dickens into their hearts.

butterface at 9:58PM on 05/14/08

From Talk

What is more of a 'deal breaker'--food or books?

Picky/Finicky/Boring eaters are such a turn-off!

ReneeRobinson at 9:08PM on 05/14/08

From Talk

What is more of a 'deal breaker'--food or books?

my current boyfriend grew up in household where a "cooked dinner" meant anything that could be put in the microwave and ketchup poured on it. he lives on junk food and frozen dinners. many things he had never had until he began coming to my house to eat. he is WILLING to try new things - and that makes all the difference. someone who was just picky and stuffy would be a deal-breaker

listener at 8:16PM on 05/14/08