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I've OD'd on sweet potatoes this year... the CSA I get had a lot of them the last couple of months. It did cause me to try a lot of new recipes. Sweet potato pie, sweet potato gnocchi, sweet potato latkes were some of the highlights.

my fiance is obsessed with sweet potatoes right now. we're having them almost every day. I've been trying some more adventurous things, like sweet potato gnocchi, but mostly i just toss with a touch of olive oil and what ever spices match the rest of the meal. I never use butter. I think they are plenty creamy without it.

Call me crazy, but I like them plain--no butter--with lots of salt.

I am crazy about sweet potatoes, and it's kismet that I should read this post on SE right now, directly after having devoured a sweet po with butter, cinnamon, cayenne, brown sugar and sea salt -- and blogging about it! (http://thenervouscook.com)

Appalled at the Bigotry Oct 3rd 2009

Well, first off, I have to give kudos for one item at the White rose. We were all very happy with the food (yum salmon wrapped in bacon). But, what happened next will probably keep us all from ever going back.
To start as we were all but finished our food. The (management) came out and canned the entertainment in the middle of his set. (Live acoustic guitar) It was very nice and he could actually sing (on key). As he packed(broke down) his gear; a somber note rang throughout the lounge area as the gentlemen removed his equipment and the management put the awful fm radio back on. As a side note we approached the musician; he shared the little factoid; he was told to quit because he wasn’t right for the crowd. Oddly though that LOTS of people were singing along with him (the musician). Anyway, that isn’t the reason why we will never return just yet.
We were now done eating (an hour and half had passed) and the waitress took away all our plates and utensils. This is when my sister got a text from a friend about dropping by to join us for a couple drinks. He arrived within a few minutes and went up to the bar and got his beer. Then we talked about all sorts of things for roughly 30 minutes. Then another friend texted us and joined us. Now here is where it starts to go under for our party of 6 which just spent over a 100.00 on food not to mention the drinks on top of that. Our new guest went to the bar and got his draft. Now we chatted for another roughly another 10 mins MAX. Then a member of management came over and started to harass our first guest. His ID was cracked; and he was told he could no longer be served and should leave. We all piped up and said perhaps he should check all our IDs (Mind you none of our party was carded at all and served multiple times) – An it should also be noted our latest guest LOOKED like they might be 18 at best, However, our young looking guest is as gay as a 3 dollar bill and Mexican/Native American and perhaps they didn’t want to be so bold as to play that race and discrimination card. Yet, we know now they don’t like people of color, since the person they harassed incessantly was black and was threatened with calling the police. Mind you, this person (our black friend) was as quiet as a mouse during most of our conversations among ourselves. So in closing, if you are a lily white group of people keep it as such, if you want to have a good time. But, if you want to get kicked out and bullied by Bigots – By all means invite your friends of color. It will just make your bloody day. – Perhaps they should rename themselves the ((White Lily)) – Anyway, none of us will set foot in their establishment again. SHAME since they had good food, but, I don’t endorse BIGOTS.

If there's a hands down, all around winner - and I'm not saying there is - it's Alton Brown. He's smart. He's creative. He's talented . And he's adorable. .

Arron Sanchez is my choice. So cute and adorable. He's the highlight of chef vs. city :D

Tyler Florence used to be my fav FN hottie then he got puffy. Strangely I find Adam Richman on Travel channel's man vs food to be sexy and hes definitely on the beefy side but a cutie none the less. Id also have to say Iron Chef Symon with his soul patch.

See, now I have an excuse to go to the train show...yeah, I still play with trains.

Another vote for Bourdain...

Sexy chef = technique, final product, then looks
The ultimate food master Masaharu Morimoto
Wolfgang Puck - he is old, but the way he handles food is sexy!
Same for Jacques Pepin
Tyler
Alton
Martin Yan
Jacques Torres
and just love Fabio Viviani - somebody give him an show!!

I definitely second all the votes for Tony Bourdain. Sexy.

Also, if we're talking about judges on Chopped, I can't believe no one else has mentioned Scott Conant!! That smile?!? Come on!