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I think I will try the cauliflower gratin too!

Anything with sweet potatoes

Nobody in my family likes sweet potatoes but me. But they are always on the Thanksgiving table in a huge gratin dish!!

In Utah it's the condiment of choice. It's called fry sauce.

I've loved all the Top Chef shows from the start but I do think the editing is getting very confusing. Yes, it is a "reality show" and they have to build drama but I think the producers have forgotten who their core audience is. I don't watch " The Hills" or "Survivor", I watch Top Chef because I'm interested in cooking. I do find the drama entertaining especially in the regular Top Chef, but I find it almost insulting to edit drama between real cooking pros. If Samuelsson was really the winner, how about some scenes of the judges going gaga over his food instead of ones showing them making faces over fall apart fish. We can handle the truth.

I agree Moibec , Nutella is crack. And Doritos. Can you imagine the intense research that went into perfecting its irresistability? I also have a problem with supermarket bakery cakes with the sickly sweet frosting.

soda bread, maybe some brownies with whiskey soaked raisins and something to slather that clotted cream on.

7 layer dip.

I co-own a cleaning company that cleans office buildings and I would LOVE to comment. There are two major complaints that I always get from my janitors. The first is people shelling sunflower seeds or peanuts at their desks. No matter how careful they try to be there is always an explosion of little bits of shell all over the cubicle. The second is people who get very large convenience store fountain drinks and then only drink a little of it and dump it in their little cubicle trash cans. Janitors don't have time or the desire to refile through every trash can to find these "bombs". These drinks splash at least two or three janitors a week. Plus they get on the carpet and furniture and usually require the janitor to wash out and dry out the garbage can. Now, I get it, we're janitors, it's our job to clean up after people. But there is the question of respect. Simple respect for your fellow human being. As for any other food, it's fine. Just use common sense. When you lived at home with your mom, she most certainly slapped, spanked or screamed at you if you were eating cake , let some of it fall on the floor and rolled over it in your chair smashing it into the carpet. Right?

really good ham, really good bread, really good butter = really good.

ribeye

A warm chocolate chip cookie.