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Community Coffee - with chicory. Pinon coffee. Cafe Bustelo. My dad started me on coffee early, and he likes Folgers so strong (in his words) "a spoon will stand up in it." My palate is not picky.

I have several jars of brandy-soaked cherries in my garage, some from 2008 that I think I will finally let myself open this year. Another favorite of mine is prune plums (I've always lived in a house with at least one prune plum tree in the yard and they get...overbearing after a while) with brandy. Pit the plums, add a little sugar, cover with brandy, stick it in the back of the fridge. Cove November, I usually open one jar and put them on pound cake. Delicious!

@Salpico....I for one am just plain envious! You're in the same boat as my friend; she grew up near a Le Creuset outlet and her mother bought many discounted items from them and she now has a couple dutch ovens and several other pieces. I may have the same cast-iron pan that my great grandmother used, but six Le Creusets are an amazing thing to pass to your children!

I like slices of cake because cake is traditionally eaten in shared settings - like a party. It's more of a team effort to have a piece of cake, and that's part of the enjoyment - eating it with others. Cupcakes, even if they're made in the style of my favorite cake, are never the same (too oily, too much frosting, Too Much in general). I don't like or dislike them particularly. They have their place, but it's not at the top of my list.

I need an angioplasty after just reading this, but it looks incredible.

I agree with alebee...I was NEVER impressed with the food or service from Tin Shed. We always went a block over to Helser's and were much happier. I miss living in that neighborhood.

I don't eat that much chocolate - if I'm going to have it as a snack, I'll have a square or two of the 60-75% dark stuff. Too much dark chocolate is too bitter for me, but milk chocolate is always too cloying.

I don't like the way the pink or blue packets taste, and once I realized that Splenda made my mouth water....a lot when I ate it, I switched back to the real stuff. I love the taste of agave and "evaporated cane juice"/turbinado/Demerara sugars and use both of those over the white stuff in everything except for candy.

Market of Choice - a relatively small chain of Oregon stores - is my favorite...followed by New Seasons and Fred Meyer. Market of Choice is on the expensive side, but they have great specials on cheese and their produce is top notch.

RIBEYE!!!

it depends on the situation - one of my best first dates was a 4 hour hike followed by a trip through a drive through. at that point, i didn't care what i ate, as long as it was going in my stomach soon. otherwise, i don't really care. i rarely choose to eat at chain restaurants on my own, but not everything tgi-apple-robin's serves is disgusting.

I make one with an olive oil/roasted garlic/parsley base, goat cheese, mozz, caramelized onions and manzanilla olives.