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biscuits with lots and lots of butter!

ribeyeeeeeee

taiwan, for sure! the restaurants were all delicious, but the food stands/carts were THE best!

chocolate cake with marshmallow frosting! yummy!

I live by Zingerman's Roadhouse, so I'll count that!

with a fried egg on toasted bread

in a modified fried egg sandwich: pan-fried for just a few seconds on each side on top of a toasted onion roll and below a fried egg

D$'s Cuban Conundrum from Zingerman's: Cuban-style pulled pork, Arkansas peppered ham, Switzerland Swiss cheese, old-fashioned dill pickles, mayo & hot mustard on a grilled paesano roll.

Yummmmmmm

mastering the all-lard crust on my boyfriend's grandmother's blueberry cottage pie

fruit so that it isn't soggy or overly sweet

i was roasting a whole (baby!) pumpkin and had slit a few holes in it to let the steam out. or so i thought. it comes out of the oven looking very pretty and i'm so excited i decide to cut into it to take a look at the insides before it cools down. in goes my knife, a slit down the side, and then BAM! shards of glass flies all over the kitchen and i'm left there cowering with a paring knife in my hand. what the...? i guess there was still liquid in there and it was so hot it caused the pan to expand and then break.

i also usually keep cakes and stuff in the oven as a place to store it and i usually keep a knife with it so that i can slice and go w/o needing to rummage around for one. well, i started preheating my oven one day without looking inside and then walked away. 20 minutes later, the fire alarm goes off and i go running into the kitchen to see big black clouds coming from the oven door sides. WITH PARTICLES. i open the door and there's a knife, which had a black plastic handle, burning merrily in the back. anyway, after getting it under control (and putting the hot rack onto the plastic floor--still have the burn marks there.....), we still had to clean the kitchen because it was covered with a fine layer of black flakes. ugh.

"Eight Treasure Rice," this Chinese sweet rice dish with sweet beans and other goodies that my mom would trot out during Chinese New Year's and other special holidays.