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I also do the Jim Lehey no-knead bread recipe that Mark Bittman introduced to the world. I do the version that is in Mark's latest "How to Cook Everything" It's easy and delicious! Had my lunch today with a couple of slices of bread I made last night. Oh it was good!

Enjoy every minute as it happens and not take things for granted.

I found his article about cocktails earlier this summer very enlightening. My wife and I took it inspiration from it and have been experimenting ever since.

We also like his various 101 20-minute dishes. Lots of great ideas!

Once again I'll go for the pumpkin creme brulee

pumpkin pie brulee and the chipotle meatballs sound so good. I am a bit of a traditionalist though and we are looking forward to my aunt's turkey and gravy. That woman really knows how to cook a bird.

Give me sugar over splenda or any of the substitutes. Just like the butter substitutes, they don't have the same flavor as the real thing. Just use it in moderation.

I understand AmazonGoddess' point of view regarding diabetics. Eating splenda seems to me the better choice when you put it that way. Its unfortunate but not all of us can simply "Eat real food and exercise" as hotcobbler suggests.

Pumpkins have become my favorite fall ingredient ever since one of my best friends made me a pie with his own home grown pumpkin. I never liked pumpkin pie prior to this experience and I still don't care for canned pies. The best thing is that they do freeze well so you can have pumpkin treats outside of fall (does that still count).

We usually head to Iron Kettle Farm in Owego/Candor, NY and grab some pumpkins for Jack-o-Lanterns and for baking. We scoop out the seeds for roasting and then roast the pumpkins for immediate use or freeze for later. We make pumpkin bread, pies, cookies and cakes. We have even made a pumpkin soup.

I love the salt on the rim of a margarita glass.

I used to eat Cocoa Pebbles. I loved them! But as I've gotten older and less tolerant of sugery cereals, I haven't had them for breakfast in years.

I do, however, use them in my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. I gives the cookies an extra chocolate crisp kick. Yum!

Were from Southern Tier NY and after my Dad moved to Florida I used to send him Spiedie meat and Sauce. http://spiedies.com/

I have been very scared about this dilemma ever since I read Michael Pollen's Omnivore's Dilemma this last year. We have been living on borrowed time since Fritz Haber invented artificial nitrogen fixing. As Michael mentions,
(Vaclav Smil) estimates that two of every five humans on earth today would not be alive if not for Fritz Haber's invention... as these numbers suggest, humans may have struck a Faustian bargain with nature when Fritz Haber gave us the power to fix nitrogen.
I feel the same about this situation as I do with our involvement in Iraq. There is no pretty way out.

Meat: cubano
Veggie: Tomato, basil, mozzarella