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@Don Luis: This is obviously a very late response, but I don't check into SE as often as I did so I missed it when it first went up.

I think your reaction arises from a misunderstanding of what SE is, or means to be.

My impression is that SE began as a NYC-based blog, and that the response from all over the US expanded its focus. I don't think it's unreasonable for a blog to have a regional focus, particularly given that SE is not presenting itself as a global food-related site.

Although I am a New Yorker (meaning 'born there, and spent the largest portion of my life to date there'), I now live outside the US (in Denmark, to be precise), and many of the references to various cooking shows and foods go over my head, but if I'm really curious, I can usually find clarification on YouTube, or elsewhere on the net.

Perhaps what you see as an excess of silliness has more to do with the veiled (or not) hostility that more serious/technical posts sometimes meet; I no longer see many of the more serious posters, which I think is a shame. On the other hand, I think the 'silliness' can be fun and interesting, I just wish there was more of a balance (for those of you who are thinking of reiterating that there are other sites, I know this, but I happen to like SE, and think of it as a big kitchen; shouldn't there be room for all sorts of cooks and eaters?).

Anyway, I think SE is worth taking for what it is; I can understand deciding that you'd rather not post (although you don't seem to have done that), and only look in occasionally, but do recognize what it is, and why.

Cilantro, I could put in under my pillow I love the stuff so much. I want to grow it.

From what I understand, some folks are genetically predisposed to hate Cilantro - it makes it taste like soap or pine-sol to them.

Sucks to be you!

Cilantro is the BEST ingredient EVER! I throw it on any meat I can. I absolutely love it and feel sorry for all those genetic freaks that can't enjoy it!

Eating cilantro is like getting spritzed with a mouthful of perfume ... gags me instantly. YUCK

Oh, and I thought I was the only one! :-)
I love, love, love cilantro. Lovely colors, fantastic taste, just that right flourish on top of your food making it look finish and tempting. Stacey Snacks is right about it being a love/hate thing: My husband hates the smell of raw cilantro so I have to wash my hands thoroughly every time I grab a bunch to top off my food.
The blog itself is juvenile but I'm glad its entry into Serious Eats gets us, cilantro-lovers, together.

Cilantro is a love/hate thing.
I LOVE IT. I sometimes pick a leaf in the supermarket just to have that smell on my hands.......ok, I know that sounded weird!

Yes! Now if only the site had a PC name so i could get on it at work...

I love cilantro! When I fantasize about different restaurants I'd open, one idea that comes to mind is a Northern-Chinese/Mexican restaurant. The backbone holding it all together would be cilantro and spice. DELISH.

@DCLSweetspot: Traditional Japanese food doesn't have cilantro. It was probably added to fit in with the area culture or fusion.

I'll pass on the website. I detest cilantro.

Mmm, cilantro salad.

I've been known to eat cilantro and cheese sandwiches. This site, however, turned me off with its misogynist porn-culture tenor. I support cilantro but I do not support this blog.

the only way i can stand cilantro is in a nice spicy chutney over a samosa.
that's it.

everything else about cilantro i utterly can't stand. the smell, and even tasting a little bit of cilantro in my banh mi or pho or anything else makes me gag.

period. the end.