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Road Trip: Kolaches at Rao's Bakery in Beaumont, Texas

Those look amazing. Sadly, we're nowhere near Texas. Does anyone have a recipe for the kolache dough? Would love to try my hand at it...

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Cook the Book: 'Around My French Table'

Best eating vacation: our Paris honeymoon. We rented a little apartment and pretended, for 10 days, to be locals.

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People that have actual real -life food/spice names, Know Any?

It's funny; my last name is Rice but I didn't think a thing about it until someone else on the thread mentioned it. I forget that I have a food name.

My husband's middle name is Graham.

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Road Trip: Kolaches at Rao's Bakery in Beaumont, Texas

Those look amazing. Sadly, we're nowhere near Texas. Does anyone have a recipe for the kolache dough? Would love to try my hand at it...

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Cook the Book: 'Around My French Table'

Best eating vacation: our Paris honeymoon. We rented a little apartment and pretended, for 10 days, to be locals.

From Talk

People that have actual real -life food/spice names, Know Any?

It's funny; my last name is Rice but I didn't think a thing about it until someone else on the thread mentioned it. I forget that I have a food name.

My husband's middle name is Graham.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks

Rib eye for steak-eating! But I do like a flank or skirt for cooking carne asada.

From Talk

Cookbook for an 11 year old?

We have loved everything we've made from the River Cottage Family Cookbook, which is not goofy and kid-ish but is appropriately simple for younger chefs: http://www.amazon.com/River-Cottage-Family-Cookbook/dp/1580089259

From Talk

Slow-cooker cookbook recommendations?

Adam: Mexican Everyday by Rick Bayless has a ton of slow-cooker recipes. It's particularly good, because the slow-cooker is just a key tool, rather than the gimmick which requires that recipes be adapted. Otherwise, in any recipe that is brown + braise/simmer can be adapted to the slow-cooker. Just brown on the stove first, and braise/simmer all day in your slow-cooker.

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Foodie Vacation

Puerto Rico all the way, Wilma. It's a good value, and you can rent a car and go all over the country. I saw every coast in the week I was there, and had a great time doing it. Prices are good. I stayed in Rincon for most of the trip. Added bonus: flights there shouldn't cost much from Philly.

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Pepsi Throwback Coming Back December 28

I liked Pepsi Throwback. I like it better than Coke, even. (Have you seen that the label on Mexican Coke now lists sugar OR high-fructose corn syrup?)

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U.S. Regional Hot Dog Styles T-Shirt

Scoreboard44: That's not the only error. The Sonoran hot dog shown is from Tucson, not Phoenix, and it's serious business.

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Need Recipes for Beets

We just had the same issue, and used ours to make a big batch of Beet Risotto. It's from the latest Food & Wine.

Link here: http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/beet-risotto

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Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'

The first cookbook I actually bought for myself was Cooking for Two: Or Just You! I used it all through college, but retired it a few years ago.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

At my high school in an L.A. suburb, once in a while (once a month?) some administrator would fire up a kettle grill outside the cafeteria and honest-to-goodness grilled cheeseburgers would be on offer. Those were good days.

The rest of the time, meh.

From Talk

Fancy Coffee for my beau.

Best coffee I've ever had:
http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/
Seriously - a coffee basket is not complete without it.

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What are your strange, secret and personal cooking tips?

Our secret is simplicity. Make this:

http://ayearinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html

Buy a box of the instant couscous with pine nuts and serve it on the side. Get some greens, slice a tomato into it, and buy good quality bottled dressing (get it from the refrigerated section). If you want to make your own dressing, remember: three parts oil to one part acid (that can be lemon juice or vinegar), and whisk the hell out of it.

Good luck!


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Soda vs. Pop vs. Whatever: What Do You Call Cola Drinks?

I'm from L.A. and most of my family calls it Coke. But the grandparents came from the South. Otherwise, soda. Never pop.

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Help!! Chicago Recommendations

I'll second the vote for Frontera, with just a couple of things to add: eating at the bar is also fun (and you probably won't have to wait for long), and they also have a great Saturday brunch from 10:30-2:30. I don't think you can make reservations at Frontera, but you can make a reservation at Bayless' adjacent white-tablecloth restaurant, Topolobampo.

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Help!! Chicago Recommendations

You should absolutely eat at Blackbird. The food is delicious and the desserts are out of this world. Dinner can be pricey (about $30 per entree) but they also have a really great lunch menu, where entrees start around $10 and the most expensive dish is $19. You'll need reservations for dinner, but you can drop by for lunch. Chicago is a wonderful restaurant town and you'll likely get many good suggestions here. Be sure to report back after you've visited!

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Rachael Ray Launches Line of Dog Food: Nutrish

I won't be buying her line of pet food (for those who are looking, California Natural is a great food for dogs, no fillers) but what a cute pup! And I am happy to see a high-profile pit bull owner plastered all over the media. When given a loving home, pitties make wonderful family dogs.

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Eating Locally Without the Labor

I thought the NYT article was rather silly. These are people who likely employ a gardener to tend their lawns already. If they want to remove part of their lawn in favor of growing something of sustenance, I say more power to them. And I agree with you Robyn - a potential boon for those who like to garden!

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Eating for Two: Peanut Butter Cookies

Oy. I'm 7 months along and eat peanut butter (or cashew butter, or almond butter) nearly every day. I also eat nuts in my trail mix, which I carry with me so I can avoid eating junk food every time I'm out and about. I'll lay off now, I guess, but good grief. No wine, sushi, luncheon meats, raw milk cheeses and now this?

From Talk

Beyond the chocolate chip cookie...

We live in Tucson, and I have been contemplating a jump into a tub of ice for weeks now. But then, 15 seconds later, the ice would melt and we'd be in a tub of warm water. And then the mosquitos would come and bite us. Sigh.

From Talk

Beyond the chocolate chip cookie...

Hi - we recently made cashew butter cookies. We used our favorite peanut butter cookie recipe from Baking Illustrated and subbed in cashew butter (we skipped the freshly ground nuts because we didn't have any). Before baking them, we also added a sprinkling of sugar and coarse sea salt on top. They baked up just like PB cookies but the cashew flavor was a nice little surprise. They were gobbled up quickly by our friends, a few of whom even asked for the recipe. Oh, and we got the cashew butter from Trader Joe's. Have fun!

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Tuesdays with Dorrie (TWD) and Other Baking Blog Circles

We joined TWD, participated twice, and left. For us, it was just unreasonable to make big layer cakes and other super-rich desserts every week. I think a "cook the book" with more low-key recipes would be a better fit for us.

I'd really love to join a bread-baking circle, but I don't know of one.

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Foods from scratch

What a great project! We are slowly making more and more items from scratch, and it's usually such an improvement on store-bought that after each project, we're no longer able to convince ourselves that the short-cut is okay...

In addition to the great suggestions above, we make our own vanilla extract. It makes a world of difference in baked goods. Method here:

http://ayearinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2008/04/homemade-vanilla.html

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Location: Chicagoland

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