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Medium rare on a toasted english muffin, american cheese, ketchup. Pretty classic!

Indian is my favorite cusine, but I would like to explore it beyond the typical curries one encounters everywhere. Currently, I am exploring raitas.

I loved artichokes but disliked many other vegetables. When I would come into the house and smell my mother's artichokes stuffed with breadcrumbs and parmesan, I would be so delighted not only because they were delicious, but because I knew that dinner that night would be a pleasant affair. There is nothing worse in an Italian family than a child who doesn't like to eat!

I never buy jarred pasta sauce since it is so easy to make a marinara. I can add anything to the base of San Marzano tomatoes, olive oil and garlic, but one of my favorites is Puttanesca made with pepperoncini, anchovies, black olives and capers added to the marinara.

What is the name of the restaurant? I'm going to Florence and this sounds like something I would love to try there!

I was a newbie and didn't realize that hot liquids in a blender meant an explosion. I was prying dried blueberry off the walls for years.

She once tried the burg from La Frieda
And swooned when her hub tried to feed her
He gave her a taste
She ate all in haste
And it he now now hides when he sees her.

Fleur de sel butter.

Porterhouse.

In Egypt they have schwerma sandwiches.

I love a recipe from We Called it Macaroni which is a bruscetta with a base layer of mixed mascarpone and ricotta topped with a sun dried tomato/tomato/basil/garlic mixture. For fairly straightforward and simple ingredients, the sum of the parts is much more than you would think!

Where's the dang recipe?

I'm not sure about that -- I have not noticed any chestnuts in Egypt at all, whether as an ingredient or something eaten out of hand. The bee hives were just steps away from the oven where this woman, out of another century, was baking, and then there was a table of honey that had been put in jars right near-by and there were bees buzzing all around that, and all around this woman. The honey wasn't bitter honey, but it had a slightly bitter edge or finish to it. Language was an issue, of course, so I couldn't learn more!