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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

L'Shana Tova u'Metuka! We're making chicken matzo ball soup, roast chicken (Barefoot Contessa recipe), potato kugel, green beans, challah, and apple cake. Nothing too adventurous, all totally delicious.

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Funeral Food, Update

I'm very sorry for your loss, CatBoy, and I hope this community has provided some solace and comfort. May her memory be a blessing.

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Five Things to Do with an Entenmann's All Butter Loaf Cake

Such memories - when I was a kid, in the mornings before school, my dad used to toast a couple of slices, butter it lightly, and serve it to us for breakfast. Most delicious breakfast, ever.

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

L'Shana Tova u'Metuka! We're making chicken matzo ball soup, roast chicken (Barefoot Contessa recipe), potato kugel, green beans, challah, and apple cake. Nothing too adventurous, all totally delicious.

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Funeral Food, Update

I'm very sorry for your loss, CatBoy, and I hope this community has provided some solace and comfort. May her memory be a blessing.

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Five Things to Do with an Entenmann's All Butter Loaf Cake

Such memories - when I was a kid, in the mornings before school, my dad used to toast a couple of slices, butter it lightly, and serve it to us for breakfast. Most delicious breakfast, ever.

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For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?

Alton Brown FTW

(although I confess to some serious Aaron Sanchez issues. Yum.)

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Dear Whole Foods,

Please don't charge me $8 for four small chicken tenders, ever again. Otherwise the kid gets McNuggets. I'm serious.

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Yakisoba?

I love ramen (guilty pleasure) so I tried one recently. Saying that it was not a good experience would be something of an understatement. Think of it as the Clockwork Orange of instant meals. You may be irrevocably altered, and not in a good way.

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Passover Puff Pastry?

@morgancain: yes I know that puff pastry contains no yeast, but it does puff - and therefore violates the spirit, if not the letter, of Passover. :)

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Passover Puff Pastry?

I'd say that puff pastry's very name would render it non kosher for passover because it contains leavening.

I tend to substitute macaroons for any item with crust - just crush them in the bottom of a tart pan and they tend to bind together. Not sure how well that would work with a tarte tatin, but it works really well for a cheesecake or custard-type filling.

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Passover Menu for the week

I'll be doing a lot of salads: tuna, chicken, egg, etc. Some eaten on matzo, some not. I also like using this week to make soup - vegetable, matzo ball - all good and filling, so I don't even miss the bread. One caveat, however, is that since I keep Pesach according to the Sephardim, I still eat rice, which helps a lot!

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What is your "give up" meal?

toast with melted cheese
frozen tortellini or pasta cooked in broth
tuna salad sammich

sadly, this post has made me realize that I give up fairly frequently.

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Serious Passover Eats

@MMinNYC - thank you so much for the wonderful resources.

Let the official pre-Pesach panic begin!

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Recession Candy: When the Going Gets Tough, Do You Buy More Sweets?

Since I now have a global economic justification for indulging my sweet tooth, in the name taking positive steps to heal this great country, I will hereby empty my freezer of all my carefully packaged, recession-friendly soups and stews, and fill the sucker with Twix bars. Thanks, Gray Lady!

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'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off

This was just disappointing overall. I agree with whomever said Carla got hosed by Casey. Bad pairing all around. And poor Carla - not being able to assert herself (again) was the problem.

But I was missing some other features of past finales: the perspective from the sous-chefs, for instance. If their wisdom was so important to the process, why didn't they get to weigh in?

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How do you dress up your rice?

Count me in with rice lovers. I eat it almost daily. A long-cherished recipe is to boil a box of chicken broth or stock with a bunch of cut up scallions, and add a cup and a half of white rice. One cut up chicken breast optional, Bell and Evans if I can get it. Simmer until liquid is absorbed. Top with a dollop of sriacha.

This is one of my faves and cheap to prepare. Unfortunately, I was eating this the day my dad passed away, when I got the phone call, and have never had the heart to make it since.

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Worst Food You Ate at a Party

I went to a holiday party and ate some of the crock-pot meatballs. They tasted fine, but I ended up in the hospital that night, food-poisoned. Since that was the only thing I ate at the party, I knew what the culprit was, but I'm still not sure which component of the dish caused it.

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My Shocking Food Confession: What's Yours?

My sins are legion:

My go-to comfort food is Rice A Roni.

I secretly love American cheese.

And I don't get what the big deal is about chocolate. I'm just not a fan.

I sometimes fib about food allergies to avoid eating things I don't like, but I really am allergic to raw tomatoes. Luckily, I don't like those either.

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Quick - Whadya Have For Lunch Today?

bagel dog and a bottle of water. need some fresh fruit now.

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Chinese Food in Northern Westchester, NY

Have you tried this place in Armonk?

http://www.davidchens.com

I've been here a couple of times and it's pretty good.

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Win a Free Organic D'Artagnan Turkey Here!

So many of them sound amazing, but I have to go with the Smoked Oyster Sticky Rice Stuffing in Lotus Leaf. Ambitious? Yes. But completely and utterly decadent and delicious? Undoubtedly!

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What childhood food do you wish they still made?

Oh, man, I thought I had blocked out my Gatorade Gum cravings!

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What childhood food do you wish they still made?

I miss bbq munchos, planters cheeseballs (there is another brand available now in a large container that are good but...) and morton raspberry filled powdered donuts. Oh, those were the days.

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For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?

HA! HA! OMG! some of these posts are freaking hilarious! Thanks!
okay...I have a serious thing for Chris Cosentino...always liked him on the Next Iron Chef...
Aaron is pretty yummy too....Has anyone seen his tats before???

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For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?

The Deen Boys, Bobby and Jaime, are adorable! They got my vote!

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

Oh, I left out the gefilte fish and a kugel, some fresh made apple sauce too...working on it as we speak!

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

i finally figured out my Rosh Hashanah menu:

Challah w/raisins
matzah ball soup
Turkey breast stuffed with onions, figs and apricots
Honey glazed sweet potatoes and carrots with pineapple
some kinda green bean side dish
apple cake for dessert

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For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?

If there's a hands down, all around winner - and I'm not saying there is - it's Alton Brown. He's smart. He's creative. He's talented . And he's adorable. .

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

Made chicken soup and kreplach yesterday. Putting salmon on the grill, challah, salad, honey roasted root veggies, apple cake, and apples and honey.

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

I'm serving beer-braised brisket, tzimmes, sephardic stuffed chicken, pareve risotto, roast, apples baked in sugar, plus all the simanim. anyone know what to do with beef lung, heart and cheeks?

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

kapusta, Hungarian for stuffed cabage. Then kugel, roast chicken, breaded chicken, chicken soup...

Shana Tova U'Mesuka to all!

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

@sixsonnets - which Barefoot Contessa recipe are you going to use? Looking some up now, but she does a lot of roast chicken!

I'll be at my brothers on Friday night, which means all I need to bring is wine.

Saturday night is just my husband and myself so I figured roast chicken, potato kugel and some sort of veggie.

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

wellred, at least you should order Chinese food - that'd be about as Jewish as you're going to get!

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

Here a different take on brisket, based on a recipe by Hawaiian chef Sam Choy. This is always a hit with my family:

Ingredients
3–5 lb. beef brisket
1 qt. beef broth
2 tbsp. oil
1/3 cup soy sauce
8 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
3 oz. fresh ginger root, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 tsp. whole aniseed
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
salt & fresh ground pepper

Equipment
Large dutch oven
2 qt. saucepan
mesh sieve

Preheat oven to 275°F. Pat the meat dry with paper towels. Season the brisket on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large dutch oven on the stovetop. Over medium–high heat, sear the brisket a few minutes on each side. Do not let the bottom of the pot burn.
In the saucepan, combine the beef broth, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, cilantro, aniseed, and the sugar. Bring to a boil, pour over the meat in the dutch oven, and cover tightly. Cook until meat is fork tender, but not falling apart.
Allow the meat to cool. Slice across the grain, and transfer to a baking dish. Strain the sauce through a mesh sieve and pour over the meat. Rewarm before serving.

COOKING TIME: roughly 1 hour plus 1 hour for each pound of meat.

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

and here's my brisket recipe: brown the brisket well on all sides in a dutch oven, then cover it with paprika, salt, and pepper, and brown again. in the bottom of the oven, layer a lot of sliced onion, roughly chopped garlic, a couple of bay leaves, salt and pepper, then lay the brisket on top. pour over it a cup of ketchup mixed with a cup of any cheap beer. cover it and bake it in the oven at 300 until fork tender. if possible, let it cool in the liquid, then slice and reheat it the next day.

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

@orchidgirl, consider adding pomegranate seeds for a traditional twist.

I was just thinking about this because I'm in charge of a green vegetable, but don't want to do salad and want something a little exciting. The spinach with pine nuts and raisins sounds delish, though!

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

Ooh apple honey challah! Love it! We usually have brisket, tzimmes, honey cake, and round challah (this year it'll be homemade!) I'm looking forward to spending the holiday in Seattle with my entire family! For those in need, here are some Rosh Hashanah Recipes!

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

Luckily I was invited to dinner. I'm in charge of bringing a salad. Thinking of going with greens, pears and nuts.

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

I'm starting grad school on Thursday, work full time and am married to a Catholic, 500 miles from my family.

We have a challah in the freezer, but I wouldn't be shocked if we end up eating it with delivered rotisserie chicken from Swiss Chalet. :D

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What are you cooking for Rosh Hashanah?

My Jewish in-laws will probably do the same thing they do for most of the year's special occasions: a cold cuts platter from the local Jewish deli.

I've offered to cook on more than one occasion (especially since the platter thing is starting to get really old), but it's "too much work". :P

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For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?

Aarón Sánchez is just perfect.... he is so funny, talented, and down to business... I love his laugh... and the serious face he pulls on "Chopped" when he has to judge. I wish him the best. xoxox

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For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?

Arron Sanchez is my choice. So cute and adorable. He's the highlight of chef vs. city :D

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What's for Dinner? 09/03

Forgot to add that I bought an 8" square cassata cake for the three of us to celebrate our birthdays. It's half gone. :P

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What's for Dinner? 09/03

Did Famous Dave's. We shared smoked salmon and flatbread platter. I had the smoked salmon caesar salad, husband had his usual Memphis style baby back ribs with beef brisket + corn, corn muffin, fries, and slaw, my friend had the St Louis style ribs, fries.

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What's for Dinner? 09/03

MMM Dinner, my favorite meal of the day - and today I am "treating" myself... I am having Salmon Belly (Broiled with Olive Oil, Salt & Pepper)... along with Baked Spaghetti Squash and a little sauteed onion & spinach... Broccoli might be thrown in there too but not too sure yet.

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What's for Dinner? 09/03

@wellred - I was seriously disappointed the one time I went to the Yellow Griffin. It came so highly recommended and was quite a hike for us... Sigh. Maybe we hit them on a bad night? How was your experience?

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Holiday Party Potluck dish on the cheap

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Restaurant recommendation for Wilmington/Newark, Delaware?

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Anyone cooking/baking with Splenda?

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Cool retro party punch recipe??

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Delicious...and high in potassium? Any ideas?

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Dinner party on a budget, no dishwasher. Can it be done?

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