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there's a pretty fantastic carrot "tuna" salad at basic 4 in reading terminal market. i don't know how they do it, but it's quite tasty.

Lemon curd and buttermilk scones with tart cherries (not so authentic, but my coworkers ate all 24 half-sized scones). Also bought clotted cream. Good times.

Torrisi Italian Specialties

Ritter Sport! Knusperflakes- even more fun to eat than they are to (attempt to) pronounce, and that's saying something. I don't know German, so I tell myself that the German motto translates to "Quadratic. Practical. Good." Why isn't more candy quadratic?

I use the grinder that comes pre-filled with broken-up nutmeg chunks. It's not as good as grinding whole, but I just don't want to shred my fingers.

food processor! scones, chutneys, puff pastry, almond flour (and hence pithiviers), and cook's illustrated's food processor carrot cake recipe are all regular parts of my life because of that beautiful machine.

this is a totally off-topifc digression, but i've been so excited to rediscover roger ebert. i grew up in illinois watching him review movies, and it's been a revelation to read his twitter. it's like finally sitting your uncle down for a beer and finding out that he actually has interesting, relevant, provocative things to say, you know, once you aren't at the table with the rest of your conservative family. perhaps if i'd been a more sophisticated viewer at age 10, I would have had a better inkling of what lurked beneath. and now he cooks, too? win!

egg sandwich from a truck in west philly when i was in college. it blew my little suburban mind.

If I were going to go through all the trouble of getting a car to go to Metairie, I'd probably also head to the West Bank for Vietnamese food.

Yes! Good kriek beer is sublime! Bad kriek beer is cough syrup! So good to have guidance discerning the good stuff!

Rick Bayless (yum, and he seems like such an earnestly good guy) or Diana Kennedy.

Cheese, Grommit!

those organic, local, happy pig sausages that they sell at the farmer's market are $$$ but damn good.

also, the praline bacon at elizabeth's in the Bywater in NOLA- that stuff is de-licious.

I'd make key lime bars (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/white-chocolate-key-lime-bars-recipe/index.html) with GF gingersnaps (Mi-del makes good ones).

Annnnd- chorizo/potato tacos w/ corn tortilla and a cabbage slaw on the side.