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DUMPLINGS!! for me. for my husband, it's gotta be popcorn

my first time cooking Thanksgiving dinner!! It's gonna have to be James Beard's roast turkey, Frank Stitt's Arugula Salad with Chanterelles and Pears, Daniel Boulud's Green-Bean Bundles (YUM), and Thyme-roasted Apples and Onions with a maple-walnut cornbread. holy moly I can't wait.

I'm constantly disappointed at Serious Eats' posts that always seem to support McDonald's. It's like, to be a radical or interesting today you have to support conventionality. This post and most like it all smell like propaganda to me. And where's the science in this? What kind of meat did you use? Was it the industrial-quality, anonymous meat of 30+ cows that goes into one hamburger patty, or was it from a real farm? Did you use any organic products? Why or why not? And what's the deal with "nobody bakes their own buns?" and how is that claim scientific? What buns did you use? If you want to be taken seriously then cut the slander out of this post and be neutral and thorough in the reporting... Draw from legitimate research that looks at McDonald's holistically rather than just at these so-called myths. The facts of McDonald's business methods and complete disregard for environmental or ethical consciousness plays a part in whether or not their hamburgers are nutritious. Your reductionism seems like a waste of time.

Brazilian! And thereby, Portuguese...

MMM wishing I could be in Italy now! I might transport myself there through food tonight now that I've been inspired :) Definitely a summery pasta dish with nuts (maybe almonds and pine nuts), some green onions, green garlic, mint, olive oil and lemon, and of course a delicious fresh homemade pasta. I've always wanted to try bottarga - add a little and this becomes a dream recipe! Yummmm.

paula, thanks for the awesome tip about toulouse lautrec! i am making sure she does this!! all of these suggestions are great, and really appreciated :)

why support burger king? :( make some ribs at home!!

Also wanted to add that my idea of umami, mostly from reading this account, was something undefinable in one English word -- the right taste, at the right moment, with the right atmosphere, etc... like boobird said, enchanted - perfect... I don't see anything wrong with taking the concept and making it your own, even if you're not eating at super expensive places (I'm certainly not) :)

ohhh, a lot of these sound good. thanks for the advice!

these are so good. my cat loves to drink out of EVERYONE'S glasses, usually resulting in the displacement of their contents all over my apartment. i wish he was as funny as the faucet-lover in that video

Boiled grouper stew with grits and johnny cake for breakfast. A Bahamian tradition. My mom cooks it for the whole family. No one can match hers!

If you're in the Caribbean, make a big batch of fresh conch salad! Dice up some conch right out of the water (after you crack the top of the shell and pull them out), dice them up right there and mix in a bowl with sour orange, lime, onion, the spiciest peppers you can find (in the Bahamas we use bird peppers), green peppers, tomatoes, celery - anything you want to add! So delicious and easy to make for a lot of people.