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@Blue Iris- I heartily approve of sending scrapple to you, from you. I can't imagine what it's going to be like when I eventually move away from the area and can't get scrapple anymore. sigh. at least my arteries will thank me.

There's no trader Joe's near my parents' house, so I get a list sent to me 3-4 days before I'm due home, with what they want me to pick up, It's ususally the bolivian coffee, trader Joes' toothpaste, and whatever else they're in the mood for (usually candy and chocolates- tiny peanut butter cups- yum!)

Roasted Cauliflower is hands down, my favorite dish. I don't know about the addition of capers, though. I'm not a huge fan of them.

It's pretty new, and sparse on content so far (I'm working on adding more!), but:

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Baltimore breakfast place reviews!

I'm Val, I'm 26, I grew up in New Jersey, and I'm in Baltimore now. I spend my days as a corporate drone, which pays the bills. I like to experiment in the kitchen, and my track record is pretty good (with some disasters sprinkled in for good measure)

My current food obsession is with pho, so if anybody knows where good pho in Baltimore can be found, let me know!

Are you near a Trader Joe's? My favorite pre-made chili is theirs that comes in the glass jars. (Blanking on the name right now) matched with cornbread, it's heavenly. And quick!

I'm Rosezilla (named for my three year old daughter and the giant lizard thing that stomped Tokyo...it's what I call her when she's being...how you say...willful). My real handle is Mandy. I live in Santa Barbara County again after growing up here, but lived for 11 years in western Sonoma County...home of fabulous food and wines. It spoiled me rotten, to become an adult surrounded by all of that luscious produce and foodie opportunity. I managed a microbrewery's kitchen for 6 years, and have SERIOUS opinions about ales, should anyone care for them. Now I'm a home cook primarily, although I do a little catering here and there. My daughter's favorite foods are salmon and broccoli, so I feel as though I've triumphed a bit over the three-year-old beige-food diet. We do, however, eat at McDonald's every Friday after school...it's our little Happy Meal indulgence...and those tiny cheeseburgers are SOOO good. I live with and cook for my mother, as well. I am dating a high school band director, who has actually LOST weight being with me, as he's eating more asparagus and less fast food. I think that size 14 should be the new size 6. I am curvy, healthy, happy and active...and think that excellent foods should be part of everyone's diet. I am active in the "S'Cool Food" movement here, which tries to bring local and sustainable healthy food into school cafeterias. And I love, love, love this website.

@foodlexi.........regarding dry mouth - it happens when you're nervous and not breathing normally. Try to be conscious of how you breath during normal conversation and focus on breathing like that when you're being interviewed. It does help to have a piece of hard candy handy just in case, but it could garble your words. Best of luck!!!!

The idea of being interviewed on live radio could definitely make a person nervous. It is wonderful that it is happening though, and a good thing not only for you but for all food bloggers - for it shows that the concept is being taken in a serious way as being worthy of public interest.

Could be that your interviewer has an agenda or a list of questions, yes. But if you want to direct the conversation to "scrumptious edible things" then perhaps the best way to do that would be to bring along the exact scrumptious things you wish to talk about, in a big bag which you'll keep at your feet. To direct the conversation, simply pull out one or the other and hold it in the air facing your interviewer. What can she do? She must react. "What is that lovely scrumptious edible thing?" she'll say, and off you'll go to explain it. Inbetween you might allow her to ask her something she might want to ask but then pull out the next thing and hold it before her eyes.

As far as dry-mouth goes I have no suggestions except that water might be better than either champagne (too bubbly) or whiskey(can make a person cough).

If all else fails, think of Julia Child. She made the most wonderful mistakes on the air and everyone adored her for it. :)

Bon chance and thanks for taking this risk for food bloggers everywhere!

How very exciting! I'll be looking out for it, Foodlexi.

The only advice I can give you is to not eat pizza on the way to the interview for given the laws of the universe it will be sure to drip tomato onto your nice clothes.

Aside from that I'm sure we'll love you, merely due to your British accent.
So you really can't go wrong! :)

@wookie- I'm pretty sure that by now I have the smells of kimchi and garlic radiating out of my pores. My fellow American co-workers spend tons of money buying Western food but I say forget that, if I wanted to eat hamburgers and drink Budweiser, I would've stayed home and paid a lot less. I'm sure I've eaten both our shares of dukbukki and dolsot bibimbap by now. The little lady that owns the restaurant I always go to has started giving me a mandu appetizer for free I guess.
I saw that pizza in a cone thing! I'm going to go back and grab one sometime, but I think that there should be a SE post (or series of them!) on all the street/fast food here. From the dukbukki, to the fishcake on a stick, the chicken/pork/beef on a stick, watermelon/pineapple/honeydew/cantelope, corn on a stick, the roasted chesnuts, the sweet potatoes (I love seeing the wood oven carts!), the rotisserie chicken trucks, the dumpling bars, I could keep going...
Oh and I think there was something about bulgogi burgers. I wonder if they come with cheese....