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Funny, I made this myself back in September and blogged about it. I have Ad Hoc at Home now, so I imagine in the future I'll use the recipe, but holy crap was it ever stellar!

http://thefoodieblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/finger-lickin-good.html

The one time I ate at Ad Hoc it happened to be fried chicken night, and at first I was a little annoyed that I would be paying well over $100 for my wife and I to eat fried chicken with some fancy sides. However, it was definitely the best fried chicken I'd ever had in my life. I ate several pieces, and it didn't give me that heavy, full feeling that normally comes with any large amount of deep fried food. On the way out, I spotted Thomas Keller himself sitting at the bar eating some chicken.

The mix is expensive, but if it tastes anything like it does at the restaurant, then it might be worth it. I suppose the same money could be used to buy the cookbook, but buying the mix at SW would be kind of a fun treat.

this is obviously not about saving time, it's about replicating something by thomas keller.

Cultural heritage days are tricky, since kids aren't the most adventurous eaters. When I had to do that in high school I brought German potato pancakes. I was smart enough to choose the least intimidating dish I could find in the German cookbook. They went over quite well, once people figured out they were "a lot like hash browns" and were good with ketchup.

One guy brought something that he wouldn't admit what it was until some people had eaten it. I don't remember exactly, but it turned out to contain donkey meat or horse meat or something like that. I do remember that I ate some and didn't think it was that good.

Don't understand why cold fried chicken didn't go over well. I LOVE leftover fried chicken! This mix doesn't seem to actually save any time though, or at least not very much. It amounts to a package of seasoned salt and a package of seasoned flour, with instructions, right?

Arbeck, I seriously doubt that bag contains fresh lemons, fresh flat leaf parsley, a head of garlic, etc. That mix contains dried seasoning powder. Compare it in price to a can of old bay or cajun seasoning instead.

It sounds like just as much work as making it from scratch, and that's a bit too much work for me most of the time. I've made fried chicken from scratch about twice in my life, but Popeye's is just down the street. (And now I'm on a diet anyway, so oh well.)

This mix sounds like mainly a fun novelty, like those cookie kit jars people sometimes give people for Xmas if they can't think of something you might have actually wanted.

@KB, i was invited to my friend's church social where we were invited to bring something from our cultural heritage. i'm jewish, so i brought my grandmother's chopped chicken livers. i was not a popular guest that evening. i will NEVER forget the look on the face of the host when i told him what was in the bowl.

Had any of you snarks looked at this magazine before you attacked? It has excellent recipes and decorating ideas. There is a middle ground between Julia Child and McDonald's. I cannot believe how many negative comments were entered. What a bunch of snobs.

And here's an idea! If you don't like her -- DON'T WATCH HER. No brainer. But then many of you seem to be no brainers.

I personally am subscribing.

Doritos and wine.

Went to a party at a gloriously palacial home - unfortunately owned by two non-foodies. The hostess could not find her way around a baked pasta - it was mushy and tasteless. Luckily, a guest brought baby back ribs that were TDF. I brought Nutella Brownies - Definitely a high point.

Regardless of the bad food, we had a great time and it was good to meet some of our neighborhood-mates.

Nothing, we had dinner at 5:30. My husband is superstitious and he thinks we will lose if we have food out during the game.

bobcatsteph3, I'm glad to hear your happy for our boys. I hope the Browns are in the Super Bowl someday, good luck with the new coach. Our new coach won the Super Bowl!

Pittsburgh is our hometown and now we live near Tampa so we attended an awesome tailgate party right down the street from the stadium. There was a variety of food but I took two dishes of Robin's (Big Red Kitchen) Jalapeno Popper Dip and three dozen hungarian sausages from Geir's German Market.

They like the Steelers, but they LOVED me~~!! They ate everything and almost licked the bowls!

I'm pretty sure that most people who watch her show are doing it for the comedy. I know I do. Her Christmas shows are a holiday tradition in my house. Bjorn, the cocktail tree, the Kakes of Kultural Insensitivity. It's not Christmas without those things.

I went over to a friends house and I made the Cincinnati Chili from Cook's Illustrated, pasta to serve it over, and also made the CI cornbread to accompany it. It was ready to go by the beginning of the second half. Oh, and we each had one of the Trader Joe's cups of exotic chocolate ice cream from the pack of four different ones for dessert.

She isn't talented, she can't cook and the ONLY reason she got a TV show in the first place was because her husband at the time was some rich businessman. I actually had a co-worker tell me how much she likes her (I thought my head was going to explode on the spot). Seriously, Sandy a magazine? Whats next your own line of tablescapes or cocktail mixes?