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One of my favorites was white rice with sprinklings of soy sauce or Maggi. (I actually still eat this to this day!)

My husband prefers condensed milk on his white rice.

I don't live in NYC, but when I visit, my girlfriends take me to Evergreen on 3rd Ave in the 70s. I've enjoyed the food every single time I've been, and the dimsum is pretty good--and it's reasonably priced, too!

My current favorite pork recipe is from a recent issue of Saveur. It's pork belly in red sauce. I haven't found pork belly in my stores, so I've used a combination of pork back and stewing meat.

You boil 2 lbs' worth of cubes of pork in water. Drain. Saute scallions and ginger in peanut oil, then add the pork. Saute for two minutes, then add .25 cup of Chinese rice wine vinegar. When the pork has browned a bit, add 5 T of mushroom soy sauce and 2 cups of water. Let it boil, then simmer (covered) for an hour. When the meat is tender, add 3 T of sugar and simmer for 15 more minutes, until the sauce has thickened.

This is absolutely lovely over hot, white rice. I try to make it a bit healthier by throwing spinach into the pan, and only eating one or two cubes of the pure pork fat.

Maybe I should make some tonight!

love them: #1 would be Ming Tsai but he's not on food network any more. I do love Alton--soooo smart and sexy. Love Mario & Morimoto. And Lieberman! Don't know why so many hate RR--she's great for folk who need to stick to budgets!
hate them: Sandra Lee. Bobby Flay (ever since the iron-chef-standing-on-choppingboard-incident. Emeril.

First of all I have to recover from laughing sooo hard at the remarks from:
Nance- re: Sandra Lee on the Kwanzaa cake (topping in with corn nuts) please tell me your joking, I don't know if you or Sandra's Kwazaa cake recipe want to kill ME. rotfl.
Jensings- your comment also made me roll off the couch, well put.
Alssa- same as above
Thanks y'all for a very good laugh.

Now who I like:
Alton - becuz he is silly and informative, I like that.
Emeril- becuz of due respect, but he needs to (or has) retire, his "bam" has gotten a little too old.
Ina- like her soft spoken demure and her recipes seem very good, but did she make a pact with the devil? Read her bio eveything thing she did she is successful at... hmmmmmm. That nervous laugh does get to me though.
Tyler- tried some of his stuff....really good.
Sara Moulton- like her alot, she is so relaxed, I like her cooking, she teaches, and she covers UP!! I miss her.
Cat Cora-total professional, she is very pretty but like all chefs ( iam one myself) cover's UP!! She wears a chef coat. I like her demure and professional knowledge.
Anthony Bourdain- Love his shows, they tell the real shit that goes on in cultures.
Mario- real authentic chef. Love his shows and his foods. Wll miss him too.
Duff-I like but other then his oux and Mary Alice many of his workers seem liike there on drugs.
Guy- I like him. his show makes me sick becuz my city has very few diner, drive-ins and dives anymore( I live in Seattle). His other show I only saw a few times, but I liked what he made so far. He's funny.
Symon- I like him. He's professional and his giggles crack me up. I like his food.
Flay- His actual shows bore me to sleep but I do respect his success and I 'm sure his food is good. I hear good reviews about his restaurants.
Ming Tsi- I miss him, he too is a Pro. and I loved his show. I made a dish of his for Mother's Day once and it turned out great but man, I almost had to hop a plane to Asia to get some of the ingreds. for it.

Now for my dislikes:
Paula Deen- I like her home program (she's somewhat mellow) but the shit she makes.......
Paula's party- That is enough to make my ears bleed. Is she drunk on that show? She is flirting, forgetting what they are doing she is hamming it up. Nooooooooo!!
Robin What her name- Boring.
Giada- I liked her pogram when it first aired, but now it is a joke. Yes that phoney accent, the Farrah Fawcett smile, yes the low cut shirts. Shit she is making Italian food (maybe), she should be professional and wear a chef coat. You get shit all over yourself making Italian food. It's food food porn.
Sandra Lee- Ah wtf is she doing on FN? Yes she has a concept for making things go easy in the kitchen, yes someone above wrote that some chefs use canned this and that for fresh and its true, and that is good, but she can at least come through with some dishes that are homemade 100% for the times one has day off or special occasions ect. Anyone can open a box or packet and just add shit to it, but I thought the FN was to educate people how to make real dishes.
Bobblehead aka Rach Ray- She is over the top of WHAT???? Yes I play a game with my boyfriend, everytime 30 mins. airs we get beers ready and when she says her imfamous words "EVOO, sammies, delish, garbage bowl, awesome, eyeball it, giggles, ect., we take a drink. Guaranteed your tipsy (if not drunk) in 30 minutes. FN needs to restructure what their goal is really quick. Do they want the true chefs that really show people methods, ideas of real cooking or do they want to have circus acts like they are airing?

That's a funny question, because my sister just sent my some food from their store in Atlanta. She sent me some agave plant sweetener, almonds, and some chips. I've only tried the chips so far and I really liked them--it was a veggie and flax seed chip, with carrot and tomato, spinach and onion, and some other flavors. Definitely recommend them--great plain, and they're probably better with some type of black bean dip or salsa!

Barring being in Hawaii and getting fresh-made mochi ice cream, I buy them there when the craving hits. They are available at a number of places here but, for whatever reason, I trust their transportation process. :P

Because their prices are so cheap, we buy with consistency their lightly salted frozen edamame in shell, pistachio meat, tamales, and sour dough bread.

During the holidays, we buy a butt ton of candy cane Joe-Joe's, and an assortment of snacks in cute tins to augment everyone's gifts.

We used to buy their thinly sliced beef for sukiyaki, but the last time we got it, it was nearly rotten, so we have been buying large cuts of meat at the butcher, partially freezing, and then cutting them on our own.

TJ's freeze dried fruit is great -- the mangosteen, rambutan, pineapple & mango are all fantastic, delicious & nutritious.

I watch Food Network much more for technique and principles than recipes. Travel shows and food competitions are time-wasting. How about healthful cooking, vegetarian recipes, dairy substitutes, ethnic cooking other than Italian, bread baking? I can't eat pork or shellfish, or mix dairy and meat. How about cooking with those limitations.

FAVORITES: Alton Brown. More time and less clowning, please.
Giada. Reasonable recipes; fewer distractions (2), please. Maybe her body is too small.
Robin Miller. I respect her as a wife and mother. Realistic recipes. A nice lady.

WORST
Paula Dean, Ina Garten are toxic. Rachael Ray has too much TV and commercial exposure. Why does every one of her recipes have to contain cheese and pork? Emeril is generally boring, but occasionally he shows an excellent technique. His "Live" show is dreadful. Sandra Lee: I just turn off the sound and watch. I don't care what she's doing.