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The lobster roll at Neptune's in Boston. But it might also be the oysters and wine list that make that place one of my favorite restaurants. I'm hungry just thinking about it.

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Do you have a food craving that you wish you didn't have?

I'm lactose intolerant and sometimes my ice cream craving will override my good sense. Painfully delicious.

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Ed Levine's Caloric Journey, Week 168: There Were Caloric Minefields Everywhere

Hi Ed, I think you have done a wonderful job with this series. However, I think you have hit a major plateau over the past year. I think it might be times to call in the big guns... professionals. You need to get your hands on a nutritionist and a personal trainer. A nutritionist (hopefully also a fellow foodie) will help you incorporate those 'food landmines.' A personal trainer will give you exercises that are specific to your body and your lifestyle. Since it is your job to have some high caloric foods on a regular basis it would be helpful to have some people on your side to help you try new things to counter their effects.

I wish you luck in the journey and that you continue to make progress. I hope you try at least one of the options. It would at least be nice to hear some less guilt laden posts in the future.

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Win the Serious Eats Book Before You Can Buy It!

The lobster roll at Neptune's in Boston. But it might also be the oysters and wine list that make that place one of my favorite restaurants. I'm hungry just thinking about it.

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Do you have a food craving that you wish you didn't have?

I'm lactose intolerant and sometimes my ice cream craving will override my good sense. Painfully delicious.

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Ed Levine's Caloric Journey, Week 168: There Were Caloric Minefields Everywhere

Hi Ed, I think you have done a wonderful job with this series. However, I think you have hit a major plateau over the past year. I think it might be times to call in the big guns... professionals. You need to get your hands on a nutritionist and a personal trainer. A nutritionist (hopefully also a fellow foodie) will help you incorporate those 'food landmines.' A personal trainer will give you exercises that are specific to your body and your lifestyle. Since it is your job to have some high caloric foods on a regular basis it would be helpful to have some people on your side to help you try new things to counter their effects.

I wish you luck in the journey and that you continue to make progress. I hope you try at least one of the options. It would at least be nice to hear some less guilt laden posts in the future.

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Video: Pomeranian Puppy Really Wants Food

My favorite part is when the lady says, "Ok, I'll let you smell it because you are drooling"

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Cooking the Perfect Pot of Asian Porridge

For those in a who don't own a rice cooker I've made congee in a slow cooker. 1 part rice, 6 part liquid. Throw in dried seafood, dried mushroom and ginger and you have a meal when you get home from work/ get up from bed.

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Cook the Book: Ad Hoc at Home

12th Avenue Grill. Honolulu, HI. Always friendly and attentive service. Delicious Neo-American food.

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Cook the Book: Matcha Tea Leaf Shortbreads

I'm glad someone else is a tea fiend like I am. Do you do most of your tea drinking at home or out? I find that the coffee obsessed world cannot seem to brew a decent cup of tea. Water is too hot, tea is too weak or horrible quality of the bagged leaves in the first place. I'm waiting for the tea revolution in all the chain drink stores. I can only hope it is soon.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: La Quercia

On a wood fired pizza! with arugula, and a drizzle of truffle oil. I ate the whole 10" pie by myself without talking, thinking or even drinking. It was delicious.

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Served: Feverishly Looking for a Restaurant Job

If you find satisfaction in working hard and walking out at the end of the night with a wad of cash then I don't know if management is for you. Talk to people who do it, just like servers it takes a certain type of person to run a restaurant and it is a completely different world.

Yes, if you are a girl they automatically want you at the door to be a hostess. If you want more responsibility you can offer to be the maitre'd instead. You might have more leeway with a new restaurant than an established one, or one where managment is going through a change.

Good luck on your job hunt, I'm sure you will find something you want.

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Served: The Ballsy Waitress

Tipping in America will always be a hot topic button. But do you think it will change anytime soon? Do you think business will decide- no more tips let's pay everyone $15/hr instead. No restaurant is going to do that, and if you are a really good server you score twice that amount by the end of the night. That's why people do it. Unless it becomes a law to abolish tipping and require business to shoulder the burden of that labor cost I don't see it happening.

And I would normally say hand it to a manager in most cases, managers do keep a metal tally of who to keep and who to burn in these tough times, but this is NYC and if they can't tell you to your face what the problem was then NYC peeps have a reputation they don't deserve. Also doesn't Hannah pool tips? So a bad tip is really averaged out by the worth of the restaurant as a whole? Is that better or worse than a standard "keep everything you earn" establishment?

I think the point here is not the money- it's communication. And wouldn't the world just run better if we all communicated better to each other? You tell me what you think, I tell you what I think-

- Was everything ok?
- No. You are a bad server
- It wasn't a mistake?
- No, you were definately a bad server

If this happens more than a few times then the server should consider a job change. Not everyone is meant to be a server.

Isn't that better than spending the whole night wondering why? Nobody want to spend their whole life without any feedback.

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Deep-Fried Peeps

So I see a thin batter would not work. Have you thought about going straight to dough? Rolling into wontons or egg roll skins might be much better, add chocolate and banana slices and you have a pretty substantial dessert. Just a random thought. I always thought you could bread and deep fry anything and it would taste good.

I always just liked my peeps microwaved, and they kinda still hold their original shape.

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Cook the Book: 'Almost Meatless'

Thai mango curry. A little chicken goes a long way but it is also excellent with tofu. I am hopeless with Thai food- this is a strictly going out to eat meal.

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Cook the Book: Jamie at Home

My mother's sweet mung bean soup. The green one.

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Top 10 Improbable McDonald's Items from Around the World

Hawaii has the highest per capita consumption of SPAM- yes, you heard it right- SPAM! So McDonald's sells SPAM, eggs and rice for breakfast and a SPAM, egg and cheese sandwich. Never ate it but the commercials do look kinda tasty, in a mystery meat kind of way.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Zingerman's Praise the Lard Gift Box

I was 8 and decided I wanted to be like the 'cool' kids and go vegetarian. Then my father said that meant I couldn't have bacon and ham for breakfast, items that topped my egg sandwich everyday since I was 5. I didn't know that was meat but I knew it was the most delicious thing I put in my mouth... I was never cut out for the cool crowd anyways.
PORK RULES!!

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: D'Artagnan Boneless Heritage Ham

Ham, bacon, cheese and a fried egg on sweetbread!!! Fry the ham and melt the cheese on it. mmmmmm... good for breakfast, lunch, dinner and the 3am fix after a night of drinking.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks

NY strip... although I will never turn down any steak put in front of me.

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