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Food Obsession and Significant Other
married to a man who thought he was a better cook than I (and on some levels he was) and he thought I was the picky eater! He persuaded me to try oysters (something I tnought I would never touch) and now I love them. Every time I...
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Top Chef: The "Scandal" ...reactions?
But they aren’t friends. If this had happened btw Ilan and Sam, or Cliff and Sam, wouldn’t have been such a big deal. NO ONE likes Marcel, and he knows it.
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San Franciscans planning LA trip
and wonderful. They were part of my downtown lunch rotation and are a fantastic value. Big thumbs-up for Dino’s! But if I’m sending an out-of-towner for one lunch, gotta choose Zankou.
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Trader Joes
There was a new prepared packet of Yellow Fin Tuna in Red Curry sauce, about the size of an Indian Tasty Bites pack, but TJ’s brand....$1.39 or so....Wonderful! Big ragged flakes of tuna with some veggies cooked in a hot,...
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Bourdain: Love Him? Hate Him?
MMmmm...yup, a big crush on AB. Would love to eat an exotic meal with him, drink, and make-out.
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Spring 2008 openings and closings
I saw the menu up today – they must have put it up yesterday as I didn’t see it on Friday or Saturday. Looking at it, my excitement level has dropped tremendously ... perhaps they’ll surprise me but I got a big...
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Blow out culinary tour of LA for NY chef friend
for. Try the tempura shrimp appetizer. Delish desserts, too! Downtown: Water Grill – also seafood. Big downtown players lunch and dine there, couples, too, so it may be a less likely option for children. Seafood is fresh,...
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Tacos & what is Mexican authenticity
. But to your point of being interested in what’s being cooked in 2004. Yes we should be as it too is an indicator of what’s going on bigpicture wise-particularly with the influence of Latin American culture in the...
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Open Fire!
's, Ann Sather, Tru, Bite, Joy Yee, Wishbone, Big Bowl, Leona’s, Club Lucky, and Tecalitlan. Places that I—pray to God—will never visit: Cheesecake Factory, Chipotle, Flat Top, Dick’s Last Resort, and Nine....
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What is your favorite "non-houndish" guilty pleasure?
Big second on the grilled cheese sandwich with velveeta. My comfort soup, especially when I’m sick, is Campbell’s Scotch Broth—no substitutes.
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Being a ChowHound on a Tight Budget
may disagree but I really like this place for a roll fix- pretty much everything is under $10 and most are closer to $7. Most are also really big and enough for a meal. Sakura House- this is in Marina del Rey, serves skewers that...
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Hotdawgs! Hotdawgs! Hotdawgs!
When I was growing up in Texas, my mom used to make: Slit a hot dog lengthwise almost all the way through. Slap on a big ol' pile of leftover mashed potatoes. Top with slice of cheese. Bake or broil unti the cheese is bubbly/browned....
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Manhattan at its most Chowish
I usually build my meal around the mujadara. I get a combo platter which comes with three steam table items plus a big salad, olives, pickles and pickled vegetables. I usually get two starches, like the mujadara and the bulger...
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Recommended pressure cooker?
I have two Sitram PC’s, small and large. I don’t know what they cost these days, probably expensive. However, FWIW the gaskets seem to last forever. I just did about 7-8 lbs. of pot roast in the big one, with veggies,...
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Your one cooking tip ?
difference in avoiding achieving even doneness without overcooking. It’s less important for whole poultry that will not be stuffed because the heat will get into the core of the bird easily. But a big turkey that’s...
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