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Both of my parents did the Atkins thing...they did lose a lot of weight initially but as they eventually added normal food back into their diet it slowly crept back on. The problem is that its just impossible to sustain, hard to go out or go to dinner parties if you're serious about it, etc. They did eat a lot of osso bucco though.

Bananas! I havent liked them since I was about 6 years old.

I did that at a bar once...I felt bad but I waited 15 minutes and my bill was too big to just leave (I think it was a 50 for a $6 beer.) So I just left a big tip on my next drink when I actually got change and figured it would even itself out.

I like Bliss in Williamsburg, and my vegan friend agrees!

Theres a great restaurant rightoutside the city gates in Rome called Abruzzi's. If youre at all familiar with Il Mulino in the west Village, its owned by a family member of theirs, but from my experience its more relaxed - less Italin-American/Godfather, and more just regular chill Italian.

I like VRAC, a French wine from the Cote that usually runs between $10-$14 depending on the store. Its white, it works well with everything, and the labelling looks really cool. If they dont have it though, I'll usually grab any Rueda, Rioja or Gruner Vertlinner thats under $12...once in a while you hit a bad one, but in general those tend to be pretty good for the price.

Or I just go to Whole Foods and buy whatevers onsale- and pray!

I cant eat regular yogurt because I dont handle lactose o well, and thus I discovered 0% Fage. And I havent gone back...its got such a great tang, mixed with honey....I could go on all day. Its just one of the best yogurts Ive ever had.

I also like the ones from Ronnybrook Farms, but theyre relly expensive compared! And Fage is great with no flavoring except honey, whereas Ronnybrook usually adds fruit before they sell it.

If you want something more uptown, Amber is in the 80s, they have good sushi and teriyaki, and they're awesome with big groups (they have a back room, and while your groups probably wont be the only tables seated there, you can at least be somewhat separated and as loud as you want.)

Oh wow...you all are so American! I grew up in New York and Sunday 'dinner' was always served in the afternoon- homemade tomato sauce full of meatballs, suasage, bragiola (spelling? no idea.) and pasta...you can still get this on the menu at a lot of Italian places as the Sunday ragu special.

I do like toast with butter, cinamon and sugar, but I always put it in the microwave for a few seconds right before I eat it to make it all mush together...I suppose you could do with this a toaster over too if you want to avoid the evil micro-rays.

But my favorite is and will always be Nutella and strawberry jam.

I do love the Cake Man, although the 35 people always crowded around the door on Fulton Street bring back terrible memories of when my roommate tried to make me wait for a Magnolia cupcake in February.

Um, Im pretty bad with names. But I do remember a few places: the Wash Park Grill was decent, better than average. There was a great Mongolian barbeque place which I sure is Google-able (How many can there be?) But my favorite Denver meal ws definitely brunch at a place where all the servers were cross-dressers...my brief internet search tells me that its called Bump & Grind but what I can tell you is...it was awesome.

Major seconding on Sugar Sweet Sunshine. Ive never tried the apple cake but everything else they have there is wonderful, so why wouldnt it be?

I also like Billy's Bakery in Chelsea, especially the pineapple upside down cake. The 'everything but the kitchen sink' cake always looks awesome too but Ive never actually eaten it. Anyone else?

Umm...theres also a really good place in Williamsburg, on Metropolitan Ave near the Lorimer L stop, but the fact that I cant remember the name has to be a subliminally bad sign.