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As gross as it is, rum raisin ice cream. And yes, I've certainly outgrown it!

Mint chocolate pigs - a holiday tradition! They're a thin chocolate sugar cookie with a smattering of pink dots on the pigs behind. They bring good luck, so hopefully there's a cookbook in my future!

Not a play on words, more of an instruction: Here in Seattle we have a new restaurant called "How to Cook a Wolf."

Vegan baking is actually pretty easy when you sub Earth Balance margarine for butter and EnerG Egg Replacer for eggs in pretty much any recipe. Good rule of thumb, though - don't attempt the subs in recipes where the structure is dependent on eggs or butter (like croissants or quiche).

I'd say no, most foodies aren't fatties. In fact in my own life, I've become MORE of a foodie trying to lose weight. When the focus shifts from fast, pre-packaged & processed to local, fresh and organic goods I prepare myself, the weight falls off and I enjoy cooking so much more.

However, if I ate for a living (not competitively, but as a reviewer, blogger, etc) I'd definitely need to log far more hours at the gym.

This was one of the first breakfast recipes my mother taught us when we were kids, mostly for it's simplicity and deliciousness. I think she originally found it in an old Betty Crocker cookbook. I've been making these for over 25 years now (starting when I was 8!) and have heard them called by many names - ours were Dutch Babies. (I've also heard Swedish Pancakes, and my sister's family now calls them Baby Dutchmen.) Favorite topping: warm fruit compote.

The recipe scales in all directions, just start with 1 egg and 1/4 cup each flour and milk. A small personal size is good with 2 eggs, and I've made them family sized with as many as 8 eggs.

We recently had a breakthrough in our Dutch Baby technology when I was over at a friends and discovered he didn't have a mixer, blender, food processor, or anything to mix the batter up with. So I put it all in a large tupperware container with a lid and shook the bejeezus out of it. Amazingly, this resulted in the lightest, fluffiest Dutch Baby to date, and never again will I blend ingredients!