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Bu, but, but, how does it taste? If it was delicious, I'd sure dunk it. I'd dunk anything delicious.

Thanks for the great article - I loved the film and want to know everything about how they created the delicious shots.

As a non-American I've always found it interesting that on American tv and movies, characters are often shown drinking milk with dinner. I'm from Australia, and I don't think that's a common practice here. I've always wondered if there was some widespread ad campaign to encourage drinking milk with meals? Would that be the Got Milk? campaign? But that wasn't specific about drinking with dinner... right?

Sorry if this is slightly off topic, it just reminded me about the American relationship with milk.

"We've run out of flour for the pancakes," she said flatly.

"I know nothing about that pumpkin," she said guardedly.

"Want my secret frappe recipe?" she whispered juicily.

"And I love french fries" he chipped in.

"I could really do with some hot wine right now" she mulled.

@jazzinx Doesn't the author refer to energy costs in the second paragraph of the article? "Based on an estimate from my utility company, it costs around 32 cents per hour to run an electric oven."

I can't wait to try the bagel and the granola recipes

I love The Joy Luck Club – especially that bit where the boyfriend drowns the communal plate of something in soy sauce. Such a cringe-worthy scene.

The Lost Boys had Chinese food in it, turned me off fried rice for awhile.

As an Australian, seeing that you guys eat Chinese food in those white take-out boxes was exciting – so much so that when on holiday in NYC we had to order in Chinese just to get the experience.