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I adore this recipe. And my copy of Mexican Everyday has died too. And I still use it. Even though it is just a mass of loose pages (barely) contained in its cover.

I wish I had it with me, but i remember Edna Lewis's recipe for coffee in "A Taste of Country Cooking" having salt in it. It is also boiled on the stovetop. It was delicious (and maybe the strongest coffee I can remember tasting).

Pears, mangos, pineapples, blueberries, I actually love all fruits.

Simple syrup, lemons, maybe some fresh mint. I also love the arnold palmer like jammin83.

All of the vegetables and fruits I am growing this year, and all of the tasty stuff from the farmer's market we don't always eat right off the bat. basically I want to learn to preserve everything :)

in somewhat relation to the book above:

my fondest memory was tasting a fried crawfish po-boy for the first time in new iberia, la on a family trip to visit the place of my birth. between that and touring the tabasco factory it was an awakening of my love of food.

I love most of the bread recipes from Peter Berley's 'The Modern Vegetarian Kitchen'. They are in fact the only reason I keep that book around, now that I am eating meat again. I rarely bake because of time concerns though. I need to try the no-knead recipes because I love baking. Most of all I love bread. :)

Swiss chard tacos with carmelized onion, fresh cheese, and roasted tomatillo salsa, that with some frijoles charros rapidos and you have a very light on the meat meal (the frijoles have a bit of bacon in them) with a lot of flavor.

i love any ham sandwich with good ham. but my fave? good smoked country ham on a biscuit

All of them. My first taste of Petit Jean Pepper Bacon as a kid on camping a camping trip. The first bacon after being a vegetarian for 7 years. When my wife and I decided to determine if Bacon really did make everything better and tried many many things with bacon (and bacon + chocolate really is that good). Selling bacon + chocolate chip cookies at a church bazaar to rave reviews. Making Cochinita Pibil. Which might be my favorite pork preparation now.

cranberry sauce with champagne and currents

I never ate at either Pizza Shuttle or Gumby's. I have fond memories of Rudy's but I think that is more because of atmosphere than quality.