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NYT No-Knead Bread!

I like the Maple Walnut Cornbread.

Gazpacho; what could be simpler than a soup you don't cook. Instead of using a blender, I mince all of the vegetables by hand, which gives it a really unique texture.

Most often: Garlic.
Goes bad to early: Marsala/Vermouth.

I second F.I.B.'s comment - how do I get my own bullet ice cubes to look so nice?

JeffsInTheKitchen-
I mean outside of the NYC area... heck, in Brooklyn, the Jews and Italians live next door to each other, right? But ask someone here in New Mexico (or even in upstate NY) about spumoni and see what they say...

Good tends to have these interesting charts on various subjects, with no supporting information. The intention, I believe, is to show you something interesting and let you draw your own conclusions. For instance, in the same issue they had a bar chart showing the number of troops participating in every major US conflict, and what percentage that number was of the US population. Very interesting stuff (I think WWII was close to 10%), but they didn't have any other information along with the chart.

This is sort of interesting - it was one of the videos related to the Gawker "pea-nis" video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMzbwa6PvEE

Drippings (and the resulting gravy).

Dark meat!

(I think the comments of anyone without a background in biology - myself included - should be taken with a grain of salt, because it is all second-hand information.)

I am not particularly worried about the effects of genetically modified plants on my body, especially when the added genetic material is from another food plant (and potentially from another consumed animal - I question how much actual risk there is, vs. an "ick" factor). Of course, just like some of the hybrid vegetables that those with home gardens can buy, the taste, texture, etc may suffer. How do we weigh the desire for a tasty, pleasurable crop with the need for a crop that may be bland, but can withstand disease and drought and bring food to thousands in need?

What is worrying to me (although, see my first comment) is what effect these plants might have on the ecosystem - will they be susceptible to new diseases, insects, etc? Will they cross pollinate with another plant and cause an unintentional effect on that plant's population?

There is a Vietnamese place here in Albuquerque - Cafe Trang - that makes the best sandwiches I've ever had. They look very similar to that one, with headcheese, etc. (A good grilled Rueben is up there too, but really doesn't fit in the same category.)

I sort of agree with EatWisconsin - if you go to the website to look at the recipe for Tre's Surf & Turf dish, it's wild - the number and combination of ingredients that he used to win the cook-off is nuts. But from just watching the show, you'd never know that - just that he used a game spice on the ostrich.