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How Old Is Too Old To Trick-or-Treat?

Sorry, but if you've got a D-cup and a naughty nurse costume making all of the 10 year old boys wonder what that funny feeling in their tummy is, you are too old. I saw that last night and commented to my wife.

dockanz at 6:35AM on 11/01/08

From Talk

The Ultimate Carrot Cake

The 3 layer carrot cake with prailine filling and cream cheese frosting from Ann Hodgman's Beat This cookbook is by far the best I have ever had. If you cut into 12 pieces (each is 31 WW points).

dockanz at 10:15AM on 09/27/08

From Talk

A Good Set of Knives

My favorite is my Wusthof trident 10" chef's knife. I use it for almost everything despite having several other quality knives. Check out cookingforengineers.com for a good review of different knives.

dockanz at 10:01AM on 09/27/08

From Serious Eats

Splenda Skirmish After Sugar Lobbyists Fund Study

As a neuropsychologist, I conducted a single case ABAB design over the past year with myself as the subject.

A=a lot of splenda
B=no splenda

I had been a voracious consumer of splenda until about January (A). I had been having trouble controlling my weight and I was having frequent migraines. I stopped consuming all sweeteners (B). Sweet cravings went away and so did the migraines (and all headaches for that matter). In August, I thought, I've got this licked, I can do it, so I started with Splenda again (A). Within a couple of weeks, the sugar cravings really kicked in and I gained about 25 pounds. The headaches also started again. I gave it up and have now lost those pounds and I am not having migraines (B).

For me, I won't be repeating the "experiment." Real butter, real sugar, and otherwise real ingredients. BTW, even milk tastes sweet when you don't oversweeten everything. I never understood in the past when people said things were too sweet. I get it now.

dockanz at 9:59AM on 09/27/08

From Serious Eats

One Trick Pony Restaurants

OK, I actually went to bed thinking about this last night (sad, I know). I would open a grilled cheese restaurant. Just think of the possibilities. You could have the sample Mild Cheddar or Colby on White bread, but you could also do much more whimsical and creative sandwiches as well. For the vegans you could have Grilled Soycheese. If any of you start this, please cite me in the liner notes of your menu.

dockanz at 8:08AM on 04/06/08

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