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According to my sister's HS Science fair experiment, salt makes the water boil more slowly, so add it after the water comes to a boil and before the pasta goes in. As the Italians say, it should taste of the sea. That's a fair amount, folks.

When the Joy of Cooking 75th anniversary edition was released there was a fair amount of hand-wringing about the dumbing down of recipes. Seems one person did not understand greasing bottom of pan meant inside pan. Yes. Way.

Here are my thougths on the issue if anyone's interested: http://gourmetfood.suite101.com/article.cfm/happy_birthday_joy_of_cooking

Cooking more, togehter, with friends and family is our only hope...

My in-laws keep sending us boxes of 'office supplies' - no complaints here. They have tons of lemons in their yard and we pay $2.00 for one here!

I have been posting recipes if folks are interested, and stories of course. Write, cook, write, repeat. Genia's Lemon Cake; Lemon risotto, lemon pasta, lemon cookies, lemon chicken. MM MM MM!

Jacqueline Church dot com

Best stocking stuffer for cooks on your list (and I get no vig): Sugar Bear

http://www.sugarbearsinc.com/

This little terra cotta wonder keeps your brown sugar from getting hard. It really works. I have one in each of my brown sugars.

SailorDave may be right, my cherry/olive pitter is a diff design. That one in the photo looks dodgy.

Another addition: the Zyliss peeler. http://tinyurl.com/6bdqno
Better than Oxo, the little WS or Chinese ones, the fancy pants stainless one received years ago...

- Jacqueline

I got so sick from food at Santarpios I could never bring myself to go back. Picco is really good, as I mentioned in my post - after raving about Emma's and Cambridge1, I'd actually put Picco right up there, too.

Any NY'ers missing Boston: here's a tip. There's a new bus that doesn't spontaneously combust and whose drivers actually appear to be legal and responsible (not that I want to disparage all the hard working non documented folks). The Bolt Bus is new joint venture btw Greyhound and Peter Pan. Only does online ressies so as to keep costs down. They are on par with the Chinese fire bomb buses but are wi-fi, clean, new, and the staff who board and drive are helpful. It's a Bah-gain as we say around these parts.

Regina's is good too but after they got exposed for groping and harassing female employees, I just nah...

Emo or Emoo?

WHEN will we get In N Out in Boston. WHEN I ask you for the love of God, WHEN???

Please join our sustainable sushi event on the Leather District Gourmet. I've extended the deadline to include the National Sushi Party/Sushi Advocate challenge. Let's see how many Serious Eaters can rise to it!

I was also at the FCI event and have a slideshow on my blog if SE'ers are interested in seeing some of the event.

Thanks,
Jacqueline Church
The Leather District Gourmet [at] wordpress [dot] com

Okay this is too funny. When my niece moved to NYC from MPLS where were the two places I first took her? Russ & Daughters and Katz' Deli. I guess if it's good enough for Marisa, it's good enough for Adria.

Really not surprised at all. People who don't get it make distinctions that are false and that he utterly rejects. It's not about being obtuse or high-brow with Adria, it's about getting back to the elements of enjoying food. Child like wonder. If you can't get it at Katz you're dead.

Sadly, Salpico is correct, too. While I find Spain so sympatico the horrific racism on display during the olympics goes to show, no culture is perfect nor better. All flawed. It's just which flavor of flawed you want to munch on....

I had a great tempeh sate recipe I used back in my meat free days. It was actually good. Firm tofu will benefit from marinades and 101Cookbooks had a killer looking recipe recently with annatto which gives a slight nutty flavor and beautiful color.

is it me or does Zimmern look like Fester in that ad?

Vya Vermouth rocks.

Seasonal pollen and such can also induce allergic reactions and something called oral allergy syndrome (birch pollen season triggers OAS to things like nectarines, eaten all my life and enjoyed oh so much...body recognizes as same protein causing seasonal allergies so it mimics food allergy to nectarine). Closing of throat, itchy, sneezy, congestion.

But this doesn't sound like your symptoms. Sure you're not preggers?

Do get to allergist though. Blood panel and scratch tests both are needed to get accurate read of what you're allergic too or not tolerating for other reasons. If peanuts are on the list be very concerned. They and other nuts, but more so peanuts, are a serious threat for anaphalaxis. Fruit you can generally peel and eat or cook - it changes the protein structure. Nuts' proteins do not change therefore once you've had a reaction it is a good sign to stop. Too dangerous if it is a true allergy.

Good luck!