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What's your favorite pasta dish (homemade division)?

Penne with red peppers and goat cheese. From marcella cucina. So good.

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Sake bar in East Village, NYC?

hedeh is alright. But can be pretty quiet, which can be good or bad. I also like the bar under bond street, which isn't strictly a sake bar (and may be on fire), but certainly has plenty of sake available.

p.s. is it just me or has anyone else noticed a sake explosion in the last few months?

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Seasoning enamel cookware?

Seasoning has been a major nightmare for me. About a year ago I bought a new cast iron skillet and tried to season it by following the instructions that came with the thing. All that got me was tons of smoke and a gross and incompletely seasoned pan. I tried again, several times, and never got to that real beautiful black that I'd grown up with. Does anyone know places that sell second hand or pre-seasoned cookware in new york.

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Magnolia Cupcakes in NYC--Overrated or Underrated?

Magnolia is way overrated in my book, especially when you have seriously authentic bakery competition not more than three or four blocks away (claude's and roccos). Give me a canoli or a caramel cream puff any day. And for cupcakes, I am a big advocate of the cupcake cafe.

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From Talk

What's your favorite pasta dish (homemade division)?

Penne with red peppers and goat cheese. From marcella cucina. So good.

From Talk

Sake bar in East Village, NYC?

hedeh is alright. But can be pretty quiet, which can be good or bad. I also like the bar under bond street, which isn't strictly a sake bar (and may be on fire), but certainly has plenty of sake available.

p.s. is it just me or has anyone else noticed a sake explosion in the last few months?

From Talk

Seasoning enamel cookware?

Seasoning has been a major nightmare for me. About a year ago I bought a new cast iron skillet and tried to season it by following the instructions that came with the thing. All that got me was tons of smoke and a gross and incompletely seasoned pan. I tried again, several times, and never got to that real beautiful black that I'd grown up with. Does anyone know places that sell second hand or pre-seasoned cookware in new york.

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Magnolia Cupcakes in NYC--Overrated or Underrated?

Magnolia is way overrated in my book, especially when you have seriously authentic bakery competition not more than three or four blocks away (claude's and roccos). Give me a canoli or a caramel cream puff any day. And for cupcakes, I am a big advocate of the cupcake cafe.

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Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?

on the naan sandwich issue, there is a place on bleecker street around sixth that makes "naanwhiches" and "naaninis" (the indian bread company ). Surprinsingly not so great. I would also like to see more ubiquitous vietnamese sandwich places. Those things are pretty boss.

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Question of the Day: Do you sharpen your own knives?

I just bought my first set of fancy knives, and I want take proper care of them, but this "using the steel" thing is scaring me. The manual says to pass the knives over the steel at a thirteen degree angle, which makes me think 1) how the heck am I going to measure 13 degrees and 2) are my knives going to burst into flames if I'm not precise enough?

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