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I have 17 more days til ours is opened. Unless I cave before that day... which if there are more additions to this thread as @rotus uses his new one, i may well do!

Salted butter caramel macarons... There was a bunch of meringue left over so I baked that off and folded it through some mascarpone whipped cream for a peach and sumac Eton Mess (inspiration here)... Lemon and Poppy Seed Bars by Melissa Clark (YouTube)... There were highs and lows with this one. They smelled and tasted absolutely divine, but I was not enamoured of the texture and mouthfeel. She describes it as a pound cake/cookie-bar hybrid, but for me it fell into a weird no man's land between the two, kinda like an underbaked shortbread crossed with an overmixed cake. However, all was not lost. I stuck 'em in the fridge for a few hours, which transformed them from claggy and cloying to something with a bit of bite. Not bad at all; in fact, pretty good. Judging by the comments in the NYT article, the texture thing doesn't seem to be an issue for others, so don't let me put you off.

You i would always forgive.

What delicious food! If you go back to Stars would you please ask about Ode to Vegetables which is in the Farm Showcase section. If I'm reading correctly, the vegetables will come as Tempura, with various sauces. The vegetables are no doubt chosen for their freshness. I'm really curious about what a likely selection of vegetables would be.

We too have a large free standing tub that no one has bathed in since my daughters left home 5 years ago. I woud love to get rid of it and have a large steam shower with a big bench instead!

A perfect summer lunch!

It looks quite similar to the one that I bought in the grocery store the other day for $3. I used to have one like the first one that you showed but every time I finally got it set up, I realized I was too scared to use it. For the amount of cooking that I do, the cheap little Supermarket version suits me just fine.

Only if the recipe is from Neiman Marcus!

I've had a super benriner for 20+ years and love it. I used to use it a lot (especially when I used to make a lot of green papaya salad). Easy to clean, and takes up only a little amount of space when not in use.

Wait 'til you guys do my Marry Me Veggie Sando, Cowboy-style! You'll all want to make it over and over!

Central Java style chicken soup (soto ayam).

Perfect for dauphinoise. You can probably flog the Matfer for more than you paid for both of them!

I've had this Matfer Bourgeat mandoline for 20+ years (and I can't believe how expensive they are now)... If I've used it more than twice a year in that time, I'd be overestimating. It's semi-annoying to set up, and more annoying to clean. So yesterday, this arrived... And I plan on using it a lot more.

Guilty! Sorry. Sometimes it seems appropriate to me although I don't know how frequently I use that word rather than "vegetables".

I agree " A [ fill this in ] with veggies ] might be tasty . Yet It suggests the specific collection of V's on the plate don't matter , and are an after thought . best sides on a plate Ive ever had were carefully though out vegetables . cooked specifically for the Main. several times , they out shone that main , and that main was very very very good.

Veggies. I know it's been mentioned before but I was googling for something the other day and I didn't see the word vegetables at all. Everywhere I looked i saw "Here a veggie, there a veggie, everywhere a veggie. Old MacDonald etc. I hate the word veggie.

that's one way of looking at it . my first RC'r is a 10 Cup National//Panasonic. . Purchased when The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook: 250 No-Fail Recipes for Pilafs, Risottos, Polenta, Chilis, Soups, Porridges, Puddings, and More, from Start to Finish in Your Rice Cooker (eG-friendly Amazon.com link) was brand new. bowl is flat bottomed , as this is just Fuzzy my 3 C Zo and now 5 C Zo ' Flat-top ' have thicker rounded bottom bowls , a pleasure to use. I dont think these sizes would do well as slow cookers. maybe a 10 C . dont know why a slow cooker would muck up a quality bowl , though

But the Zojirushi is not sold as a slow cooker, is it?

Wow - that logo, while not exactly the same, sure reminded me of Jeremiah Tower's Stars restaurant.

I am embarrassed to have made several typos. I do use a knife and fork for pizza that is really floppy. I prefer a nice thin crusty dough. Pope's nostrils? I can't believe i actually wrote that. Of course I meant his nose. Did I do that unconsciously?Hard to believe. Has AI infected eG? Auto-correct seems unlikely. Must be drug related, or else pure brilliance. Either way it's creepy.

They're for sale here, too, at our nearby supermarket. They're certified by the Hatch Chile Association, therefore grown in the Hatch Valley in New Mexico.

Over the last week or 10 days during the heat wave, I didn't do a lot of cooking in the evenings. But I did make Moe a number of dinners for breakfast. Chinese Chicken and Broccoli, Salisbury Steak, Grilled Pork chops with green beans and potato wedges all done on the grill, buttermilk fried chicken with double fried fries, Steak and eggs and this morning,I made a pot of Potato Leek soup with homemade chicken broth, that I put on to simmer over night. Baked a batch of mini baguettes Friday morning when it had cooled off enough to actually bake.

Yes that was the potato. He said that the inside was extremely creamy. He was worried it might be overcooked when he saw it, but it was actually perfect. The outside was crispy and the inside was tender. The bathroom is very nice. I will say though, that when we renovated our baths at home we put beautiful freestanding deep soaking tubs in both the primary and the guest suite bathrooms. Neither has been used once, and it’s been three years. If I was redoing it (which I am definitely not!) I would opt for an oversized multi person shower with steam jets and a heated floor and heated towel racks in the room instead. Big bathtubs seem like a good idea and look nice, but showers are just more practical. Maybe it’s just my personal preference though.

Wow - I could live in that bathroom!!! On your husband's steak/lobster - what is the cube next to the lobster - is it the potato rosti? What was the center like?

It's appreciated! And I hope the steroid works