Gifted Gourmet

eGullet thread on pearl onions and peeling them can be found right here

Originally posted at the beginning of September in another thread: My vegan daughter came into Atlanta from California for the weekend to celebrate my mother's 95th birthday. I was worried about making a vegan meal but, surprisingly, found it not too terribly complicated after all! Appetizer salads: pickled jicama-carrot combination Thai peanut cold noodle salad Potage course: Potato-Vidalia cream soup (using "Silk" soymilk) Main courses: Butternut squash ravioli and roasted pepper ravioli and vegetarian potstickers all with the 365 Whole Foods Roasted Vegetable Tomato Sauce (for her) Poached chicken breasts with the same sauce for my husband and me Fresh cranberries poached in port Dessert course: homemade Peach-plum tarte Wines, but no challah, because vegans don't eat eggs ... so we had some leftover schmura matzo for Hamotzi ... The result pleased my daughter enormously and I found the meal not uninteresting at all ... The next night, for the birthday party, I ordered a deep dark chocolate vegan cake from a local bakery which only cost $35! ... it was truly splendid!

Gotta admit that you have picked up on the inconsistencies in the article .. yet there are still some valid point in this piece .. thanks for giving it the thought it requires ...

Admin: Threads merged. Slate article The author tested the pan, the rack, and the cleanup ... you might be interested to learn the results ...

a million great ideas for your fresh coconut ...

Life is a crap shoot theory? Thanks for this, lala!

Two more days .. and counting! • What: Sandy Springs Plaza grand reopening with complimentary refreshments and prizes • When: Saturday-Sunday. Ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon Saturday • Where: Intersection of Roswell and Johnson Ferry roads

I just PM'd you the recipe, as I have the book handy ← Which only goes to demonstrate the value of being a member of eGullet yet again!

probably not such a bad idea ... that Ballotine of Turkey is a very labor-intensive thing!

Razzle Dazzle Recipes has some truly wonderful ideas ... many options with recipes ... I, personally, will be making a Brandied Pumpkin Pie, a Bourbon Pecan Pie, and an Apple Cinnamon Pie which is always requested by my husband ... This is the Brandied Pumpkin Pie with crystallized ginger (resembling potato chips unfortunately! )

(bumping this topic up again due to the season and upcoming holiday) Are you currently contemplating what your bountiful feast will look like upon your table this Thanksgiving? Will you opt for simplicity: two cans of jellied cranberry sauce flanking your turkey? A cornucopia filled with seasonal fruits and vegetables? Something avant garde? A Hallmark popup turkey with ruffled paper feathers? Love to hear what you plan to do! or even avoid, as your guests converge upon your home ...

article from the Washington Post Even if one is cautious, is beef our arch enemy? We already knew about the link between beef and cancer of the colon but this study offers new insights ... Would these new findings cause you to: (a) pause and rethink your love for beef? (b) cause you to continue eating beef and ignore all this data? © pass this information on to female relatives, friends, etc.? (d) become a vegan (as my daughter has)?

Don't despair, Lucky Girl! Simply collect yourself, get your ingredients and try this .. works every time!

eGullet has an excellent resource on food journalists: Conversation with Nancy Nichols which may bring you some further edification on this topic ... and please check out this discussion as well ...Restaurant criticism, Possibilities for great journalism? and, lastly, this from Daniel Rogov: Who criticizes the critics?

Two options here ... Pumpkin Parfait .... Black Forest Thanksgiving Parfait ... but the latter is more German than Thanksgiving-ish ... sorry Carolyn ...

Check out for some ideas this ...eGullet discussion on "quick pickeling" ... and perhaps even this discussion as well ...

You got that right, therese! Since Harris Teeter left Atlanta, I had forgotten what wonderful things they had to offer ... and under their own brand ...

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article from Detroit Free Press Is this happening in your city yet? Have you see the changes in your local grocery stores? Will it signal the change in the way people shop? Or the way in which regular grocery chains offer their store brands?

Somehow, the cheese plate still has its romantic side, even if impossible to explain ... and paired with a selection of ports, it was the perfect end to a perfect meal ...

This is a very nice collection of tapas recipes ...here for your enjoyment and a discussion on cold tapas plates can be found here as well.

these people are NOT tourists! well, maybe a few of them ... and their service is tops hence their motto: Our house rules are: 1. The customer is always right 2. Refer To Rule #1

and, to be quite picky (you think you are the only picky person here?? ), even with your Google results, it was still something which had to be scrounged up to get the meaning ... most of the Google results even under food were not about food ... It is a highly esoteric term known best only to those who are in circles which interact ... such as in a Venn diagram ... my circle here (educators) ... so there ... Picky, persnickity Paul ...

Well, Paul, I am glad the mystery is resolved and that you can get off your Ambien to sleep through the night! The word is not one I would have ever come up with and I apologize for confusing it with a ballet term but, even now, when I googled relevés, nothing pertains to food whatsoever ... see for yourself ...

If nothing else, there is this piece of science ... source ... .. maybe that is how the custom began ...