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Giada De Laurentiis ... in her USA Today interview..recipes here for: BACCALA BOLLITO DI AGLIO, OLIO BACCALA CON I PORRI BACCALA WITH CAPITONE SAUCE BACCALA` FLORENTINE BACCALA ALLA VICENTINO BACALLA ALLA BOLOGNESE PESCESTOCCO ALLA MESSINESE BACCALA STEW BACCALA FRITTO BACCALA DI NAPOLI CREAMED BACCALA BACCALA ALLA LIVORNESE BACALLA A'LOCANDIERA BACCALA MANTECATO ahhh, looks like you have some work ahead ..

Ah yes, Ben & Jewry do kosher ice creams for Yom Tov ... actually, all kidding aside, for the observant: I had a taste of a Nestle kosher for Passover ice cream which was relatively decent .. at least it didn't set off a gag response as others do ...

We had our own little local discussion on Ramps of the Southeast right here, ya'll!

Thanks for this information .. and I have to agree with you on your comments at the end of your post ...food does indeed change ...

article from Slate A highly interesting article ...

I rather imagine that Paula Deen's fine hand is very much "behind the scenes" and "guiding" her boys as well as Food Network in this endeavor ... the contention is that it will be something new and different .. only time, and the viewers, will tell .. the ratings will reflect this as well ...

And so we bid a fond, sometimes not so fond, farewell to Passover 2006 ... be sure to check out *Debbie Koenig's Words to Eat By blog ... she really understands the relief some of us feel at the "freedom" to eat more casually than Passover affords ... *dknywbg is an eGullet member ...

← Must be why the late Julia Child waxed so rhapsodic over her first brush with In& Out burgers when she retired to California ... Glad you were able to enjoy some of the better parts of your California trip, John .. and yeah, the housing is always the big drawback to California living ...

A recent post on One Midtown here in Atlanta revealed that even when Chef Richard Blais was off in Europe enjoying el Bulli and other top dining destinations, his staff produced a top-notch meal for Dave the Cook ...One.midtown Kitchen review

the NYT link is here for "36 hours in Winston-Salem"

I rather assumed that with the Satmar Chassidim, as with the Lubavitch Chassidim, it is the shechita (manner of animal slaughter and by whom) which is the primary issue ...

Actually, there are a few good sites which offer insights into Bolivian cuisine: Oriana Nomadlife.org scroll down to read about the foods El Sabor de Bolivia (in Spanish) Traditional Bolivian Cooking (recipes)

maybe want to consider Cajun Grocer ... .. appears that alligator meat is quite low in fat .. almost healthy ...

And, may I say, no one is more deserving of the rest and relaxation than you, Pam! Between your business requirements and running your blog during the holiday ( ), you can lay back and rest on your laurels! Hag sameach to you as well ...

Simply amazing to see Tony stuffed like the veritable Christmas goose! Most entertaining .. and then he went on the dig into poutine later in this episode ... I am, as always, in awe of the work that Tony Bourdain offer his audience! Thanks again for getting it so right!

article in Slate Anyone else have the same, or similar, reactions to sauvignon blancs? Or do you find many sauvignon blancs are quite suitable to your taste? Care to elaborate for us?

The final two full days of Passover begin tomorrow night at sundown .. anyone doing any holiday cooking for the end of the holiday? Tomorrow morning I am doing an apricot-apple matzo kugel (sweet), two more cakes, a dairy soup with potatoes, and a yam souffle ... By Friday morning, I will begin to put away my Passover dishes, pots & pans, and Pesach 2006 will be but a sweet, enduring, memory ...

This Passover, Peas on Earth article from the Forward Excellent article on kitniyot on Passover ...

article from NRN Would you like to try a cocoa bagel? Yes! No! Is this a joke? What type of schmear on this one?

The $3,000 Sapphire Martini

the perfect cocktail from the WSJ! the Income Tax Cocktail

item here in Promo Magazine The big thing with the Subway chain was that they offered low calorie meats and the sandwiches had a Weight Watcher's value for each item ... and many people remembered that their spokesperson was one Jason Fogel who lost over a hundred pounds on their sandwiches over the period of a year ... now, it appears, the chain is trying to break into the dinnertime meal options as well.. they have even hired John Lovitz (of SNL fame) ... and are heating up their sandwiches (a la Quizno's) ... So the question du jour: do you see Subway as: low calorie? only a lunchtime option? Now a dinnertime offering? the new dinnertime theatre website .... seems that you can contribute to this theatre as well ...

I daresay that by next year they may well add other flavors ... I think they are satisfied that they have done the KFP for their primary products, CocaCola and Diet Coke more than adequate for the moment. This is a bit more about the topic of Kosher for Passover Coke: the story behind why Rabbi Tobias Geffen made Coke kosher for Passover I was, for many years, a member of Shearith Israel synagogue here in Atlanta (during Rabbi Ribeye's rabbinate there) and the actual story is very much what you read in the link ... it is said, perhaps in jest, that Rabbi Geffen signed a pact to never disclose the ingredients in CocaCola ... some say that if one reads down the Hebrew lettering on his tombstone, the letters spell out that formula ... maybe ...

sourceYes, I know about the U-Bet eggcream but what else can one do with the stuff for Pesach?

and Kirk is now 'Denny Crane' .. highly successful Boston Legal star ... now back to Passover and its complexities ... how shall I use my U Bet chocolate syrup?? anyone?