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Alex

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  1. Article in The Guardian
  2. We're generally looking at a range only between 80% and, at the most, 85%, so that'd be my guess, too. For my most-baked sweet, gluten-free chocolate brownies, I haven't noticed any difference between Challenge, Kerrygold, and Plugra.
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    Food Funnies

    Or many people with way more money than sense
  4. I have no words...
  5. I couldn't find one, either. And yes, it's very expensive for what it is, so I hope someone is able to provide the exact proportions for you. The company is based in Monsey, NY, so it's undoubtedly owned and run by members of the Hasidic community there—which, in my opinion, accounts for the ridiculous price ($13/lb from Amazon).
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    New Guardian Feast App

    I see only a 14-day free trial. It looks like there's free access for certain supporters of the Guardian (money level, I imagine).
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    Passover 2024

    I'm not a rabbi, but I played one in a production at my synagogue, and my seven-great grandfather was one of the founders of Chasidism, so I declare that ferrets, despite being cute (at least to some people), are not only tref for Passover, but any time.
  8. Heh. That's what I would do. But then, I was a math major when I started college.
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    Garlic Presses

    OXO (eG-friendly Amazon.com link) to the rescue!
  10. Ditto. I mean, eggs are high-fat, at least by my way of looking at it> Shel, could you describe a bit more what "low fat" means to you in this context?
  11. And 5 for $5.56 w/o Prime
  12. #4 indeed, especially for alliums
  13. Around the paywall
  14. I wouldn't call it even relatively healthy.
  15. Yep, that's what I said (to myself). With two glasses of wine -- one an earthy orange, one a cava with some oak (!) -- the total was 35.25 euros.
  16. In a sort-of equivalent of one's eyes being bigger than one's stomach, I wound up getting to only nine of the above list, plus three bakeries, a gelato place, and two chocolate shops that weren't mentioned. Bar Mut was a casualty of sleep deprivation. After a 9½-hour red-eye accompanied by a cute but babbling/fussing/crying eight-month-old in the next row, a 2 p.m. lunch was sacrificed in favor of a three-hour nap. I can't remember where I went instead of Maleducat, or why. Xerta turned out to be too late for my schedule. (One week wasn't enough for me to adapt to those 8 p.m. or later dinners.) Sartoria Panatieri was a major disappointment: OK crust, undercooked sausage, liquid-y cheese (and too much of it), bland tomato sauce. The food star of the week was the eight-course prix fixe tasting menu lunch (24.5 euros!) at La Sosenga, an under-the-radar (but not for long) wine bar with thoughtful, creative food that reflects and riffs on Catalan cuisine. Here are the menu (at the end) and some pictures. (I subbed a creamy cheesecake for the French toast.)
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    Honey

    Tupelo honey is delicious, and relatively expensive. I save mine for drizzling. As others have recommended, go local.
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    Food Funnies

    To un-confuse @Tropicalsenior: The extra time is for "plant."
  19. Nothing guilt-inducing about that to me!
  20. Thanks. One day I'm scheduled to be not too far on the other side of La Rambla at 10:30, so if I can get myself moving I'll check it out.
  21. I won't be going to the big market (Boqueria) -- too crowded, too many tourists -- but I might go to Santa Caterina, just to look around. A couple of blocks from my lodging there's a small mercat where I'll be buying my yogurt, jamón, etc. I'll keep an eye out for the pepper.
  22. This is my favorite photo of yours. I didn't know how much I missed yakisoba until I saw your photo. It was my go-to bar food when I lived in Japan (Hamamatsu and vicinity). I know I can get it here, too, but w/o the setting it's not the same.
  23. Wasabi—is there anything it can't do? https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wasabi-preserves-papyrus
  24. Here's my food and beverage agenda so far: Bar Mut Betlem La Sosenga Salterio Gelaaati Di Marco Maleducat Sips (review) (the #1 bar in the world for 2023) instead, Xerta (Michelin 1 star) Saga Coffee Stories Parallelo Gelato Bar Andorra Nomad Coffee Lab La Balmesina (a maybe; it's the aforementioned #10 pizza in Europe, minus Italy) Sartoria Panatieri (the aforementioned #1 pizza) Chocolata Amatiler (gift for Ms Alex) Las Vermudas (vermouth tasting and crafting) plus whatever I pick up at the nearby mercat (yogurt, jamón Ibérico, etc.) There also are a couple of bakeries I didn't mention. Think that's enough for a week?
  25. Thanks. It's still there!
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