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Looking for an amazing Red Velvet cake recipe.. Does anyone have a great recipe they could share or direct me to.

Sorry if there are posts already.. Going to St. Louis tomorrow after spending the day in Kansas City.. Would love some suggestions for the best bbq in town.. Thanks.

Leaving for KC soon.. Was wondering if anyone has heard of BB'S.. I hear its a cool blues bar with great food.. Anyone know this to be true?

Haha.. i was wondering how you were going to get that ice cream into a cone..

Lemon, That Pave looks awesome.. Love the decoration..

Yeh.. I went to Noche.. Not a big fan.. Had some spicy chicken soup that was tasteless.. My girl had shrimp diabla.. That was good.. Healthy portion of shrimp served in a red spicy chipotle sauce. Prices were reasonable. I picked up the menu at Turkuaz and a Hatian restaurant called Krik Krak.. Havent perused the menus. edit: Read the krik krak menu.. I am going to vegas tomorrow, but looking forward to grabbing some kingfish over there when i get back.

Went to Sal and Carmines tonight... I must say, the slice was great.. I loved the crust, it was very airy and light. Interesting pizza sauce.. I think I agree with everyone when they say its really good for a "common" pizza place.. Maybe the best. In terms of it being a destination place.. Well i say its up for debate.. Is it a re-occurring destination place for me? No.. Do i think its worth trying once, yes. Does Di Fara's make this place look like sabarros, yes.

Well i have my heart set on this place now.. So i definately am going to walk the 15 blocks it takes to get a slice.. Anyone know of a good restaurant in the area i can eat at after I grab my slice at S+C'S.

Ok.. Going to Sal and Carmines tonight.. I just cant imagine this place existing.. Good pizza on the Upper West Side huh? I will go with much reluctance, but i hope you guys are right.

Besides the PuPu reference.. I also remember some of them had a burning pot with them.. So you can cook i think something on a stick. So you have a chance to say PuPu and play with fire in one swoop.. I think that dish is pure genious.

I dont know if i am going to hit ohio. I think we are going to try to make it to Memphis from KC..But i am not too good with maps so I dont know if i still would be going to through Ohio.. But hey, i can get excited for chili.

Just look for the ugliest gas station/mini-mart combo you can imagine, down the street from the hospital and there you are at Oklahoma Joe's! Stroud's is very good, although there's usually a wait. I've only been to the Oak Ridge Manor location, but there's also one downtown. ← Hmm i dont think anyone can beat the one on my last trip in Arizona.. The place doubled as an adult book store.. , My cell phone's ringer was havenagellah at the time.. While filling up next to this half drunk beer bellied man wearing nothing other then flip flops and the shortest pair of daisy dukes with tall boy in hand, it started ringing. I thought that was going to be the end of me..

Thanks for the tip.. Better then spending thirty bucks a piece for them at william sonoma.. My mom snagged one in jersey today.. Oh moms and egullet, how could one go wrong with both of these on your side.

Oh wow.. Definately going there too.. Thanks..

Dont know about the Peppercorns.. I went there yesterday afternoon to the one on 55 and second.. After staying with my girl for so long, I actually couldnt take the lack of chinese food on the upper west side so I fully walked there. Had the kung bao, the second sisters rabbit, the dumplings.. Then had the pickled cabbage and fish soup.. Still amazing! Also had a soft shell crab dish.. Very good. The reason for my post however is to ask about the New Years menu.. I ordered the razor clam dish, but they were out of it.. I was with first time people who were a little reluctant about trying certain things.. (I had to fight for rabbit even) So i didnt want to order things I havent had.. Does anyone have a break down of New Years menu. Some things look really good..

Tonight we made the tart Grenobloise.. Had a long day so we got started with the it late after dinner.. We just finished it a little bit ago. It looks awesome.. I am so ready to eat this thing.. I have obviously tasted everything seperately and cant wait to try the whole thing.. Its gorgeous.. Here are some photos..

Oh yes, i am indulging.. I am planning on hitting at least 4 places in the 16 to 20 hours i will be spending there.. I will look at these links.. Thanks... I will be sending pics.

Tonight we ate dinner on the floor of the "T.V. Room". Wanted to watch the SNL Special.. Happy dinner turned out better then the special... Made lamb tenderloins with cauliflower whipped with heavy cream, butter, and goat cheese.. As well as those french green bean thingys blanched and then added to quickly cooked tomatoes with lemon and fleur de sal. On the side we had the left over roasted cauliflower.. I also saved a balsamic reduction that i decided to throw around the plate. Waiting for the lady to finish grenbloise tarte... Have a chocolate mousse as back up.. For wine we hade a 92 St Emilion Charles De LaRoy Grand Cru?. I am all about the St. Emilion these days. To add: Dessert Pierre Herme tarte

Leaving this thursday.. You can see my route in the post above.. Taking i think I-70 until i hook up with 50.. No one can think of anything worth stopping by.. Definately going to KC. Does anyone know if Memphis is a reasonable, pit stop on my way back to NYC? Or assuming i would be staying for like a breakfast and a double lunch, how long would that take me out of my way? Any suggestions in memphis or kc? Or i guess colorado, utah. mizerah, kansas, ect.

I disagree.. The look pretty damn good to me.

I had dinner tonight at LCB.. I had a mixed experience at this place.. I think my frist major criticism of this place would be with the atmosphere and vibe. It was as if everyone was really uncomfortable with the new format... I went on a Saturday night and the place was filled with long time regulars.. These are primarily wealthy older couples from the neighborhood, who seem to be more comfortable with the old more formal format. The women are dressed in Chanel Suits, and the men are dressed in navy jackets with gold buttons. And instead of being in a comfortable elegant setting, they are stuffed into crowded tables and corners in a loud unintimate room.. I really felt like i was in a sceney trendy restaurant with a much older crowd. Like a meat packing scene fast forward 40 years. The second major problem with this place was the fact that although the restaurant seemed to have haute roots, they were screwing up classic dishes by trying to modernize them while keeping them traditional at the same time.. I will start with the appetizers.. The fish soup was what we started with.. I felt the soup was way too strong.. Almost like a seafood demi glace. It was too salty, it was too over powering.. I must say in its defense my date enjoyed it.. But, i felt it was too much mussles perhaps in the stock.. Instead of with the traditional sides of toast, aioli, and cheese all seperate, the toasts had aioli and cheese broiled on top.. Cute idea, but i always enjoy doing it myself. We then had the steak tartare.. The plate itself was gorgeous.. It had sides of finely shredded onion scented with horseraddish.. Pieces of finely chopped egg whites,and capers all placed on endives.. Very cool... There were perfect slices of juicy beet wedges and a carrot salad that was pointless and useless. Everything, besides the ok carrots, was great, except for the tartare.. The meat itself was of high quality and on point.. But the flavoring was way off.. It had a strong taste of tomato paste.. Ugh.. I mean how much crap do the french give americans for putting ketchup on things, and then they go and essentially put ketchup on steak? .. That was very disappointing.. Then came the main course.. We ordered the special Beef Wellington and the Snapper... Both were really really good.. This was where the restaurant got it right.. The beef wellington, which I ordered rare was better then i expected.. It was served with a port truffle sauce.. The steak was perfectly medium rare, leaning rare.. The sauce worked, the potatoes, with a hint of goat cheese were awesome.. This dish was worth going for.. Outstanding.. The fish was no slouch either.. It was served with a broccoli and caulilflower almost crust.. It was perfectly cooked, a beautifull piece of fish.. Served over buttery creamy mashed potatoes with a sweet chunky tomato salsa? flanking it.. These two dishes really showed flashes of greatness... I dont think i have ever had a better beef wellington and the fish could stand with the best of them.. Next came the desserts.. Eh.. Fair.. The mousse nougatine.. The chocolate was lighter then i like.. The nougatine was really a non-factor.. The creme anglese was good.. Had rasberry and passion fruit in it.. The whipped cream tasted hurried.. No vanilla really or sugar.. Probably made from a nitrous container instead of whipped.. But i am being critical cause i just made an awesome mousse this afternoon. Then we had a lemon cheese cake thing.. Better then the first, but nothing special... But look how gorgeous those plates are.. i would have rather me pay the 8.50 and take an empty plate home All in all.. I would sum this place up as a rich persons diner.. It seemed like the majority of the people here were super wealthy, looking for a simple well prepared 35 dollar piece of fish, 18 dollar soup, and a simple 400 dollar bottle of wine.. Its not like its a special occasion, its just a place to grab a bite on a saturday. Would i go again? Hmm, whose paying? edit to add: we had a great bottle of wine.. A Saint Emillion Simar? 1990.. Was excellent..

Yeh this is why egullet is good and bad.. At one point i enjoyed this dessert at La Cote Basque.. I made this dessert today and then went to dinner.. I tell you, i took two bites out of my dessert and was very dissappointed.. This place has nothing on Pierre.. Recognize!

After reading all the praises and seeing the awesome photos.. I bought the book today.. I want to thank the girl working at william sonoma in the Time Warner building for helping my girlfriend out.. Thanks you for the help.. We made a mousse and have four tarte shells made.. Going to make a couple of them tomorrow.. The mousse came out great.. So many holes very airy.. Cant wait to get started with this book .

Di Faras is my favorite too.. Place is great.

Thats funny.. I have been hearing things about it for some time, and last I almost went here.. While looking over the menu I was intrigued. Definately looking forward to making my own oyster rissotto, but then I looked at the room itself. Nothing to impressive, infact, it completely turned me off from going there. It weird a lot of places with a view pay a lot of attention to the room and the view and not really to the food.. This place seems like the food is a focal point and they neglected the room because the view is so nice.