=Mark

Did you notice Fat Guy hosting the NYC portion of the Hotdog Show?

Great. Supply Chain Management for the kitchen...

Slice thin and marinate in a mixture of 4 parts soy sauce, one part rice wine vinegar, chopped scallions, minced garlic, black pepper and ground coriander. Skewar and grill, brushing with marinade after every turn (Make sure a crust of the minced garlic, scallions and spices builds up) Serve as Satay with a spicy peanut dipping sauce (Natural peanut butter, garlic, black and red pepper, soy sauce).

I'm surprised tommy isn't in here with the expected comments on ordering "eff-you" noodles...

I see an analogy to a comment made by the late great Frank Zappa when asked to explain the motivations behind one of his compositions: "Talking about Music is like dancing about Archetecture."

I would have to say that there are more positive aspects than negative. Sure some products at specialty shops and restaurants are going to be expensive, but how do you compare to 10 or 15 years ago when they were not available at any price? Also, there seems to be a cycle where a "new" item is introduced as a specialty, prices are exorbitant, the business/agricultural concerns see profit potential, the item hits the mass market and the prices drop. Kiwis are a good example, they went from $1.79 each to 10 for a dollar in 5 to 7 years.

My local A&P carries this: Schaller & Weber Double Smoked Bacon (Slab) (Clickety)

Wow1 that sounds really good! Tomato, lettuce and bacon... That could really catch on, we could shorten it to a TLB! Too bad it isn't August when the tomatoes don't suck...

Yippee! My local Wegmans carries 4 or 5 flavors of Pocky!

Dietary Law #1: Life's too short for bad food.

To my tastes Siam Garden in Red Bank is just OK. It is a beautiful room and the menu is very impressive, but the food is just OK. My main gripe is the cost. I could see if they were in Manhattan charging $18 - $22 for an entree... And they were Vong! Truth be told I'd take the extra money I'd spend on Siam Garden and use it to purchase a ticket to NYC and eat at Seeda Thai (or Mie Thai in Woodbridge) or any number of more impressive, less expensive places. Brix 560 in Tinton Falls has good food but I find the room itself cramped and loud.

I figure that for many a belief in a higher being or power stems from an inability to concede that our existance in the universe is of no meaning or consequence. Some folks are unable to lead there lives with an understanding that there are questions about existance that simply do not have answers. In order to construct a paradigm that fills this void a whole set of beliefs and behaviors have to be put in place. Since food and eating fills such a vital daily function it should not be surprising that the behaviors involved in eating would be incorporated into such behavior.

Actually mine is a blade grinder. A Kitchen Aide Cobalt Blue. It does have a removable cup reminiscent of a stainless steel blender.

I have a new coffee grinder that claims the cup and cover are dishwasher safe. This got me to wondering how often do folks normally wash their coffee grinders? It would seem overkill to run the dishwasher every day just to clean the grinder. Is it necessary to clean them after every use?

I suspect that as with Chinese eating Chinese food in China, they would likely just call it "food."

Actually St. Louis is a surprisingly good little foodie town. Lots of Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, traditional Italian American as well as regional Italian and plenty of eclectic American gourmet/Regional/International fusion type places.

I don't mind his "schtik" provided he does it well, and I believe he does. At least he's not a Tom Clancy who is off supervising the distribution of video games while hired hacks produce his "novels." He may be sort of a "celebrity chef," but at least he's not trying to con folks into believing he still runs restaurants in NY, New Orleans, Disney World and Vegas like so many others do.

A traditional middle American holiday dinner with the Outlaws here in the culinary wasteland of western Pa. Ham and turkey with all the fixins. Could not convince them to let me fix my traditional dish of butter, black pepper and rutabagas...

Shouldn't this be on the Jersey board? [EDIT: Topic moved]

Aw c'mon! You NYC folks have gotten better than this!

At $69 a pound I would think not...

Took a while to think about this, finally had to commit... Christophers, New American cuisine, Colts Neck (Across from Delicious Orchards) Bolero Cafe, Cuban, Highlands Pearl of the Sea, Portugese, Long Branch Mimi's, American/International, Ocean Township (Great soups!) China 46, Chinese, (Don't know the town, off Rt 46... eGullet event) Navesink Fishery, Seafood, Atlantic Highlands La Chalupa, "Real" Mexican, Red Bank (no gloppy cheese or "ranchero" sauce. Cheap!)

Which city. Philadelphia or NYC? Is there a Holland Tunnel in Philly?

Rich and I attended the festivities in NYC for the year 2000 celebration. there were all the rumors of terrorist attacks and the end of civilisation from Y2K, so we figured it sounded like fun. All that day the streets were virtually deserted, it was as if not only did nobody come into the city, but a good many residents had left. It was like the set of a Sci Fi movie about the end of the world. We hit up PJ Clarkes, Had dinner at Cafe Sorrento, and ended up with ales at McSorelys. Ignoring all advice to head to Times Square by noon, we left McSorelys at 10:30pm, took the subway to the Times Square station, and emerged like 3 blocks from the festivities. All in all I would not expect any problems with parking as most "normal" folks seem to want to avoid the hullabaloo. You probably want to call ahead about restaurants being open. We dined at Felidias, and Lidia was vowing not to do it again as the crowd was so sparse...

It's not a crank type, but I've heard raves about the coarse Microplane grater. If you click on the Amazon link below they are on sale for $6.99