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Quanto bello! Really looking forward to a vicarious visit to Italy. Can we please have at least one food-porn shot of a gelato counter please ← Oh, oh, me TOO!

Oh. MY. GAWD!

Do you have a product called "Febreeze"? It's a spray on deodorizer we have here in the States. It might work, if the paper's in good enough shape, but have you considered dusting the entire book with baking soda and setting it out in the sun for a while? Baking soda is a pretty good deodorizer itself; just be sure to shake it off the pages outside the house, or vacuum it up with a Dustbuster. HTH!

More, please!

Er, shouldn't the this be on the "I will never again" thread? (sorry, Snowy!)

recipes ,give, PLEASE!

Me, too. Don't have a gall-bladder, so melon, like unpeeled bell peppers repeat to beat the band! Don't know why, but they do! I mean for WEEKS!

Amazing! Anoother armchair travel to a place where I'll never be! Thank you!

My potatoes for eating-as-a-side mashed are always made with fresh potatoes, milk or half&half, tons of butter, kosher salt and fresh ground pepper, BUT for a casserole topping (cottage pie etc.) I love the packaged mixes that only call for water. They are flavored; cheddar, sour cream and chive, etc, and of COURSE I add extra goodies to them! They're great when the potatoes don't have to shine, just contribute.

Darlin, if I still lived in the Metro area, I'd be happy to keep you company all day lon with coffee for me and herbal tea for you! So, can you tell my fortune over the 'net?

Ducky, didn't realize you'd been ill; hope all is well! I saw Chris on the last Feasting on Asphalt; can't WAIT for the new show!

(Clapping hands) I believe, I believe!

Gravlax!

As per dear old Euell, don't gather from the side of the roads, since the plants may have been sprayed, and the pollution from car exhaust is bad. I think the wild leeks you mentioned are called ramps. Be sure the streams are not polluted before you harvest cress.

JT, if you have day lilys in your yard, or neighborhood, the unopened buds are wonderful stir fried with a bit of of oil and soy sauce. Again, they tast like snow peas...

Lol. I used to do that all the time - intentionally mis-pronounce every French word we used... Made the chef especially mad since he knew I speak fluent and proper French. Then when the servers would come around I'd piss them off too by speaking in real French and they couldn't understand... ← why were you doing this? i don't understand. ← Just to be an "utz" or a "noodge" would be my guess...

Welcom Mr. & Mrs. RD; now get thee to the "How Many Cookbooks Do You Own" thread and boost our numbers with your bounty!

Yeah, what she said! Thank you for a great read!

Yeah, us Yellaw Dog Democrats use Pimenah Cheese!

I got money on the cardinal. ← I'm pretty sure it's the Mocking Bird.

The best chicken & dumplings I've ever made were with (excuse it please) Bisquick dumplings, made by the recipe on the box, but with added seasoning; G.W. Bell's seasoning, garlic powder (again, sorry!) and onion powder (hey, I was on the road, OK?) Loved by all, and people came with plates in hand when they smelled it cooking!

Oh. My. GAWD! (Snark!) I had a Daschund that would catch his own mice, toss them in the air, and they'd come down dead with a broken neck. I was left to remove the corpses and dispose of them... I also had a "friend" who had a huge python (?) that ate bunnies, and then full grown rabbits, before said "friend" gave him away, he was getting ready for piglets!

Raspberry goes especially well with peaches, but I've found that Chambord is too "cough-medicine-y" for me. Maybe a flavoured vodka, instead?

A ravioli sealer a.k.a. crimper, right?

Almost any dress works, as dresses don't really have waistbands. I have a lot of little black dresses: the key's finding cotton, machine-washable versions. Oh, and bag stockings entirely, at least the sort that have a waistband. ← The problem I have always had with the l.b.d. is that while the grease spot stays black, the rest of the thing tends to fade, so you end up with a little charcoal dress with black spots. Too right about the panty hose!