Jason Perlow

Stuffed Bell Peppers with Cajun Rice Dressing w/Meat (Inspired by Ms. Lucy) with Sliced Roasted Chicken and Sauteed Brussel Sprouts

Hathor: Crystal is very similar to Tabasco, its one of the various different brands of Louisiana Hot Sauce. Crystal (and basically every other basic hot sauce in the world) differs from Tabasco in that the peppers it comes from are not salt aged in barrel for 3 years, its made pretty quickly with just some salt and vinegar added, and I think its made from Cayennes, not Tabasco peppers, so it does taste a little different. I find most of the Louisiana hot sauces pretty interchangeable. http://www.baumerfoods.com/ Like Tabasco, Crystal makes a full line of other condiment products flavored with their signature sauce.

Last time I was there I purchased flash frozen and vaccum sealed galangal from him. That was several months ago. Terri Lee is also a pretty cool little place -- and I agree his produce section is better, he even frequently gets the little thai eggplants that are critical to producing a good Gang Keow Warn (Green Curry)

Here's some Pan Fried Chicken and Black Eyed Peas, served at Dunbar's Soul Food Restaurant in New Orleans. And Austin Leslie's famous fried chicken from Jacques-Imos restaurant in New Orleans, which now has a branch in NYC (and serving this at $14 a plate!)

It means the peices of chicken are fried in a dutch oven or cast iron pan, as opposed to a deep fryer. Otherwise known as "southern style" fried chicken. See the "Fried Chicken Anyone" thread: http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=7582

but dey got da goods. kaffir, lemongrass, curries, thai videos, the whole lot. Yeah, I've bought a whole bunch of supplies from him. Very packed little place. He has frozen galangal, fresh chiles, lemongrass and fresh basil onhand most of the time.

Yeah, its Udoms, and its a teeny little place on the same block as Wondees, although its closer to the corner.

Do they hold their hands over their mouths when they laugh, like the teeny weeny actress/debutante types on Iron Chef?

Great report Suzanne!

I agree with you on the Guinness on draft -- when done well its amazing stuff. Not all Guinness is created equal, and its way different in Ireland than it is over here in the US, even on tap. But I'm talking about in bottles and cans, stuff for drinking at home or bringing to places.

In terms of domestic stouts I really like the Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout. But its difficult to find and only avaliable for 3 months out of the year starting in October. http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/rate_results/45/680/

Last night I bought a 4-pack of Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout at a NJ liquor store... this stuff is as black as tar and is unbeleivably smooth and satisfying. Strong coffee and raisiny flavors, went really well with a Usinger's knockwurst on a roll with mustard. Serious hoppiness going on here. http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/ShowBeer.asp?BeerID=85 http://www.alcoholreviews.com/BEERS/samsmith2.html http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/rate_results/113/782/ http://www.merchantduvin.com/pages/5_breweries/samsmith.html Probably one of the best stouts I've ever had. WAY better than Guinness Extra Stout.

I've been drinking this POM stuff a lot lately -- my standard evening refresher is equal parts POM and seltzer, or POM and ginger ale. Yesterday I bought some of the Trader Joes unrefrigerated jarred pomegranate juice made from pomegranate juice concentrate and spring water -- I havent tried any of it yet, but it was roughly half the price of the POM stuff.

Actually, in Jerusalem, I think they'll stone you for making and advertising that.

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=33883 Great film. I highly reccomend that you PacNW folks go see it.

http://www.muginoho.com/beard_papa/index.html 2167 Broadway (76th Street) With over 240 Stores, Beard Papa is a Japanese pastry cafe chain that features pipin' hot pastry puffs filled "a la minute" with various types of custard creams. The NY location opens on Friday, March 5.

Han Ah Reum thread: http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=20950

Rachel made meatloaf with mushroom gravy, mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts sauteed in olive oil and garlic. Yum.

I didn't need to know that, Shaw.

I love the cleaving live lobsters in half thing and watching each half writhe on the cutting board.

In the wake of the receipt of the virus mentioned above by some eGullet users, the eGullet team would like to help battle some of the very understandable confusion many have developed during the recent rounds of mail-emailing viruses which have flooded the Internet in the past several months. First, we'd like to put to rest any specific misunderstandings about the origin of this particular manifestation, as well as it's scope. The W32.Beagle.K@mm virus is not the most widespread of these mail emailer viruses at this point, but like most of the most recent breeds it is capable of some extremely targeted aggressive behavior when someone does become infected. Basically, as with most of this newest generation of viruses, it digs into a variety of places on an infected machine and pulls information to help itself spread. Anything on that machine which even remotely looks like an email address becomes an opportunity for it. While this is indeed pretty bad news, the reason we want to be specific in explaining this point is to help ease any lingering fears that anything on the eGullet server itself is putting you in danger. The eGullet email server which we use for internal and external correspondence with members and for sending PM notifications is screened with very sophisticted Linux antivirus software from Kaspersky Labs (click for link) and it is updated with the latest definitions on an hourly basis - so you can be assured that no viruses are ever being passed thru our server and they are removed from the system instantaneously if anyone at eGullet tries to send a virus-infected email. If you've been one of the unfortunate few who have received one of these emails, and it's seemed to come from eGullet management, it's simply a consequence of the fact that at some time, in some place, someone who got infected had an eGullet email address in their browser cache, their Windows address book, a text file, possibly almost anywhere on their PC, and perhaps that person may have also had your email address as well. If you sign your posts with your email address, for example, and it's kept in someone's browser cache, that alone may have been all that was required. With some viruses it might even be enough for two totally separate people to get the virus--one having some reference to some eGullet address and one to you--since some of these viruses have been culling email addresses and sending them off to various places around the Internet. Anyway, the net result of this is that while it's possible you may get one of these emails, it's more than likely that most of you won't. The clever references which try and make it seem "official" (the reference to the "eGullet Team" for example) are part of a formula that the hacker who wrote this figured out--clever enough that our OWN official emails do tend to use very similar language, as do that of many websites. Something else we'd like to reinforce is that no matter how many of these bogus emails you receive, no matter which virus variant, it's pretty hard to get infected if you adopt a standard policy of not viewing or opening file attachments, except in cases where you have specific knowledge ahead of time that the attachment was coming. You may get hundreds of these emails a day--from MyDoom or Beagle or NetSky or whatever the virus flavor of the day is--but the same basic precautions usually apply, and the number you receive has much more to do with how many people on the Internet in general have been infected than anything having to do with your specific machine. More basic precautions: -If you aren't already doing so, consider switching to a web-based email solution like Yahoo or Hotmail. While it's still possible to receive infected emails through one of these accounts, there are extra levels of protection in place because of their own aggressive anti-virus strategies, as well the fact that it's much more difficult for viruses to pick up email addresses from a web client than one which stores addresses on your local PC. Despite almost constant patching, the native Windows Address Book, Outlook, Eudora and similar email products have all been compromised for years, and most viruses have no trouble "cracking" them. -Update your antivirus definitions. Constantly. But don't "trust" them to handle things. Visit the sites of competing antivirus vendors regularly to make sure that the definitions for your product aren't "late". --If you see what appears to be an infected message in your email client... don't panic--especially if it doesn't appear to have an attachment. One of the most disastrous results of these latest viruses is that once your email address has been "spoofed" from someone who is infected, often there are hundreds of emails being sent out FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S MACHINE as if they were coming from you. So, as a result YOU may get several hundred responses back from email servers which have detected the virus and are assuming it came from YOU. So a lot of the suspicious email you may (or may not) be seeing now might only be these notifications--further results of someone else being infected. What do you do with them? Delete them, just like any actual infected email you might be receiving. These are usually automated responses, and unless you can do the impossible and find out what infected person is STILL sending out emails as if they were you (and probably as a few hundred other people alternately), there isn't much you can do. In the end, these viruses are nothing but a new more exotic form of terrorism--perhaps motivated differently but equally intent on creating an atmosphere of fear and crippling distrust. We'd like you all to know that on our end, the eGullet team is serious about protecting our own resources, as well as doing whatever we can to battle that fear and distrust with the power of accurate information.

There are FAR worse chains you could be stuck with than Chick-Fil-a for dotting the landscape in California. And they make a damnned good chicken sandwich -- probably the best fast food chicken sandwich you can buy, with Ranch 1 at a close second.

Yep. Its a long term commitment. I can wait.

I am also troubled by the absence of tablecloths -- too casual for a 3rd star. Casualness and decor also hurt WD50. Mix doesn't have tablecloths either. At least, I don't remember them having them when I had lunch with Fat Guy there recently. And Mix is again another 2 star that was robbed of a 3 star, correct? Or is it a 3 that was robbed of a 4?

Jason, You need to look around. Round cooking vessel's leave much to be desired. Many innovative pit builders early on, thought round to be right. Is your oven round?? woodburner I've seen the results this vessel produces... Its going to take a lot to convince me otherwise!