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nice photography, wish i could say the same! anyway, this is naan with (absent) crab and chick pea curry aromatic rice

Rachael Ray is certainly making a small mint for herself!! I could use some of that

i'm on it!

i think the bad press must be due to the fact i'm not trailing there anymore [:(] [:)]

very interesting to hear these comments....i thought masa was supposed to be worth the money? i'll put my money on the sushi/sashimi boat for 2 at ave a seriously though, does masa specialize in non raw food? masanyc.com under construction i like nobu next door - will try to upgrade to nobu one day - but this years christmas dinner will be babbo. i digress

sounds so good, but for me it was a special even, roast chicken sandwich with a side of chicken drumstick i doing pastry module in culinary school and am craving protein damn it

in terms of recognition, french, italian and chinese are candidates. personally, i like japanese, indian, french and british ( it's true, sunday roasts - i laugh at any other cuisines attempt at a roast potatoe) but the fourth for recognition? indian or japanese, i might even be tempted to knock chinese out and include japanese and indian in. ooooh, those indian pickles

firstly, if the food is the problem, bring in the manager straight away. if the problem is with service, a) if you are eating casually with a friend, complain out loud. b) if it's a date meal then ask to see the manager quietly c) if it's a special dinner, and they know it, because i usually drop the anniversary bit, and the food is good, then avoid a ruffle and adjust the tip, and ask that the manager takes care of this bill. after complaining, if no rememdy is found (for a and b above) then adjust tip. i think this is how i work when out. unfortunately, poor service is a fact of life, and when going for the special dinner, i make try have a back up plan!!

why not make something and bring it with you anyway? better still, slip it on the table without her noticing before it's too late? that would be funny.

there's a peruvian restaurant on metropolitan ave in queens and their cilantro soup is really good and they have a few ceviches which are also very good. must remember not to take my daughter next time as she nabs all the mussels from the soup, leaving me with the squid, clams and scallops . recommeded if you're in the area.

tonight i made pork butt, salt pork, chicken legs, baby carrots, butter beans, apple in a braise started with orange juice, water and finished with a little demi-glace and butter served with tea-cup molded basmati rice

hi, similar to curlywurlyfi, i never put ricotta in lasagna. i use a good meat sauce (must use red wine) to make it and make a bechamel with gorgonzola and a little p.reggiano and fresh spinach lasagne pasta (fresh made at home thanks to my pasta machine) - i don't know i can't get dried spinach lasagne pasta in a box in the states (i do buy it from a store down fresh on houston street near macdougal street.

all cities seem to boast something another doesn't have, which makes it very hard to distinguish one from another. for example, not so sure about now, but there was a wave of mongolian bar-b-q houses in london, there was (and probably still is) the noodle bar (like republic in union square). but eating out was not as accessible for me like it is now in new york. new york is great for eating and speaking from personal experience, i think new york is the most interesting. tangiers, morocco was very interesting as was mombassa (but that was a long time ago). so, i like to eat indian food in the taxi-deli's (home-made)??? i used to get the best fried salt fish in a mini cab station in catford, london (home-made), pommes-frittes (tangiers), sardines (portugal - about 12 for a dollar off the beaten path- home made), the list goes on and on and it's memories like this that make it near impossible to choose a most interesting place since the high standards that are set in from travelling.

thanks pan, i'm sure i will. never had such privilage before. are you one of the village people? i like barazza ???????

well, i had a pretty cool day. went on up to adny by appointment and am going to stage at adny on monday. i'm so very excited.........i was very nervous but am dleighted to be given a 'day'. how do you spell the word when you shout out loud with sheer joy??? that's the word that should fill these past two sentences. must sharpen those knives, clean those whites, remember to take a pen and notepad, be before time and enjoy!!!! what a pleasant fellow any tips anyone?

you'll be even more in your other post i was nervous in my response to this thread but relieved to find a lot of the sime kind of answers. thinking about it a little more in depth, during times as said, eating just seems to be a means to an end, but suddenly at some point, you get that spark back and you have a little more insight into your cooking. it's less hectic but surprisingly tasty, especially when re-writing the same old-same old. it's almost like a divine intervention telling you, "hey, that feeling was gut instinct, go with it!!". i remember this to be true on more than one occasion, and it's a wonderful thing.

hmmmmmm, i'll be interested to see what people say - never had a brined bird, but i did recently read somewhere, perhaps here, to help even cooking which helps retain moisture, is to place hot bricks or pieces of metal in the cavity of the bird. i'm off to watch a movie

coat chicken in ground : mustard garlic chili cumin ginger then dry fry until blackened hope this isn't what you always do it's been raining here since 3pm - had to go to doctor - went for lo mein came home and made some hot chocolate with some nice valhrona i borrowed from school and some vanilla sugar and marshmallows

same b'day as me

sorry about this, but the first sip of micro beers is horrible, but the rest is fine. i went to a beer festival in catford town hall and had this really strong german beer, had to down it IN ONE to move on to the next. yuck. don't remember the name.

the mrs uses a garlic press which i hate cleaning she never cleans up after i make a nice meal - most of the time - then i'm cleaning it up the next day she never buys milk when we need it - all the bloody time- milk, it's a staple she never checks the food she buys - and most of the time it's marred she doesn't understand stale - ie: never wraps food up properly she never smells anything, just uses the sell by date and it has to go, but get this, she puts it back in the fridge, why say anything in the first place?

it does nothing but put time between when the pain began, which is the process of healing. that wasn;t very elaborate was it? honestly, it can be a nightmare to try and do something worthwhile when in despair, especially cooking a nice meal when all you have is a bottomless pit called your stomach. hey, i'm being honest. but, then, gradually, after a while, you come around and start enjoying things again, esp. cooking.

just made a delicate veloute with chicken stock, pasta and little pieces of chicken poached in the veloute for a sick little girl awwwwwwwwww

jacket potatoes from the fire and toffee apples. my best bonfire night was on blackheath common where a big windmill with people living in it had to abandon and the finale was when it was lit on fire, as it became the bonfire. i just remember drinking beer that night and going to a thai restaurant.

one that comes to mind a while back was stinging nettle tea!! i've never had a mint tea quite like in morocco. and how about a nice tea stew? courtesay of nan. just remembered hearing if you are a coffee drinker and you switch to green tea, you can loose weight. oh, and my soft drink of choice is the jasmine green tea with mandarin by az