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I wasn't saying that at all. My point was made when it was said that children need to be taught when to stop eating. That is a major part of a solid food and nutritional education. We've had our children in many public and private school systems in the country, and few of them dealt much with the effects of what happens when one overfeeds and underuses the body. Underfeeding it is discussed but overfeeding is pretty much ignored. I was happy to see that the middle school here spent a portion of time in the health classes talking about attitudes toward people ... and included fat or obese people in the mix.

Thank you for the ride, Ms. Megan. It's been a pleasure.

Pop Tarts, of course! (Untoasted, in honor of season 1 when the toaster broke and Lorelei compared it to living in hell ...) Megan, this is a great blog. I'm enjoying looking at your life from up this way. You've got quite a gift! Your blog is making me miss a couple of things about being 25 again and one is the ability to whoop it up all night and recover in a few hours. Keep on going, girl! Fab.

Above snipped, of course.I so agree with this point. I do know lots of parents who've quit smoking because their kids were relentless about it. (I know many more who resorted to sneaking smokes to get them off their backs.) I so agree with this as well. But I often wonder if the "fat is a disability" contingent is keeping this from happening. The issue seems to be that saying fat is caused by overeating and lack of exercise is taboo. Obesity is is genetic, a disease, etc., but you don't bring it on yourself through learned bad behavior ( ).

this is a joke, right? Feeling chided and rightly so, I went back and read the links. Yes, this is being targeted to convenience stores and yes, it would be nice to have fruit available. I used to commute, via car, 100 miles a day and all I could easily get at the gas station was pretzels. I somehow can't see a kid choosing a banana at a convenience store, though. Maybe it's because food outside the house was such a big deal for us as kids that I only bought food at the 7-11 when it was those wonderful soft stick pretzels in little wax bags ... And count me among the "wrap the apple" and "wrap the orange" parents.

MST3K for the Food network. Who wants to do it with me?

I'm cheering here. Finally, FINALLY, someone gets it. I am so glad to see that someone who people actually listen to, is speaking out about this. i've long held the belief that nutrition and food should be part of what these kids are learning, in a positive way. The tough part is going to be getting this out of the PTA's hands. It doesn't belong there. It belongs with curriculum development professionals, and pros in the culinary field. Our district ... grrr. Don't get me started. There is a panel. They do almost nothing. I was amused by the "can Gatorade be considered a juice? Should it?" discussion, and the detailed description of what the vendors may consider to be a portion of fruit juice. I could write for an hour about this.

Wow, Megan. What a great time you're showing us! Keep 'em coming -- and glad you're feeling better. Nicely done!

I wonder how many people will fall for this. Oh, how I'd love to see the market research/panel reports on this big idea. I'm constantly amazed at the number of people in groceries, who buy items priced per pound, in whatever sized bundle they're presented in. I've been gently chided by other customers when they've seen me do such horrible things as pull a bunch of bananas apart to purchase 3 at a time, and unwrap the asparagus to choose the spears I want. Lookout, Fabby! Here comes the produce police! Of course, this will give the "experts" on all the TV shows something to natter on about. Can't you see the Pros and Cons debated on Live At Five?

Frankie Johnson's FireHouse Diner (with a blinky neon 'u' while everything else stays lit). But what would people go there to "eat"? Hooters has it's wings... ← jsolomon, you are too much! to eat: Sausages, natch. Weenies, as Fistfulla' suggested. And Cockles ... Now, what would the waiters wear?

And I love to hear this, too. Thank you!

Of course! Albano Appliances in Pound Ridge, NY. They've got one on the floor that they just installed. We'll have to do a major electrical upgrade in the house as it is. Mmmm ... Porsches.

And here I sit, remembering that movie, "Happy Endings." Mine would be banana ice cream with fudge swirls and broken-up bits of fried wonton skins, for crunch. I would call it, "what Fabby fried herself for dessert last night." (banana-ganache wontons ... oooh, baby.)

Well: the issue has been resolved. Liebherr, two 24" units, top refrigerator and bottom freezers. Four doors, total. Lookie Here -- Yippee skippee!

Once again, I'm glad mine are the ages they are. Geez, though, unsanitary homes? By health department standards, all homes are unsanitary, even if a neatfreak lives there. I wonder if the school was sued? Where we used to live, bake sales were banned because they fit the "food product offered for sale" rule. Yeah, and still, half the caterers I competed against were cooking from their homes.

What he said. When my sons were little, they refused school food so I packed their lunches. I was very happy to learn that in every school they attended, "swapping" was forbidden. Yeah, sure, the kids found a way around it but they still understood our expectations and decisions, and I was amazed at how they respected it (usually - they are normal, yanno!). Kids have an awful lot of choices these days, don't ya think?

Frankie Johnson's.

I find nothing -- but nothing -- about these, review-wise. I know no one who has one. Are they expensive or hard to maintain? Are they worth the $$; do they last? The company has been selling them for about 5 years, but I dont' know anyone, anywhere, who'se had experience with one. Again I turn to you, kind eG people who are currently holding my hand through the refrigeration selection. I do like my press pot, but Mr. FFB won't use it. Thanks in advance --

I had the teapot-on-the-burner, too, until my last house that had electric-coil elements on the stove top (four houses ago, that was). It fit them perfectly and seemed to just belong there. I don't know why I did it -- I come from coffee drinkers, all. Sigh. Mr. Fab has lots of weird food habits; here my favorite: He puts coffee into an old Borden sherbet container, that he got from when he worked for borden about 10 years ago. He takes the coffee from the bag and puts it straight into the container. Of course, the container doesn't hold an entire pound of coffee, but that doesn't stop him. It's hilarious, and we tease him about it a lot. He can't relax if we hide his container. He also has to measure the coffee with a coffee scoop tablespoon that his mother gave him a while ago. He won't use a half-cup measure, he carefully measures out eight tablespoons of coffee, every time. He's convinced that it tastes better this way.

Megan, I'm very excited to read your blog. What a wonderful, vicarious thrill I'll get from this. When you go to Babbo, do NOT tell Mario that I had a dream about him. Oh -- and when you go to Pegu, if that one really big bartender is still there, get a shot of his pose when he shakes his thang (the cocktail shaker! Get your minds out of the gutter ...) The man really gets down and goes.

And do this demographic actually buy anything besides downloads for their iPods, time for Xbox360, and concert/movie tickets? Hell, they can see all the ta-tas they want online. I've always had respect for the professional women out there who don't "strip to sell." There are just fewer of them, it seems.

Ahem. That would be Sandee. Brilliant is right, Project.

Oh, man. You're right. Thank you for the gentle correction, Chezcherie! I'm definitely in the throes of appliance fatigue, getting my ranges mixed up!. (that Thermador dial bugs me more than the blue knobs. My last Thermador was in brass trim and I loved it, every bit of it.) Daddy-A, thank you for the clickie. It's a great site. Traulsen was on my list of "Have to Have," and I do like the way they look; the noise was presented as an issue so I fuhgodaboudit. Now, it may be a possibility ... Good grief, this was easier when there was less to choose from. The remodel has gone from "BTDT, never again" to "OMG! The cabinets are pulling out of the walls, I've had to unload dishes from two upper cabinets already; the drawer fronts come off in my hands, and that lovely cream color was pure white, 20 years ago." So, I've stopped cursing about it, bit the bullet and hired a couple of architects who listen to me, and who "get it." It's a lot of fun. Now.

Oh, very nice! I guess, though, it's really a SZ? Or the same guts, at least (Thermador/Wolf/SubZero)? Since my cabinets are going up on legs, though, I want the refrigerator to be up on legs too. Even when I haven't had "done" kitchens, I've installed some sort of Thermador range. I got hooked on them when they were the only dual-fuel I could find. The new ones with their blue knobs and little analog dial bother me, a lot, and I doubt I'll get one in this kitchen.

You have one in your home??? [jealous, jealous] What about noise? How in the world did SZ manage to make a home version of this, which is what it looks like to me ... and make it heavier? I don't understand the electrical stuff; does this mean it works with standard household electrical? (We already know we'll have to do some electrical revamping, but the house probably needs it anyway. ) My kitchen is going to be open to the wet bar/sitting room, the front foyer, and the outside. Trying to decide now if 40 acres of stainless is going to work. We need to keep it professional but soft. I'd considered glass doors, which I love. My last SZ was built into cabinets and I loved it.