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Damn! A government organization that actually works! Ben

Excelent timing, I just picked up my monthly cheese ration from Whole Foods yesterday. I look forward to my own farmhouse cheddar when I return home. I must check out those crackers. Ben

Let's not kid ourselves; this is all leading to Klink's Bacon Factory you know. I have been wanting to make my own bacon since I saw Alton Brown do in in a set of gym lockers. Ben

No Stella, Steve K stands by 100% of what he wrote and so does his editor (that would be me). I'm sure he considers this piece an incredible success, as do I. I appreciate all the enthusiastic commentary here and hope we'll do many more pieces that elicit this kind of response -- and we've added first-time readers who said they never read us, no less. This is great. So is your goal of these new pieces to create train wreck threads on the board now? Isn't this why we got rid of OTC? I honestly dont see the value added.

In my opinion, this thread has diverted far from food. Ben

I just checked out the Le Pichet inspection and think that all of those are minor infractions. The largest total points on a visit was 10. Mistral is one of the cleanest kitchens that I know and it had a 3 at most. I would say that both of those scores are stellar considering it takes 35 red points (most of Le Pichet were blue) to warrant any kind of action. Ben

heh heh, check out Bahn Mi 88. Tee hee. Ben

I am back from Vancouver and I want to say that I had a great time! A significant majority of this was due to my dinner at West. I still need to put together my full review, but suffice it to say I had a wonderful time. Thanks to all who were involved in such a great evening! More to come soon. Ben

I completely disagree with you on Glo's food. They only do breakfast, and I think it's a notch above most places. Even their scrambled eggs are more delicious than anywhere else. I'd like to know how they do that! It's practically across the street from me and I've been there many times in the last 6 years. THAT SAID, if you don't go very early in the morning, you're out of luck. I think it's insane how long people will wait to eat there when yes, El Greco, is right up the street. I'm sure there are people who have a 3- to 4-hour breakfast experience at Glo's on Sunday. El Greco has well-crafted, classy breakfasts. They don't believe in the giant farmer breakfast. You will be sated but not stuffed when you leave. The service is just okay, certainly not stellar, and always has been. They have very good coffee. I am all about the toast at Glo's. I am kinda neutral on their egg dishes, I think that they are overcooked more often than not. Ben

I like the pistol, it has a nice floral aspect to it that I really enjoy. Ben

I ordered Katie a chocolate assortment from Le Maison du Chocolat and it arrived in the nick of time! Oh man, that is great stuff. Great rec FG! So far we have tried: Plain Dark Ganache, Ganache w/ rasberry puree, dark chocolate covered praline, fresh coffee ganache, and caramelized butter ganache. Ben

I walked by last night and there were a couple people inside eating. I only saw one dish that looked like a kind of salad. The interior looked kind of akward for vietnamese. Probably worth a try though! Ben

An interesting tip I saw once on a Martha Stewart show was to form your burgers around a little pat of flavored butter such as blue cheese butter. It results in a really juicy burger. As for cooking on the stovetop, I dont really do it too often and need practice myself. Ben

Gohan? I am assuming this is the Japanese name for rice? Ben

Not much to the chili, but if it allows you to find your soul mate... what the hell.

Simpson's Food guide Links to episodes with descriptions of food they ate. Scroll down for Simpson's recipes. My favorite is the recipe for Homer's Space Age(out of this world) Moon Waffles.

Wha, no coyote spirit guide? I guess you will have to eat the insanity peppers now. Ben

Not all of us are so lucky! It was not my first sandwich, I have managed to wrangle myself down there at odd times when I can make it. I would say it is my 4th or 5th one. Katie got me the Salumi salami with fresh motz! oh baby. The soup was a giant bean soup of some kind. Also very tasty. Ben p.s. Klink, you better be careful or I am going to start calling you to bring me sandwiches!

Fugu Me! Ben

Oohh, I gotta try that! Ben

My sweet sweet Katie suprised me at work today with a Salumi sandwich and their daily soup. Can the world get any better? Ben

Did anybody listen to this on Saturday? Ben

The new West Web site is up as of today! West not Ouest! Ben

I found a review of West in this week's Vancouver Straight: West Review It looks like they like it! Only 100 hours to go until I get to eat there. Ben

Yeah and you can look at that sweet sweet markup...ouch, my ass! Ben