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Magnifying glass app on my phone does the trick when needed (it basically hijacks the camera function, very simple, and free to download). Have used the flashlight function more than once in restaurants, too.

Cacio e pepe puffs were blech. I mindlessly munched through a bunch, realized they really didn't taste enough of cheese to keep eating them, and threw the remainder out. Only $1.99, so no great loss.

Chopped Greek salad with chickpeas, leftover rotisserie chicken.

Lance Nekot cookies - lemon creme - were pretty good, if memory is correct. Haven't had them in years, though. I can imagine that the Oreo version is very sweet and lacking in lemon flavor.

Overwhelming beauty. So nice to see a place so different, truly defines "exotic" across the board in landscape and food.

As a follow up, the Shiksa enjoyed her first bowl of matzoh ball soup. She's thinking of converting for the food, now😁

Our local bagel place, which isn't up to NYC standards but is pretty good, used to have bialys - haven't checked recently if they still make them. IIRC, the owners were Turkish. Anyhow, unlike a fresh bagel, which I will never toast, I like my bialy very toasted, heavy on the cream cheese. My late Grandfather was a bialy fan. Nice memories.

The matzoh farfel and mushroom dressing, turmeric gives it a nice color.

Correct, as @weinoo points out, the product I will use is matzoh crushed into small pebbles. The remainder from the canister is destined for a granola-like treatment, which is another way to add flavor, lots of honey/sugar and spices.

Thanks for the notes, I will be heading to Asheville for a wedding in October, and staying a couple of days.

Farfel used instead of bread cubes, mixed with chicken stock and sauteed veg, butter (because we aren’t Kosher) and baked so the top/edges crisp. I prefer it to the more typical kugels, which are dense. Just a nice savory side dish that goes well with borh chicken and beef. I guess you could look at it as another form of “the bread of our affliction”🤣

Going to my parents’ house. There will be 9 of us, including my stepson’s fiance who was raised devoutly Christian and is now more or less agnostic, it is her first Passover experience. I will be making farfel dressing with mushrooms and a simple apple/walnut charoset to bring.

desk breakfast - rice cakes, homemade hummous, salsa. Everyone laughs at rice cakes, but the ones from Lundberg actually have flavor and don't crumble like crazy.

Wild Fork opened a brick and mortar store 5 minutes from my office, looking forward to getting over there for some fish.

I took a class on how to make macarons at Sur la Table in February 2020, just before everything shut down. Whether you think they are "worth the trouble" depends on how you look at them - triumph of technique merged with proper balance of flavor in a small bite...or a fussy little cookie. I found the process fascinating, and given more free time, I'd like to do more experimentation. As you noted on your first taste, the incorrect use of a flavoring can leave one wondering what the hype is about. When I've had ones with well-balanced and creative flavors, combined with the properly textured shell, I found them a joy to experience. I'm predisposed to small bites, so the concept fits my preferences.

Would have been better on a day that was a bit cooler, but Saturday I roasted the bone in turkey breast I had gotten for free at Thanksgiving. “Little potato company” small red potatoes roasted as the turkey rested, green beans. Heated some homemade gravy that I had saved in the freezer. Really good, I’ve had good luck with keeping the turkey nice and moist. Regretfully, forgot the cranberry sauce, but that will keep another year.😁 Now I have room in the freezer for making ice cream or pops!

Same here, Shoprite last weekend, no limes, but plenty of nice lemons. In the vein of filling the empty slots, lemons were in the spot where limes should have been. Along with where they belong.

Today at Whole Foods there were only 3 containers of whipped cream cheese (their own brand). I'm pretty happy using spreadable goat cheese, so I'll wait it out.

Similarly, cherry tomatoes purchased at the supermarket were much better than the grape tomatoes. I've been disappointed with tomatoes on the vine, as well.

Today’s missing product at Shop Rite (of the items I shop for) was whipped cream cheese. Not a single tub of any brand, and the shelf space was being filled by various flavors of spreadable Philadelphia Brand, which makes me think it isn’t expected back for a while. Not having bought it for a couple of months, not sure if this is an ongoing issue.

Bay scallops and spinach with Barilla chickpea pasta.

Pi Day is huge in Princeton, since Einstein spent quite a bit of time living here. Many of the local bakeries have some kind of pie specials.

Agree with @gfweb, if you read Jim Leff’s blog, the overlords’ primary concern was increasing ad revenue. The “old time” posters were not wanted, the way they used the site was not promoted, they wanted as many new eyeballs as possible.

Picked up some hot cross buns from the local ShopRite supermarket near my office (seasonal guilty pleasure, good with tea) and it amused me that the container has a Kosher hechsher on it. That would be the definition of irony. I'm guessing it is because this particular location has a Kosher section with a Rabbi in residence and the baked goods are all displayed in one common area.

Spotted at Walmart today…”fruity cereal” Kit Kats. I guess inspired by Fruity Pebbles cereal. The thought made my teeth hurt.