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Yes! "A roll of Pillsbury cookie dough in the oven" is from Clueless. "Whenever a boy comes, you should always have something baking." (It doesn't have to be edible.) Congrats, lgault!

Yep! *A gift of homemade chocolate cake (no hacksaw or file in it)* from Sounder. *Scrambled egg (one egg), black coffee, and doughnuts* from It Happened One Night. Where did you learn to dunk doughnuts, in finishing school? I still drool over Gable. Maybe it's a generational thing. insomniac, we may have to give you the title of "emeritus," and retire you.

Ready for some more? Here's one: *A gift of homemade chocolate cake (no hacksaw or file in it).* Another one: *A roll of Pillsbury cookie dough in the oven.* Still another one: *Scrambled egg (one egg), black coffee, and doughnuts.* The finale: *A ruined dinner, and chocolate chocolate chip ice cream to apologize.*

*Scotch coffee, Canadian coffee, sour-mash coffee* from Some Like It Hot. Yep. Congrats, insomniac.

Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner! Congrats, waterdogs. Macon and Muriel in The Accidental Tourist have a dinner date at Burger King in Paris, and they eat Whoppers. Macon to Muriel: "Careful, those aren't the Whoppers you're used to." All I can say is, Muriel must have really loved that guy.

Arsenic and Old Lace ← Yep, congrats, Carolyn, and WHT, too, for "Elderberry wine," the special brew the sweet little old aunts laced with arsenic.

Pulp Fiction ← Nope, sorry, WHT. There's a roundabout reference to Burger King and Paris in Pulp Fiction, but that isn't the movie I'm thinking about. This clue is straightforward. *Whoppers at Burger King in Paris* is still in play.

It's the weekend, isn't it? What else is there to do but play this game? Here's one: *Elderberry wine.* Here's another one: *Scotch coffee, Canadian coffee, sour-mash coffee.* (I'm putting asterisks * in to help the dedicated people who are keeping lists of live entries. Pontormo, does that help?)

I put this one up last night, and it's still live: *Whoppers at Burger King in Paris. *

Whoppers at Burger King in Paris.

Victor/Victoria Congrats, Carolyn!

I'll chime in here with a vote for Yank Sing. That's where I always go. The Stevenson St restaurant is smaller, quieter, and (I think) more pleasant than Rincon Center. The freshest, biggest selection of dim sum seem to come out of the kitchen at noon, then again at 1PM, so time your reservation accordingly. And yes--do make reservations. I wouldn't go here later than 1:30PM. Only a couple times I've done that, but I found the dim sum selection limited, and even a little soggy from sitting on the steam tables. Another restaurant with a good dim sum reputation, though I haven't been there in awhile: Ton Kiang, out on the avenues, not downtown. http://www.tonkiang.net/Ton%20Kiang.html Anybody else been there lately?

Kramer vs. Kramer? ← Congrats, Duck! Wow, you guys are just too good.

Here's one for you: - "I'll sleep with you for a meatball." And here's another one: - Dad's parenting skills match his ability to make French toast.

Notting Hill ← Yup! Congrats to dsquare!

How to Marry a Millonaire. ← great movie! ← Congrats to ChefCarey & nikkib, too. Here's another one: Scorched guinea fowl for dinner ("don't ask"), and brownies for dessert. There's an extra brownie for a winner who's a loser.

A classic burger with ketchup, coleslaw ("If I can get it on here"), and pickles. "As soon as I finish this, I never want to see you again."

When Harry Met Sally with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal. Our introduction to Sally as she orders her meal at a restaurant: "I'd like the chef salad, please, with the oil and vinegar on the side. And the apple pie a la mode....But I'd like the pie heated, and I don't want the ice cream on top. I want it on the side. And I'd like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it. If not, then no ice cream, just whipped cream, but only if it's real. If it's out of a can, then nothing. "

Whew, you guys are good. Here's an easy one for you: "Huge coconut cake with the tiers, and ...very rich chocolate sauce on the side."

The original NY Times article recommended a 6- to 8-quart pot (how long ago that seems). Hundreds of people have experimented with this recipe, including the devotees of this thread, and they've discovered that a smaller pot is not only possible, it may be better. The smaller the pot, the taller the loaf. This is what Mark Bittman said in his followup article in the NY Times: "THE POT -- The size matters, but not much. I have settled on a smaller pot than Mr. Lahey has, about three or four quarts. This produces a higher loaf, which many people prefer -- again, me included. I'm using cast iron. Readers have reported success with just about every available material. Note that the lid handles on Le Creuset pots can only withstand temperatures up to 400 degrees. So avoid using them, or remove the handle first. " http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricte...DAB0994DE404482 I like to use a 3-quart earthenware pot myself.

One of the most imaginative risottos I've ever eaten included red endive. This was at the Cafe Rouge restaurant in Berkeley. The risotto's ingredients (besides rice and stock) were: leeks, Portobello mushrooms, salsify (oyster plant), and red endive (endigia). The portobello mushrooms were shaved against a mandolin to form thin, long, ribbony strips. Their texture in the risotto was wonderful. The cheese, Crescenza, was not mixed into the risotto, but placed in a few cloud-like dollops on top of the hot risotto before service. Very attractive! All the colors and textures were so pleasing, and the risotto tasted delish.

The next time you are in SF, go to Zuni and try their burger. To me that's the SF burger. Then you can compare Peter Luger with Zuni, and I for one would like to hear what you have to say. (I've never tried the Peter Luger burger, but now that you've mentioned it, it goes on my list.) A digression--why do people always say apples to oranges? Why not spinach to cauliflower? or bananas to boysenberries? or carrots to endive? There's a world of food out there, eh?

A friend once made this sandwich for me: on whole wheat bread with mayo, lettuce chili pepper monterey jack, sliced 1/4" thick thinly sliced cucumber, tomato, and avocado (not too much) & a generous clump of alfalfa sprouts So simple and so delicious. This is still one of my favorite sandwiches.

I've never been to Miette. I've always looked the other way when I'm at the Ferry Bldg because I already know of many great bakeries--I don't have to add one more! But now that you have pierced my ignorance, I shall have to check out Miette on my next visit. That bread that came with the controversial chowder sure looks like Acme to me, a couple pieces off their wheat-sheaf shaped loaf. I don't know of anything else like it.

Too bad about the clam chowder. I wouldn't like it either. I'm sorry to say it does sound like inoffensive tourist fare. Hog Island's reputation is based on its business as a purveyer of oysters, which they grow in the Bay Area. It's not a restaurant chain (as far as I know), although they've set up a restaurant in the Ferry Bldg. Their business is really fresh, raw oysters, which they sell to some of the Bay Area's top restaurants. gastro, weren't you planning to eat Pacific oysters? We thought you would be safe there!