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I am a Christmas baker and have no tradition for Easter. I do a basket every year for a love bug employee who lost his mom and he always got a basket from her (Minnesota background). I do a small pot of rye seed sprouted so it looks like lush thick grass. I will go to Cost Plus World Market and get items but the baking baffles me. Ideas? This is the empty basket I found in garage that I can use. .

It is almost Mardi Gras so roux all over the internet. Yes dark nut brown is a thing. Example! https://www.food.com/recipe/microwave-roux-60992

Oh yes - I just love the mental image of green splattered everywhere. Kim can be a bit formulaic - like her quest for the Sunday sauce.https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/dining/21sauce.html

Oh I know - just not a passion/memory for me. What is Kerry's avatar - a bunny mold? And further do not get me started on red roses - ick I suppose = need a Hallmark intervention

Have you seen our blog from @markemorse https://forums.egullet.org/topic/105372-egfoodblog-markemorse/

Love those cheap things. I had a small "mandoline" that did slices one end and had a ginger grater on the other. My father in law walked off with it. My replacement not so good - but family... This is from the Japanese version of 99 cent store

Funny - I do not associate chocolate with Valentines Day but it is the Easter thing to me. Carry on! I am merely a consumer and gaping viewer.

@shain Appealing food as always. I think raw onion is quite underappreciated as an enhancer. All the talk about "taming" the workhorse vegetable. On my long list of things that make me crazy.

@Nicolai One of my favorite visuals is walking in to a Mexican diner type place at lunch and seeing the guys joyfully picking at a whole fried fish. Beer and tortillas/salsa of course on the table but the shared "feeding experience" and the grins - priceless.

Art is often a happy accident and in the eye of the beholder

Oh Ritz! Plain though for us. A a kid I never understood the cup of saltines (packed by 2's) on the table at some diners, What? They were to me matzo with salt!

'I really like Melissa but her oil/vinegar ratios need adjustment for me as well.

Too much food. Ditch everything and just fry the donuts - fried food keeps kids happy and brings out the kid in grown-ups ;). If you do the green gumbo - I like Kim's recipe and story as she takes from great ladies http://www.kimseverson.com/index.php/site/recipe/gumbo_zherbes/

No idea what Level 7 is and sis is on VA2 so can't ask. BUT Haribo I know - kinda on the same plane for us back then as finding a new Hi-Chew flavor. Beautiful plate and expertly done sandwich!

@Anna N Wow - the serving dishes alone would have made me happy. The first image - I need the glass - forget the drink. Duck laarb sounds like a plan once it gets above 45F here. My Chinese market sells legs by the piece. On the long but for sure list.

We love her for good reasons.

I am more a fan of "poor man's capers" I pickle our nasturtium seeds. https://www.gardenbetty.com/poor-mans-capers-pickled-nasturtium-pods/

I was kidding, I adore sea turtles. Lost my contacts swimming with them In mexico on my honeymoon.We have some here surprisingly https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-green-sea-turtles-20170805-story.html

Good looking food. No tortuga on the menu I hope

I live in the growing paradise of California . Garden centers have most of these plants in the small containers noted. In the spring particularly Japanese stores here like Nijiya have both seed packets and little guys. http://www.nijiya.com/c Traffic sucks but availability is astounding in this metropolis.

I think the next Yotam Ottolenghi

The type of store where you hand over your credit card to a trusted friend to act as a restrainer. My son shopped at one for a facility he worked at and his mantra was "no no no it is not on the list"..

My left hand smells like good spicy ginger. Got a hand of it in a grocery delivery. Quite juicy/ it helps that most of the shoppers are from ginger using countries. they select well. Just tucked a few maybe 16th inch planks into the broth for later.

Smart Pop Cheddar. Grape tomatoes on the side to assuage guilt.

Should be a fun round of play. Had you read about them?