[Pizza Hut - The Topic]

19 hours ago, Toliver said:

Has anyone else in Southern California noticed the fee? How do you feel about it? 

 

Yes, I've seen the fee and I do find it annoying.  I thought that the corporate office might have imposed price controls that prevented the owner from raising prices so a service charge was the only way to go.  However, last week, I was in New York State and noticed that the pizza was priced higher back there than it is here in So Cal, by about the same 5% as that "service charge."   Apparently this owner has chosen to do business in California but wants to publicly grouse about the state's business policies.   I'd prefer that he call it a "whiney-ass-cry-baby charge or go buy himself 224 Pizza Hut stores in another state. 

[Breakfast 2019]

24 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

 

Toasted bacon bread?

 

I bought the bread at a local bakery and they incorporate a generous amount of bacon in the loaf, made with a Sonora/Red Fife whole grain blend that they grow and mill.  

There's a picture of the unadorned toast back in this post. 

Next time, I'll try to capture it sizzling so deliciously when it comes out of the CSO!

[Breakfast 2019]

Another version of Avocado Kimchi Toast, this time on toasted bacon bread with an egg on top:

The basic recipe is from Julia Turshen's Small Victories

[Mascarpone as sub for clotted cream?]

I have tried this.  It's nice.  It's not clotted cream.

[Cottage Cheese is the New Greek Yogurt]

1 hour ago, chefmd said:

I am currently vacationing in California and found what I assume is Cowgirl creamery cottage cheese

Thanks for sharing that photo.  I rather doubt that I'll find it this far south, but at least I know what to look for!

[Japanese dollar stores outside of Japan]

39 minutes ago, rotuts said:

I love the idea of the 

 

Japanese dollar stores outside of Japan

Id enjoy a perusal

 

Im guessing they have not arrived in N.E.

 

There is a nice distribution of Daiso shops in the LA area:

[Breakfast 2019]

Avocado & kimchi toast:

[Japanese dollar stores outside of Japan]

Here's what I picked up on a recent visit to my local Daiso

Probably not as large as the one that @Anna N & @Kerry Beal visited but still plenty of interesting gadgets to capture my interest!

[Rancho Gordo: Beans and More]

30 minutes ago, Shelby said:

My bean club box just arrived .  Very exciting.  

I just got an email that mine is out for delivery. I just got on a plane in Washington DC so I should have a treat welcoming me when I get home!

[Dinner 2019]

Not my cooking, but an excellent dinner out in my hometown

Duck Leg Confit & Grilled Housemade Chorizo Sausage - with duck stock reduction & apple-mango chutney, toasted potatoes & carrots. Not sure the snow peas belonged with this dish, but they were fine. 

Edited to add this link to the restaurant site. 

The chef/owner has been with the business for 30 years and many of the kitchen staff have been with him for 15, 20 years or more. He’s a childhood friend who grew up in the old ‘hood so I like to eat here whenever I’m in town. Doesn’t hurt that it’s the best food around!

[Can This Bunny Be Saved?]

Looks like a boy bunny to me. 

[The Ladies Who Lunch (Part 3)]

9 hours ago, Katie Meadow said:

Then there are those rogues who try to sneak in avocado. I say, let them eat toast.

 

I guess that would be me.  I recently made the Greenest Goddess Dressing/Dip from Tartine All Day. Recipe available online here. I used homemade aïoli and sour cream. I and my friends thought it was delicious as a dip with some citrus arancini and raw vegetables (previously shared here over in the avocado cook-off.)  

We did not try it on toast 🙃 but it would be great on a chicken sandwich, for sure.

[Can This Bunny Be Saved?]

7 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

I do take a lot of stuff to the hospital to work on - but I haven't got the counter space there for chocolate.

Dang....I was hoping for a “Take Your Bunny to Work” thread 🙃

[A food processor that isn't ugly to look at]

The additional accessories included with the non-US version make it more attractive to me than the design alone. 

[Can This Bunny Be Saved?]

Can you affix a little backpack/basket to his back/front and pipe decorative straps to disguise the cracks?

[Aprons: Do you use one?]

I have one like this and quite like it, though I usually don't think to put it on until I've already gotten something on my clothes 🙃

[Breakfast 2019]

I also had an airport breakfast - Huevos Rancheros, rice & beans from Loteria Grill @ LAX

No amazing plating but it will keep me safe from plane food!

[Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat]

32 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Where can one find Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez making soup?

 

On Instagram, apparently.

[St. John VI restaurants]

Another thank you from me.  Your food photos are amazing as usual and the before and after photos are striking.  Thanks for sharing!

 

[Camping, Princess Style]

32 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

My childhood was scarred by Howard Johnson's serving 28 flavors of ice cream in heated metal cups.

 

Interesting.  Our HoJo's had icy cold metal cups - like your tongue could get stuck to them!

[Chocolates with that Showroom Finish, 2012 –]

11 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I still await interior pictures of my baby.

 

 

This video of a guy breaking his chocolate egg made me think of you: https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/b2smef/this_guy_breaking_open_chocolate_eggs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

 

 

 

[Ideal stove control?]

I have no personal input for you and this may go beyond what you are doing but for another perspective, you may want to listen to Episode 358 of Dave Arnold's Cooking Issues podcast where a vision challenged user called in looking for an induction unit with a knob rather than a membrane touch pad, or some other way to get positive, non-visual, feedback from adjustments.  It's not a specific need that I have but I can imagine it being useful for many people.

[Cottage Cheese is the New Greek Yogurt]

I understand there have been diet associations with cottage cheese which would taint it for anyone singled out and required to eat it but I was still really surprised that the college students refused to buy it because they didn't want to be seen with it in the grocery store. 

 

This did bring back memories of a "Cheese Danish" recipe that Weight Watchers used to promote - basically cottage cheese with a little vanilla & cinnamon broiled on raisin bread toast.  This version calls for ricotta but is basically the same thing.  

It is very, very far from a Danish pastry but it wasn't a bad breakfast.  I may have to revisit that one!

[Cottage Cheese is the New Greek Yogurt]

Interesting article, @Alex, thanks for sharing.  I'd never really thought about how cottage cheese was made and didn't realize that curds and "dressing" are made separately and then mixed together. 

I like an occasional summer meal of fruit, especially melon, and cottage cheese but I don't keep it on hand regularly.  It always seems to go off rather quickly and grows weird pink slime.

[What Are You Cooking Sous Vide Today? (Part 3)]

On 3/23/2019 at 11:10 AM, rotuts said:

the rabbit i bought , at the time

 

came from a high-end meat market in the area I grew up in

 

I used to see frozen rabbit from Pel-Freez Foods in grocery stores. I haven't seen it since their animal welfare concerns but they are apparently still in business. 

The name always caught my eye as we used to have Pel-Freez prepare custom antibodies when I worked in the lab.    I always wondered if they used the same rabbits to make antibodies and then sold the meat.