NeroW

$79???? Now I'm with NeroW. I want a wine clip! SethG, we're not going to get one.

I want a wine clip!

I want a Wine Clip!

I'm thinking about bringing a few sheet pans of hot apps that we can pop in the oven to feed the starving masses. That way I won't be jostling for burners with everyone at the last minute.

Chicago Cafe Bolero, Western & Lyndale An excellent Mojito. And ladies (and men), check out this bartender! Hot damn! Club Lago, Chicago & Superior The fabulous Guido and John Carlos Nardini. My favorite. These guys know how to pour.

That's awesome! Where was the parfait placed? Do you have a picture?

What does he use it for? Give us some recipes!

That . . . just doesn't sound right. Well, you gotta get a really big juicer, see...

Harold's. It's not scary.

Hey, if everyone starts asking for help on their culinary school homework assignments, no one will get any help! I'll think about this. I would've picked crepes suzette too, but you're right, I bet everyone else will.

Yeah, FG. Are you sure you weren't tripping out? Just kidding. The visiting Chef from LCB London made a giant Halloween chocolate sculpture today here at school, looked like a witch's hat, but we didn't get to eat it, so I guess it doesn't count.

Damn, that sounds good! I've never heard of that.

That . . . just doesn't sound right.

Yes. Let us.

I'm willing to taste the milk, but what about the cheese? And is it really free? I know some young folks who've recently had babies. I don't think they would call breast milk free.

I'm going to pick Opera. I love Opera. That kung pao beef is the shit.

So?

Count me (us) in for Saturday, as you said. Taking the Amtrak from Chicago to Kalamazoo on Friday. Boy has jury duty, and what with my early evening arrival in Kalamazoo, the jury duty, etc., there's little chance of us making it to Grand Rapids in time for Friday's dinner. What are we doing on Saturday? This thread is long and confusing! Whom should I PM for details?

I like the name mitten, mitten. I need to get some mittens soon.

You're moving to Evanston?

I like Gerber banana, plum, and pear. I keep on trying to think of legitimate uses for them, but I can't.

I'm in I'm in.

Holy shit in aspic! I give up.

I'm a lady, but not those ladies. Matthew, you missed my companion, the Boy. And perhaps one other companion--my excellent (and lurking) friend, whom we call the Hobbit. She lives in Grand Rapids. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the Boy and I won't be there in time for Friday night festivities (plus, we won't have seen each other in two weeks by that time , and I don't want to gross any of y'all out). But Saturday, bright and early as I can drag his ass out of bed. He told me he was coming along, so he'd better be. And even if he ain't, I is.

I *hate* it when my fave hymns don't happen!