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Extremely sad. And to be honest a bit disappointing. I think all of this becoming public is a shame. He has a young daughter.

@Kim Shook you have a really good daughter. I won’t leave my place for breakfast!😂 That said we went to Seasons 52 the other night for dinner and it was good and reasonably priced. There’s a Capital Grille right next to it which is expensive. My parents have avoided it because their friend had to pay a surcharge that wasn’t mentioned of $10 to cut the meat off the bone. That never would have happened if I was there and I will leave it at that as I think the Capital Grille is a lot better than Ruths Chris if I’m eating at a chain steakhouse.

@Kim Shook I love corned beef hash as well and mine comes in a can. How do you get yours so perfectly crisped?

https://people.com/food/anthony-bourdain-asia-argento-last-texts-down-and-out-in-paradise-excerpt/ I get that People isn’t exactly the best media reference but the same things have shown up on other media outlets. Asia Argento, a middle aged woman’s response to this is a disgusting Instagram post. It’s on various websites. I'm torn about reading this book, the quotes form the book in this article were hard for me to digest. Personally, I find it distasteful and disrespectful to mock the words of anyone who suffered to the point of suicide. I am unsure if I will read the book because it is I’ll be a hard read, given the article.

Of course it’s not easy. But if you are a chef, why try to be a PR person or an executive? I don’t think it takes much for anyone with humility to acknowledge they can’t do it all. I’m sure Chang out sources PR, Marketing, maybe a HR company, has a manager, etc. He certainly deals with a multitude of vendors. Part of brilliance, IMO, is treating your staff as you’d like to be treated and acknowledging that you can’t do it all. I get he was sucked into the idea that Bourdain made mainstream; chefs are now celebrities. However none of them became famous overnight. So shafting your employees to me, in this industry is especially disappointing, as someone with a BA in Restaurant and Hospitality Management. I’m not surprised but it’s still sad. IMO- Eric Ripert is the best example as a chef/ restaurant owner I can think of.

@Dejah everything about that seafood stew looks amazing but those scallops really look perfect. I love scallops but have little faith when it comes to cooking them myself.

It just seems like an abundance of carbs to me. I know carrots are super high in carbs but between the mouth feel and overall “heaviness” I don’t think I could finish a carrot in a hotdog bun. I always have Pepperage Farms puff pastry in the freezer… so it is safe to eat past the “best by” date? That pepperoni method sounds like a winner!

So he admitted he is a shitty boss? Big deal. Why not be a decent one? I worked in restaurants, particularly fine dining mostly for over a decade. He didn’t need to be a dick.

That mushroom soup and the egg fried rice look amazing. Hope they were satisfying.

That doesn’t reflect well on David Chang.

Hey I love okra and I’m what North Americans would consider a Yankee.

That’s supposed to be a meal? Where’s the food? 😳

Yes, in addition to the nationwide restaurants listed on their site that are obviously not locally available. I’ll try it this week. The town I live in currently is fairly affluent, the median home price is $900k.

That has to be frustrating. Maisey barks loudly at everyone; my idiot neighbor when I had my house always encouraged her to bark! 🙄 Wonder also partners with local restaurants for delivery. I wouldn’t sign up with them for that, doordash and UberEats tend to have discounts. I use delivery services such as Doordash often and I tip heavily. I could unpack my boxes and Cook but I’m not in the mood or mental space to do so.

I don’t. I haven’t really. Dislike living in my apartment because I don’t want up being living in one and have had some personal losses. I am wondering (hah pun unintentional) if I should try the service first and then see how they pull it off. May as well try it. Supposedly I can order and have a meal at my door in under an hour.

I wasn’t sure where to put this topic. While walking my dog I keep seeing a truck with the Wonder logo and looked it up: https://www.wonder.com It’s a dinner only, delivery service with menu items from celebrity chefs like Michael Symon and Jonathan Waxmore, Bobby Flay etc. I haven’t tried it. It’s not cheap and some meals come on China with silverware and apparently you throw the all of it back in a bag and they pick it up. It’s an interesting concept. Next time I see the van I’ll bring the dog back into the apartment so I can ask if I can check out the set up. AFAIK it’s only available in certain areas in the NYC metro area. I’m not opposed to take a hit and order from the Bobby Flay Steakhouse menu but since the truck is in my complex daily I’m going to ask to see the set up and how they reheat? Cook? Heat up? Things.

Oooof that is a rough looking meal. My sympathy and well wishes to you. My limited (🤞🏻) hospital food experience was great. I had a list of the choices of meals or could order al a carte. In the theme of KISS, my nearest hospital has amazing chicken noodle soup, a quality Caesar chicken salad, and the best, crispy tator tots and grilled cheese.

I could have sworn in a past life I started a topic like this. Generally around 7:30-8:30pm.

@liuzhou can you elaborate? How did you obtains such old cookbooks?

Anna, I have a similar frozen chicken product and I’d like to use my air fryer and not my oven. Is the chicken you buy raw when you cook it?

I absolutely agree. Plus most of the time I toss the left overs.

i actually cannot imagine the potato situation. Ages ago my ex and I went to Jamaica for two weeks and when we walked into the apartment I immediately noticed a smell. He went looking in the kitchen and yelled “go into a bathroom and close the door”. My gag reflex kicks in easily. I’m still grateful that he dealt with that. And I always check any potatoes I have.

I (think?) I may be a bit younger but I loved to those sugar dots on paper. Candy cigarettes- not so much the bubble gum ones but the sugar stick ones. I love anything banana flavored like the Now or Laters. I’d be scared they’d mess with my veneers now. Pop Rocks were always a lot of fun. A few years ago I ordered a “vintage” candy collection from Dylan’s Candy Bar and they had those wax mini bottles with sugar syrup and a Candy necklace along with a ton of things. I’m going to go brush my teeth at the thought of all this sugar! 😂

I did pick up some Chinese food but wasn’t feeling it so I had the same dinner as you. I need to replenish my cheese supply. Fortunately I have a good local source.

Wine and cheese.