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Someone playing with their food while sheltering in place at her home; "A woman is making stunning art out of toast"

Reviving this ancient discussion to post that Canada Dry Ginger Ale has a new flavor (at least, new in my area). It's Canada Dry Ginger Ale Bold (click) Drinking it is sort of like eating candied ginger pieces, where you get that little bit of a burn or spice in the back of your throat. Truly bold compared to the original flavor. I highly recommend it.

It started with my BookBub email and then I fell down an Amazon rabbit hole. Sorry that there are so many "Slightly more expensive" listings but they popped up and I didn't want to ignore them. Feel free to ignore them if you wish. Editor-in-Chief of SAVEUR Stacy Adimando's "Piatti: Plates and platters for sharing, inspired by Italy" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes, then scroll down to see some of the recipes. Has both Imperial and Metric measurements. Slightly more expensive... "Dishoom: The first ever cookbook from the much-loved Indian restaurant" Kindle Edition $3.99US Lots of photos...Some reviews say there aren't enough recipes, that it has a lot of stories/essays in it. Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to see some of the recipes. 2 slightly more expensive cookbooks by the same author... Rachel Roddy's "Two Kitchens: 120 Family Recipes from Sicily and Rome" Kindle Edition $3.99US Please read the Amazon info about this cookbook for more details about what's in the cookbook. Rachel Roddy's "My Kitchen in Rome: Recipes and Notes on Italian Cooking" Kindle Edition $3.99US Yasmin Khan's multi-award winning "The Saffron Tales: Recipes from the Persian Kitchen" Kindle Edition $1.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Very well reviewed. Stéphane Reynaud's "One Knife, One Pot, One Dish: Simple French Feasts at Home" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to see some of the recipes. Also, please check out the reviews, especially the one negative one I saw. Slightly more expensive... From Brooklyn's Battersby and Dover fame, "Battersby: Extraordinary Food from an Ordinary Kitchen" Kindle Edition $3.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll all the way down to see chapter 1's recipe listing. Well reviewed. Food Blogger/writerLauren McDuffie's "Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest: Recipes and Stories Inspired by My Appalachian Home" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll all the way down to see chapter 1's recipe listing. There's a recipe for a Blackberry Crisp from the cookbook (plus a lot of photos) on this cookbook's Amazon info page. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

My brother grows tomatoes year round in San Diego. He is constantly in a struggle fighting rats from a nearby canyon who eat his tomatoes during the night. So he looks over his tomatoes daily and the minute he sees a tomato that has turned color by at least 10%, he cuts it off the vine and brings it into his house. He has a wicker basket (it provides air circulation) where he keeps the ripening tomatoes. Then once they fully ripen he moves them to a nearby sheet pan where they will eventually be used in salads or whatever. Don't let them ripen on the vine if you can help it. To hear your tomatoes turn black on the vine due to too much rain makes me sad.

This, or tape a piece of paper over the switch, keeping the bottom of the paper un-taped. . By the time you lift the paper up to get to the switch, you may remember you have something in the chiller. It'd make you think twice.

I have this (click) little generic timer from Amazon. When the time is up, the beep is incredibly, annoyingly loud. It does have a magnet on the back so I can put it on my stove hood at eye level. It also has a little bracket in the back so you can stand it up (tilted) on the counter. It's not a smart timer but I think I'm smart enough for the both of us.

KFC hasn't been the good ole KFC of our memories for quite some time. I'd buy it for my mom and she and I both agreed that you could barely taste the spices in the breading. I agree with @Kim Shook and @Shelby, Popeye's is so much better these days. Hopefully they have some locations in your area.

@lemniscate (and @heidih) may be on to something. Potatoes aren't just harvested and sent to market. They have to go through a curing process/storage before being sent to the grocery stores. Thirty years ago, I had a friend who tried baking a potato in her oven. It should have taken only about an hour to bake it but after the 2-hour mark it was still hard as a rock. She eventually got so frustrated she threw it in the trash. It's likely she she got a potato that wasn't processed correctly.

You should stay away from armadillos, dead or alive. They are one of the few creatures that carry leprosy bacteria. Google it. So I was in my Walmart Neighborhood Grocery store this weekend and saw one of those "grocery pick-up" employees putting together someone's order. The kid (about 18 years old) dashes over to the Produce section and grabs the first and nearest-to-him watermelon for the order he was putting together. No thumping, no looking at the yellow spot, etc. Just grab and run. This is the future of grocery shopping? Not for me.

Here's one current use for Kewpie mayo.

A new month so new offerings... The first listing is a pre-order, being released on 5-5-20: Nancy Silverton's "Cooking from Your Pantry: Delicious Meals in 30 Minutes or Less, with Ingredients from Jars, Cans, Bags, and Boxes" Kindle Edition $2.99US Michael Ruhlman's "Ruhlman's How to Braise: Foolproof Techniques and Recipes for the Home Cook (Ruhlman's How to... Book 2)" Kindle Edition $1.99US One in a series of cookbooks discussing special cooking methods. "The Farm Cooking School" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. This one is slightly more expensive: "The Complete Milk Street TV Show Cookbook (2017-2019): Every Recipe from Every Episode of the Popular TV Show" Kindle Edition $3.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to see recipes. Andrew Rea's "Binging with Babish: 100 Recipes Recreated from Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down a little to see the list of recipes. Continue to scroll down to see recipes. (You may see a slightly different price than what I've posted. I have a credit so Amazon is doing the math for me) This one is slightly more expensive: "Favorite Recipes from Melissa Clark's Kitchen: Family Meals, Festive Gatherings, and Everything In-between" Kindle Edition $3.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Scroll down to see recipes. "The Farm Girl's Guide to Preserving the Harvest: How to Can, Freeze, Dehydrate, and Ferment Your Garden's Goodness" Kindle Edition $1.99US Amazon info says there are 30 recipes in this cookbook. I assume everything else is about the how-to using-the-what. Only 20 recipes in this one: "100% Chocolate Lover's Book: Chocolate Guide for Beginners – #2020 Interesting Facts About Chocolate, Tips, Benefits and Collection of the Best Sweet and ... Making Pastry Recipes (DIVINE AROMA Book 2)" Kindle Edition $0.99US "The Easy Italian Cookbook: 100 Quick and Authentic Recipes" Kindle Edition $0.99US Regarding the title, I wasn't sure if they meant an Italian with loose morals, or that the Italian recipes are easy...just kidding. Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. This has been posted before. It is currently slightly more expensive than the usual bargain cookbooks. Vivian Howard's "Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South" Kindle Edition $3.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Continue to scroll down to see recipes. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

@chromedome, Thank you for posting this. I can already see changes happening. While the article's author says that the mom & pop restaurant will become a thing of the past, I say the proverbial pendulum swings both ways. They will return, some may actually survive. And his assertion that grocery delivery is the future ain't going to happen with me. You want me to trust some kid to pick out a nice watermelon or head of lettuce? They don't know what they're doing and even if they did I wouldn't trust them to do it right.

Isn't that interesting? Americans put lots of sugar on their french fries, too...in the form of ketchup.

Thanks! How could I have missed this 13 years ago? ' edited to add: Paula Wolfert! She participated in that discussion. It was wonderful to see her, @Fat Guy and @Abra again. I'd forgotten the giants that have walked the halls of this forum. Thanks Heidi!

You sent me down a Google rabbit hole referencing "saba". I like a little shot of balsamic vinegar on my buttered Brussel sprouts. Not a lot of vinegar...enough to cut the richness of the butter but not overpower the flavor. Looks good!

Kim, please don't ever apologize for liking Hamburger Helper. Some days we're Ina Garten in the kitchen and others days we're Sandra Lee or Paula Deen. All of it's good as long as we're making it for people we love. I also enjoy it and also make it every once in awhile. My mom made a lot of it back in the 70's. She would also take some eggy bread rolls, slice them and dip them in a melted butter (actually, she would use margarine ) and garlic powder mixture and brown them in a skillet on the stove to serve along side. It was Texas Toast before Texas Toast became a thing. To me it's one of my comfort foods and it's one of yours, as well. So enjoy it without any guilt.

So Amazon has this "Great on Kindle" thing going and when you buy certain Kindle versions of books, you get a (small) credit towards a book in their "Great on Kindle" section. While I was perusing the section this morning, I saw these two books and thought I would post them in case anyone is interested. I don't know how long they will be on sale: Anthony Bourdain's "A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal" Kindle Edition $1.99US (price before credit, if you have one, applied) Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly" Kindle Edition $1.99US (price before credit, if you have one, applied) I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

Look away, @liuzhou ! Avert your eyes!

"Tiramisu Oreos Are FINALLY Here, and We Already Can’t Get Enough" And they mention a second new flavor which is really gilding the already-gilded lily: The Fudge-Covered Dark Chocolate cookies are supposed to be available on the Walmart web site. Part of the attraction, to me, of the Dark Chocolate Oreos was the aroma of the cookie. Just opening the package and inhaling it was better than any mantra or meditation out there. So now I wonder if the fudge covering hides that aroma? If anyone orders/buys them, please report back.

If anyone is still in their planting or pre-planting stage, I thought this article about planting certain plants/veggies/herbs together benefits each other, was interesting: "Plants You Should Always Grow Side-by-Side" I had heard this about "friendly" planting years ago with tomatoes, garlic and oregano (I believe). The companion plants coincidentally go well together in the kitchen. Anyone else hear of this?

There was an ancient eGullet discussion concerning frozen pizza and I remember a lot of people liking the Freschetta brand. I read the same article and about the Red Baron brand placing high on the list. It was a favorite of my niece's when my mom babysat her over the years.

It's not even a new month, yet, and there are a lot of new (inexpensive) cookbooks... I fell down an Amazon rabbit hole thanks to my BookBub weekend emails and found quite a number of cookbooks: Slightly more expensive: Ina Garten's "Cook Like a Pro: Recipes and Tips for Home Cooks: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook" Kindle Edition $4.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to see the first chapter ("Cocktails") recipe list and some of the recipes. The low(er) price is a surprise as it's a relatively new cookbook. You currently get a $0.50 credit when you purchase this Kindle Cookbook. Slightly more expensive: "The River Cottage Australia Cookbook" Kindle Edition $3.03US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes (NOTE: The listing is in light colored text and may be difficult to read). Slightly more expensive: "Let's Stay In: More than 120 Recipes to Nourish the People You Love" Kindle Edition $3.99US Use the "Loook Inside" feature. No listing of recipes, but they're grouped by occasion. Scroll down to see the first chapter recipe list followed by some recipes. Slightly more expensive: From another London eatery, "POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts) 1st Edition" Kindle Edition $3.03US Use the "Look Inside" Feature and scroll down to see some recipes. NOTE measurements are metric. "Easy Chinese Cookbook: Restaurant Favorites Made Simple" Kindle Edition $0.99US There is a recipe for Egg Drop Soup on this cookbook's Amazon info page. Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. From the Great British Baking Show's Merry Berry - "Baking with Mary Berry: Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and Pastries from the British Queen of Baking" Kindle Edition $1.99US (A lot of other Bake Off-related cookbooks are on sale, as well) Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Also, scroll down to see the many "how to" photographs in the cookbook. From London, "The Borough Market Cookbook: Recipes and stories from a year at the market" Kindle Edition $0.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll all the way down to the bottom to see one of the recipes from the cookbook. NOTE: Measurements look to be metric/weights. Also from the UK, Channel 4's cooking star/host "Liam Charles Second Helpings: 70 wicked recipes that will leave you wanting more" Kindle Edition $0.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes and scroll down to see recipes. From Holland, Yvette van Boven's "Home Made in the Oven: Truly Easy, Comforting Recipes for Baking, Broiling, and Roasting" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the unusual list of recipes (seasonal by month) and scroll down to see recipes. From the UK's "Olive" Magazine, "Olive: 100 of the Very Best Chicken Recipes" Kindle Edition $0.99US Don't bother using the "Look Inside" feature, the content isn't there. From the Central London restaurant by the same name "Death by Burrito" Kindle Edition $0.99US Measurements are metric/by weight. Use the "Look Inside" Feature to see the list of recipes and scroll down to see some recipes. From NYC's BarBacon, "The Bacon Bible: More than 200 recipes for bacon you never knew you needed" Kindle Edition $2.99US If you ever wanted to make your bacon, this may be the cookbook for you. There are also lots of recipes using bacon as an ingredient. Use the "Loook Inside" feature to see the list of recipes then scroll down to see recipes. Anna Del Conte's "Classic Italian Recipes: 75 signature dishes" Kindle Edition $1.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to see a recipe. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary. edited to add one more: Slightly more expensive: "Date Night In: More than 120 Recipes to Nourish Your Relationship" Kindle Edition $3.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list (in a very small font) of recipes and scroll down to see lots of recipes. Note measurements are metric.

Yes. I suppose I could crack them open (like a sunflower seed) and just eat the inner seed, but then I sometimes eat the entire sunflower seed, hull and all. I guess it depends on my mood.

Currently snacking on BIGS Slightly Salted Pumpkin Seeds. The shell is edible so I eat it all. Fiber!

Amen to that! I also despise the little green balls of despair.