Maison Rustique

Thanks to all for the updates and additional information/links. This is just horrifying.

Thanks for starting this thread. I'd just sent a message to Monica Bhide expressing my sympathies and not knowing if it was appropriate to start a thread. To all in the affected areas (or with family/friends there), please know that my heart goes out to you.

Kit, thanks for sharing that! I've never heard it before, but now have a new idea for a wedding gift!

Cupboard Love by Mark Morton, a lovely set of placemats and napkins, an embroidered kitchen towel and a vintage embroidered toaster cover. Edited to add: and a Le Creuset tea kettle--Duh!!

Bravo! Thank you so much for sharing with us.

From the website: Edited to add that the bolding in the quote is mine.

Long ago and far away, when very poor my ex and I had our first Christmas tree. We didn't have real decorations, so I made gingerbread men. They looked great until we discovered that all the ones near the bottom were disappearing thanks to the dog and a mouse!

New Crisco

I make one occasionally that goes something like this (no real recipe): green beans cooked but still crispy sliced red onion crumbled blue cheese a nice homemade vinaigrette--use whatever you like You can add other things according to taste: capers, green peppercorns, pimento or roasted red pepper, chopped boiled egg, etc. This can be served chilled or at room temp.

I never added any water and can't remember Mom adding any either. Can't remember any problems or complaints!

A Sicilian friend of mine and his family always call it that.

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Somehow I missed this thread. Wouldn't have been able to go anyway--still not able to get around on both feet. Go to the doctor tomorrow--if I get the OK to walk a bit, maybe we can make this next one on the 22nd/23rd.

Hope you have a great trip! Hopefully next time you're here, I'll be back on my two feet (have a broken one right now) and can socialize!

I ordered a pair of these last summer after reading this thread. I've used them 2 or 3 times. One of them scorched the first time I used it. And this later design with the "snap" fasteners doesn't hold in anything leaky. I put in a grilled cheese the first time and the cheese ran out the bottom. Very disappointing. Edited to add that it took a couple of emails to even get them. I paid via PayPal and it was over a month before I got them. What-his-name (Warner?) said in his last email that he'd send a free gift to compensate for the delay, but (surprise!) it never arrived.

Thanks--can't wait to try some buns!

Is it still around? For some reason I'd thought it closed quite a few years ago.

I was there years ago for a media party. (I was still in advertising.) It was quite nice, but it's been so long that I can't remember details or even which publishing company threw the party. I must say though that it wasn't nearly as nice as sailing around Boston Harbor on the Highlander II with Malcolm Forbes. edited to say that I meant I was at Club 33--not the Japanese place.

I've posted several times about the Noriega Hotel in bakersfield for Basque food. Yummy and a great value!

In all my many years I've never been a cereal fan. But (you knew there was a but coming didn't ya), I've got a new breakfast habit. Weetabix. Weetabix sprinkled with cinnamon and some Splenda. Then a splash of non-fat half and half and some non-fat milk. Then nuke it for about a minute. Almost like the cinnamon milk toast Mom used to make for us when we were sick. edited to fix typo

My stepdaughter has asked for a soup cookbook. Any suggestions?

Noriega Hotel in Bakersfield for Basque food served family-style. Not sure of the current price, but I think it's around $14.95 per person for all you can eat including wine.

Good show! Thanks for sharing this with us.

I picked up a bag of their habanero chips at Costco several months ago. I decided that it was the ideal diet potato chip--I couldn't eat more than about 3. HOT HOT HOT!!!! But yummy!

Thanks for all the helpful info!!