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"Water Weight"
I find that my scale, too, clings to the first reading, even as I take off clothing that certainly weighs more than 1/10, 2/10, 3/10 of a pound. I think the scale shows tenths of a pound because it looks fancier, but it's not always taking such a precise reading.
First-trimester hounding
Yes, hopefully just one more month! But even if it just gets better slowly over time, it will feel incredible. People ask me how I feel, and I say, "Oh, SO much better, I'm only somewhat exhausted, and I'm only nauseous for about 5 hours a day." When they see that I'm seriously pleased to report that, they look at me like I'm crazy :)
First-trimester hounding
For me, full-fat plain yogurt was a useful option (might as well eat the good stuff, especially if you're struggling to get enough calories) and had good protein/calcium. Cottage cheese was good for protein and was also really palatable. I ate lots of toasted bagels and cream cheese. Scrambled eggs (I made them with butter and cheese) were good, and easy to make when I had no energy to cook. I found a place near my office that sold fresh made oatmeal (Pret A Manger - not sure if you have that chain), and that was helpful. String cheese. Frozen fruit and yogurt smoothies. A nutritionist recommended chicken salad and egg salad, since cold food is sometimes more appealing (but neither really did it for me). Ginger candies and real natural ginger ale were helpful. Unfortunately, to answer your last question, you may just have to put your food love on hold for a while :) Good luck!
Amazing Pie Recipe calls for uncooked eggs, how safe is this?
I seem to recall Marion Nestle explaining in her book "What to Eat" that much of the problem with eggs comes from when they are stored with eggs from a gazillion other farms in an industrial facility, and all of a sudden one farm's problem is shared among all the eggs. I believe she suggested that farmers market eggs were in part safer merely because they hadn't been exposed to other eggs. So, for a recipe that calls for raw eggs, maybe shell out a couple extra bucks for eggs at the farmer's market?
Cocktails in Flatiron district
Craft Bar is at 20th and Bway, just south of Eataly. Not sure how their cocktails are specifically, but thought it might fit the bill.
[edit]... on second thought, since it's also a restaurant, maybe it'll be too hard to squeeze in on Valentines Day?
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Craftbar
900 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
What if you are the "uninvited guest"?
Now, that's a happy ending. These situations, when handled with thoughtfulness on everyone's part, usually turn out just fine for all involved :) Kudos.
My first dinner hosting the in-laws. Please help, I want to impress!!
I agree that simplifying is good (this is not the time to add two more balls to your juggling routine), but no reason you can't feature a standout dish. What's good about your menu is that everything but the noodles are done in advance, right? (and your husband agrees that veal will be a crowd pleaser with his family?)
My latest favorite dinner menu is an extravagant spicy chili that I make in the morning (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/red-beef-chili-recipe/index.html), corn bread that goes into the oven well before guests arrive, and a salad I can prepare an hour ahead, as well. I seem relaxed, the menu seems homey and puts people at ease, the chili gets rave reviews.
Good luck!
Deen - Why did she keep it a secret for three years while deep frying butter?
Miserable is having such bad health problems that you can't walk, can't bend, can't exercise, have heart problems, can't breath well. Miserable is not passing up on excessive amounts of unhealthy foods. I love junk food, but I've found that feeling good now is consistent with raising my chances for a longer life by eating well. It's not either/or.
I don't think freia's advocating eating a perfect diet, just having some sense of proportion.
Deen - Why did she keep it a secret for three years while deep frying butter?
Best line ever: "The key isn't the 'moderation' part per se, it's the 'everything.'" I was trying to think of a way to say that for the longest time.
Deen - Why did she keep it a secret for three years while deep frying butter?
I think you make an important, if difficult, point. So much of our culture (and advertising culture) leads us to think we're entitled to indulge, and when we realize we're too sick to do that, the message turns into, "well, just do it in moderation." But sometimes, we have to be a lot stricter with ourselves than that if we want to be healthy. (I'm not weighing in on what PD should do herself, just supporting your idea that our idea of moderation can get quite distorted in the face of so many temptations.)
Williams Sonoma Shipping Charges (A tip and a warning)
Why aren't they allowed to charge shipping on in-store purchases? They have costs (overhead of running retail space) that sellers like Amazon don't. So, certain things cost more. But the consumer benefits by having their stores be a test kitchen/showroom, something Amazon doesn't offer.
I'm all for taking your business elsewhere, but next time you want to research Le Crueset pieces, where will you go to try them out? (I mean that rhetorically... not all of us have an outlet nearby... and anyway the last outlet I went to didn't sell all their pieces)
Help please: Guest on bland foods diet coming to Super Bowl party
You are SO much better at this than I am :) These things sound delicious!
Help please: Guest on bland foods diet coming to Super Bowl party
Not sure his diet and your group menu are going to find a happy middle ground on this one. What about making him an egg sandwich -- excellent bread, fried egg (if you have a nonstick pan, you don't really have to add any fat), and a cooked green vegetable (spinach?), or something like that?
As far as foods for the group, I was thinking making pizza or foccacia, but then you're in fatty cheese and tomato sauce territory. Pasta salad usually has fatty or acidic dressing.... not an easy task!
Lots of opinions, but what's the LAW???
Just curious, aren't credit card tips entered as revenue for the sake of bookkeeping, revenue which is then paid out to servers? Maybe not. Just curious whether it's really so impossible to account for revenue that later is paid out as a tip.
I am of the camp that finds it less than ideal to have to pay more in tips on a gifted meal than I usually pay for my entire dinner (although I am still super grateful for the gift).
Deen - Why did she keep it a secret for three years while deep frying butter?
Can't we, as thinking individuals, distinguish between unfair accusations (your Ina example) and distasteful behavior? You are right that we shouldn't ascribe evil intentions.. that is taking it too far. But I think in a world in which it's all to easy to make a buck or a million bucks in a distasteful way, it's important that we call attention to it when we see it. (Apparently, very smart PR people quit under the circumstances... see posting above)
Deen - Why did she keep it a secret for three years while deep frying butter?
Good point.
Deen - Why did she keep it a secret for three years while deep frying butter?
I haven't studied all her new recipes, but I saw lightened breaded chicken fingers (with flour and sugar added), lightened sweet and sour meatballs (with ketchup, bread crumbs, and brown sugar). Referencing what you mentioned above, GF has nothing to do with sugar free, FF has nothing to do with sugar free. Sure, those things might be better than the original recipes, but if she really wants to help diabetics, she'd make recipes without sugar, without breading, without ketchup, etc. I would NEVER have asked her to act as a dietician or nutritionist before, but if she wants to cash in on the medical side of this disease and start telling diabetics what to eat, then I think her "healthy" recipes should actually start resembling something that is GOOD for people, rather than less-bad-than-what-she-used-to-make.
Deen - Why did she keep it a secret for three years while deep frying butter?
EX-actly.
Portion control at a dinner party
Hosting my first dinner party when I was about 24 years old, I was standing in front of the poultry case, having no idea how much to buy. So, I turned to a group of firefighters next to me who were shopping for their group meal, and asked them how much they buy per person. Didn't occur to me that my friends were about half the height/build and burn 1/2 as many calories each day compared to those guys. I had LOTS of leftovers. I always like some leftovers, but try to gauge it better these days.
Hot or cold Sauerkraut? How do you eat it and with what?
No expert here, but have you tried the raw, still-active, burbling stuff from the farmer's market? Strong and delicious! (I think most jarred stuff has been previously cooked, right?) Like Bagelman, I too like to drink the juice, and my husband hates when I do :)
Kopi Luwak
Sounds very interesting. While it may not be a halachic one, I think the principle, "don't yuck my yumm" applies here, and that as long as it isn't ruled unkosher, such experimentation should be encouraged :)
Deen - Why did she keep it a secret for three years while deep frying butter?
She doesn't owe them a thing until she starts telling diabetics that one piece of cake is fine if they don't eat the whole cake, and, "here, just take this drug that I'll make a little money off of" now that you're sick.
I think BOTH a) people are individually responsible for their own eating, and 2) her behavior recently is highly problematic.
When the host is late serving the meal - also rude? Is it ok for guests to leave?
So much of etiquette and rudeness is whether or not people to conform to expectations. I totally agree that different cultures have different expectations. Different friends do, too. One can feel violated even when the host had great intentions. I was once supposed to travel with a neighbor/colleague/friend to a brunch, and the friend was so late that I almost went out of my mind - I couldn't fathom how such a lovely person could be so awfully, horrendously late. We realized that cultural expectations were at play. From then on, I never agreed to arrive at an event with her again, and we never had any conflicts after that either :)
Deen - Why did she keep it a secret for three years while deep frying butter?
To continue your analogy, not just to glorify chain smoking, but to sell cigarettes and to sell a treatment for lung cancer.
Rochfood, I imagine I'm not alone in not wanting to judge her personal choices, but having a huge problem with her trying to profit from making people sick and then getting them (somewhat) better again. And yes, people need to make their own food choices, but she doesn't need to make money from patching over a problem (via the drug) she helped create (via food).
Deen - Why did she keep it a secret for three years while deep frying butter?
Her personal medical story is besides the point, I agree. But her desire to make money by pushing people towards the band-aid drug that they need to cope with having eaten so much of her horrendously unhealthy food is a huge problem. I never judged her for having that show, and I always thought individuals need to make their own food choices, but to both promote bad food and then promote a drug to be a band-aid for the health problems that result from said food - making lots of money from both - seems like a gross conflict of interest.
When the host is late serving the meal - also rude? Is it ok for guests to leave?
Things do come up that are emergencies (basement flooding, someone getting sick), but most things one knows in advance -- work schedules, babysitter issues, etc. And if you're going to leave mid-party, you should warn in advance.
My definition of telling the host ahead of time could even be telling them the morning of the party, or right when you arrive, if that's the only advance notice you can give. The worst is to get up mid-dinner and suddenly announce that you're leaving.
All that said, sounds like this dinner party was sort of a mess, so it's not perfectly applicable here.
When the host is late serving the meal - also rude? Is it ok for guests to leave?
Only thing I'll say is that the OP seemed to provide some clarity later on that made me realize how dysfunctional things were from the start. I think people were suggesting benefit of the doubt before they knew the full story... at least I was.
Can kosher "crabmeat" be used to make crab cakes?
It's true that many non-kosher places will use surimi, but have you ever known a non-kosher restaurant or caterer to use it in crabcakes? I've never seen it.
When the host is late serving the meal - also rude? Is it ok for guests to leave?
Leaving after 2.5 hours is really cutting it close, and should have been told to the hosts in advance so they wouldn't be insulted when it happened. Among my friends, dinner parties take 4 to 6 hours (the last couple hours usually being spent drinking, having coffee, chatting). To expect the entire multi-course meal to be wrapped up in 2.5 hours seems ungracious to me. (but I do agree, the food should have arrived a bit faster)
Can kosher "crabmeat" be used to make crab cakes?
I'm wary for two reasons. One, sweet foods that are good cold are often icky when heated. Crabsticks are much sweeter than crab (due to added sugar, I assume). Might not be the best use of the product. Also, crab is texturally like a hybrid of fish and chicken in my mind - it's delicate, but holds together. It's a nugget of precious savory meatiness in the midst of the mushy crabcake filler. I'm not sure that crabsticks will provide that balance in the same way, since they themselves are sorta mushy. Maybe a real fish with some sweeetness (seabass?) would be a better approximation, since it is less sweet and more meaty? But hey, what do I know? Give it a try. I would start with a small batch.
