tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post5406642271705461927..comments2023-10-18T06:48:47.126-05:00Comments on Not to brag . . .: I knew we were soul mates, Eric Ripert.mephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03074153090546740903noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-42499503148420877912008-09-10T19:02:00.000-05:002008-09-10T19:02:00.000-05:00I am on board for the regular coke, I try not to t...I am on board for the regular coke, I try not to tally the "empty calories" I consume in a day. I, too, love basil (grow my own, NTB) but couldn't begin to tell what grows where. One of my favorite smells from childhood is the smell of cinnamon yeast rolls that my grandmother made. You can still catch the cinnamon portion walking by Cinnabon at the mall but the dough just doesn't seem to smell quite the same. Good stuff. mAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-23036508937288644272008-09-10T18:42:00.000-05:002008-09-10T18:42:00.000-05:00Too little said here about the difference between ...Too little said here about the difference between Jack and Diet and Jack and Coke. Some would say it isn't worth the extra 20# you carry. I say those people prefer phone sex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-87628507482984365832008-09-09T13:12:00.000-05:002008-09-09T13:12:00.000-05:00Going through Top Chef withdrawal, I was pleased w...Going through Top Chef withdrawal, I was pleased with this write-up. How funny to think an esteemed chef even drinks soda-pop. (No offense. I mean, I too enjoy Diet Coke.)<BR/><BR/>Sara G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-75578479972204444322008-09-08T14:05:00.000-05:002008-09-08T14:05:00.000-05:00I do find the fact that he is not above something ...I do find the fact that he is not above something as "common" as Diet Coke quite refreshing. I never would have thought to describe its flavor as contrasted to Diet Pepsi quite the way he did, yet I hear what he's saying. Now all I need is for Nina Garcia from Project Runway to wear something from Target and then I will really be pleased.<BR/><BR/>By the way, did you see Tony from DWTS had his twins...Adrian and Adriana. Questionable boy/girl combo, but perhaps they can be friends with my neighbor's 2 year olds named Alexander and Alexandra.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-17998101567679870112008-09-08T10:55:00.000-05:002008-09-08T10:55:00.000-05:00I could lose hours of my day thinking about certai...I could lose hours of my day thinking about certain scents that bring me back to childhood, college, specific meals, etc. I've always thought it funny how the smell of frying onion, celery, garlic, and pepper reminds me of growing up, even though it's certainly not a scent that was relegated only to that time period: I fry up these veggies in my own home a few nights a week.<BR/><BR/>Someday I will be able to describe the smell of my high school. I have walked in other schools and have never detected its equivalent. On the rare occasions when I've been back in the building, I am always struck dumb by the familiar odor. What on earth was that? And why was it so specific to that building? And was it toxic?Actchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320025313541534433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-70728686885873515492008-09-08T07:32:00.000-05:002008-09-08T07:32:00.000-05:00Ah, MEP, there is a reason we are such good friend...Ah, MEP, there is a reason we are such good friends. Not so much with the Diet Coke (I'm more a 7Up girl, but don't get me started on how FOUL Sierra Mist is), but because I'm much more likely to have a crush on a celebrity chef than say, Brad Pitt. Maybe it's just that he's bald, and he probably does have a bit of the egomaniac to him, but I wouldn't mind having Tom Colicchio cook for me.E...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04405932437380095945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-34546121766038480552008-09-08T07:07:00.000-05:002008-09-08T07:07:00.000-05:00For some reason, I had an anti-basil attitude for ...For some reason, I had an anti-basil attitude for a lot of years. Then recently, perhaps after reading of your love for it, I gave it another go. I'm hooked. We almost always have some in the fridge now. I keep thinking I should grow some. I definitely could NOT tell regional differences, though. <BR/><BR/>I think it is unusual for a chef not to be an egomaniac. Pretty much every one that I have met is, and especially those that run super successful restaurants. It is refreshing to see one that is a regular guy. I need to watch that show.CaraBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614627167922944626noreply@blogger.com