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/probably not that much, but i'm not a foodie
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Personally, I think that the Pasta with Roast Chicken, Currents and Pine Nuts (Julia Moskin's recipe) is something that I would make myself, especially since I like all of those ingredients.
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Could it get more confusing?
Instead of new potatoes, you could also get small red potatoes, purple potatoes or white potatoes depending.
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Jezebel: entertaining and educational!
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chop up a medium sized onion. chop up some carrots, maybe 1 cup. pour some oil in a deep pot and saute both over medium heat.
rinse about a cup and a half of dry lentils (or a whole package, about 2 cups, who cares!) pick out any pebbles or miscellaneous items.
when the onions and carrots look respectable, pour in 6 cups of water. Then add the clean lentils. Then dump one 16oz. jar of salsa (your favorite brand) into the pot as well. Add a tsp salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer and let cook for 20-25 minutes. When it's almost done, throw some spinach into the pot.
You now have delicious, spicy spinach lentil soup on your hands. This is not a bad thing.
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And it tastes wonderful reheated.
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I think my main issue with this is not just the article itself, but the fact that almost all articles in Food and Style are written with this small segment of the population in mind. And you know, as a "professional" - in a profession that is woefully underpaid - I'd kind of like an intelligent, non-pretentious newspaper to read. Instead, I've got the News (which I just canceled), the Post (which is even worse than the News, and the Times (which I can't afford, and which caters to people in tax brackets much higher than I will ever be able to aspire to).
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Yeah, I get that $50 is steep for one meal for alot of people (including myself), and that Bruni's tone is flip and annoying. But I still enjoy the idea, and I enjoyed the recipes, and I kind of don't understand the level of ridicule of Bruni. Being a foodie sort of means that you are willing to spend more than the average person would on food, because you get more utility out of it than most. My boyfriend and I work within the same budget confines, but I am way more willing to spend more on nice meals out and on groceries. So what? Does that make me a bad person because I have different preferences than him (or the majority of posters on the site)? Maybe I prefer to walk or take the metro and eschew taxis, maybe I spend less on alcohol (actually next to nil because alcohol makes me sick), maybe I forgo cable (I don't; this is just an example) so that I can buy nicer food. It doesn't make me deserving of scorn because I might on occasion spend $50 cooking a meal for my close friends. It sure saves everyone money over going out, and its a cheaper way to entertain then, say, going to a bar.
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Like you, I don't understand why those of us who like high quality food made with high quality ingredients and like to spend a large chunk of change on a nice dinner out every now and then are automatically horrible people. What, just because I saved up for three months to be able to do a tasting menu at Uchi means I'm some sort of evil Republican tool of the patriarchy out to undermine all that is holy and pure? please. Give me a freaking break.
I would for once like to see a post about food on this site done by someone who actually, you know, likes food and oh... I don't know, maybe knows something about it! Just a suggestion.
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Some people think its dumb to spend money on food. My boyfriend, for example- interesting thing is, he lacks a sense of smell (almost completely, just born without it). I think it affects his taste of food because he really could care less what he puts in his mouth as long as it stops his tummy from growling. The idea of spending lots of dough on groceries or eating out makes no sense to him, but he understands that its just that we have different preferences. I wish more commenters here could come to that understanding...
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I eat on $30-40 a week. I've had dinner parties for 8 on $20 - although, I concede, not gourmet because that isn't my style - and I've never eaten ramen in my life. Hate the stuff, frankly.
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Apparently in these times dry cleaning is a ridiculous luxury and this woman was completely out of touch, and we should all be taking our business suits down to the river and beat them on the rocks to wash by hand, then bring them home and lay them out to dry, and then iron them ourselves, both lining and outside. Riiiight...
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