Wow, it's so awesome that some fancy chef did this! Nevermind when the chinese do it, people bash them:

http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/05/04/chinas-10-steps-to-make-a-fake-egg/

'natural herbal extracts' are like selling makeup to women by using words they can't pronounce that sound all scienceificy.

Next!

Isn't being busy what prompted fast food, which makes you fat?

Or, you could reward yourself for diligently counting calories, exercising hard for at least an hour three times a week, drinking 8 glasses of water a day, cutting out the trans fats, eating more greens, skipping the sugar, having only one glass of red wine a week, etc.

4,500 calories at a sitting won't kill you, and it'll sure make you happy you didn't get gastric bypass surgery to keep your 'college figure'.

:)

I always take garlic and some onion, mix in some salt and herbs, saute in the butter that you will inevitably add (to cut the garlic's spank a litle), then pour in however much milk you're going to add and scald it, then dump the whole thing into the potatoes.

Mmm, creamy halitosis potatoes.

I do traditional stuff on thanksgiving, although sometimes I just do a chicken cuz it's uhm, a lot less of a PITA.

I'm surprised beef brisket isn't on there. Mmm, brisket.

To me, thanksgiving is Turkey day, and christmas is Ham Day. Grew up eating Honeybaked Ham on christmas, until we got one that was somehow spoiled and my mom nearly died. Now, I turn christmas into "let's see what weird world food I can make for my parents this time" day.

Did anyone ever complain when Rosie O'Donnell would say, "wow, i really like krispy kreme donuts" and suddenly she'd be deluged in them?

No jokes intended - I used to watch her show (gasp!) and that sort of thing happened all the time. it turned into, "hey, I'll say I like stuff and see if we can get companies to send a ton of it for all you audience members!" *grimace* *grimace* *pushes button that plays a line from The Who's 'Tommy'*

Here's a tangential question. If most of the things that taste really good are usually bad for you because they're loaded with fat and sugar, then why do they taste good and why do our bodies wnat to eat them? Wouldn't it make sense for all the healthy stuff like broccoli to taste really 'good' so we'd eat more of it?

I'm totally serious. Sex feels good as part of a reward mechanism to have it, to produce more people as opposed to dying out as a species... at least I think so. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm talking biology here, not morality :)

the first trick is, don't define thanksgiving by WHAT you eat, only that you EAT. I've made holiday meals memorable by not serving the obvious - christmas is usually something unusual and asian, not ... whatever you eat for christmas. Ham or something? Turkey?

The second trick is, don't waste time making your house look like anything other than a home.

The third trick is, spend all the time cooking because it takes your mind off all the other stuff that is going on in your life and making you flustered. Make something wholesome and enjoy it and feel good about yourself.

A burrito is not a sandwich. Additionally, a burrito is one of many kinds of food characterized as 'mexican', while panera is characterized as 'yuppie sandwich bistro food'.

I don't see the complaint. That's like a homestyle italian fast-service restaurant complaining that a chinese takeout place opened next door.