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minidinorobot - If you do the almonds and rice separately, you could reuse the almond grounds like any other use for almond grounds. Mine doesn't come out quite as fine as almond meal, but still a nice addition in baked goods.
I'm stumped on the rice too. It isn't really raw, but it's not cooked either. Maybe I'll add it to baked goods to and get a nice crunchiness?

I will definitely try this!

On the safety issue, my problem is that I have a smoke detector/carbon monoxide detector in the kitchen. I also have one in each bedroom and the living room. All four are within 10' of each other. Whenever I turn on the gas stove, only the one in the kitchen goes off. The kitchen one is not needed, as the three others will protect my household. I am planning on disabling it, but if that doesn't work, I'll use the shower cap!

And I have one more way to do it! Also from Alton Brown, you can use a heating pad to never let the chocolate get out of temper in the first place. The key is low heat where you can test the temperature a lot and stir a lot without using water and risk seizing. It's part of his truffle recipe. You could also probably find a video of it; it's in his ganache episode.

I definitely do the honey and the vinegar, but salami is good too. Although TSA was highly suspicious of the one in my carry-on last Christmas. No confiscation luckily!

@Emmi, The article and this post is more about general health. Somebody who is pregnant or has a specific illness would have talked to their doctor about their specific condition. I'd hope nobody would look to a cooking blog to find out how to treat specific illnesses, and TheKitchn doesn't seem to ever try to treat specific illnesses; that's for doctors and nutritionists.
For those of us without specific illnesses, but are concerned about general health and general risk, this article and post is helpful.

@asmallcontempt As not being able to afford an international trip right now, I sympathize.
But the travel suggestion is not just the ol' European standbys.

'Travel' to your relatives. 'Travel' to your closest ethnic neighborhood. 'Travel' to your restaurant row and read the menus posted outside. 'Travel' to your grocery store and pick up something you've never tried. 'Travel' to your favorite cooking website and reap the recipes of others who have traveled! Just take a break from your routine and see what's out there!

For me, I visited a restaurant recently that had amazing crispy potatoes and pickled red onions!

I wonder if it also has something to do with that boys take a lot more calories to grow. While a pregnant or lactating female requires the most calories of all humans during those specific times, men require more energy, from the time they were just a spermatazoa until death. I may be a healthy vegetarian, but I happily admit that meat gives more calories than lentils, and for most of human existence, just getting enough calories was a problem.

JANE UK, the key with the KitchenAid is to buy the regular, "classic." The artisans are much more expensive, and it's debatable whether the artisan style is even better. Here's one on Amazon for a little over 300. http://www.amazon.co.uk/KitchenAid-K45SS-Classic-Stand-Mixer/dp/B000744SZW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336095737&sr=8-1
SALTED CARAMEL, have you experimented with a mini-cuisinart for smoothies? They're cheap and small and they chop frozen bananas well enough for me. The other option would be the Magic Bullet, but I'm curious as to how loud they are.

The bunnies look more like Pikachu to me! Bookmark it for kids parties.

I add spice to limit how much food I eat, partially because it is more satisfying. But it's also because the heat builds up with each additional bite. Very helpful to limit caramel corn and other crunchy snack foods. And I'll get my daily water requirement in!