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I grew up near an ethanol plant, and basically the whole town smelled. On a bad day there was a strong rotten egg odor. That experience would definitely make me weary to use ethanol anywhere near food, but hopefully the smell isn't an issue with this product.

No matter how well I plan my week, there are always days I don't get around to making what I wanted to. It usually starts with my husband saying, "Oh, I forgot tonight I have to . . ." or "Doesn't pizza sound good?"

I was under the impression that Natalie Portman has been vegan for more than a few weeks/months and therefore would have been vegan at the time of filming (despite the implication that butter was used in the challenge). But I think that Top Chef is afraid of the word vegan unless it's being used disparagingly. When Zooey Deschanel was on Masters, she never, ever said vegan; it was only the chefs afterward who said the word.

And, yes, mushrooms have a meaty texture, but they are not a protein. A tablespoon of lentils and four chickpeas seemed to be the only proteins used in any of the dishes. No wonder some of the chefs were complaining that their dishes wouldn't be satisfying!

Those empanadas our one of my favorite all-time recipes. Well worth the time they take and very adaptable.

If that's embarrassingly large, then I should be really embarrassed about my Russel Wright dishes.

This has nothing to do with cooking, but slowly swallowing a spoonful of peanut butter is the only way I can get rid of hiccups. And it makes me feel like I'm in a Shel Silverstein story.

It looks great with all of that sunlight, but I'd be afraid it would look dingy at night.

I'm dying to know about the holes in the counter too. The kitchen pics in the tour didn't have any captions!

I'm vegan, so I think about the stupidity of my refrigerator's design every time I try to stuff a week's worth of produce into two tiny little crisper drawers. This seems like a much better idea.

That is not an original recipe. It straight from the cookbook Veganomicon. Just to give credit where credit is due.