Yup. That's me. I'm not really new, I just haven't been here in forever. In case you need to know, I'm Merc's girlfriend.

Wow. After reading all this, my brain is singing now. What's it singing? Let's see.... "You pray to your god and I'll pray to mine, If you don't pray to any god, that'll be just fine. You pray in your house and I'll pray in mine, You can drink the blood of Christ, I'll just drink the wine, Drin...

*shrug* To each thier own. I've just never found Sitar to be very good, but that's my opinion. Everyone has thier own tastes.

Where would I go for GOOD Indian food? I know of only three resturants in the area: Sitar and Sitar 2, both of which I hate, and the Kashmir on 17th St, which I ADORE. Any other suggestions?

I've been eating at Ali Baba's for eight years now and have never gotten sick. For a while I was going everyday. It's a wonderful place. I even managed to get thier recipie for bakalava.

Turducken is my family's traditional Christmas/Solstice celebration food. We've always ordered ours from an online shop, cajungrocer.com. A direct link for the turducken is http://www.cajungrocer.com/fresh-foods-holiday-dishes-c-1_15_24.html . It's wonderful when cooked properly, but if you cook it ...

Basil's good in most things, but especially pastas, soups (mostly chicken or tomato based), tomato-based sauces, and as a seasoning for poultry or fish. It's very good when put in as a stuffing for chicken, or chopped fine and mixed with dill and a few other herbs and crushed cornflakes to make a cr...