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VIEWING EPISODE 9 OF SEASON 1 OF "THE ULTIMATE BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP"

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Memories of my late friend, Hill Irving sprung from my Memory Banks....as did those of Sylvia Weinstock.......who mastered the art of combining sugars, fats and chocolates, ensuring the inevitably forthcoming increase in body weight and waist sizes for so many Americans.....In Paris, the dessert, pictured above, would be an inch and a half in diameter......In America, it is the size of a tangerine, if not that of an orange......Entry into its sweet interior is obtained by pouring a hot, sweet 'goo' onto a hardened chocolate sphere, filled with other sweet delights.....

THE "TOWER OF BABEL CHALLENGE".......

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 How does one tackle the eating of this Pileup?   An oyster fork?   A salad fork and sharp knife?  Fingers and a large lap napkin?  What would Amy Vanderbilt have recommended?   Any suggestions from Wally and Beaver?   

MULTIPLICATION VIA SIMPLIFICATION? OR COMPLICATION VIA ADDITION?

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My jillionth variation on ' tuna fish sandwich '..... "MAKE IT YOUR WAY"     to a can of undrained Kirkland Solid Albacore Tuna, add chopped sweet pickle relish, toasted celery seeds, yellow mustard, mayonnaise, Stonewall Kitchen's roasted garlic & onion Jam, coarse-ground black pepper, chopped broccoli, sweet kale, radicchio, Brussels sprouts, red tomatoes, pepitas and cranberries and a dribble of chilie-infused honey, some dried parsley, chives, onion, cilantro and dill weed....  

Fruit and Nuts....NO added sugars........There are many wholesome, if more $$$, snacks that one can even substitute for a meal.......

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                      and are less costly than the junk food that Americans, increasingly, procure at drive-through windows of Fast Food Joints, across our Country......    

What.....Pho?

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                                      My response to Gordon Ramsay's  30 minutes to  'Use Your Noodle' challenge on Next Level Chef ....

UPGRADE FROM THE EVEN SIMPLIER FARE OF LAST THURSDAY NIGHT........

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  Sliced sirloin with grilled corn.....avocados, cherry tomatoes and cilantro creme sauce over a bed of mixed greens.....

WITH ONLY 15 MINUTES TO PREPARE A LIGHT 'WOODEN BOWL' DINNER......THIS OPUS WAS COMPLETED IN 12.......LEAVING ME 3 MINUTES TO 'GET DRESSED' FOR THE CONCERT AT 8.

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Last minute pre-symphony 'light dinner' a tasty slaw with vegan 'meat'balls, dried fruits, nuts and seeds and avocado ......'dressed' with a hoisin/red curry paste and plum sauce mix.....to alert the senses for Giancarlo Guerrero's animated conducting of the ASO's performance of fandangos, tangos and blaring trumpets.....