It is not my favorite although very good. Funny thing is that I had it Wednesday night at a friend's. Then last night I wanted to use my free pizza birthday coupon before it expired so I got a pie and ate some, had it for breakfast and will be finishing it for dinner. The prosciutto was super salty and I love salt but this was too much for me. I think it is ok pizza but it doesn't have that foldability that I like in my NY pizzas and it doesn't ooze cheese like I want my NY pizzas to do---I like a little cheese grease dripping down my arm. I have not had the Brooklyn one...in NY I usually go to Ray's.
Actually if you are doing a layover in LA to or from Hawaii, it is not at all far from the airport.
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Thai carryout for supper - big platter of assorted Thai dishes
blue rice
pad thai
shrimp fried rice
beef rib
eggplant / bell pepper
fried spring rolls

Tom yum soup

ice cream desserts:
robbins peanut butter chocolate & Robbins rocky road on waffle cone
Biscoff chocolate brownie & Haagen daaz strawberry on waffle cone
Haagen daaz chocolate

Definitely little or no non-farmed freshwater fish being sold out here. I miss the little sliders my folks would make with fried lake perch.

There is great local fish to be had, like sand dabs, albacore, and all sorts of rock fish, but it's not at the local Safeway. We live a couple of miles from the docks, where you can buy off the boats. Other than that, I think it's limited to the specialty markets.

oops sorry for my bad wording.
In Chicagoland I prefer (jewish) deli, Israeli, “Vienna beef” / similar dogs, and deep dish. I agree that lake fish and white fish are Amazing! I just prefer these other things that I can’t get in San Francisco. We will never have lou malnattis no matter how many places try to make a great deep dish :-)
thankfully casual Mexican food in Chicagoland is really great and just as great as what I get at home :-) mind you I only go to one Mexican place in Chicagoland and it’s enough :-)

Crackers and cheese.

Used the gas grill for BBQ chicken and bacon pizza.

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Chicken Madeira from a local non-chain restaurant. I ate about half and will have the rest for a lunch or dinner at a later time.

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Grilled salmon and stir fried vegetables.

Lake perch fried with a light batter, and broiled whitefish! I really need to make a trip up north soon!

My brother-in-law catches a lot of walleye, so we get a good fish fry now and then too.

Detroit style pizza:
cheese
”Greek” - red onion, black olive, cherry tomatoes, and feta

cheeseburger slider on roll-ppang

dessert tbd during intermission of family movie night

Chinese -ish chicken salad but with shrimp and rice noodles.
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Salad with avocado , goat cheese, dried cranberries on romaine with Trader Joe Pear Vinaigrette (recommend)
Grilled Costco lamb chops
roasted Brussels sprouts with toasted panko and Parmesan
Baked sweet potato

Picnic before an outdoor (socially distanced) concert: starter was insalata tricolore with burrata rather than mozzarella. Main was cold roast lamb with quince jelly, salad of rice and peas (homegrown), cold roasted vegetables. Pudding was home grown raspberries with cream. A wonderful afternoon.

Friends were in Harbor Springs and picked up smoked whitefish spread for me before heading back to Chicago yesterday. At $26 for a pint container she thought the price had shot up...I didn't bother to tell her that's the normal price!

Where do you go Up North? Now I'm dreaming about dinner at Dam Site Inn.

Grilled chicken with a peach and bourbon sauce plus broccoli, all served with beer.

Did you grill the peaches too?

No. I wanted the flavor but don't like eating peaches, so I just used them in the sauce.

My parents can no longer make that long drive, but for years Dam Site was their favorite. I haven't been there in years and need to go back.

Family cottage is near Petoskey. A local favorite for whitefish is the Terrace Inn dining room in Bay View. For a splurge, I like the Weathervane in Charlevoix.

Sushi :)

Resort dining - fried chicken supper with mashed potatoes and Swiss chard. Very yummy but I didn’t want to drink anything as we had a 90 Minute drive home. Great chicken that I can’t fry, but I still taste the salt even after multiple glasses of ice water and then a delicious slice of Japanese crepe cake (Dom Ansel style) that I bought at a korean grocer. Great cake that I’ll rebuy.

mmm...fried chicken and mashed potatoes. What do you mean resort dining ? Did you have a little getaway ?

we drove north of SF to a resort about 90 minutes away as friends were staying there and there’s a nice guest policy. Very fun. I had a decent nap in a chaise lounge by the pool.

Sounds wonderful!!

My wife said she was going to make me dinner. An hour goes by. Two hours go by. I think she forgot. Then she comes in with a first ever, fabulous potato Au Gratin with broccoli. So delicious.
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That looks amazing!

Gorgeous potato au gratin!!

Grilled rib eye with a few crumbs of shallot that didn't fall overboard
grilled avocado with goat cheese
leftover roasted Brussels sprouts
pretzel bread
I am getting a new fridge so trying to eat from the freezer only to reduce inventory .
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enough for at least 2 meals

Tuesday turkey tacos
Turkey tacos on Safeway blue organic corn taco shells in Triceratops
homemade pico de gallo
refried pinto beans (Safeway)
mild Safeway guacamole & tortilla chips
spanish rice (rice a roni)
Sliced jalapeños
extra organic cilantro (unused)
medium cheddar (tillamook)

whole milk
homemade “Kit Kats” (frozen from late May)


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gorgeous avocado.

Does it make slow-melting craft ice spheres?

sadly not for her. Just for me. I love the craft ice cubes and just general designer cubes. They’re so cute.

It makes ZERO ice cubes, spheres or any other geometric shape unless I carry the tray to the sink and fill it with water which I am capable of doing. Ice makers take up too much room and always break. Plus I have had 2 different friends have a water leak from the tubes and it caused a ton of damage...needed new floors and total house dry out etc.

Grilled avocados make amazing guacamole which would fit very nicely in your taco tuesday menu (I am ignoring the safeway).

agreed and it’s more a lack of time to make fresh guacamole for supper. Mostly I need convenience in my life. I’m extremely honest. I basically started the cooking / prep (and pico de Gallo) at 4:45 and we started to eat at 5:40. It’s easier to buy their guacamole for $5.99 than to risk paying $5 for 2 avocado that might not have the perfect level of ripeness. I’m still learning from what bensyd had suggested.

That makes sense.

Weird, I've never had a problem with icemakers in the fridge. No leaks, no breaking. Just ice on demand. Our current fridge makes nice little pyramid-shaped ice instead of the odd half-moons other ones I've had have made.

pyramid! Fun. Lucky. Love it. I’ve not seen triangular shapes.
also our former fridge both had water dispenser and ice cube making, and we definitely never had a leaking issue. We also have cement floors so a leak is less inconvenient.

Yes, ours does the water too. Only thing I don't like about it is that new filters are like $50 each, for a piece of plastic.

What?? You routinely make 3 completely different dinners as well as making your own hamburger buns instead of buying for your kid's cheeseburgers. I have some tips on how to make dinnertime more convenient but it involves not running a restaurant with multiple choices in the kitchen. :p But it looks like everyone ate the same thing for taco tuesday so :tu:.
I would never pay $5 for 2 avocados and (more like .69 for one). Just buy it a couple days ahead when it is rock hard and it will ripen at room temp in a couple days. I do understand that there are some great already made guacs and pico de gallos out there though and i was just pointing out that grilled guac is a different flavor. BTW--what are triceratops taco shells?
I don't still have the article but I know Consumer Reports says that the most common thing to break on a refrigerator is the ice machine. And of course it doesn't happen to everyone but I do know 2 people who had extensive damage with water slowly dripping. One of my friends now shuts off her water if she even goes away for a few days because of what happened. Anyway, I guess I am different than most on here...I easily make my own ice as needed in silicone giant cube trays...They take up very little space in the freezer (more room for food!) and I don't care what the shape is. If i ever need more ice for a party or something....$1 for a big bag at the local dollar store.

I missed that. :)

I don't make ice here (well water that isn't great, don't want to take up the freezer space). If I need it for some reason, I'll buy it. I don't care about shape.

Our place was in Bay Harbor. There are certain Little Traverse Bay dishes that I crave! The buttered noodles at Dam Site Inn are probably my #1 , but also the veggie crepes at Legs Inn, American Spoon Cafe gelato, the cold cherry soup at Staffords Pier and Toski Sands' smoked whitefish spread (which was my lunch today thanks to friends who were up there) and their cheddar horseradish dip. If we didn't have two cats at home (and aren't wild about having a petsitter/housesitter these days) we'd have spent a week or two up there this summer. Maybe we'll do a fall trip, TBD. Next summer, definitely.

Tonight it’s sausages mash and peas. Real comfort food!