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regarding the ciabatta article: if any of you NYers reading need a nice day trip in apple picking season (or anytime i suppose) you should rent a car and go up to bobolink dairy. my boyfriend and i went last year. the area is full of beautiful B&Bs and apple orchards. AND the breads from bobolink at the market can not compare to those sold right from their farm, just pulled out of the oven. seriously. they're amazing!

I really liked Mark Bittman's article. I think he's right that you can cut down on meat without being militant about it. I think he also makes a great point that we can all cut down on portion size.

I loved Bittman's article as well. I've started cooking almost exclusively vegetarian -- mostly because of this site -- and his advice is great. Just six months ago, I didn't think it was cooking unless some meat was involved. Now, I'd rather forgo the effort in most cases.

I love that Mark Bittman is addressing the need for Americans to cut back on meat consumption. I used to think it wasn't dinner without some animal protein on the plate; now I'm more likely to be inspired by vegetables when I cook, and my partner and I probably eat about 1/2 pound of meat a week. That's what most Americans eat every day, btw!

As for the felafel, well, I can't imagine anything tasting better than the original. I think it's worth the forethought to soak some chickpeas and go the traditional route.

And yay for gardens! Ours has expanded to a third of our backyard.

I agree on the chickpeas -- the update sounds fine, but it's really not *that* much effort (beyond forethought) to use dry chickpeas over the blander, mushier canned kind.