Best thing I ever ate in 2014
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Whiskadoodle
Executive Chef
1) everytime I open my mouth is something good.
2) Local restaurant featured Swedish Meatballs. which I think is silly, considering I can make pretty good at home. The MB were small, cocktail size, and I thought hmmm. They melted in my mouth and they used some extra spice I couldn't identify, the sauce was homemade served over mashed potatoes, popovers, salad and a now forgotten veggie. O yeah, house made pickles and a spicy cranberry relish. Typical mid-west food done right.
3) My Bro in law made 2 turkeys for Christmas. Best tasting/ moistest turkey ever. He cooked them Breast side down in 2 ovens, and basted them several times.
2) Local restaurant featured Swedish Meatballs. which I think is silly, considering I can make pretty good at home. The MB were small, cocktail size, and I thought hmmm. They melted in my mouth and they used some extra spice I couldn't identify, the sauce was homemade served over mashed potatoes, popovers, salad and a now forgotten veggie. O yeah, house made pickles and a spicy cranberry relish. Typical mid-west food done right.
3) My Bro in law made 2 turkeys for Christmas. Best tasting/ moistest turkey ever. He cooked them Breast side down in 2 ovens, and basted them several times.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
I made a herb-crusted rack of lamb in September when SO was out of town (she dislikes lamb) and it was outstanding.
Earlier this month I had a Chianti braised short rib at a local Italian restaurant and that was outstanding as well.
Earlier this month I had a Chianti braised short rib at a local Italian restaurant and that was outstanding as well.
Steve Kroll
Wine Guy
I don't remember what I had for breakfast this morning, let alone things I've eaten throughout the year. 
larry_stewart
Master Chef
The first thing that comes to my head is the Blue cheese/ shallot Garlic bread served over a gorgonzola Fondue. Ill have to review my year to see if anything else topped that.
GA Home Cook
Sous Chef
Hawaiian Butterfish at Bristol's Resturant in Creve Couer, MO.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
Maybe it's just my memory remembering only the most recent memorable food 
but the rib roast and flourless chocolate cake with dark chocolate-cinnamon ganache I made for Christmas was exceptional. (bows her head modestly)
but the rib roast and flourless chocolate cake with dark chocolate-cinnamon ganache I made for Christmas was exceptional. (bows her head modestly)
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Maybe it's just my memory remembering only the most recent memorable food
I don't think liking your own cooking is being immodest. We all admit not everything we cook comes out great. Why not admit it when something comes out great.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
CWS4322
Chef Extraordinaire
TaxLady and I went to a bagel place in Montreal...in the deli, there was pickled salmon. It was to die for.
tinlizzie
Head Chef
Another vote for flourless chocolate cake, except with a peanut butter ganache. 
I don't hold out much hope for my resolution to cut out desserts. Even limiting them looks iffy.
I don't hold out much hope for my resolution to cut out desserts. Even limiting them looks iffy.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
A friend of mine who is a food writer has been posting "realistic resolutions" on Facebook, including "eat more food dipped in chocolate," "incorporate pork in more meals and snacks," and "eat more tacos." I like his style.
Do what you need to do to be successful
Do what you need to do to be successful
Kayelle
Chef Extraordinaire
We order this twice a year, once in the spring, and then in the winter for our birthdays. We both agree, it's the best dessert we've ever eaten in any year, this one included.
It's small and expensive but worth every penny.
https://www.collinstreet.com/pages/online_bakery_gift/white_chocolate_cheesecake?previous_url_id=0
It's small and expensive but worth every penny.
https://www.collinstreet.com/pages/online_bakery_gift/white_chocolate_cheesecake?previous_url_id=0
I have no idea...too much good food.
Well...what springs to mind is a very exceptional pomegranate - unlike any other one I ever had. It was a deeper, more intense shade of dark red and tasted sooo full of flavour it was almost as if it had been marinaded in red wine! I was truly surprised and delighted. (It was quite a big pomegranate and obtained at a deli).
tinlizzie
Head Chef
A friend of mine who is a food writer has been posting "realistic resolutions" on Facebook, including "eat more food dipped in chocolate," "incorporate pork in more meals and snacks," and "eat more tacos." I like his style.
Do what you need to do to be successful
Makes a lot of sense, GG. I hope that by putting the emphasis on protein I'll be recalling a great entree instead of dessert come January 2016. Just requires reorganizing my priorities and maybe a little discipline.
Without a doubt, the best thing I ate in 2014 was the menudo that the owners of a local Mexican restaurant allowed me to share.
It is far and away the best menudo I have ever eaten.
I am however looking forward to the next visit of my nephew's in-laws who are originally from Mexico and currently reside in Texas. Jimmy's MIL is an excellent cook and she has promised to share some of her family recipes.
It is far and away the best menudo I have ever eaten.
I am however looking forward to the next visit of my nephew's in-laws who are originally from Mexico and currently reside in Texas. Jimmy's MIL is an excellent cook and she has promised to share some of her family recipes.
vitauta
Executive Chef
ooh, that's a hard one. a dizzying flood of mouthwatering food memories from 2014 is currently interfering with my ability to choose a single favorite. okay, okay, let's just say ONE of the most delicious things i ever put in my mouth last summer, was a white flesh peach, from a local peach orchard. it cost $1.20. which i remember thinking was an obscene amount of money to be charging for one small piece of fruit--that is, until i took that first bite, and then i was a goner--ripe sweetness, bursting with juices running down the arms heavenly delicious. and this celestial experience goes for a mere 1.20....
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RPCookin
Executive Chef
I've been thinking about this since the thread was started, and there is no way I can possibly pin it down. (Never had a dessert that I felt would go on the list though, but I'm not a huge fan of desserts.) I've eaten too many dishes that left me ecstatic while in the moment, and none can really be rated more highly than the others. Anything from homemade pizza to grouper fillets en papel to braised short ribs to Liz Ritchie's post holiday bean soup, made with the bones/carcasses from both ham and turkey holiday dinners (to die for, guaranteed).
To place any one above the others would be an injustice to the losers.
To place any one above the others would be an injustice to the losers.
letscook
Head Chef
Risotto
My nephew is a chef in a local Italian restaurant. I took my mom to eat there and he came out to say hi and brought us a dish of his risotto. I have made it and have had at different places but his was absolutely wonderful. I had it a couple times through out the year, one his basic plain with cheese and one with basic and added in shrimp and asparagus yummy
My nephew is a chef in a local Italian restaurant. I took my mom to eat there and he came out to say hi and brought us a dish of his risotto. I have made it and have had at different places but his was absolutely wonderful. I had it a couple times through out the year, one his basic plain with cheese and one with basic and added in shrimp and asparagus yummy
