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Sometimes it really depends on the store. The one by my aunt's house is much better than the one in our area. My coworker got really sick one night after eating some deli meat from Whole Foods. She went in late, around 8pm and I guess the food should have been packed away but she was starving...

Whole Foods has some really good prepared foods and sandwiches. (I love their soups too) So it's a great place to stop by for lunch or if you're too lazy to make dinner. I notice that their produce is generally much better than our local supermarket. It is pricey, but that's what you get for...

Ideally we should all eat natural homecooked meals and exercise everyday. In this society, who has that kind of time/effort/motivation? For someone who is exercising and then eating McDonalds afterwards, at least they're doing one thing right. It still is better than someone who doesn't exercise...

kitchenelf's tip is the most important one. You want the rice to be kind of hard. It just doesn't work if you have freshly cooked rice. There are so many variations for fried rice, but what I like is just some frozen peas, some kind of ham/spam, maybe other frozen vegetables and then crack a...

Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone! I'm sure I'll have fun here, it sounds like a great place!

You're right, tempura has nothing to do with sushi. It's like hamburgers and french fries. Japanese food in general is quite healthy, but if you're just eating mass amounts of rice, you could still gain weight. Some people do, some people don't. Sushi rice is just rice with some vinegar in it...

Hi there, I'm new to these forums so I just wanted to say hello. I do enjoy cooking (just not cleaning afterwards) so I don't cook as often as I should. I do love to bake so I like making desserts :) Hope to learn more about cooking here, there's always so much great information on forums.