If I had a million dollars...

Or even just an extra $1500 lying around, I would love to have spent it on dinner at Per Se last night. As The New York Times tells us, chefs Thomas Keller and Grant Achatz presented a 20 course tasting menu at Keller's New York restaurant for $1500. (Wine included!) It was part of a book release celebration, but mostly it was a chance for two great chefs to show off their skills. Want to see what you missed? Here's the menu:

Do your bagels come in funny shapes?

I have to take a poll on this one. It's a pet peeve of mine but I'm really wondering if it bothers anyone else. Here's the scenario:

You're at a place that serves bagels and spreads. You order a blueberry or cinnamon or some other sweet type bagel and you ask to get it toasted. The bagel person runs said bagel through one of those conveyor toasters then throws on the spread of your choice.

So now you're enjoying your blueberry bagel and suddenly you get the overwhelming taste of onion, then maybe a little garlic or sesame seed. When the bagel person pulled your bagel out of the toaster, it was also pulled through a dredge of bagel detritus from the bottom of the toaster and now your awesome blueberryness has been fouled.

If I had a bagel place, I would have separate toasters for sweet and savory bagels. Problem solved. I don't mind a little cinnamon on my blueberry bagel but I do mind garlic. Seriously, does this bother anyone else? I've almost given up on buying toasted bagels entirely just because of this. Am I crazy?