would feed me and my brother just rice rolled up in seaweed for dinner sometimes. Simple but oh so good and fun to eat. - Rice mixed with butter and whatever you have (Spam for my family), heated. Mmmm. - Bread and 1-2 slices of...

at the age of 50 i developed an allergy to all nuts (notpeanuts). prior to that i would eat every cashew in site, pile my plate with chestnut stuffing and have every nut in chocolate dessert imaginable. Then THUMP after a half a...

knife. Check out Chicago cuttlery online. They are an old American company and I have their breadknife. They have beautiful maple wood handles and high carbon blades (sharpen better than stainless). Last, but not least – if...

I, sadly, don’t think that would help. Where there is caviar, there is my husband. This was American caviar, though only earlier that fall, we had two beautiful tins of caviar (500 grams each) that he had brought back from...

interior and fountain show outdoors....and a customized tasting menu as follows: Amuse Bouche: Komomoto Oyster w/ American Caviar – I’m not an oyster guy, nor a Caviar guy, but the presentation was gorgeous and the...

, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, zucchini, etc. You can also use asian vegetables from the pantry: bamboo shoots, straw mushrooms, water chestnuts, whatever. Simmer together for about 5 minutes until the veggies are tender and...

Lately tiny gherkin pickles, and american cheese! I’m a cheesehead and very rarely eat american cheese... but lately have been remembering when my grandma would buy it from the deli and get it sliced so thin you could see...

avec9 It’s “Lee Wah Heen” at the Metropolitan Hotel on Chestnut St., but you are correct that they have the best Dim Sum downtown. It’s all high-end Hong Kong style, shrimp based as opposed to pork based,...

a grilled cheese sandwich made with American cheese. I tried but just could not do it. This same babysitter also would try to force me to finish all the food on my plate. I used to fight with this woman at every meal it seemed...

of butter) Grand Marnier, apricot, and chestnut stuffing Chocolate chip pecan torte

, yeah, I’ll chalk that up to being Chinese-American :-)

Sure. It’s so easy and so good. My girls and I have tried several other squash casserole recipes through the years—twice the ingredients and steps, water chestnuts, white wine, etc.—and keep coming back to this...

with ice chips, what seemed was chopped watermelon and bits of crunchy water chestnut. Both were served in soup bowls. I provided a ride to and from the event for Chowvisitor Steve D. from Atlanta. He expressed his admiration for...

warm and bubbly. It makes left-overs more moist and edible...and for a full box, it adds a nice kick. (Note: if your mac-n-cheese left overs are REALLY dry from over-cooking the original recipe, try adding a bit of milk or even a...

on the service level – a truly American attempt to improve service by using a reward for performance methodology, thus applying our finely honed capitalist ethics and productivity goals... ;) But honestly, since we do...