reason. As a child my mother would often ask me to go out in the woods and pick a mess of poke salit. In the south "mess" means a bunch and usually in the context of greens. I knew to pick only the leaves as the rest of the weed... (12 replies, last updated by Jimmy Buffet February 2, 2006)

and that is where the good news ends. The kitchen staff is from Oxaca but the food is from Yucatan and the person telling them how to cook it is Irish. What a mess. The menu reads like a dream but the food is a nightmare. Most of... (3 replies, last updated by misterb November 2, 2001)

I went when they first opened. Do they still only offer sandwiches, or can you get meat by the pound? I’d like to bring home a mess of brisket and pork, but don’t want them sitting in buns for an hour. Also, when I... (2 replies, last updated by Annie January 6, 2004)

Annie's serves a daal filled roti seprately wrapped like Rockaway does. I had one today with pumpkin and chana, and a jerk chicken that blew my front teeth up into my frontal lobe. It was incredible. The peppa sauce is not to be... (24 replies, last updated by missmasala August 2, 2008)

id go to any decent irish bar in your area..... its hard to reeeaaalllly mess up corned beef and cabbage :) (5 replies, last updated by jenniebnyc March 21, 2008)

Any recommendations for a Saturday Night Road trip?? Good food being the ultimate destination. My wife and I live in Baltimore City and don’t really feel like messing with DC tonight, are there any places in the counties... (3 replies, last updated by cindym44 January 21, 2007)

me when people refrigerate or plastic-wrap pie. That is just asking for a gloppy mess, and the texture of the crust would be absolutely ruined. (8 replies, last updated by Neuromancer August 22, 2007)

to learn? I can see how certain portions of chicken or thin pork chops (easy to dry out) might also benefit from a grill-to-sauce dunk. But at the same time I wouldn’t want to mess much with a high priced piece of meat or... (5 replies, last updated by Annie596 March 16, 2008)

'd be cautious to not place any item directly on the bottom of any kettle, but raise it, with a grate of some sort, or some cleaned tin cans with both ends removed, or at least well punctured. Good Luck!! AnnieG (6 replies, last updated by charlesartist August 19, 2007)

salad to start with, a mushy mess that was overly tart (tartness seemed almost to have come from fermentation rather than from the undistinguishable vinaigrette) and then the oxtail. That was the crowning achievement of bad food... (4 replies, last updated by Dbird August 16, 2004)

? Low temp? I’ve never cooked rib roasts before and would hate to mess up $100 worth of meat!! Thank you any thoughts! Also, any favorite rubs, sauces, etc? Thank you and happy holidays! (3 replies, last updated by cjc519 December 26, 2008)

) *pickling spices from the Sampler in Sugar Hill, NH *Wel-Pac organic soba noodles (at Japanese groceries) *wasabi peas " " *fresh lychees from Chinatown *Republic of Tea ginger peach tea (most groceries) *Annies Mac n' Cheese (7 replies, last updated by chilibug December 6, 2002)

Annie, Titus Wong’s exceptional January 2003 post on Dong Thanh motivated me to go both there and Pho 777 for Bun Bo Hue, which I now have at least once a month. I have tried, and enjoyed, all of the dishes on Titus’s... (13 replies, last updated by annie January 30, 2004)

is slightly moist, then dried, and broken into small chunks. (I tried grating it, but WHAT a mess) Using the same idea, mixing the brown sugar with cinnamon, spritzing it lightly, drying it, and breaking it up, then adding it,... (21 replies, last updated by amedraa November 24, 2009)

OK...I’m talking about the cookbook that is in constant use, or the one you constantly refer to. You know—it’s dog-earred, tattered, has dried drops of sauce and is a mess—but it is your closest friend in... (4 replies, last updated by FriedClamFanatic November 18, 2008)