I went to an event at the Valley Restaurant, in Garrison. It’s on the golf course with a beautiful scenic overlook of the Hudson Valley. It’s really nice ad the food at the event was great....

content because of the quality of the food and the very civilized nature of the sushi bar (certainly no one loudly rubbing their chopsticks – Mori doesn’t get that kind of clientele).

displayed along with protien and acid content on Japanese labels) was described as fruity, with apricoty undertones, one taster described it as “technically good, but without much personality”. The joke was on us. The...

Green Pastures menu is great, and they’ve gotten a few nice (blog) reviews. There’s a menu on their facebook page or ARW website below. http://restaurantweekaustin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/GP-ARW-FAll.pdf

's gluten content. Yeah, I know, this means that I can’t eat most asian food due to the soy sauce content, no beer-yikes!, no pizza) A lot of store bought and restaurant barbacue rubs and sauces have whorsteshire sauce and...

'll usually use about half plain (but still good) goat cheese like a Bucheron or Laura Chenel. With the other half I’ll go with something more potent like Humbolt Fog. Just be sure to remove any bloom, rind, or ash. ***As...

and found him so we could order. We shared a cheese and meat appetizer. The salami was very good, prosciutto was fine, and were highly impressed with three of the cheeses- a gorgonzola, a soft cheese with an ashlike rind and a...

Thanks for the idea foodwich...I had thought along the lines of colored glass for summer...but I guess I also happen to be partial to a lot of patterns that have quite a bit of white in the body of the plate. Maybe I’ll...

clay pot... takes clay pot cooking to a whole new level) > Costa Chica Tepache (made with Red Corn, Honeycomb, Tabaco leaves & ashes) > Pork Loin cooked in an Orange-Carmelized Onion sauce served with Rajas, Squash Blossoms & Corn...

ever bite the “let's-try-this” bullet and see if you can cook and clean the oven at the same time? (Yeah, I know...covered pot, to keep all the icky ash from falling in, and times are important, i.e., can you abort...

Is nothing sacred? Franchised Salvadoran food is coming to Austin. http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/dining/entries/2009/07/02/salvadorian_chain_glorias_set.html

the trend of pre-wrapping the contents in a piece of parchment and then wrapping the parchment with the Lotus Leaf. Sadly, this blocks and limits the amount of Lotus Leaf flavor that seeps into the rice (traditionally the rice is...

, wash the pan well with soap, dry it on a burner. I’ve used cast iron for more almost 40 years, some of my cookware is twice as old as I am :) There is contention all over the web about what to use for seasoning, truth is...

of meat has also slipped. The sliced “deli” style meat has way too much water content, turkey is overly moist, make that wet. The only thing that has remained consistent is the tortilla soup, and salsa. After the...

it and it takes all the suspense out of making any pastry with a high fat content.