business associates for Christmas. Hopefully, your lady deserves more special than that for Valentine’s Day. Godiva Medium Romantic Heart $65 for 30 pieces What it says: “I care enough to send the fourth or fifth...

“Brewing Classic Styles” is another good one. It has at least one award-winning recipe for every style of beer classified by the American Homebrewing Association, from Bud clones to Flanders Sour Ales to Imperial...

Thanks for the responses to my request for information on Vietnamese in Westminster- I think I’ll have to check out Quan Hy after seeing Professor Salt’s photos. In fact, I’m running out for Vietnamese right...

. Horticulturally-impaired as we both are, I’d avoid seeds as just one more opportunity to fail; seedlings cost more but at least you know they have a chance at survival.

Yes! Professor, you are so smart! And this must be fine for broiling if it is used in a pizza oven, right?

sense to have a mechanism which ensures you can always get to the Chow and Chowhound homepages no matter where you are, but disagree with the implementation. I associate a house with “home”, meaning the main page of...

I belong to the National Scrabble Association and they’re about to add some new words to the acceptable dictionary for tournament players.... ZA is now good as are the Japanese BENTO, OBENTO, MIRIN, RAMEN,SOBA, and UDON....

I’m researching the barbecued chicken of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the kind where the primary sauce ingredients are vinegar and pepper. I’m especially interested in hearing about any church groups or...

John – my post that you replied to has a link to the Australian government dept in charge of horticulture. Maybe they can help you? Click on the ‘in reply to’ link and it will get you back to the message with...

Hi Professor Salt, Definitely second many of the suggestions here. You now have access to some good Ramen (Santouka, Shin Sen Gumi Hakata Ramen), Hawaiian food (Bruddah’s), and even Okinawan (Shin). :) (Also, if you’re...

My favorite is Hires, which is hard to find. Associated might have it.

trend for making everything “extreme”). I think A-B has a winner with this one, provided they don’t dumb it down any more. It compares favorably to the current product that claims to be Bass Ale, and by virtue...

I copied a recipe from a recent herb book by the American Horticulture Association. I haven’t tried it, but I snagged it cause it looked good, and I will soon have a lot of lemon balm. I’ve also thought about making...

Thanks again, Hounds! . BTW, I’ve commented before, but is there a So Cal Chinese Restaurant Owners' Association out there using a “English Restaurant Name Wizard” , which recycles the same two dozen or so...

Hi Waxyjax, I’m not familiar with any specific programs – my recommendation would be to look up professors by books they’ve written and you’ve enjoyed. Once you know which universities they’re at, you...