part of Spain where, IMO, there’s crap coffee and the folk there have many links with SA. And, seeing as I’d started lunch with a kebab, I thought I’d finish with one. What was described as “BomBom” was several skewered grapes...

walnut bread. She still had some wine left, and it went very nicely with her dessert. I, however, won the dessert battle with the chocolate cake. It was a rich, super chocolate, flourless cake, topped with a single round slice of...

sauce." But he can be playful too. A prime example is what he does to that popular chocolate-covered Japanese kid snack, Pocky. His rendition substitutes asparagus for the cookie sticks. The rest of the cookbook is full of gorgeous...

against Kathleen. Kathleen’s supporters have been picketing outside the store since winter and the battle is getting quite ugly. Her chocolate chip cookies are still great (brittle, butter kind). However this dispute has...

Susur Lee tied Bobby Flay (battle bacon...I believe) and Rob Feenie won against Morimoto. As far as I can tell, Crawford is the first Canadian Chef lose.

, THEN served on a platter? What if someone likes it hot?' 'Well, many people say serving seafood cold is the best method...' I know a losing battle. I ordered the stuffed pig foot. Sous, I know you’re lamenting on the texture...

The Wick Fowler kit includes a packet of masa to tighten the chili. At least it used to. (Wick Fowler, of course, battled Easterner H. Allen Smith in the first-ever Terlingua cookoff.)

artisanal frozen treats. Then Center Street Deli weighed in for the battle importing Fiorello’s gelato from San Rafael to scoop side-by-side with its fountain ice creams. On the westside, Dry Creek’s wares are sold at...

" chocolate mousse desert that had so much Grand Marnier in it that my wife and I could get buzzed just from eating it. It sadly closed. Is Bernard still in the St. Louis area? Is he currently running a different restraunt? I will...

I’m sure this will get moved shortly, but buttermilk is generally already soured, and it tends to keep well beyond the sell-by date. It’s an ongoing battle for my wife and I, though.

Ginger ale and the other ginger suggestions sound good. I lived on banana smoothies (freeze a peeled banana and then put in blender with a cup of milk and some cocoa powder (or chocolate Slim Fast powder if you need to get some...

before you even sat down you had a floor show with Richie as the star and the cast changing nightly. All a lot of fun. Especially because you knew half the people in line with you. Once seated (and the constant battle for a booth...

with were untouched. A side of the creamiest mashed potatoes was enjoyed by both us. Dessert was a warm chocolate cake that my wife said saved her evening. One beer only (neither of us are much drinkers). Total + Tip was 200...

Who wins the battle between these two worthy gelato outposts? (FD, I released a guide on the topic) Link: http://www.happybellyguides.com/index.html

to animals. Place on wax paper to harden into a little chocolate plate armor suit... ta da. Chocolate mouse all ready for battle.