The food was excellent. Mr B’s dad had the Thanksgiving meal catered. Tender smoked pork baby back ribs, smoked beef brisket that was moist and succulent, ham (that I didn’t touch) and potato salad. Not a vegetable in...

with low-fat sour cream Potato chips (haning head in shame) Corn Corn bread Things that have been too weird for at least one out of three men at my dining room table: Chicken: roasted, fried, baked, grilled, souped, BBQ'd, etc. (This...

. dh had promised to sell his sister a quantity of meat that was left over from a catering event at below our wholesale price (her family is having hard times right now, which makes it more awkward). he had forgotten to tell me...

point for everybody) this time? Or suggest something very simple like a BBQ or potluck picnic which would cut down on everybody’s labor but still allows everyone to visit. If these are more involved dinner parties, I...

I’ve wondered whether duck sauce was originally some kind of American substitute for hoisin sauce, as in Peking Duck. Whatever the etymology it lost any connection with duck and was mostly used for dipping dry “chow...

's more American than a Buffalo wing? Or BBQ? Or a Dorito? Or Tabasco? Most fast food is strongly flavored in one way or another. A lot of those kids appeared to be ethnic minorities — do the judges think they eat bland...

not saying In-n-Out is the greatest hamburger on earth – far from it. That honor goes to Hodad’s in Ocean Beach. Phil’s BBQ, another San Diego place, also makes a great one with house-ground chuck, so you can...

You don’t need to go to film school to review movies. Even a hopelessly incompetent cook can learn all a reviewer needs to know about sauces from reading cookbooks. In the past year, I’ve reviewed Californian,...

". Weekdays, along Convent Rd, south of Silom Rd, there’s many street carts catering to the local office workers. Another place, popular with Thais, is MK Suki. There are many locations throughout Bangkok(there’s 2 in...

My personal favourite over “Joy” is Basics from the Silver Palette (New York Catering co). Silver Palette has 2 other books out that I enjoy too. I love anything by Julia Child and Donna Hay (great pics). This...

in the Metropolitan Lounge in the Chicago Union Station was enjoyable, especially after Mrs. Chino Wayne scouted out the food court on the upper level of the station and found a BBQ joint. So while fellow travelers, in the by now...

Good call, meels. I usually tell my friends when I invite them what I’m planning to serve. “We're having ribs — you guys like ribs, right?” Or "come over for a BBQ," and without naming specifically what...

home. Mediocre is a generous descriptive term for what is being sold as upscale fare to unsuspecting top dollar paying hipsters. In contrast, I had the extreme pleasure of digging into a giant bowl of Bun, topped with succulent...

what you get in good Korean tofu joints. In Irvine, go to Sam Woo BBQ. It’s next to the Sam Woo Seafood restaurant, also in the 99 Ranch Market shopping center at Culver and Irvine Center Drive. Take the Culver Drive exit...

Quickfire: Make a snack. Find a way to incorporate BBQ sauce, mayonnaise or Italian dressing. Lowlight: Mike’s brie quesadilla with mayo on top. Two winners: Sam and Marcel. Sam for his little sandwich that I think involved...