The pictured deli is my standard bearer, but it aint in New York. It’s in Miami Beach. Rascal House is it’s name and deli is its game! I would like Rascal House even if your meal did not come with pickles and tomatoes...

they managed to make olive oil pudding or a pea puree blanket or lime rocks or beet “yolk”. Of the all of the chef’s leading the food science craze, Grant is one of the few that still puts flavor before anything...

with sugar, and bake along with dinner. Dig the stem out of a tomato with a pointed knife, stuff in a couple of croutons, sprinkle with rosemary and bake with dinner. Etc.. 2) Other baked entrees: a) Baked beans—-pour the...

Artichokes - 432639 lbs Asparragus - 10870363 lbs Avocado – Criollo - 7677192 lbs Avocado – Hass - 193600343 lbs Avocado – Other - 5524523 lbs Beets - 3592696 lbs Bok Choy - 20056 lbs Broccoli - 45184119 lbs Brussel

Speaking of that area, does anyone go to Beet anymore? I went there a couple of times, and I liked it, but I’ve moved from the area.

Yikes, those are all the sweet “practice” drinks from high school! The key was not to taste the alcohol. do they even still make sloe gin? I haven’t seen that in years. I was a big fan of the “bocce...

I love sandwiches of all kinds, but these are the ones I prepare most frequently at home. Nothing fancy here! Tuna mixed with onion, celery, lemon juice and mayo on toasted bread (I prefer a good bakery roll) with lettuce, tomato,...

was a salad of white asparagus with julienned artichokes and beets with langoustine and black truffle dressing. Perhaps four bites total this was “precious,” fresh and an excellent introduction to the meal that...

I too am not a fan of the Black Olive. It really is not that difficult to cook good fish at home (just broil a filet and squeeze on lemon juice and a little salt/pepper, and you have the best way to eat most fish). What stood out...

muhamahara, but without using the ingredients that make it such" (e.g. don’t bother with pomegranate molasses, you can just use maple syrup and lemon juice—feh!). To make it, they also recommended buying bottled...

to light the candle on the table (since it was getting too dark to see the menu). The patio light adjacent to our table was blinking on and off, running out of juice I guess. He returned to light the candle and then we seriously...

potatoes, rutabagas, turnips, beets, peanuts, soy beans, English peas, blackeye peas, beans, string beans, celery, artichokes, asparagus, incredible tomatoes... Well, if he could get seeds for it, we ate it! Oh, and sunflowers....

night we had our first ever Salad Night: I got two of the kids to help, and we made that salad again, plus a broccoli salad with mustard vinaigrette, a cantaloupe salad with fresh mint, lime juice/zest, honey, and ginger, and...

. ATLANTICA in Camden for dinner was very nice and beautiful on the harbor. Our server was clearly new, but tried hard and the sweet owner stepped in to help out once in a while. The Damariscotta oysteres were great, we had a nice...

sauce and scallions sometimes a layer of crackers to absorb the juices) and maybe a steamed pork cake with duck egg or chicken and black mushrooms. In retrospect, it must have been a lot of work to get dinner on the table and was...