to do with conditioning. Also, just to add another data point, I’m a guy and I completely cannot relate to the stereotype of guys who “forget” to eat. Forget?! That’s like forgetting to breathe. I do have a...

that are part of life). Cats, who are fastidious and private creatures, prefer them anyway. I presume cat people know the spray-bottle trick (the ones used to mist plants). Now I just have to point it as Monsieur le Chat and he...

that anyone can eat anything that salty, but it’s no problem for me, due to years and years of conditioning.)

be listed in order of most to last, i.e., if it says basil, pecorino cheese, etc., there is more basil than cheese pick up a bottle of lemon joy – there is a warning label “do not drink” - why, someone saw a...

it bargaining or haggling. They quoted me a price with open bar and unlimited wine. DH was not happy with the wine choices. So we negotiated a deal where we had the open bar and paid for the wine by the bottle. I had to negotiate...

recently, I’ve had flowers last less than 24 hours while being held in good conditions. On a side note, many grocery stores have no return policies on all fresh meat and seafood. Not to defend them at all, but I think...

than Fiji. Our bottled water bill was so high. Do you know how expensive Fiji is (and wasteful as well)?

glass bottles with the little tin foil caps. A few years later, when my mom did get a car, we expanded our horizons, and found artisan cheese and bread makers in the area that also gave me an appreciation for the local nature of...

rolls or long rolls as you prefer. If you wish, you can also order freshly shucked oysters (malapagues right now) & clams on the half shell from the fish guy adjoining. While they’re preparing your order, select a bottle of...

The strongest impression: Lisa standing in front of the judges table, IN CHICAGO, and proclaiming that polish sausage was something that she would never cook. It gave me head movies of mobs with pitchforks, scythes, torches and...

to lunch, drank 1/2 bottle of champagne, ate grilled calamari, and refilled the bread basket several times. Other runners ate the free muffins, I imagine, but I doubt they exceeded my calorie intake. MSDP: I hope you meant to...

200 calories. I googled “tonic calories” and it says that a serving only has around ten calories-which is a lie!! I worked in a bar that made all it’s drinks from cans or bottles, was bored one day and checked...

The only way to go there is with a sort of Zen attitude. We bring a bottle of Côtes de Rhone (OK, I know it should be a Valpollicello, but I’m a French wine freak), find a table (or at least two seats), place our order and...

we filled our biggest frying pan with fresh, white, brooklyn snow. back in the toasty apartment, we squeezed half a bottle of log cabin over the snow, giddy with anticipation at our impending maple candy. needless to say, the log...

out. tea culture can be just as rarified, refined, and expensive as the finest juices that the french or italians can pump out... i’ve had single small pots of aged pu er tea that cost more than a bottle of petrus, and...