groan what I wouldn’t do for some quark right now! Mixed up with chives and schmeared on some Vollkornbrot. Haven’t had any since I left Germany, though I have heard that Vermont Butter and Cheese Company makes some....

My parents were really old world and grew and scavenged a lot of our food—and got a lot of local food from farmers, bakeries, etc.—and my mom made almost everything from scratch (even butter, cheese, yogurt, cereal,...

is one of my favorites. If you have a chance to serve food, pair this with scallops sauteed in butter and you’ll have some lifelong SB lovers. Have fun TNC ps- wine-O is a term I use to describe anyone whose enthusiasm for...

for plain egg noodles. I pour a LOT of it onto wide egg noodles, top it with just a little butter and nothing else. I prefer the real deal, freshly grated from a block, for all other dishes, but for this one dish, I VOLUNTARILY...

of meat, shop at my Korean grocery for a lot of vegetables .99 for a red bell pepper instead of $1.99-$2.50@. I do occasionally splurge on those $19.99/lb. dry diver scallops, 3-4 apiece. It still costs out well but it is a...

subtlety flavored. The polenta was extremely rich and butter with powerful sundried tomatoes, olives, and rosemary. I’ve had polenta about two dozen times in my life and have always found it so lacking in flavor that it was...

(P) Try the two Fried Chicken Breast and Two Waffles w/ extra butter – OMG!) 830 N Lake Ave Pasadena, CA 91104-4560 (626) 791-4890 Carney’s (SM/P) The Best Chili Dog in L.A. w/ Chili cheese fries– on Sunset in a old...

, snow peas and ginger. Made your taste buds dance and clap their hands! I don’t remember brocolli in anything back then. Today everything has brocolli in it. There was a lot of lotus root back then. And celery, bell...

, Tomatoes, Cabbage, Fresh Lettuce (Orejona which is kind like a blend of Romaine & Butter) > Refried Beans & Tortillas served after the Guisado > Candied Fruits, Coffee etc., maybe Strawberries & Cream to finish off Snacks might...

glob of goo and the bad sauce was designed to cover the taste of the chicken which was certainly not bell and evans quality, the chorizo was hard and chewy and couldnt be swallowed, the ribs were just plain horrible. We had been...

Dos Caminos – I have had Taco Bell meals that were more satisfying and the service is consistenly terrible City Crab – Never have had a meal there where there wasnt at least one dish that was unedible Agave – Even...

frying, boiling the holy trinity(bell pepper, celery, and onion) lots of rice, fish, pork, chicken, crawfish, shrimp, alligator, sausage, dark roux and dont forget about the heat of the cayenne pepper & hot sauces. I could live on...

I am getting pumpkin butter in my sister’s suitcase from San Francisco, and hopefully a cookbook or two. I already got cooking anniversary/mother’s day gifts this year from DH (lovely le creuset and matching utensils)...

're served. The notion is that even if they distribute like everything else on a bell-shaped curve, you want to diminish the average distance from the middle that each Big Mac falls, so you get a shape that has a huge tall...

Champagne – toasty with lime notes. Around this time we commented on the butter – very good, from a small herd of cows, individually pampered (we asked). Chilled Purée of English Pea Soup eucalyptus, melon, preserved...