My boyfriend is moving to another city to start med school, and I’m making him a cookbook. He is an okay but scared cook. He follows recipes precisely and doesn’t have a sense or feel for cooking yet. (ie there is a...

in an item; I dislike walnuts with an unholy passion. Walnut paste, walnut sprinkles, candied walnuts across a salad will cause me to ask for something else. (BTW: If it was mentioned in the description and I chose to order it...

I just read an article of the self-help variety in the local paper. A man wrote in complaining that he didn’t know how to cook and, as a result, was spending $16 a day on food. Lots of angry and agonised responses,...

of folks have decided to ignore. It’s like leaving a restaurant. They have a bowl of mints. Take as much as you want. Some people take a few for the drive home and some people take a couple of handfuls to fill their candy...

Now that you mention them, I remember all three of those places. I was under ten and mostly interested in Hooper’s candies.

Having grown up down South, I am a fan of old-time sugar-laden sodas, including some regional favorites like Cheerwine and Sun-Drop (yes, North Carolinian here)... but very happy with Classic Coke and Pepsi, too. In the last...

definitely the flavorings, nuts and dried and candied fruits(ALL must be FRESH), chocolate and butter. FAT. Margarine is not an option, unless you are on some dietary restriction – I’ll never forget how my Mom’s...

many peaches and nectarines in Mexico are imported from the US. in addition to all of what you mention, Mexico has wonderful pastries (probably a French influence), an incredible variety of candies and sweets, lots of shellish,...

. But, as a Dorito, each chip can be rated against its fellows—for instance, fresh Doritos are better than stale.) That said, I love McDonalds' classics: hamburgers (so sweet, they taste like candy!), fries, and chicken...

WINTER SEASON ....a little more difficult. What type of creative meal can you prepare utilizing only ingredients that are native to your area/region? A radius of say 25 miles from home. (Not written in stone) As close to 100% local...

, larger case piled with cold cuts of every description ... Another display case was full of foil- wrapped candy, topped by bottles of Georgian (as in formerly of the Soviet Union) wine, and behind that, a wall of packaged goods...

Anderson Valley), approaching 15% but that gave it a sweeter and bigger impression. With the somewhat overripe and jammy fruit it had a candied style and good balancing acidity that had no problem pairing with the sweet sauce on...

was surprisingly very good. I was expecting Heath Bar to be too cloyingly sweet like the candy bar, but it wasn’t. It was a good blend of toffee and chocolate. The berry flavors (strawberry, wild berry, raspberry) have all...

wings – not once, but twice, saying they weren’t hot enough. They came out the third time redder than my candy apple red Ford – absolutely soaked in Tabasco or something much more evil. The guy took a bite and...

selections, and to pick up some candies for my mother and aunt. While everything was beautiful and the crepes appeared wonderful, the prices were decidedly even worse than Jean Phillipe and the selection less impressive. After...