if a person doesn’t like the taste of alcohol, i suppose there’s not much way of getting 'round that. but in my personal and professional opinion if a wine smells firstly and mostly like alcohol, it’s a poorly...

waste to use such salts for cooking/dissolving, and most taste tests show no noticeable gain (but a nice waste of $). The special use for special sea salts is where they are sprinkled atop food to be eaten immediately before they...

), but there are some times when you’re in a rush getting home from work, or you need to bring something to a party you forgot about, and cheating is the simplest answer. Now, I do try to cook from scratch and use organic...

. Of course she’s making brandied cranberries. I’ve given this recipe to lots of people, and also have taken them to potluck T-Day dinners over the years (when I wasn’t living near home) and people just flip...

Cheese is better. The US has a law banning raw milk cheese aged less than 60 days (though some shops manage to get these), Canada doesn’t have anything similar. We pig out on real Brie when we’re there. Yogurt is...

a lot of lentils, since they cook very quickly. If you feel adventurous, explore wild foods in your area. Where I live, I can get nopalitos, mulberries, sea asparagus, purslane and a huge variety of greens throughout the year. You...

california pizza kitchen. their crust has the flavor and consistency of white bread, even their ‘honey wheat’ crust is awful. also, alejos always gets praised on this board. covering up the worst quality ingredients...

of taste. Corn syrup is pretty crappy, often leaves you feeling like crap, and is totally unnecessary. The problem is so bad that they even use it in the chocolate chips for the Vanilla Chocolate Chip flavor, but get this... not...

OH YES—the paprika! You have to get the smoked paprika! It is AMAZING! Also I love the chipotle powder.

The thread on the rarity of chowhounds prompts me to wonder how you all cook for people who aren’t that involved with food. We get together regularly with DH’s family, all of whom live fairly close by. I used to labor...

Diner eggs, you know, those overcooked hard brown eggs when they make omlettes and stuff, ALWAYS get drowned in ketchup to hide the burnt taste. They are unedible otherwise.

(if there is a hell, they make you eat food as bad as that at Bahn Thai). We stopped in Urbane for wine and a little nosh the night of the Christmas parade (seemed healthier and more interesting than the usual fried junk for sale...

Walla or Maui. It’s not just the breed, it’s the soil, water and climate. What a great opportunity to get to know the potato better!

i’ve worked in restaurants all my adult life. if you call to make a reservation, tell them to make a note about your allergies. when you get your menus, engage your server and immediately let him know what foods are a...

Gravy for the turkey at Thanksgiving or Christmas. It’s a process I learned from my Mom. My sister tried once, wailed she couldn’t "get it right!" and abdicated the responsibility to me forever more. And (again at the...