is superior to the supermarket version, but is it really worth such a mark up? My feeling is that there are too many “foodie” suckers out there who are willing to succumb to daylight robbery in order to satisfy their...

excessive volitile acidity, and/or Brett contamination.

, whereas the user need to be more exact when he/she is using a straight edge. However, the straight edge is better for peeling a flat skin off fruits or vegetables for food prep. For example, only a straight-edge knife can do...

I think that if you want to make sure that you can be a chowhound for the rest of your life and ensure that your children can be chowhounds too, you’re going to have to realize that environmental concerns impact our food sources...

market. The Wed market probably beats out the Hollywood Sunday market because it has fewer prepared food vendors and craft vendors and more farmers. For what it’s worth, I’ve found the prices at the BH market to be a...

/12796/Halibut-ala-Hatch They have a recipe for cucumber chile granite using jalapenos, but I’ll bet you could use hot Hatch peppers. Green chile guacamole Cucumber Chile granite http://www.nmchili.com/recipes.htm EGGPLANT/GREEN CHILE...

$8.99/lb at Whole Foods Potrero.

for the price factor(well and she knew of my snobbery). They picked Outback which i have to say i ate a few times in college with my friends who considered it "great food". Even though I was not yet the chowhound i am today I...

You can get Baldwins hot dogs (beef, chicken or veal) at most grocery stores along the Bathurst corridor.This includes Loblaws, Shoppers Drug Mart, Kitchen Table etc. They used to carry Hebrew National at Nortown Foods but I...

this crap for the real stuff. When did the food industry just assume they could replace real crab with fishcake and no one would notice? And when did we as consumers stop expecting more? Is there an entire generation who have...

as well, and can result in "contaminated" flavors.

One of my favorite food blogs featured this a while back: http://steamykitchen.com/blog/2007/08/28/how-to-turn-cheap-choice-steaks-into-gucci-prime-steaks/ I finally got around to trying it a couple of months ago and I’m...

, and I am going to order a little extra of everything(Yu noddles Indonesian style, bbq pork fried rice, egg rolls, mandarin ribs, & a beef dish) to bring home. So I guess leftover Chinese food for dinner.

. Gutreactions, I probably also would be totally annoyed by your friend. I generally get the food the way it is. If I ask for a modification, it would be more on the lines of getting the burger without the pickle. Bu I would just...

about non-local foods (lemons shipped from FL or CA)— you just rarely see anyone asking for a lemon in their water in a nice midwestern restaurant these days— and when they do, chances are they’re a snowbird, or...