is an experience to be tried at east once. Fresh Maritime oysters from cool waters, and even canned clams (Arctic Surf) can’t be duplicated further south. How about bannock? Is it avalaible in ‘the States’?...

new restaurant or getting your name on the guest list somewhere "cool". Some people who still have friends or family with farms or land still cherish things like garden produce and really good meats. But I didn’t appreciate...

little culture or yeast because we do not want the leavening organisms to exhaust the nutrients in the flour before the dough is ready to bake. The cool temperature also helps to slow micro-organism growth. If your kitchen is...

into Mark’s head. The kids like the beets!!! Hey Mikey!! Richard wans kids? I thought he was gay? This one is a little underwhelming, not really exciting but the idea is very cool, getting kids to cook. Now they are blasting...

I forgot to mention: Vietnamese: 7 kinds of beef at Anh Hong in the tenderloin. Pho – everybody has a favorite – I pop into PPQ on Irving and 19th once in a while. La Vie on Geary is great for all kinds of tables, some...

, and plenty of good Italian whites (Terre di Tufi, for example) in the under $20 range. And for Cali, try producers like Au Bon Climat. They have a great Chard and a great Pinot Blanc/Gris blend that’s super-yummy. I would...

't put stuff we’ll access a lot in the kegerator because its energy inefficient to keep opening the door and letting the cool air out. We bought ours online from BestBuy.com. I’m not a big fan of BestBuy because I...

in more than a couple books that the food preparer’s attitude influences the energy of the food and one shouldn’t cook when angry. I respect this belief and think it’s kind of cool that the world has so many...

is not necessarily “rude” and I think these three words are the most error-proned words on chowhound. It’s just part of the equation. The devil’s in the details. People laugh all the time at my like of cool...

is such a great resource for finding stuff like this. And your prep sink shouldn’t be a problem unless you’re incredibly sloppy. You’ll be using mostly cool water for light washing. I lived for years in a Queen...

When yu buy lettuce, slice a thin piece off the core end and soak in a bowl of cool water for a couple of hours- you wouldn’t believe how much it refreshes the leaves. I’ve used this with romaine and green leaf...

, bean curd sticks, various nuts and dried berries. My mom had the Taoist (maybe it was Confucius) belief that foods were “nget hei” (hot energy) and “leung hei” (cool energy) so our meals would try to...

at a park where rent was free, it wasn’t a cool thing... mostly just attracted retired folks surviving solely on social security, a lot of produce was naturally organic (and it looked like it... beat up, unattractive, with...

E-san, great recs... keep digging up more on Little Saigon. Our Vietnamese friend moved to Florida – the muggy climate was much more to her liking – she and her family were our connection and translator to this...

Oh! Don’t get a Southerner started on grits! Grits and polenta are made from different types of corn. Grits are ground from starchy dent corn while polenta is made from more granular flint corn. Both can be served soft and...