with Hung’s sauteed shrimp, corn pudding, bacon and corn salad, and shrimp foam... I know the corn won’t be that great right now, but it looks like a good starting point to try out a recipe. Who would’ve...

to impossible to screw up bringing folks here. The steak is still outstanding. The guacamole is still delicious. The waitstaff is still playful and attentive. Spoonriver (Mill District)- Easter brunch. So refreshing. We’d...

The corn bread at the churrasco place in St LM (north from Carousel) used to sell great corn bread! Anybody have it recently?

had, and he actually liked that, but no toppings on the taco, or in a burrito, and no corn tortillas – only flour.

horrible kitchen disasters. Corn starch is evil, though. I made a beautiful mango dessert a couple years ago for company that called for corn starch in the sauce. Not realizing how much it would clump up, I dumped the teaspoon...

Thirding the fenugreek. Also, this thread reminds me of sitting at a bar and looking at allll the liqueurs/liquors on display and realizing I’ve never tried most of them – what ARE they? I may have to methodically plan...

Don’t like the main store much, although I’ve gotten some decent produce/meat there in a pinch; it would never be my first choice for anything. Their liquor store has a surprisingly good wine selection at OK (not...

There was one banquet hall by the house that would post on their outdoor sign that they had hors d’oeuvres and we’d try to say it. It always came out as “Whores de ooovers”. As my ex-MIL would say, "She...

group interview, and were then promptly sat down to have an early lunch of—rice, potatoes, yuca, and cuy—plus rompope (or caspiroleta), a drink made of aguardiente (locally distilled cane liquor), whipped egg whites, beaten...

) is that I have found China Yuan a bit heavy on the gloppy, corn-starch based sauces that are typical of American Chinese cooking – I think Yummy House has a lighter hand. Rebecca

intended, i.e., “al natural,” or without ketchup. BTW, did I ever tell you that I hate ketchup?> <Black Diamond Skiers: Consider adding a jigger of the inky-black mangrove le liquor to one of the chilled seafood...

the best clams we had in our trip. PORTSMOUTH, NH: We also made a day trip to this quaint little friendly town on the border of New Hampshire and Maine. We also made more than one stop at those government liquor stores. THE...

: her house. Aunt 1 – Turkey, dressing, gravy Aunt 2 – Ham, 3 diff. cranberry relishes, green beans (plain green beans, no goop, no cream-of), corn Aunt 2 – Tea, sweet potato casserole (pecan-struessel, not...

have to use separate bowls for vegetables (can’t have any corn “juice” messing up those potatoes!) Once we had a guest who had a bowl for his salad, and one for his green beans, and a plate. He set the extra...

if the pour spouts I have are used for wines. Are you talking about the liquor jigger tops (sorry, don’t know what they’re called) that allow out a pre-measured amount? If so, mine aren’t that high tech. They...