Dukkah Mix (Toasted Nut & Spice Mixture for dipping) I found this recipe while researching for my stepdaughter’s graduation party in June, which had an around-the-world food theme. It can be made ahead of time, and keeps well...

either (a) realistic expectations or (b) really low standards. If you have a free Saturday morning and afternoon on one of your upcoming trips, go for the good stuff. It’s about three hours to Lockhart. But if you’re a...

dish suits you better. Then, research fish cookbooks. I read reviews on Amazon and elsewhere, then take cookbooks out of the library to look at and decide whether to buy them. Find an author that suits and get cooking! And,...

Why is using multiple languages snobbish? Seems a very xenophobic North American attitude. Being able to use words from other languages to name foods is useful and interesting, especially when the food in question is inspired by...

't get me started on this place. Firstly, the cooking your own food concept (they do it, but you put it together) bugs the **** out of me. Secondly, I saw some combos that truly made me wonder if the patrons had ever eaten any...

from the local pie shop? I’m not talking about special food for someone with a severely restricted medical diet but merely people who prefer the food they can obtain other places but which aren’t available at the...

I agree with you, however, I have learned that when I am asked in an upscale restaurant if I want flat or sparkling, I have to specify tap. Might not be right, but it’s commonplace. If you like the food, I would give them...

I’m not familiar with the taffy of which you write. But last week’s NY Times Dining section (on Wed. 10/20) featured an article about a woman who hunts down lost food products. You might be able to find it on their...

skipped). But on this site we talk about food, and I have some questions about Venetian cuisine: what is it, and how much to like it? Maybe these questions belong on the “General” board; so I will pose them only...

their tastes to those that have a posting history, so that they know who’s reliable and who’s not. While this can be useful as an easy way to get good food, it totally misses great tips from new hounds. It’s not...

savvy diner knows to tip a lower percentage on the wine than the food.

pizza in Noo Yawk," and nary a freshly researched New York pizza story fails to agree. (The current issue of New York magazine calls De Marco “the last of the old pizza masters.”) Having not been back to Di Fara since...

in Monterey, California. We started with the bottle of Le Sophiste, a Marsanne and Rousanne blend from Bonny Doon winery. It went well with the food and I enjoyed its minerality and its structure. It was so good that we finished...

, but about the only tiime that I get “deals,” with B-T-G. Now, I will say that a good sommelier will research the B-T-G selection, against the chef’s menus. That’s why I usually get the sommelier’s...

mc d’s clearly isn’t the place for the finest hamburgers in the world, but people seem to like them. maybe it’s a comfort food thing. joe queenan—the biggest snob west of the atlantic—once said he...