is the best medium for sardines - Really skip those flavored with tomato sauce or mustard - Read that ingredient list there is no reason for anything but fish, oil/water or salt Here are the next 7 canned sardines, in order of...

Is it better than the horrendous Cafe Bustelo that my husband insisted on buying recently? Man, was that rank.

. the original insistence for umami as a fifth flavour is the legacy of kikunae ikeda, who 1908, claimed that as the flavour of glutamic acid (which he found in seaweed broth) couldn’t be replicated by combinations of...

One of the best chocolates in Paris are from La Maison du Chocolat, there are five of their stores in Paris. Expensive but very delicious. They also have stores in London, Tokyo, NY. Angelina’s on the Rue de Rivoli is...

, sliced cherries — this dessert ranked as the favorite from the red fruit tasting plate.The chocolate tasting plate consisted of (1) a chocolate espresso pot de creme which received mixed reviews (delicious v. too rich);...

sauce. Yeah, I’d love to get those Fairway sardines and give them a try. So far I’m aging a can of fancy French sardines. For all the rules about these sardines, I didn’t like them too much in their unaged state...

the previously retired chef back to the three-starred ranks of Michelin and placed Las Vegas firmly on America’s culinary map. Traveling across France as a young man the one time would-be-priest was exposed to a great deal...

that are too bitter. He likes the fruit lambics and hefs, but not so much the stouts and Belgians I’ve brought in. Anybody in Austin know how I can get some of Live Oak’s fabulous Hef? Anyway, give me your picks for...

) hot cocoa powder at the nearest cafe. I bought a fleur de sel turtle ($2.50, delicious) and 9 loose caramels/truffles for $2 each. I had tasted several of their flavored caramels (from Cocoa Bella) and liked them especially the...

good-ish to terrible, and all were severely overpriced. Their $120 teas were barely the quality of other places $30 teas. I still like their Ten Wu, and their Dragonwell is good enough for cheap, but largely, that stuff is rank....

The Vert" Pistachio "Pain de Genes," Passion Fruit Jelly and Bitter Chocolate Sauce or "Baked Alaska" Swiss “Meringue,” Coconut Ice Cream, Persian Lime, Pound Cake and Compressed Golden Pineapple "Mignardises" Check out...

an invite, keep these reviews in mind for your visit. See the link to my previous reviews and also my ranked list of Google cafes at the end of this post. PURE INGREDIENTS CAFE The hottest chicks at Google are holed up in the...

of Montaigne between Sherbrooke and de Maisonneuve, but he couldn’t remember its name and I haven’t done any follow-up. The new kid on the block (Ste-Catherine, right across from Simon’s/Paramount) is Segafredo...

and compared it to Duvel 2. Stone Hammer Pilsner...another malty flavoured beer with a hint of hoppy bitterness 3. (Tie) Blanche de Chambly and Mill St.'s Wit Beer...favoured over the mass produced Hoegaarden. A few likened the...

(my unprofessional terminology). What they gave me was a bit thin and more bitter, nothing like a Sumatra. Maybe they didn`t really know what Sumatra was like and I didn`t know what else to ask for.