Creuset knockoff enamelled cast iron pot. I always use 1-5/8 cups of water. But I do depart from the recipe in some minor ways: I use a little more salt than in the original recipe. And I don’t use instant yeast; active dry...

The now departed Mama Rosa’s on Rampart had a very good banana pudding, using the receipe right off the side of the Nabisco vanilla wafers box. I’m also fond of lemon ice box pie, another southern classic. Or red...

the prepared food providers. They just don’t make the same kind of money. There were similar articles during many of the restructurings that Reading has gone through.

Scargod, We are still working on site wide improvements. This project took the resources mainly from our design department. Our technical team is working hard on site stability and we will continue to improve the performance of...

and vinegar chips and PEANUT BUTTER pretzels noted above sound wonderful, I have to try them out. Did I forget boxes of donuts and jars of peanut butter? The only fix — do not have them in the house. Healthy food can stay in...

appreciate the help, I’ve spent time planning the plates and my DW and I have it down to a science. - Wait for everyone to be served. There is no need to start eating for dinner parties of 6-8. If your food is a couple of...

the hedonistic fruit bombs that were New World wines. Zinfandel was a real revelation for me, and I was invigorated by the Ravenswood motto “No more wimpy wines”. But these wines are hard to match to a lot of food,...

Fried things: ...splattering oil, too soggy or too overcooked, etc etc...never got it right, fortunately I don’t eat much fried food anymore so if I were to indulge I would go out for something like that.

Of course, there are the people on the other side of things who essentially do the same: say they want to pay less because they ate/drank less, then underestimate what their food actually cost, ignore that “bite” of a...

a domestic SB with seafood. I find that the NZ versions are great by themselves, but their heavy grapefruit and “hay” aspects do not go that well with food. I prefer something with more “lemon” and some fruit forward. I opted for...

Trust me, they are not spurious claims nor junk science, and I am not taking advantage of Chow hounds. Liking the taste of something does not assure that it is healthy. Just a spurious review of the biochemistry of foods will...

., then I would suggest it to someone who seems like they come a lot and enjoy the food at the restaurant. But your elderly or families with small children are just not expecting these kinds of extra charges and I for one loathed...

Amen! Creating sushi at home is harder than rocket science. The rice is never the right temperature/texture/flavor, the topping-to-rice ratio is never right, the shape is never right, the fish is never fresh enough, etc.

My entire need for so called lowlife beer is just that...I need to attract the very lowlife of a garden slug each garden season to drink himself into a deadly stupor on the cheapest beer I can find at the local 7-11, warehouse...

Sharon, I agree with you. The “prepared” foods industry has tried to convince us that cooking real food is just too difficult and time consuming for today’s adult to deal with. Making a cake from scratch in...