canister of Diamond Crystal next to the cooktop, so it’s easy to just dip and go. And it works beautifully for everything from thick steaks to last night’s cardboard-thin chuletas de puerco, typical Mexican-market...

Wusthoff Santoku knife and diamond sharpener. Entsrom’s Toffee. The smoked king salmon from Pike’s market in Seattle. A good mandolin.

I’d just as soon buy a new can of Pam once or twice a year. I use Swiss diamond cookware so I don’t need it for that, but for tonight’s Laura Calder recipe with honey and chicken roasted at relatively high heat,...

boagman: Man-o-man were you right about Scotty Simpson’s! The only debate is how much we want to publicize this little diamond—I selfishly don’t want the whole world to know about it, but also want to make sure...

sparingly. Add some vegetables while you’re at it] ~Cut into diamonds, bake or grill, and use as a crostini base. ~polenta crackers. Polenta with fresh herbs, spread thin on a cookie sheet, and baked until crispy. [I forgot...

I once attended a completely unironic “White Trash” BBQ in Seagrove, NC. We were told to bring our own meat to grill. The hosts furnished condiments, canned beer, moonshine, weed, speed, potato guns, M-80s, and a...

6 ounces fresh lean ground beef cooked to your satisfaction, one fresh kaiser roll, one slice Black diamond processed cheddar, three fresh jalapenos trimmed sliced lengthwise and sauteed. Yummy. Total cost: about $1.50....

That salvadoran place is a diamond in the rough. Friendly people, too.

a lot of dreck before finding that diamond but continuing to work a played-out mine is sure to lead to a higher ratio of indigestion. —— You’re saying “places” in the sense of nabes. And I insist that...

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to compliment the vibrant yellow liquor for adornment. Also made cookie boxes – thanks to whoever steered me to the Wms-Sonoma ones. Into the boxes went florentines, a buttery shortbread diamonds topped with apricot jam and...

wait for a table for two, which gave me a false hope that the meal would be worth waiting for. It was a very old crowd, and no one flinched at the wait. Yes the place looks rough inside, but I was open to that, having found some...

to overflowing and all I really wanted was my Barq’s. The mix of diners was totally across the board. You had tradesmen in their cover-alls to the gentleman in front of me in a dark suit, wearing a diamond and gold Rolex,...

that are almost completely ethnic Chinese this kind of thing bounds to happen. Two main areas 1)West SGV: Monterey Park/Alhambra/Arcadia/San Gabriel 2)East SGV: Hacienda Heights/Rowland Heights/City of Industry/Diamond...

Okay. Come September, I will turn 75. I’m reminding everyone that 75 is traditionally celebrated with diamonds. I may get a lot of decks of cards. My mother’s most notable cooking came on holidays, especially...