I need some advice. My brother is getting married in Santa Fe, N.M. in June, and I am thinking of offering to make his wedding cake. I’m wondering if any of you have made wedding cakes before and if you can give me an idea...

I am lucky enough to live in the Pacific Northwest with lots of small coffee shops. My current favorite is Caffe Vita. You can mail order their beans, but prices are up there with Starbucks. Our favorite is the Luna Blend which...

“Mediterranean,” however, conveys something at once foreign and yet known and safe with its associations with warmth, beaches, la dolce vita and, of course, Italy (Americans foreign food of choice).

Another “love the pig!” Boccone Dolce, my husband has a cutting board that his grandfather made as a little boy. It’s shaped like a curled fish and so very used over, what? 90 years? that it seems almost like a...

, scones, coffee. It is only open until 3(as of now) but is gettig great reviews in the papers. It is in an old house painted yellow, has counter service and you eat in one of the side rooms. Also just opened this month is La...

Many of mine have already been mentioned, so just to add to the list: Barney’s Gourmet Hamburgers La Dolce Vita Madre’s Mastro’s Via Veneto Chipotle C&O Trattoria or Cucina – for the right, casual...

The dish was the classic Italian dish called “Fettuccine al Burro” and was served in many restaurants in Rome during Rome’s "La Dolce Vita" days – the 1920s. It contained fettuccine, butter and Parmesan...

I am trying to decide between three different materials for countertops. I currently have corian and it has a lot of scratches in it and I am deathly afraid to set hot things on it because a friend had some heat damage to hers....

when Pane Dolce diagonally across the street was not open yet. It was so bad I had to throw half of it in the gutter and finally get across the street once Pane Dolce opened to get a real cup, not a real good cup, of coffee, but...

I’m about 6 croissants away from becoming that person who needs to be lifted by a crane from their couch. How do you keep your weight under control and still enjoy wonderful food? Do you eat steamed vegetables all week and...

So this has interested me for a while. What do chowhounds do for a living and do the hounds in general have a higher median income than the average working individual across the country? Or do we just really like to eat and would...

I use chickpea flour (we grind our own with our VitaMix or a small coffee/spice grinder) in various gluten-free bread recipes.

I know that I am too fat because I love to eat things that taste really good. I don’t stuff my face with anything I can get my hands on, indeed I usually won’t eat if the food’s no good. But, (and this is the...

Just wondering how people end up a “Chowhound”? Were you raised by hounds so come by it from nuturing or did you just one day “get it”? Growing up in the midwest in the 60’s and 70’s in the...

A Westside-heavy list (and a mix of places with excellent and so-so food): -Rocca -Sawtelle Kitchen -Blue Marlin -Hide -Musha -Spumoni (hey, it is 9 on Wednesday and I’m tired and its a block away...) -Il Dolce (usually weekend...