cilantro. Add rice noodles to the broth right at the end. Don’t forget to eat the Vietnamese way — add chile/rooster/sriracha sauce, lime juice and bean sprouts to taste at table. It is still a little bitter but the...

If By Seas dseparture, the storefront was occupied by a very good bistro called “J” and then a kosher restaurant named Lime.

—woefully underrepresented on the menu itself—with simple syrup, some cointreau, a good amount of lime, and perhaps one other addition. This was a nice, simple drink that I quite enjoyed. The bartenders free pour,...

brought the limeade the cous cous salad Pim’s winner entree that was all kinds of wonderfulness—chicken in curry, crunchy noodles, cilantro, pickled cabbage, limes sliced perfectly... the Kugle!! perfectly & lightly...

Guacamole IS avocado, plus a little seasoning. Any more than salt, lime juice, maybe minced onion, MAYBE tomato; then you get “Avocado Dip”.

Is Canada Dry Ginger Ale any better???

their sausage guy had moved away. Next choice was crawfish maque choux, but he said to go with the crawfish balls instead. We knew the fried green tomatoes were a must, and we also ordered Purgatory Shrimp, an new appetizer...

Lime Pie? Can I leave the red food coloring out of Red Velvet Cake? Is it still a quiche when there’s no crust or should you call it a fritatta or flan then? Oreo pizza? Asian enchiladas? Cajun potstickers? How many changes...

Crediting sources isn’t about publicity but acknowledgement. In my view, it’s polite as well as practical to admit you’re part of a community, especially when discovering new places relies heavily on tip offs....

Have a glass of sparkling water with a lime (Pelligrino is my favorite) usually stops any kind of “pressure”.

they managed to make olive oil pudding or a pea puree blanket or lime rocks or beet “yolk”. Of the all of the chef’s leading the food science craze, Grant is one of the few that still puts flavor before anything...

that went over well and is so easy. Also on the veggie side there are a lot of options, like sun dried tomato. I also agree with a fresh fruit salad. Since it is late in the day, you might want to add pita with hummus or...

, and a fantastic selection of Irish cheeses (eight in all, I believe). Even the cereals on the sideboard were upscale (a barely sweet granola with expertly dried strawberries, for example). Doreen gives you just enough time to...

, because that window of time from undercooked, to dry and overcooked is short. As for cooking, it much more freeing. I am always experimenting with flavors, too. Almost anything goes.

.2g fat (skin more than doubles the fat content) 3 oz broil Atlantic salmon has 6.9g fat 3 oz dry cooked Atlantic Cod has 4.8g fat 1 oz (1 Tbs) Butter has 12g fat 1 oz creama (26%) has 7.12g fat 1 large egg (1.75-2 oz) has 5.01g fat 1...