, heirloom beans, exotic rice, capers, cornichons, sun-dried tomatoes, etc. I don’t even bother to box and wrap this gift – I just tie a huge ribbon around it and put a wooden spoon and whisk as part of the bow.

I have been getting a Full Belly box once a week for a long time. I found that this summer it was a partial disappointment. Last year we had fabulous basil...this summer I think we only got basil once – twice at the most....

take home leftoevers. Depending on the food, that’s unreasonable. A dressed salad, for example, won’t hold. Meats and fish dry out, especially if you attempt to reheat them...and so on. My first thought when I saw the...

. It all depends. My husband has been trying for years to get me to drop ketchup from everything (he can’t stand the SMELL of it), hence all fast food normally made with ketchup is now ordered "dry", so I can’t even...

Basically, if you follow the core plan, they provide you with a list of foods (basically, lean meats/poultry/seafood, nonfat dairy, tofu+eggs, fresh (not dried or concentrated) fruits & veggies, and most whole grains) that you...

Thanks, I was wondering if the geek’s memory was failing him. I’ll take the dry 100 degrees over the humid 80 degree days anytime.

here as well. dining in restaurants with open kitchens ensures that you probably won’t get any spectacle of this unless someone really loses their cool, but it doesn’t mean the exec chef won’t pull someone into...

ramadan mubarak, suggestion, custard is easy to make. i use half and half buy the custard powder fm the indian grocery store. use it as topping over fruit for a simple fruit salad, baked apples, apricots, i use dried and...

include, like the fact that I only eat dry cereal.

become to find fatty enough brisket for making my own corned beef or even pot roasts/“sholet” meat that wouldn’t dry out. I was reduced to buying “point,” since it was the fattier end. Is it possible...

something that I’ve never understood; how people who enjoy coffee (note: fairly dry with no creme) can find beer completely intolerable. I’d find it equally difficult to accept that anyone who enjoys tea...

I have the barbara Tropp book as well. It is every bit the classic people say it is. It was the first book i got that sent me into chinatown for ingredients (dried orange peel etc) and equipment (Dexter cleaver). On the other...

bechamel (seasoned with only a bay leaf and kosher salt and white pepper, nothing more) with a shot of good dry Spanish sherry and two T of good grated parm added, and sprinkled liberally with buttered bread crumbs mixed with...

can commicate with them. i always feel ignored at koi palace, though i love the food there. also had the best dish of my life at ton kiang once, the Braised E-Mein Noodles with Dried Scallops and Golden Mushrooms. it was...

What dries me and my mom completely nuts is when we serve dinner buffet style, and someone pulls chairs up to the table where the food is laid out and eats over the buffet. It makes it so awkward for everyone else to serve...