of rock salt and was considering that, but then it occurred to me that I don’t know if rock salt is edible! I mean, it’s used to freeze ice cream (ice/salt mixture) but that’s the only use I’ve ever heard...

Leaves like mango, coffee, and avocado are nicely edible fresh. The secret is plucking the leaves in the day or two after they emerge. More time and they have too much indigestible cellulose.

I’m looking for ideas for an elegant, edible wedding favor. It could be a truffle, or a cookie, or something similar (I was thinking sweet, but I am open to ideas). Cost: around $5 each, with or without wrapping – we...

I want to send edible christmas gifts to friends and family as far away as San Francisco (I’m in New England). I’m thinking about gingerbread men, and canneles. I’m not too concerned about the gingerbread men...

I’m having a hard time tracking down edible rice paper. I have called everywhere I can think of, including several Asian markets, and can’t find it anywhere! By any chance does anyone know where I can find it? Thanks...

I had (and lost) a recipe that I loved to use to make edible bowls for ice cream or chocolate mousse. The bowls tasted like fortune cookies. The batter was baked in a circle that you molded over a ramekin just after baking. The...

I am looking for the ultrafine gold or silver edible foil used to garnish Indian sweets. Does anybody know where I might buy it?

bad or fake, that it’s not worth even the reduced calories it contains.

I hate to throw away food and almost always save a serving (or two) of leftovers from dinner, or some extra of a side or soup, extra meat, etc. So, now I find myself with a freezer full of containers filled with mystery something...

The melamine milk problem in China spreads all the way to British bedrooms.

-tight container for daily use in the kitchen and another one to store the larger quantity in the garage and both have the same bugs. This has never happened to me before with rice even in large quantities used over the period of...

So I got roped into ordering some chinese I knew would be bad, but man this was really bad. We now have two almost full containers of beef, one with bok choy and one with green beans. The takeout boxes are literally filled...

I second Nanbankan. We ate there about 3 weeks ago. It would be fairly easy to do low- or no-carbs there in terms of main ingredients on the skewers, but watch the sauces they brush on as I’m assuming some contain sugar or...

that was where it belonged...) some of them are mediocre but edible (Progresso reduced sodium chicken noodle) and some are delicious (Annie’s organics...) The degree of edibility doesn’t seem to be particularly...

Think about it. Quaker Oats are processed, packaged, shipped and stored in supermarkets for months at room temperature. I have stored containers for a few months in my basement successfully without freezing. Additionally, it...