Hi all, I teach at a private middle school in suburban Atlanta. At my school, I’m required to offer two electives per semester. This spring, I offered “Food Appreciation” as one of them. It was a very well...

!". I entered Organic to Go which was a MADHOUSE. It’s like DC’s lobbying elite had never seen food before, or were stocking up for the next 90 days of election fever! The lay out is – I admit – pretty...

What will you be dining upon while watching the election returns? i am trying to decide between a roast chicken, sausage-cornbread dressing and haricots verts or a rich creamy spinach pizza. Not working today so I have time for...

As I’m sitting here hearing about the horrors surrounding the Iraqi elections (in Iraq I mean; the western Canadian polling place in Calgary is a big party with electors coming from everywhere between Vancouver and...

The presidential election distracted me from my usual preoccupation with things of the table, but I am now back in full eating mode. Yesterday I bought Thomas Keller’s new book “Bouchon” — lovely! The big...

It is also important to understand the importance of a well seasoned oven. The one in the original Regina has been cranking out pizza for at least 50 years, perhaps longer. Those spices,meats,sauces & cheeses have permeated the...

- these were the first places i went in chicago, and it is definitely a different style than i’m used to. the broth has less grease, but it is also less courageously seasoned (anise and cinnamon are barely discernible). my...

bergamot oranges too). Another place with a ton of seville orange trees is the big orange court at Scripps College in Claremont. I don’t think that this is the season. For some reason, I think the seville’s flower...

I truly feel that electic machines are cheating, but they are just so much easier and all-seasonal. In the summer I love hand-cranked ice cream outside, but I’m looking forward to year-round yumminess! Congrats on being so...

sandwich with carmelized onions,aoli and tomato. the only duff touch was some melon with my wife’s meal that was as hard as the season. typical. but my spicy bloody mary and her mango mimosa ($6 each) were both great, and...

. and a really low, low simmer burner for a true simmer. I cook a lot, so those were two very important features for me. One of the best features is the fact that this stove has both a gas oven and an electic oven drawer, which...

the Fried Cactus app which comes with queso and a tequila ranch dressing. The cactus was very flavorful, but mostly from the seasoning, I suspect. I really liked the queso and the ranch was okay. We shared the filet which comes...

$84 w/ 20% grat: 2ppl, 3 specialty tails, 5 small plates (not tapas). We arrived hungry at 7:30 on a Thursday and the wait was pitched as “just a few moments” as the table is “on dessert”. We elected to...

usually do. For his entree, my husband elected to go with the BLT flatbread. He was saving room for the cheese platter here! He really liked the bacon on it; it was good quality bacon and was quite thick. He wished that the cheese...

1) Library at what was the Sheraton Carlton on SE corner of 16th and K. 2) Le Bar at Hotel Sofitel on NW corner of 15th and I (?) 3) Lounge at Four Seasons in Georgetown