wedge of sweet honeydew melon. And a pile of eggs scrambled with dark and meaty wild mushrooms. Hearty, and satisfying. We stumbled back to our hotel for a good night’s sleep, conserving energy for the foodie gauntlet that...

restaurant in the country? Such labels are preposterous. A very good restaurant but a little too precious and conservative for my taste. ...which is funny, because the next morning we went to BRENNAN’S for their over-the-...

, greasy, pastry I have tolerated, the calories wasted, the mental and physical energy expended acquiring them. It is literally too much to hope for that I will have an unending supply of excellent croissants let alone many of the...

readership are mostly conservative Republicans, and what do they know about Chinese food! If consistancy is a way to gauge restaurants, than OP wins hands down. Consistantly boring. And don’t get me started on MSG. Let me...

Howler, good to see you back on CH. I am convinced it is nature but nuture comes into it too. I have always wanted to taste and try everything my DH is the same way. My sister was very conservative about food, we used to say she...

This is a different aspect of green-ness. 42% of the energy used to produce a bottle of wine is consumed in the packaging and transportation. The statistic surprised me when I first heard it. (To learn more, search for articles...

Fruit juices, regular sodas and basicly any beverage with sugar. Also, most sandwiches have too much bread/bun and I will pick off hunks of bread and discard to save myself the carbs. Most type 1 diabetics like myself conserve our...

of the narrow room. The decor is dark with grey walls, low lighting, bare aluminum ceiling, chalkboard menus, and plain wooden tables. The overall atmosphere is simple, modern, comfortable and the room buzzes with energy. I study...

on it as a source of alternative energy. George W. Bush’s Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford makes extensive use of solar and geothermal technologies, as well as xerographic landscaping, that uses all of the home’s grey...

tend to be pretty heavily involved in conservation efforts. So if you have a chance to buy farmed sturgeon, you may actually be doing a good deed.

, and the 3rd might as well work in the industry, too, but he is too busy conserving land with the Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire. Each of our wives have as much of an appetite for restaurants, both fine and obscure, as we...

I am fairly conservative in my Thai tastes, though I like spicy. My first time there, I inquired about spicy dishes and my yellow curry came with beads of red chili oil on top and extra slivers of the hot peppers within —...

conservative. I’m in the other camp: I know it’s old and instead of using it, will leave it in the cupboard, as though somehow that makes sense. Unless the can is bulging, I feel like I’m wasteful to throw it...

I just did a big batch of plum jam. I’m planning on canning a spiced pear jam, apple butter, hot pepper jam and cranberry conserves. I also saw a mention in this month’s “Victoria” magazine about canning...

as if the majority of the negative critiques come from people with ridiculously high expections. We are all aware, the majority of the American public are not Chowhounds. So I I am confused with the energy spent on degrading a...