cost of the gold leaf that offends you, or that that a precious metal gold is used in food? There are many cultures where gold and silver foil are used in food. These are very small amounts, and often serve no particular purpose...

't (thankfully) permeate the meat. The mince pie with Mexican chocolate, rum and pear brandy was fabulous. But, by far, the hit of the dinner were the caramel cranberries enhanced with canela and vanilla :-). The rest? How can...

summer’s bounty, whether dried, preserved, pickled, or fermented. Couldn’t live without cheese, wine, kosher pickles, peach jam, raisins, the list is so long.

I read an article in "Food and Wine" by Jennifer 8 Lee a couple of months ago where she discusses the Chinese view of desserts. By her own admission, Chinese desserts (other than just plain old fruit) aren’t very good. Her...

I think this was from Food and Wine. Roast either anaheim or poblanos and make a sauce out of 3/4 of the chilis and some cilantro, etc. Awesome!

, in the same way I would be willing to generalize that french or italian cuisine is not spicy. When I lived in Rome I used to have a Roman friend who didn’t like garlic, basil, parsley, wine, or coffee, and I used to joke...

courtesy to be an enjoyable dining companion (her judjements of what you ordered shock me). How she could have thought her behavior in any way enhanced the dining experience you, her companion is beyond me. I completely aggree...

rolls or long rolls as you prefer. If you wish, you can also order freshly shucked oysters (malapagues right now) & clams on the half shell from the fish guy adjoining. While they’re preparing your order, select a bottle of...

alcohol, although this difference might not be as pronounced as that between American and British barley wines. (I speak here of ‘regular’ IPAs, not the double and imperial versions. Weyerbacher recently came out with...

no taste, and all canned goods, as well as packaged items have more flavor enhancers than the “essence corridor” in New Jersey can produce, simply because no natural taste is left in the raw item. Let’s face it,...

a bit in the entire recipe, and then "enhance" my own portion with as much extra heat as i want, and offer extra hot sauce, pepper, etc. for anyone else who wants to do the same. btw, Fydeaux...i now have the stupid intro to...

, celebratory sake with gold leaf, which was also featured on opening day. The younger sister also had made the two desserts of the evening, of which they sampled one of each for us. They were both very elegantly conceived; one...

demi, and reduced it to 1 1/2 qts stock enhanced with venison trimmings, smoked pheasant drumsticks, leeks, and mushroom stems. I then added 2 cups of tawny port, 1 star anise, 3 cloves, a cinnamon stick and a dozen peppercorns,...

hour making fun of the woman’s speech patterns. "The whoooooollllle bottle, Gramma. Not half the bottle, not a cup of wine...the whoooooollllle bottle." Perhaps not the best lesson in tolerance, but funny as all get out....

crust. It’s almost like puff pastry. 2 sticks + 2 tablespoons of butter (at least 1 stick of butter should be frozen) 2 ½ cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar ¼ cup of water 2 tablespoons rice wine or cider vinegar Cut