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What did they make 40 years ago...?
Campbell’s introduced canned soups in 1897. By the 1920s, they were selling 18 million cans a week and the soups were already popular as sauces and ingredients. In her book "Fashionable Foods," Sylvia Lovegren quotes...
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Clean up tips/secrets?
cleaning the kitchen is like doing the laundry....6 loads, you think you’re' done, then you find a pair of dirty socks! Dang! With my kitchen, it’s garlic peels on the floor in the corners. I swear they multiply down...
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BEST seafood with a view .... NOT FANCY PLS.
I agree — last time we ate at Fisherman’s Wharf it wasn’t gourmet but it tasted very good. Old-fashioned food done well. A blast from the past....
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It's MASCARPONE!
waddaya mean Jennalynn? I had some awesome sock-ee in To-kee-yo ;) adam
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breakfast in greater L.A. - why does it all suck?
. But SF is a great breakfast town – Dottie’s True Blue, Miss Millie’s, and Mabel’s Just For You are a few places that come to mind. Not old fashioned greasy spoon places, but places that use quality...
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Ed's Potsticker House Menu
, this is an excellent start to exploring this cuisine and includes several quite unusual/rare dishes representative of northern and northeastern Chinese cuisines. The long menu. In a thick old-fashioned bound volume. But see next...
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Food you eat in the privacy of your own home? (WARNING: Potentially disgusting, feel free to not open if you are squeamish)
saw me eat one this way. He still laughs at it and we’ve been married for almost 3 years. Big Macs are the only sandwich or burger that I eat in this fashion. Everything else stays in one piece, unless it falls apart. My...
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El Rey Pakal
of Spanish traditions. (3) Those who prefer to modernize... practice Yoga, talk about European fashions etc., I started to get the impression this town was heavily #2. This is significant because it tells you alot about their...
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coupon on first date
"Just as I don’t go on an interview in my flip flops, why should I ruin a first impression on using a coupon" Well said! If the same person were to show up with sweats, socks and sandals, and uncombed hair on that first...
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The Apple Pan hickory burger revisited (with clear eyes)
diner in Westwood Village, Hamburger Habit, even Denny’s. None of those places completely knocks my socks off – but neither does The Apple Pan. And that’s my key point, whether you agree with it or not. "As for...
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Godiva Bashers- I need advice
For the day to day craving just a good old fashioned Hershey bar works for me. And let’s not forget the best of all, Hershey Kisses. For some indulgence, I go for Lindt. After having Godiva in Europe it is impossible to eat...
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"I made ____ myself!" - the Thrill of Home Cooking Victory
Bread. I fear no meal in the kitchen. When you learned how to cook a lot of things on a old-fashioned, cast-iron stove, fired by diesel fuel, adapting to gas take a little bit of thought, but then the wonder of how easay things...
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Top Chef Season 4
The first episode never really knocks my socks off. Inventing a deep dish pizza (which, judging by the looks of the crusts, many failed at) and doing a riff on a classic aren’t especially illuminating. Although I do have to...
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Well, how did you Thanksgiving Go?
You know, I’ve wet-brined turkeys before, and they’d always turned out slightly “spongy”. I had planned on dry-brining the turkey, but got it too late (Tuesday), and just ended up roasting it the old-...
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