Two words: Vietnamese Cinnamon! I’ve never gone throught cinnamon so fast in my life!

Thanksgiving turkey is always smoked. It’s one of the best food-related purchases we’ve ever made.

on a HOT grill or broil them for a real treat. Dara raved about their Yard sausage a few years ago as well – that thing is a sight to be seen! There’s also St. Petersburg for Russian Food. On the weekends, they host a...

. However, I was wimpy and commenced studying how to repair the damage. I used my knife to lift the layers trying to figure out where to best place the sauce. Getting a bit annoyed because my sauce in the plastic food service...

it a couple more swipes with the spoon and we tried to dump it into the pan. It was just one large chunk and we had to use tools to get it all out of the cooking pot. Then I mashed it down into the pan with my hands. We both were...

Hey everybody...Let’s start an end of the year chowhound tradition. Think it would be really cool for all of us chowhounds to list our current favorites-restaurants & food sources (markets) to ring out the old and bring in...

iggys seem best. get them at whole foods. kupels leaves me cold. any ideas?

That said, what would have done for the earth challenge? I’m thinking truffles, but perhaps they’re not available at Whole Foods.

or at someone’s home say: oh my gosh, the food was so good, i forgot to drink my wine. and hope they don’t guess you’re just a little bit pregnant and not ready to announce it yet

I live where power failures happen and for that reason, my cooktop is propane (and because natural gas isn’t an option.) The longest outage we’ve had was seven days with high snow. Being able to eat hot food is a good...

't have to believe the fact that sometimes, on rare occasions, the taste of a single sip or bite of food will completely redefine that food for you. It’s happened to me before with salmon in columbia, south carolina of all...

... 1) what’s going on with it boiling for 30 minutes before it turns golden? Am I cooking too high or too low (I had it on 6 of 10) Would it help to use the candy thermometer? 2) Did I just dump the liquid in too fast, or...

Not sure whether or not you will be serving any finger food or apps, but this is my current favorite. Endive Boats 2 heads Belgian Endive (the yellow, pointy kind) 2-3 Roma Tomatoes , seeded and chopped 1/4-1/2 red onion, minced 1...

to produce a light fruitcake like the one I now only vaguely remember. People normally love this cake: it gets eaten within a day at work, often very fast. So, for the fruitcake-wary among you, here is my personal recipe: Light...

Nope it hasn’t declined, my last visit was equal to any I’ve ever had before and it’s pretty much the same great food. I was really bummed when my Gurnee store down closed last year, as I actually liked their...