and it was a nice feeling to know you could make it. I moldled it in a ramkim (small round dish) and it was gone in a short time mostly on homemade bread. There are different things you can do to increase the flavor etc I am sure....

the hedonistic fruit bombs that were New World wines. Zinfandel was a real revelation for me, and I was invigorated by the Ravenswood motto “No more wimpy wines”. But these wines are hard to match to a lot of food,...

with terrific food. We were there around 7:30, which made us early and therefore the place was empty. We sat down to appetizer plates of sausages, olives, bread and cheese and were handed menus. Nobody spoke English, we spoke no...

I’m not sure how complete it is, but here’s a link. It doesn’t include the boiled fish in spicy sauce that everyone raves about, so you’d probably be better off ordering at the restaurant. Not super fast,...

75/80 Dragaway Fouad Ramses (“Blood Feast”) Two O’Clock Club Peter Pan Inn McDonald’s original fries Hofberg’s on Eastern Avenue Ameche’s Powerhouse (fast food restaurant)(Anyone??) Maria’s 300...

I used to have a spaetzle maker but I’ll be damned if i know where it is. No matter. A potato ricer does the job as well. Mine has several interchangeable dies and the smallest also approximates a food mill.

favors were granted —- things were so frantic just trying to keep up with the fast pace. A small table was set for us in the downstairs bar for 5:30pm on a Saturday night. As the fifth person squeezed on the end, I was...

STREET JOURNAL) One trick is the table plant, where alluring bottles are placed on the table in advance to encourage a “visual sell.” Then there’s the fast-pour, which borrows from an old sommelier’s ruse...

. I just read an article as well that confirms some of this in the Seattle-PI. Here is a link: Link: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/63910_lamb27.shtml

. somehow the heat got turned up on the stewing olives & peppers, and they caught fire. I covered the pot and put it on the floor (don’t ask me why) where it naturally melted the linoleum. Probably the worst thing about all...

with having your meal on the cheap, regardless of what you order. I think it’s pretty much unthinkable to not offer to pay for part of the bday girl’s meal.... If I could afford it I would just go and choke down the...

I am a summer person through and through, but winter salads are some of the best foods around. My favorite involves spinach (preferably baby),or arugula or other moderately bitter green, with roasted beets, walnuts, crumbled bleu...

- you seem to enjoy Mexican ALMOST as much as I do. A must-try is downtown Oakland called Happy Burrito. Order a burrit0. 3. Ryans – Don’t know if it is still there, but a wonderful comfort food restaurant in the...

prepared food I’ve tried except the soups that come in that funny shaped can.

Bernard Loiseau’s ‘Trucs, Astuces et Tours de Main’ is an excellent general food book, full of tips for dealing with all kinds of ingredients. For practical recipe books of the non-coffee table kind the Roux...