apart with the second glass. I find that the wine develops an “edge,” in opposition to your description of “sour.” We’ve canned a few of these, over the years, as our “house white,”...

tried a napoleon and was also disappointed. The layers were not crisp. (Can you tell i’m big into textures?) BTW, if you’re in NYC, I love the napoleons at Ceci Cela, down in the Soho area. I leave Cafe D’or in...

Ok don’t kill me. Some idiot told me this one which I never tried but maybe someone here can enlighten me. That by putting a fork in a champagne bottle will retain the fizz if you don’t drink it all. I have never had...

jfood has seen this on occassion over the years and when he sees it he is happy and is never disappointed at all when not because it is never expected. Over the last year when lemons went for 5-10 cent each to 75-100 each then he...

to grimace about it when I do. Indeed, the bottled water aisles in the markets seem larger wherever I think the water tastes bad. Except for relatively minor chlorine (which varies over time) Providence water is IMO first rate. I...

as they want. They love it. When it’s over, I dump the leftovers into a zip-loc bag and put it in the freezer, like that will keep me from eating it any faster than I do. I tried the Hershey candy corn and agree that it...

and tonic with lime and plenty of fizz (and only Schweppes or Canada Dry will do — the others are a cheap imitation of what tonic otta be) on a hot summer night.

Sorry – looks like the “).” got appended to the link. I edited the post, but in any event, it’s http://teamasters.blogspot.com/ He has a rough idea of his selection at:...