prices posted on the menus and specials. Some things are discounted by time of day or in combo meals. So, when she asked me to cut down on our food spending and rotate in some “ging jai” (cheap) eats, I let her...

, in addition to the lime juice. Like all thai noodles except for khee maow, phad thai is purposefully on the bland side spice-wise so that diners can tailor to their taste. The perfect phad thai, after mixing with condiments,...

I agree with the frou-frou comments, but I don’t recall Arinell suffering from that. An ex-bf had his wedding in his backyard and a major part of his reception food was Arinell pizzas. Way big hit with the children; I had...

BBQ is on the other side of the Interstate from I-57 Rib House and is run by their relatives. Food was fairly similar to I-57 but overall a notch down. Gary arranged a tour of the pit area where we admired the stainless steel and...

zuke and only 1 cup of the broth. Bring to boil, cover, and simmer until tender, about 15 mins. Puree in food processor or blender. Return to pot, add remaining broth, and bring to boil. Off heat, stir in pesto. Garnish bowls with...

and stir in the vanilla and salt. Cool, stirring occasionally. Transfer to a bowl (no need to strain!), cover and chill in refrigerator until very cold, at least 3 hours and up to 24 hours. Prepare the pecans. Using a food...

Pig everything porky, pumpkins for Halloween. Wreaths for Xmas, chrysanthamums for fall couldn’t live without the Union Square Greenmarket. Who needs Whole Foods?

Absolutley great episode – perhaps the past of all 3 seasons since this one was truly about food - and hard to execute food at that. When it comes to classic cooking Hung really showed how superior he is to the other...

ordered the additional glass unless prompted by the server. As a result, I subsidized the retaurant’s patience with the confused couple. In other words, when a customer declines a bottle of a wine, is it customary to then...

candles. I don’t use them in the kitchen, I LIKE what food smells like! But, I LOVE these candles in other parts of my home; they have the most delightful and definitely a strong lavender scent. They are just wonderful.

am a library cookbook tester outer before I can commit to buying a cookbook. I usually need a couple of weeks for the book to come in. Overall, I love this project. But, then again, I am a food geek with a slight OCD, type A...

Spurred on by Ligament’s Cafe Cubano thread a few weeks ago I finally tried Reconcito Cubano, what the heck took me so long? Reconcito is just my type of place, good homestyle food, friendly smiling waitstaff, extremely...

to flip the chicken, so we don’t do the 500F then 450F. for 3.5 lbs. we do 450F for 55 min., no flipping, then allow the chicken to rest. it’s perfect and the skin is a beautiful golden brown. in addition to being...

Sounds like y’all need a bombilla straw. It’s a little metal straw that has a filter. Traditionally used for yerba mate type drinks. You can grab one at any health food store/coop, probably even Whole Foods.

I have a small/medium-sized chest freezer in the basement in addition to the upstairs fridge’s freezer. The chest freezer contains various meats I’ve purchased on sale (ground beef patties I’ve formed and frozen,...