Mistakes Were Made

And lessons learned—25 tips from new cooks.

about it, the more scared I become to can anything or to eat what I can. Everything has these terrible warnings on them that say deviating at all from the recipe can cause serious food spoilage, which is hard, because when I make...

by.) I had some truly awful asian (Chinese) food in downtown Burbank at Gourmet 88 (where their sweet & sour sauce AND glaze for the ‘sweet & pungent shrimp’ was ketchup... even though the menu talks about 'authentic...

We are relocating from metro Boston to Salem and I am wondering about basic foodie questions. Is there really no Wholefoods or Trader Joes? Is there a cheese shop or a food coop? I read the 2008 posts about restaurants and feel a...

. The food seems to follow the plan of the furniture but with far lesser results. I guess food is different from furniture. The food tastes as if the parts were separately produced in different places and then assembled at the...

? This restaurant has AMAZING food- should I take a chance and pass up one of my fave dishes to try sweetbreads? What are they like? What is your favorite preparation?

Am I the only one or are there others like myself that are scared to use a big knife? I am not scared of the steak knives with the wooden handles, which I do my prepping with..

Sesame Truffles

Have you compared the parasite rates from sushi to the E-Coli rates from various foods ?

Bademjan – Incredible Persian Stew

Why Not Fool Mother Nature?

Tiny changes to the molecular structure of food could have big effects.

‘m keepin’ it as vege as possible. what sort of snack-y things could i bring in a saddle bag that don’t require refridgeration? and, to clarify, i’m scared of bike week (i think), not the food part!

and scared myself to death.   Just curious how many of you out there are into wild mushrooms? I wouldn’t mind if they were “magic”, but I don’t want to die a slow death!!! But they were really good....

don’t give a s*** what Rachel Ray says (what’s up with her laugh, anyway?). PLEASE! Is there any place in PS that has GOOD food and NO blue-hairs....? Looking for a place with a younger/trendy crowd but not a...

local icon. Jimmy’s in Herndon is good for bar food and there are a lot of other interesting eateries in Herndon too. It’s also a very diverse area.