Winter 2007 Gift Guide

Give while the giving’s good.

The Year in Food 2007

Vegansexuals, tainted dog food, greenwashing, and more.

The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

From cave paintings to burgers, beef has long been a part of human history.

The Palm Beach Post casts a critical eye on fruitcakes—somebody’s eating them. A lot of somebodies.

Remember those students in school who couldn’t be content with simply completing the assignment—they had to outshine everyone else? Well, this month’s food-blogger event, Sugar High Fridays, has a crop of them.

Lamb Shoulder

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I saw the "Worst Meal of 2006" thread for San Diego. How about Dallas Chowhounds, what’s the worst meal you’ve had this past year? Doesn’t necessarily have to have been at a restaurant.

The title says it all: what’s your favorite place to open in 2006, and why? My vote goes to 900 Grayson in West Berkeley. Unpretentious, comfort food featuring good ingredients and consistently stellar execution. The fair...

I was thinking about the best new** entries into the Boston chow market in 2006. Of course I return to my favorites, but this year I was happy to have for the first time: - salty spicy chicken from Mulan - pepperoni pizza from the...

ordered all of the Potted/Formed Pork Antipasti and Dry-cured Salumi. Standouts were the Mushroom Pate, the Cotto, and pretty much all of the Salumi. We also had the Trotter and Brains (the one thing I didn’t try), the pork...

and a skillet? What cooking techniques would you use for one but not the other? I think I have a skillet now (I can’t always tell the difference form-wise either; do saute pans have straight vertical sides while skillets...

It’s one of my fav varieties. That’s just a bad bottle, I think. Can’t say anything about that particular 2006 mourvedre, but like you, I’ve generally enjoyed Cline wines, and I believe they own (or...

DISH (SIDE): Japanese Purple Yams at JAR DESSERT: Butterscotch Pudding at JAR Ok, my most memorable meal for 2006 - at JAR Good question ipsedixit!

Cookies. Soft, Chewy, had this warm brown sugar and buttery edge. A great alternative to the last two chocolate based recipes... Recipe: http://bakingsheet.blogspot.com/2006/11/chewy-chunky-blondies.html Picture: http