want to try something different – there’s a place called Mitsu E shabu shabu (Japanese hot pot) - 225 N Harbor Blvd. The menu is simple – you pick raw meat or seafood and you get an order of vegetables and...

cumin 2 eggs, beaten 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup vegetable oil for frying DIRECTIONS: Shred the sweet potatoes, and place in a colander to drain for about 10 minutes. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, white sugar,...

Also, they have somehow managed to drain every last bit of flavor out of all of their vegetables. Truly perplexing.

Yeah...very sad when it comes to matters gastronomic. We, too, have started concentrating much more seriously on our cooking skills. On the plus side, you can get good fruits and vegetables here pretty easily, which could be...

Found it! Limoncello 7 Thick skinned lemons – cleaned 1 Bottle of Vodka 2 ¼ Cups sugar 2 1/4 Cups of water Wash lemons in hot water first. Remove the peel with a vegetable peeler, remove all but the white pith, scrape with a knife and...

. The funny thing about the food was that ‘when in Rome’ etc. seems to be true for McD’s as well. They had a salad bar that held beautiful fresh vegetables and fresh mozzarella.

might consider it inauthentic. But I don’t think cuisine needs to be frozen in time to be authentic — chefs throughout Asia are always experimenting and looking for the next new trend, why shouldn’t Chinese...

herbs and vegetables. I wasn’t a huge fan of the fish sticks. They were OK, but I wouldn’t order them again.

dishes of Korean style accompaniments; ginseng root in red chili paste, daikon radish kimchee, translucent cooked yam gelatin, and a slightly bitter water vegetable. There is also a side dish of short grain brown rice studded...

For the record, Triple Crown was one of our stops for the All Night-A-Thon. 13 of us sampled around 10-12 dished for 50 bucks. All except the frozen Hamhock were quite good.

if you’re not, get a family member to do it...). I always thought Thanksgiving was one of the easier meals to handle: stuff the turkey and stick it in the oven and forgetabout it.....mash some potatoes, steam some...

, our eating habits certainly have. When we lived together in college it was canned tamales and frozen burritos. Our meals have improved so much in 25 years, I can’t imagine what we’ll be eating in another 25.

to amaze me how the same basic elements – sugar, flour, butter, vanilla, chocolate – can be totally transformed into so many different baked goods. On the other hand, when one cooks beef, fish, pasta, vegetables - the...

HNs, sriracha, pickled jalapenos, mayonaise, avocado. Sounds like a stoner’s wet dream but it covers all my favorite flavors and textures (spicy, acidic, pickly snappy, not too sweet, eggy oily creamy, vegetable creamy,...

with the accompanied hot Mustard sauce mixture. As for Shui Jiao (Water Boiiled Dumplings) - I usually never order these at the restaurants because they’re usually frozen. What that does is ruin the skin – and to me,...