The salesman had had quite enough of my waffling between two overcoats. Howard Turkell, 60-ish and a garment center veteran, was trying to be polite with the weirdo hipster kid who’d turned up at his third-floor shop that...

Everything’s been coming up kugel lately. Kugel (literally “potato pudding”) is sort of a baked potato pancake. Its ingredients are simple: grated (using hand or meat grinder, never a food processor) potato...

of the restaurants we go to, or at least who use imported materials which they cook with or serve. Reggiano, Chianti, olive oil, arborio, pasta, many spices, etc. are all going to be dramatically affected by the devaluation of...

local food? Specialty items? Are there farmshares to be had? Good locally roasted coffee? Candies/confections? Baked goods? Wine shops? A great kitchen store? Local dives? Fancy-shmancy places worth the money? I’m really...

The Global Seed Vault seems like something right out of a science-fiction novel.

I hope it doesn’t close... losing 3 Cups makes the Courtyard less appealing to visit as it is... By the way, I heard a rumor that 3 Cups is moving to the shopping center where Charlie’s used to be (around the corner...

DailyFinance goes deep in its analysis of the ongoing canning cult.

Forbes checks out the newest cooking thingamajigs, from the ridiculous to the revolutionary.

A British town council is playing with the idea of a tax on fast-food joints to raise money to combat obesity.

AAAH.....I had a waterfront wedding at Owenego Inn!!! Great food as well. You’ll get your moneys worth and then some! Everybody loved our wedding.

I read your nessage board before my recent trip to New Orleans. (Great city! Wonderful food!) Based on what I read, we chose Peristyle, Brigtsens, Commander’s Palace & Galatoires. Every dinner was wonderful and the service...

No expert here, but.... If you mix it in the food processor with the chopping blade, not the dough blade, frozen butter won’t matter. If your top crust collapses, make a Dutch Apple Pie with a streusel topping, in stead.

Wave of the future?? No back to the past. There are a number of hotels that tried the old cryovac cooking products back in the 80’s and '90s ... until they found out that the customers would not pay top dollar for reheated...

, right behind where this is now. The only good take out food back then was Ron’s Ribs. I’ll keep you all posted as I walk right by here on my way to work every day.

A new super duper gourmet type of Safeway opened in the SF Bay Area. Some of Safeway’s markets are trying to attract the upscale crowd who might give some of their business to Whole Foods. One market even has a gourmet...