as it sounds — check out some ladies magazines for creative recipes made with lots of pre-packaged or “quick” foods. While it may not be the “houndiest” fare, you’d be amazed at how yumminess...

Variety is the spice of life, que no? There’s good stuff wherever you go if bother to dial in. That’s what makes us chowhounds. It’s a delicious world, after all.

is suspicious of most green vegetables and cannot tolerate any form of spice. When he consents to a Chinatown (NYC) meal, he will order sweet and sour chicken and I consider it quite a feat to have broadened his horizons enough...

, and how do you use it? I’m not so much curious about fresh ingredients (vegetables and herbs), but longer lasting things that I can pull out of the fridge or freezer, to create, complement, or at least liven up a weekday...

I recently had dinner on a Saturday night at Ming Tsai’s Blue Ginger in Wellesley, MA. While we were perusing our menus my companion commented on the spices used in the tomato soup. I was confused because my menu had only a...

" philosophy; for me, I need to obey my Chowhounding impulses, in full, at least a couple of nights a week (mind you, I make a serious commitment to those other nights, but in a different, more delicate way; with salads, and...

interested in herb “teas” but Numi has a great honeybush “Teasan” that has the full flavor and depth of a black tea, but no caffeine so I can drink it in the afternoon. :-) I also had never tried yerba mate...

on biscuits with an herbed vegetable veloute. It was more like biscuits and pasty gravy. Stephanie and I shared the sausage/veggie frittata and the potatoes anna. She though the dishes should have been split in the kitchen, but...

......I have never in my life referred to a 40 steak as a "piece of junk" STRIP HOUSE......Cheesy decor, and my strip steak came with some sort of ridiculous herb salt that, I swear to God, still makes me heave when I think about...

I get this ALL the time, danna. I always, always, ALWAYS make vinaigrette from scratch. Mustard, vinegar, garlic, herbs, salt, pepper and olive oil. I’ve had people say, “Oh, don't you have any ranch?” more often...

Nope, no info about fermentation on the back label, just where it is grown, the vintner, the importer, alcohol (13.5%), the govt warning about drinking alcohol, and their own evaluation "stunning ... with sumptous fruit flavors,...

they provide a bottle of BBQ sauce for you to add yourself. I’m not too sure about the sauce, it was like half the strength of what you’d find at other places and seemed to be tomatoe based with some kind of spice in...

made only non-processed foods, some things were imaginative like her 5-spice pork, but she worked and was a single mom, so usually it was along the lines of stir fries or meatloaf. My dad’s side is the complete opposite but...

Monterey Jack cheese and cilantro sandwiches. The more fresh cilantro, the better. Can not eat near the husband. The mere presence of the herb nauseates him. Ditto Campari on the rocks.

O Mei’s Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is a cheapy version with only $19.99 per urn, does not mean it is not good, it is good if you like strong herb taste. You can hardly find any shark fin in it, but it comes with a small...