, searing, and finishing with roasting in quality maple syrup and rosemary. Since I started brining my pork loins from Stop and Shop, there has been a tremendous change in the quality of those dinners. I would expect that the...

I’m not dead yet either. Over the holidays, I made it a point to enjoy as much cookie dough as possible while baking my xmas cookies...you gotta eat something for dinner, but the only thing available when you’ve got a...

Returns on those items should be no problem at all since you are dealing with good companies. Wal-Mart might be a zoo right now because of a lot of after-Holiday returns and you might have long lines to stand in but they’re...

in Manhattan?? Boston was a real surprise to me. I figured it’d be all stuck-up leftovers from the days when "eating dinner out" meant “fancy quasi-French food with more pretentious attitude than quality”... but...

but they would not then prepare special meals for us. If we chose not to eat what was offered, that was dinner for the evening. Nobody ever went hungry because my mom always put out a pretty big spread-it wasn’t like we had...

FO office prices are more of a nice dinner. next time i will just go to trader joes and pick up a 12 pack of microbrew for 15 bucks and sit on the patio and order some 7 buck sweet potate fries.

. Oh, and same with the margaritas...and make them first so you can sip one while making dinner. I suggest making a simple syrup for these purposes, as it’ll incorporate into the liquids better and quicker than raw sugar....

Oh Veggo. Bet if you substituted dog in this thread you would get the same result. That’s where jfood would come out. In fact he went to a dinner where the little dogs were very unruly and jumped on all the areas where the...

's suggestion of The Cake Bible – I did almost no baking over the holidays - just the cake for Christmas (from Goins) - and miss having some bites of that White Spice Cake.

many classic recipes. The stuffed meatloaf is a recipe I’ve made over and over for dinner parties. Hope this helps.

menus that appeared a lot more affordable than their dinner menu. On my travels, I don’t really fall back on department store restaurants but in Japan it’s different. Many departement stores have three floors of...

's Special Value" in cookware sets – oftern arising pre-holiday season. you can get a daily email of that day’s special value product....

As my farewell to holiday dietary indescretion for 2007, I enjoyed a big order of wor shu op (“pressed duck”) last night. It is delicious, decadent and reserved for rare, special “by myself” cravings...

a good relationship with your butcher is a glorious thing! Our local guy works closely with regular customers to stretch our dollars and to nearly guarantee great holiday results. Same with local fresh mongers, farmers and...

Yeah, it must be that one. Other than chips and the occasional sandwich made by a bartender (or holiday and Super Bowl pot lucks), the only food I’ve ever seen at JJ Foley’s Fireside Tavern in JP is the pizza I bring...