one year my aunt made brisket for our holiday festivities... We’re all jewish, she’s not. Our traditional family recipe is essentially lipton’s onion soup mix and a bottle of chili sauce. My aunt decided to try...

on the national highways that runs through Orissa. Orissa’s food mixes elements of Bengali and Andhra cuisine. Lots of freshwater and sea fish, rice, and seasonal vegetables. It is fantastic food, but perhaps not really...

I went to Restaurante Oaxaca last night, and I was thrilled. The place is utilitarian-looking in the extreme, but attempts are made to make it feel homey, including colorful wall hangings, and seasonal holiday (Halloween)...

. There will only be 4 of us so I have to watch out about too many leftovers but I still have 6 lovely quinces to use up and the season is so short I can’t let them go to waste

size group (probably 10 people) to make it worthwhile for a restaurant. Some restaurants offer this during holidays or by arrangement and it’s worth doing. The up-side is that you often get things not normally on the menu...

say unless you are at an international chain like say the Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, or something like Hotel Du France in Tana, the pace of service seems to coincide with the temp! i.e. High temps and humidty = slow service...

, etc.). The former often make for better Chow holidays, and the latter for permanent homes. Places I have lived, and eaten marvellous food (in no particular order): San Francisco Cape Town London Italy (I’ve had wonderful...

(entrees around $25+, but with pasta dishes around $18). They have a very extensive selection of Italian wines. The food is very creative. I love it. Menu changes seasonally. 5. Timpone’s is next door to The Bread Company in...

be used for that, and more than enough forks for a big party, of which we’ve done several. Lots of fun, especially if you get silly with the kirschwasser... Trader Joe’s has a fondue mix that’s pretty good;...

Baking....cookies, cakes, etc. Each holiday season I begin to feel heightened anxiety come on at the thought of cookie baking...there have been some OK years and some not so OK years...not so good is especially memorable during...

Smartfood gets inhaled at my house. The other thing that disappears really fast is Korean seasoned roasted seaweed. It is melty salty tasty crack-licious stuff. If you eat chips/popcorn eventually you get full, but this stuff is...

Certainly I wouldn’t complain because it’s a nice gesture, BUT, the other thing about flowers is that when I entertain for a holiday dinner, I get flowers for the center of the table. I like to arrange them they way I...

like a champ, provides excellent seasoning advice, & has the best timing in boiling pasta like you wouldn’t believe... he’s also a great pour-er (he takes a ridiculous amount of pride in pouring equal pours of drinks...

family and friends have noticed too and my MIL has been insulted by his disinterest in her holiday meals. Onward!

. You need to look for Holiday Inn Express and Papa Murphy’s pizza across the street. Near the entrance ramp from El Camino into the complex is a sign by the curb that points where BSC is. This is a rather small space, with...