" containers to pack up leftovers for guest to take home. -An excellent cheese plate, based on “Something old, something new, something goat and something blue.” Thanks to the Hound that posted that one once upon a...

in design. A front bar/lounge and a back dining room with mostly whites and woods – Elegant but "home-y" would be the best way to describe it, yet slightly odd with the single spotlights peering down on each table. Arriving...

don’t. (But few are the restaurants or coffee houses that make an espresso or cappuccino as well as I do at home.) As far as water is concerned, I usually drink tap water in the SF Bay Area or in New York, so . . . . Cheers,...

Santander has an excellent 70% bar of Colombian chocolate with ground espresso beans. It’s a bit stronger than your specified range, but the Santander Colombian chocolate tastes sweeter than you would expect from the...

Thank you SO much for that, seahag. If there’s no corned beef, and no sauerkraut, then I can skip it! Whew!!! Sorry, cardiologist, you’ll have to get that summer home off of someone else. Of course, I’ll just...

sause over Angel Hair Dessert – Something chocalate. Plenty of good wine, champagne and home made egg nog. Chirstmas Day – Country Ham. App’s, sides, and desseert to be determined

and Nut Stuffing Cranberry Sauce with Roasted Shallots and Port Tiramisu Trifle with Toasted Almonds Chocolates Espresso All can be made ahead (a must....I don’t know how people cook while guests are there. I have ultimate...

instant espresso) over all. It’s elegant and you get dessert, liqueur and demi tasse in a single bite.

through the book. Personally, I don’t intend to paraphrase any of his recipes since I hope if people are curious enough they will check it out from their library or buy it. I got very excited when I perused it at home for...

the top. It was delicious. We also had two decent cups of espresso, and though it comes with a sugar cube, it doesn’t come with lemon peel. Since we were both driving we each had a glass of champagne at the beginning of the...

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were talking about some kind of espresso MACHINE when you said this!! No wonder I got rejected by Brown.... Is “frappe” also used there? Has cabinet slipped away to “milkshake” as in Boston, due to the...

We would think nothing of tipping a bartender, but a coffee bar employee, who might have comparable skills and is doing a similar type of job, gets no tip. Why? A perfect espresso, not to mention a beautifully executed latte, is...

I am registering for a wedding, and am contemplating getting a food processor. I don’t think I need one...I’d rather use a Braun hand mixer, and I am getting a KitchenAid mixer too. What do people think, is a food...

for you.) It took a little while (5-10 minutes) for the drinks to come but that was a minor issue. Waiter brought out an espresso cup with a carrot saffron cream soup. Just the right amount as the soup was extremely rich, with...