trying a Vietnamese restaurant, that it was good but overpriced. Apparently if Tu Lan can make cheap spring rolls, then everyone should. No one seems to mind forking over 10 times the money for mediocre food at a...

Asian dishes at home. Started relatively non-complex (eg, making spring rolls or Mongolian beef) and working way up from there. Green beans? How about edamame instead? (he loved it and had fun eating it in the shell – thought...

to thank the Depression for this estimable parlor. When Sally couldn’t find work in the spring of 1938, his mom loaned him the money to start a restaurant. Working 15 hour days, seven days a week not only put three kids...

on the type of get together? (informal bbq for 60, dinner party for 8, tail party for 15, etc) Does it depend on the type of invitation? (phone, email, printed and mailed invite, etc) And... perhaps a hot button issue, does it...

-than-perfect food settings, you can still look around, buy the chest freezer and sow your seeds next spring. Hope this helps, Chris

reason. So: BREAKFAST. Jake’s. The coffee could be better but they serve poached eggs on corned beef hash and the atmosphere can’t be beat. I like the apple cider doughnuts at Atkins Farm Stand. Get them hot there in the...

in C-town showed off a famous dish called Jjam-bong. This is a representative Korean- Chinese dish— super fiery hot and hearty only begins to describe your first sip of the soup. You basically have flour-based noodles (about...

a great chocolate shope that has 5 types of hot chocolate and serves Blue Bottle coffee ... better than anything at Cole’s.

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made some biscuits for lunch. split 'em when hot, added a tad of unsalted butter to the bottom, stacked some left over ham (shaved), french mustard and a slice of cheese. good stuff. made me happy. deb liked them, too.

. Hot ginger tea in the morning helps stoke your metabolism. A cup of broth before heading out to the restaurant will keep your hand out of the bread/chip basket.

Let us not forget his Asian cuisine “experience”. Add the nasty spring rolls he made to that menu.

There are such things here in our area (central North Carolina) springing up left and right. My friend and I share a trip about once every other month (we split 8 menu items – 4 each, and we each split them into smaller...

ingredients, lots of good things that even a beginning cook can pull together easily. I suggest the Spring Pea Soup with Mint, Baked Tomatoes Stuffed with Coucous and Feta, and the Lentil Salad. Those sound good, right?

or night, with fajitas if you want – be sure to get both kinds of hot sauce), except for maybe Maudie’s. The Maudie’s location on Loop 360 would be in the same neck of the woods as Barton Creek, has a great view...