institutions, again setting aside London and NY as special cases. Isn’t there an old saloon with live jazz called the Green Room in Chi-town? Yoshi’s in Oakland (10 mi. from SF,40 min. by public transport) is modern...

a right when you get down to Bleecker, on that block you have Italian bakeries, Murray’s cheese, Amy’s Bakery and Wild Edibles (meat and fish purveyor to the gods that now sells to the public). At this point...

A chocolate frosting with cinnamon is very nice. I love to garnish cakes and cupcakes with edible flowers. Nastersiums would be nice and fit in with the color scheme of the wedding.

find that all butter pie crusts, while plenty tasty, don’t have that fabulous flaky texture that 1/2 butter 1/2 shortening crusts do. I think the fact I’m missing out on the best crust affects my opinion. I’ve...

/more edible than classic buttercream. The wilton cake decorating folks tell you that ‘buttercream’ is that queasy sweet crisco/confectioners sugar mix used in their classes. It always makes me cringe!

interesting things with Conch like smoked Conch . Conch is usually rubbery and not very good but this is more than edible and worth experiencing. Smokey’s on Da Beach is a local joint with very good deep fried whole...

; fruits and veggies. Learn to avoid butter as an everyday staple. Solid fats like butter, margarine, and solid shortening are to be avoided, as are the hydrogenated oils used in a lot of commercial baked goods and such, as these...

OK. First, I thin slice the chicken and toss in cornstarch. While the chicken marinates I slice the vegetables into thin ribbons. I heat up some vegetable oil in the skillet to the point where it is starting to smoke, then I...

Yours might not be the best baguette recipe but it gave you a chance to bake bread which is very rewarding. The recipe might not yield crispy baguettes but should still give you a couple of "edible" loaves of bread. There might...

i think it stinks, both literally and figuratively. that said, many others on this board think that a lot of minced garlic soaking in cheap oil will makes otherwise disgusting ingredients suddenly turn good.

quesadillas and conch quesedillas. Then moved on to a couple of platters of shrimp in a delicious garlic sauce. Then a fisherman walked in with a couple of fish he had just caught, so we had one deep fried in oil, also with a...

a COOK. I got that way from trying recipes and making mistakes and cutting and burning myself; from painting myself into a culinary corner and learning how to paint myself back out; from discovering that as long as you use only...

pretty, but barely edible. Because of this, Warren Brown came up with a new angle that all his offerings need to be brought to room temperature before consumption. Now this revelation that cakes are melting faster than the wicked...

be refinished with a durable, non-porous epoxy. If you are wiping wooden surfaces with vinegar and treating them with edible oils, you might as well plan ahead and buy the incense, too.

) Sesame Oil & Soy Sauce (to taste) Shallot oil & fried shallots (optional) Method: Combine rice, water, garlic, ginger and chicken drumsticks in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer till rice is cooked to a...