How to Talk to Boring Relatives at Dinner

The experts of quality chat weigh in.

Palate Tease

Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso talk about life before arugula and The Silver Palate Cookbook, 25 years later.

The CHOW 13

Our first annual awards, presenting a baker’s dozen of provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers.

The Alaskan governor keeps it a little too real.

I watched the previously anonymous author of “Waiter Rant” being interviewed on The Today Show this morning. I’ll give the guy his due for writing down his “story” to make a few (million) bucks, but...

-Uruguayan empire, I never interviewed them about any Armenian influence. I think the only thing I’ve seen is the chick-pea flour ‘pizza’ they sometimes serve. (That isn’t quipe, is it? I think the name...

Rick Young... I heard the first interview he did on KGO. It is transparently apparent the guy just wants his name on a piece of public policy. He is attacking one of the great yuppy badges. I have done consulting work for...

: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal." I’m guessing it will be pretty shocking. There is an interesting interview with him at The Atlantic Monthly’s Web site (link below). A passage from the book (quoted for...

in a creamy dressing, and I rarely have it because it so turns him off. That said, I’d probably forego eating garlic prior to, say, a job interview, or a first date. On the other hand, I’ve met people with offensive...

I’ve read excerpts from this book; the situation with our oceans freaks me out so badly I’m not sure I’ll get to it either. One thing that I took from the excerpts was about eating the small fry – like...

from my client who received it, that they had loaded it with chocolate and short bread cookies. I called Hermas owner to ask how the miscommunication happened and she got miffy, defensive and angry at me. Not impressive customer...

I think your pronunciation of Zagat is off. I’ve heard Tim and Nina interviewed and they say to pronounce it like “cat in the hat”.

judge. Recipes fail or succeed. Food is good or bad. I could take the time and research a great faux chef resume. I could sweet talk and continue to lie during my interview. But within 5 minutes of seeing me in a professional...

for spike’s tactic, tom c. does not. lisa is her usual black hole of glowering negativity. nikki continues to treat everyone like children— bet that’s how she is to work for too. i was going to go nuts if nikki...

As I’ve mentioned several times before on this board: when she was being interviewed on her 90th birthday, Julia Child admitted that she carried in her purse a list of every In-N-Out between San Diego and Santa Barbara....