Amen to the trucks! Some of the best, houndest Mexican is to be fond there. In fact, I just had a burrito de carne asada from Tacos Jessica #2 here in Mo-town for lunch. For $2.50 ($3 for supreme—add cheese & sour cream)you...

I wouldn’t feel humiliated at all, seeing as how grits and polenta are essentially the same thing (corn porridge) with local variations on the cooking liquid and mix-ins.

") is a lovely thing and requires an artist to use it. There are hot spots, cool spots, sweet spots and the meat must be moved from one to the other in the correct time and sequence. (A lot like coal oven pizza at...

I didn’t get to try, and a pesto pizza with Yellow Finn potatoes I had a bit of. I’m always ambivalent about pesto on pizza. You shouldn’t cook pesto, should you? But if you drizzle it on top afterwards, it’s...

cream cheese (made very soft and warm in the microwave) I whipped this together and put it in a little ramekin and cooked it about a minute in the microwave. It came out OK – gooey in the middle like a molten/flourless cake...

I’ve found ginger beer at Whole Foods. I forget the brands, but they’re good, and so much better than plain ol' ginger ale.

too dry. Cast iron pots are also called Dutch ovens and were used by pioneers all over the world. It is still being used daily by blacks living in rural areas to cook a staple food called putu (a stiff and healthy maize meal...

the cooking of the homeland representative of the newer waves of immigrants? Do you also know if anyone cures meat the old-fashioned way i.e. locally, according to old recipes. There is now an enormous revival of national interest...

Square One, definitely, on Fountain behind the Scientology Center. Doughboys – their blueberry flaxseed pancakes are awesome. Edited to add: Browsing through the LATimes food archives this morning and came across this...

with a nice Bollinger champagne by the glass, moving on to a dirty martini for me while my buds enjoyed their usuals. Everything so far was truly impressive. I wish the food had been as well. They started us with a little salmon...

about beef here." Perhaps someone should tell the organizers of the annual "World Championship Barbecue Goat Cook-off" that Brady, TX, is the wrong place to hold it, Texas being focused on beef and all. (Where should they hold...

Martha Stewart’s basic pie crust is standard 4-H, and if you have a food processor, it is as foolproof as it gets. Frozen bags of fruit work fine, and would be good to start out with – I mean instead of worrying about...

Annie’s ake Vinaigrette gets good when you jazz it up with fresh basil. I personally think you can’t actually buy a great vinaigrette. But they are mercifully easy to make. Down to Home Cooking for you! I was calling...

Thanks for both answers. What I call “Real” is to start with real wood for cooking and smoking. No gas or charcoal. Then pork. Shoulder or even the whole hog. All slow cooked for hours. The sauce is simple viniger and...

I live in JH but am away for the summer while a friend is staying in my place. He loves all the cheap food options in the neighborhood and has been adventurous trying places, but he is very frustrated that he can’t seem to...