YES! UNION Square is an excellent suggestion....the way to go for one of the meals...get the filet mignon of tuna. ah so good. Orso is good italian on restaurant row midtown. If you can get to Chinatown go to Joe's Shanghai for the...

macademia lime cookies (Nick Malgeri' Cookies Unlimited) For candies (all from Better than Store Bought by Helen Witty & Elizabeth Schneider): lemon, orange & grapefruit rinds almond buttercrunch white chocolate, craisin, pistachio...

Butter Crust (from Sally Schneider's New Way To Cook) 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar 4 Tbsp very cold butter, cut in small bits 3 Tbsp low fat or full fat sour cream (I used full fat)...

Just made this the other night using Trader Joes puff pastry. I rolled it a teensy bit because the sheets seem very small. Next time (and there will be a next time) I’ll 1 1/2 times the recipe and use both pastry sheets. I...

Here’s a question that’s bound to stir up some conversation: In your opinion, what are America’s best cities for chowhounding? And why?

I miss Joe King’s Rathskeller. The oldest bar in NYC. Its where I learned what a piano bar was and think of it every time I hear Billy Joel’s song. I loved drinking underage w/ my dad and uncles in my NJ home town....

be found here: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/380735#2391177 (And as to the question of the post, my favorite recent purchase would have to go to “The Improvisational Cook”, by Sally Schneider...)

— and sloppy joes, although I confess I’m still not clear on the difference. And all things rhubarb in early summer, since rhubarb only grows where the ground freezes. In Minnesota, I’ve been introduced to...

salad. Used dried blueberries instead of currents, vidalia onion instead of green onions. And I was generous with the salad greens—I used the herb salad from Trader Joe's and tossed it in the lovely vinaigrette along with...

that I have tried by Jacques Pepin is super-reliable and very tasty. Sally Schneider's A New Way to Cook is slowly but surely gaining a permanent spot in my kitchen for healthy food that tastes really, really good. (Not just good...

from Penzey’s. Thanks for the report and recipe link GG! I cut up a chicken today to make tbe COTM/Schneider's chicken with sherry vinegar sauce tomorrow night, but I think I’ll do this Ottolenghi recipe instead,

? Or make it from scratch – Elizabeth Schneider Colchie’s “Better than Storebought” has a good simple recipe, and I bet Richard Sax’s “Great Home Desserts” does too. Supermarket pack...

I’ve always liked Mollie Katzen. You might find “Vegetable Heaven” and “Sunlight Cafe” (fantastic healthy breakfast & beyond recipes). Also, “A New Way to Cook” by Sally Schneider is...