luck with: marjoram (hard to find in the stores but I use it a lot), epazote (ditto), chives (easy to buy but it’s handy to have a snippet or two on hand), (spear)mint – easy to buy but expensive in the quantities I...

keep a menu handy in my cube.

I’d recommend the powdered whites only for use in recipes like meringue or baked goods (very handy if you don’t want to throw out yolks, or when you’re concerned about using raw egg whites). Cooked alone,...

dining" being a relative term here. Here is a handy website that list most/all of the restaurants in town and includes the individual restaurants web-sites, where available, as well.; http://web.maynard.ma.us/dining/ Harp

a familiar aroma that was promising. Here’s the review: As has been pointed out it comes uncut, to help preserve its heat and taste. There are two holes on top of the box to allow steam to escape—smart. So I pull out...

out the American Lager group... Unless Anchor Steam is handy.

I’m quite familiar with Maya Kamal’s simmering sauces. But a quick glance at the ingredients made me suspicious. Coconut vindaloo? We grew up on Patak’s tandoori paste. Occasionally we would try other pastes, I...

when I’m feeling rich. But I’ll make due with whatever’s handy, even if its name is just beer spelled backward: http://www.eatingchinese.org/bbspix/sheat07.jpg

-heated bowl. Contained 4 very fresh and tender oysters. But the broth was bland and undersalted, and almost totally lacking in flavor. Wish’d I would have had one of those bonito stomachs handy to toss in to jazz it up,...

proponent of them and thanks to him, I actually tore myself from getting a cheesecake everytime. I actually asked them to make me a combo of the cheesesteak and burger. That was really good, I posted on it but don’t have...

is impractical, what you could do is have a couple of sealed bottles of water handy in your freezer. Then just place those in the container of soup or stew that you want to chill when you put it into the fridge. It will help...

There is an Irish red on the market in my area (northern Virginia) from a microbrewery in Carlow. I don’t have the name handy, but you can call the importer at 843.958.0123 if interested in finding it in your area. I...

I don’t think there is any getting around the fact that cooking Indian food from scratch is time consuming. About two weeks ago I had friends over for my first full Indian dinner. I made Chicken Tikka Masala, Lamb Rojan Josh...

. they wrap it in its regular paper wrapping and with foil.. which comes in handy because i couldn’t finish the thing. even though i wanted to so bad. cool thing is i found that spot on mybertos.com. you should check it...

You might be able to stop for a couple of minutes on Victoria, just north of Dundas. -Josh