As you can see from another post I made in this series, we always get large lobsters. I can’t recall buying one under 3 lbs. In these babies, the body contains lots and lots of meat. It is my husband’s job (almost his...

hollandaise with a lot of lemon, and it’s rare to find it like this beyond my kitchen.

We raise eggs – not certified organic, but they’re free ranging (so free they visit the neighbours) and fed only grain and table scraps. There is no question at all that they taste totally different from supermarket...

a kitchen fire and never again opened their doors. Chinese food was exciting when I was a kid too. Not just the Chinese food I had along Grant Avenue, when I spent a couple of weeks each summer with grandparents in San Francisco....

and they ate cold chicken and had overly sweet peas because everyone kept adding a spoonful of sugar as they passed through the kitchen? I always think of that when I’m cooking peas.

, is household money management and kitchen management. MOST people don’t know how to shop well, so they spend more money on less nutritive food because they’re in a hurry, they don’t have time to plan ahead, or...

as a juice jar) made SOS (if you had a WWII vet in the house)) or Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast if you were Pinky Finger Poor. Welsh Rabbit was another day-before-payday meal. Rhubarb seems to be slowly fading out of...

Yes, we still like them as people as long as food doesn’t come into the mix, LOL. The last time we got together he made us reservations at Buca di Beppo and specifically requested a seat near the kitchen so we could...

to compare that to the historical ordinary eating habits of poor peasants in the “home” countries. Lot’s of gruels, porridges, plain breads, pulses/grains, seasoned with vegetables and meat fat and occasional...

, the salsas fresh, the meals tasty. Although the kitchen there might be dumbing down. I just looked at the menu and they’ve gone and added nachos and a burrito, I suppose because people expect those. And that’s just...

simply smiled and finished every scrap of her steak (except the one bite I stole) It was pefectly cooked and melted in your mouth! I’ll definitely be going back, as I want to try their Steak Tatare. I haven’t had that...

inventing hotdog stands. A Bostonian could take a train to Cape Ann to discover fried clams, or to Cape Cod to discover clam chowder. Etc. Chowhounds travelled, and skulked around other family’s kitchens, and tasted stuff....

to be with my daughter I’m pretty much stuck in Cali for the next 13 years or so. I should do another renovation of my apartment (with great kitchen) overlooking the city. There is more and more stuff available in the...

with living in special places. Or I just look old. As Donna’s not only nice, but extremely generous as well, she even brought some gifts, including some kitchen utensils we had talked about earlier online. All this helped to make...

I’m fortunate enough to have a kitchen aid stand mixer with a grinder attachment. So, buying whole chickens or turkeys and using the parts including grinding (usually thighs) for dishes that need ground meat is a good way...