containers that have a small compartment on the lid for dressings or dip. Finger foods are good in ziploc bags. Have something chewy like licorice for the kids (or yourself) when you are ascending and descending. The chewing...

in different regions, this is more of an international cookbook than homogeneous American cuisine. Many recipes using little known ingredients too. Deborah Madison’s Local Flavors is also great for regional and seasonal...

for breakfast.... French Fries ‘War’ served with mayonaise and warm peanutsauce.. French Fries ‘Special’ Mayonaise, Ketchup and raw chopped onions Shawarma, after late night drinking... Salty Licorice Gouda,...

court is way less interesting than Super88’s. Compared to the H-Marts I’ve been to in NJ and Philadelphia, Burlington seems to have more international food – mostly Japanese (lots!), Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese,...

handle one of the conversions but not two at the same time. And, on international discussion boards, I always convert to metric as it’s, erm, more international. Except a pint of milk is still a pint, even when it’s a...

Sigh. And I’m still amused that fresh fennel tastes like a cross between celery and licorice.

knew it existed. I can mostly take it or leave it now, but do enjoy it when I have it. That said, I also love fresh-tasting things and as wide a varitey of the most un-fast-foodish things as anyone I know (e.g., real licorice...

at all costs, though she did make good potato bread. My second husband considered himself an "international" cook because he could make grilled cheese sandwiches AND cheese quesadillas. But he put iceberg lettuce leaves in both of...

Thanks for the tip. Actually a few years ago I brought back an assortment of Graeter’s for my sister who missed it from the year she lived there. I will try the banh mi and salsa though living 5 min from Fruitvale’s...

LOL! Reminds me of my son’s liver incident in Mexico. When he was around nineteen, he was invited to participate in a big international bicycle race, El Tour de Chihuahua. In Mexico, the promoters supply both lodging and...

(working on in situ conservaion). Huge numbers of traditional varieites continue to be grown in traditional bean growing areas in the Andes, central America and Mexico, and countries like Ruwanda and Burundi. We at the...

). It found that bottles stored on their side were no better preserved than bottles stored standing upright. Apparently, the study found the internal humidity in the bottle is high enough that cork shrinkage is not significant in...

! Numerous Finnish chefs are super-talented, and while internationally trained and experienced, as a general trend (in all of Scandinavia now) have the so-called “New Nordic Cuisine” as their guideline. (= “Clean”...

bun with pork belly, deep fried soft poached egg, cucumber, hoisin, and scallions and a piece of pie – plus a sample of the red licorice soft serve – it really does taste like a twizzler and a coffee. Service was aloof, as...

I think WD 50 more akin to acid jazz, actually... Freeflowy with its own internal logic. and some people like it! =)