My God Colleen, are you my long lost sister?? My mom used to make Icelandic cake a few times a year. My brother always requested it for his birthday! I can’t remember how many layers but it was a thing of beauty and such a...

my favorite place for sandwiches and fries is moogys on chestnut hill ave in brighton. The philly cheese is great as is cordons cousin a chicken steak with bacon swiss and ranch dressing. i love this place and its quite cheap a...

I’m afraid my own breakfast choices are rather mundane, unless you think cafe au lait and bread with gorgonzola dolce and fresh tomato (when I have any in the house) is weird. However, long ago I had a housemate who would...

inside. They were the Ore-Ida ribbed for no one’s pleasure variety. The bun, though griddled, was soggy. The tomatoes tasted like they spent too long in the fridge from the first day off the vine. Mike’s Drive-In was...

DD- If you and Mom are inclined to have a low maintenance wine and cheese night, Harvest Ranch Market on Jamacha is a good choice.

Try Phipps ranch in Pescadero (see link below). In addition to the U-Pick berries, they have the most amazing selection of dried legumes you’ve ever seen. And while you’re in Pescadero, you can check out a couple of...

I’m not sure a critic is capable of ruining a restaurant. I mean, there is that initial surge of humanity, which can last as long as a month, that can be mighty annoying to the regulars—and by the regulars, I mean more...

... but also very very long and with some non food parts in between. Hope you’ll like it. Food is important part of any balanced diet. day 1 tuesday Checked my bags in at the train station [no really, you may do so over here],...

in the New World. Joe’s widow, June Swan, and her daughter and son-in-law, Lynn and Rod Berglund keep his legacy alive. Rod became a winemaker with his own label, La Crema Viñera, in 1979 through Joe’s influence and...

them. And when you make them fresh they taste so much better than what sits on the shelf at the store – and of course no chemicals. But that TJ’s tomatillo salsa verde keeps a very long time in the fridge (couple of...

- it seems an inspired recipe, BUT I would use my recently discovered favorite beef: Harris Ranch (humane treatment, absolutely delicious, beefiness) if I made that recipe for myself. Sorry for the confusion. I was giving love to...

heres a very easy recipe that i (a college student) use. get a french bread loaf from the stores bakery or even better focacia. if youre using the french loaf, slice lengthwise in half. apply a thin layer of ranch dressing to the...

Several years ago I bought some green almonds at Andy’s Fruit Ranch and was wondering what to do with them. About that time Isadora Cohen posted some very useful information on rec.food.cooking. If you use the Advanced...

I love Cooks Illustrated, but I consider myself a life-long novice cook. My husband teases me and calls it “Consumer Reports” for cooking. He prefers the attitude he gets from La Marcella and other big personalities...

Ranch (Chez Pannise’s meat supplier) gratefully praise Waters for making his products some of the most sought after in the food industry. Niman has been on the forefront of responsible sustainable agriculture for years. If...