it into the US. Certain animals abroad have diseases that we want to keep out of the US. I asked the port vet about why we are so hard on European sausage (yes, i know that could be a double entendre) and she said that sometimes...

Awww, I actually like Jim O’Connor! I found him amusing in the “Secret Life Of” series. Yes, he could get a bit hokey, but at least he has a personality, unlike Marc Sommers. He had alot more going for him when...

or Daniel but the price tag will be double at the very least. Our budget isnt tight, but I am keeping the cost in mind... I will definitely try the 6 course lunch tasting at EMP, Im really looking forward to that. And I will look...

farm up the road. We’ll have Virginia’s version of the cuppa-cuppa-cuppa cobbler tomorrow, when our unofficially-adopted daughter will be visiting. Waiting in the wings for later in the week... a quart of the...

It doubles as a postal scale, if that helps... ; ) I didn’t order it online tho — mine was about $20 if I recall correctly, and of the kind culinary school students have to get...

and Into the Vietnamese Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/553813 October - Mario Batali: Babbo, Molto Italiano & Simple Italian Cooking http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/561501 November – Alice Waters,...

Friday was double thick porkchops with EVOO Coriander and Cumin grilled on wood in fireplace, baked potatoes and snap peas..last night we had bad Nor’easter and wind too high to light fire so we took the chicken that was...

Zoodles are those canned pastas with the pasta that’s shaped like various animals. I was personally partial to the Mario Bros. noodles when I got them for lunch.

I will be coming to Chicago for the second time next week for four days. Last time I was there, I had some great food as I went to Wiener’s Circle, Jim’s Original, Al’s Italian Beef, Mario's for lemon ice,...

Lupa – what is really a nice room with some good dishes has been overhyped by people ‘in the know’ to be super wonderful . I was okay with what I’ve had there but if Mario Batali wasn’t involved, I...

(which ideally should be nicely browned and allowed to cook in the sauce for at least an hour), there’s no excuse to buy premade sauce. One other thought: it’s just as easy to make double the amount and freeze some...

at least 2x/month. Then there are the places where I eat out on weekend nights with my girlfriend (and, every other weekend, her 12 y.o. daughter). Then, there are places where I go when I want a specific kind of food, even if...

Don’t go. Don’t criticise your friend’s choice, but you have every right to turn down the occasion. Buy your friend a nice small present instead. An uncle of mine, who is diabetic, wound up having to go to an...

My brother makes a wonderful Oyster Stew Florentine with spinach and prosuitto and our daughter loves it without the oysters which is fine with the rest of us as there are more oysters for us.

My daughter happens to work at Ann Claire’s Salumeria on her day off from college and they do serve excellent Italian food. Love the Marguerita pepperoni. Venice Italian restaurant on Williamsbridge Road can’t be beat....