) was a very big disappointment. We started out with goi cuon spring rolls, which hardly had any herbs. The hoison peanut sauce was good, but the rolls themselves were totally lacking in that refreshing vegetable punch of...

!! It just seemed so WRONG. I could imagine my friends VERY southern Mother just SCREAM at me ruining a wonderful cheese sauce. I could imagine my mother SCREAMING at me for ruining a wonderful salsa. But I held my ground, I took...

to oblige. Also encouraged is the prodigious consumption of strong drink (punches, ales, toddies and the like) as poured by the original Heugenot proprietors, Les Maupins. Even though my mother is a Maupin, they still wouldn’t...

because I’m worried about ruining my food and/or filing the room with smoke. What gives? I use a gas stove, albiet it’s a crappy stove, but still I am able to adjust the heat quickly when necessary. Do I live with the...

can’t find something, you can do a file search. And no recipes get ruined by something spilling on them! I just love it that way! Meryl http://mylittleworldoffood.blogspot.com/

people’s plans may stray from the typical this weekend, since tomorrow is Mother's Day...

, and here are the highlights: pancetta-wrapped dates (I am not a pancetta nor a dates gal, and I loved these things. They melted in my mouth.); wood-fired vegetables (Who knew something so simple could pack such a punch?); penne...

and complained to the GM, and we got some damage control cheese to take home with us. That mollified me a bit on the short ride back home, but the restaurant had already ruined my evening. Drinking wine at home helped. So did the...

I don’t care if she is my mother, she needs to respect me in my home as much as I respect her in hers. Advise is one thing, but ruining the cucumber salad is another. I would figure out the right way to explain this to her....

I’m soliciting Chow advice on this one. We have a Mother's Day lunch reservation at Greystone. While Greystone wouldn’t be my first choice in Napa, we have a group of 10 on Mother's Day so food won’t be the...

it’s ruined. Others say that it has “changed” but that the food is good, if different. I have the disturbing feeling that Shorty McWilliams would NOT be happy.... Any reports would be appreciated and, especially...

ruined the boiled potatoes. For company my mother and our friends made meatballs with a mixture of ground beef, pork and veal in equal proportions. They were about the size of a 2 Euro coin. For everyday for the family my mother...

Looks like the guys and gals at Hows will be placing their prime steaks on special again for 6.99 a lb. I brought some for a mother's day bbq and was ordained the “favorite child” - at least for that day. happy...

Does anyone inthis sweet mother of a country know who makes/sells Candy Cane Ice Cream? Sincerely, Desperate in Ottawa

My mother ate at Katy’s Kreek and was horrified and appalled. Not even edible on a long road trip with kids and dogs in the car in the heat of summer. Bad food, bad service, and expensive. She frequents Hubcaps and Lark...