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Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking: Pasta and Other Starches Recipe Reviews
I have made the eggplant sauce with tomatoes and red chili pepper to rave reviews. 'Tis the season for eggplants, looks like that’s what we’re having tonight!
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How Did You "Deal" With Being Poor (and Young) Before You Could Afford to Dine Out (or eat well dining in)?
West Orange NJ, Mount Fuji. Coupon in the local paper, buy one dinner get one free. All the appetizers (chicken wings) you could eat while waiting for your table. DW and I went and sat in the lounge with two bowls of wings and...
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Foods most commonly prepared badly... that are great when made well. (Who knew? What's the key?)
Being from Maryland, I have to agree on hon’s comment related to crab cakes. I went to San Diego earlier this year and found a “Maryland crab cake” on the menu that contained red bell pepper, lemon coulis and a...
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What are your favorite cookbooks of all time?
as I know, I clipped and saved every one of them and have them mounted in a large loose leaf binder. They cover everthing from “soup to nuts,” as the saying goes, and then some. When it comes to cook books, this is my...
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So Many Critics...Do any of them have any training?
Predictably, a lot of food writers, not industry people, chimed in; many seemed to resent the implications of the question; almost all mounted some defense along the lines of, “I can be an art critic without being an...
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newlywed would love some of your tried and trues
to cook it slightly longer. Let it rest at least ten minutes before carving. This will be a perfect roast chicken. I can think of nothing that adds a more satisfying or more easily mounted basic item to your regular menu. Enjoy!
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Chicago Chowhound in Town for 4 Nights: First Time in Austin
scenester blackjack of the Red River district, recent visits have revealed that the many cool kids have found other playgrounds. The best thing about this place is the very strong drinks they mix. This by no means makes up for...
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FREE ISSUE OF TODAY'S SF CHOWNEWS! ENJOY!!
dessert) comes with all the authentic syrup-packed goodies: red beans, jackfruit, macapuno, and more. Lumpia (egg rolls) are also well made. Beware: not all dishes are of the same quality. Read the Fil-Am thread at: http
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"The Perfect Bar"
or use the closed captioning feature. Nothing should EVER interfere with conversation. 3. Jukebox. A big one. Add Motown, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, British Invasion, Ramones, David Bowie, Lou Reed ... Again, the volume should be...
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Washingtonian Opines on Great Pizza in DC
There is no good pizza in Washington!! I am convinced. Have been to Pizzaria Paradiso numerous times as well as many others listed in Washingtonian. I just want a good NY style pizza with red sauce, good cheese, and a few air...
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Your most infamous kitchen misadventure
it is called that. I placed a slice of bread in my toaster oven (that had been used for other items like baking fried fish, with some oil), and after a minute turned around to see the progress of the toasting, only to see a...
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honeymooning in spain - where's a chowhound to go?
in there (curse of a pretty restaurant). They were like an extension of the museum, and also had bull heads mounted and different bullfighting displays. Of all the cities we visited in this trip, we found Ronda to be the most...
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You are likely to not have a good meal at a restaurant if . .
for a few hours in the basement next to the beer kegs. Serve that with some red cabbage and potatoes and you have a feast. Then some great weissewurst from Munich with a stein. Number 5 needs to come off.
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What's your favorite water?
, Oregon for awhile. Water comes right down off Mount Hood. And yet I knew people there who bought bottled water. Now I live in Iowa, and had prepared myself to go back to muddy river water. But no, the water here is almost as...
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Giving Thanks
. Their croissants and breads were much superior than anything I had in Chicago (including Sweet Thang and red ??? on North and Damen). They were also much friendlier than the folks at Sweet thang. So do the Chowhounds know of any...
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