the yuppy purgatory that it is), a friend and I dreamed for years of opening a good British-style tea room, with all kinds of hearty high tea food. We still talk about it, almost 20 years later. I’m now getting into Japanese...

You can find those fill-it-yourself bags at most Asian tea shops or Asian groceries with a good tea selection, and also at places like Whole Foods.

in France and the American producers who use the word should be spanked. There is nothing wrong with the correct term — sparkling wine. We have our own thriving food culture and we need to stop pretending to make brie,...

large tents at The Hilo Farmer’s Market. The produce and food tent extends the length of a block. Fruits you may have had from your local supermarket, like mango, have amazingly vibrant flavor. The papayas are so much...

am a library cookbook tester outer before I can commit to buying a cookbook. I usually need a couple of weeks for the book to come in. Overall, I love this project. But, then again, I am a food geek with a slight OCD, type A...

be improved a lot with the addition of fresh veg, but we eat them this way all the time. Hey, I’m not proud. Sometimes it’s more about getting something that looks like it could be dinner on the table than it is about...

, is still cardboard thin, close to what you’d find at most fast-food restaurants. The sandwich was dominated by a huge wedge of iceberg lettuce with a barely perceptible bit of pickle and a single slice of cheese (50 cents...

lighter on the mozzarella...tomato sauce with a natural sweetness, but a little spiciness is ok too.... in NY, my favorite is Joe’s fresh mozzarella slice...in New HAven i prefer Pepe’s to Sally’s, altho both are...

Most of the culinary stores and food suppliers of paris are on the right bank, near the pompidou center. Make sure to go in the morning. The selection of cookware and prostitutes is awesome and truly a sight to see. Don’t...

for the food it would be less of an issue as long as the “next seat over” was not next to the service station or less of a view of the ballgame. If he was already eating at the bar he might move (no guarantees) but...

@steamer: the instructor was not Japanese but the knives they had for the class included a Santoku. We were cooking Italian food. She said that everytime you were to begin cooking/cutting, you should use the steel. @pei: We used a...

is the ongoing plague of MISshelved/UNmarked/UNpriced items. Few stores have mid store scanners (I think my local Food4Less does) to verify prices. Most stores don’t consider mispricing as important, as evidenced by the...

or urban. Here’s where the chowhound challenge begins: I have asked my “evite” guests to propose their best examples of white trash food. I then hunt down ways to prepare the foods they list — prepare it...

Sharon, I agree with you. The “prepared” foods industry has tried to convince us that cooking real food is just too difficult and time consuming for today’s adult to deal with. Making a cake from scratch in...

of kids falling down the stairs. Yes, I occasionally enjoy cooking some of my comfort food specialties like turkey and dressing and sweet potato casserole. But it does grow old, and it is a gross understatement when I say that...