I’ve had some really good, dry Spanish sparkling apple ciders. They are cheap (about $3/750ml bottle) and much better than the awful ciders the supermarkets stock around New Year's. I think they go very well with food. Try...

and will have some fiber. Eight treasures rice might have originated in Hangzhou, I don’t know. However, it is served all over China and especially at Chinese New Year's for good luck and prosperity. Some will be a...

Blasphemy! Well, in all honesty, I have not stopped by in a year or so....hopefully its not on a downhill trend :-(

I just bought a little sugar pumpkin at the farmers' market and I have no idea what to do with it — have never dealt with one. My only experience with fresh pumpkin was eating a friend’s very stringy pie many years...

coop, but I trust their marked down, sell-now meat a good bit more. I second and third the farmers' market/coop/produce stand suggestions. Such local places tend to be less expensive and in season by default, plus you get to...

Yum...I love oatmeal and other porridges for breakfast, particularly this time of year. Working off of Pei’s idea to put pumpkin puree in earlier this week I’ll be putting butternut squash puree in mine tomorrow...

This was my 6th trip to Brazil in just a few years. My Paulista wife was home to visit family for a while and I met up with her for spring break for 9 days, 3 in Rio and 6 in Sao Paulo. But, my stay was all about the food and...

's is considered by many to be one of the best places in town. One of my favorites is 1789 (new American food) on 36th Street in Georgetown. You’d need to take a taxi there. During the week during the summer they’re...

. This used to be more of a traditional Swedish café but has recently (I think in the last two years) been transformed into a bistro. However, the buns remain, and they are extraordinary. The French breakfast (yogurt, half...

I don’t buy this often, usually just for camping trips. But I try to pick the lowest sodium, lowest fat brand that I can find. The best that I can find (in Asian groceries) come from Australia or New Zealand, for example...

that the first day’s production of lonjing and biluochin teas each year are reerved for Beijing. Green teas from Fujian aren’t something to get excited about. Oolongs are another matter; to people who like oolong tea,...

I remember getting Charles Chips and pretzels delivered to our home in a can when I was very young... I still prefer that type of chip, light, crisp with a strong fresh potato taste. These days I opt for Snyders no salt. I find...

It’s pretty basic, but what about roasted potatoes? You could use fingerlings or red new potatoes with rosemary, salt and pepper and olive oil? You could also include sliced onions and once done, the potatoes and the onions...

Good point. I also live in New York, so when you invite me around for dinner, I’ll bring champagne for you (the real stuff, and no-one ever assumes that champagne is anything other than a hostess gift!) And you’ll get...

amply demonstrated that the kitchen has a way with seafood — they really manage to get it to precisely the right temperature without overcooking it at all. This was the most virtuoso display of that skill. The fish was like...