College Cooks Gone Wild!

Crème brûlée in the microwave and other desperate dorm-room tricks.

, and then still be able to bake bread in it the next day. We probably used 1/2 tonne of firewood and the thing was too cold to cook in.. or even prove dough in, the next day. What are we doing wrong??

I must have been living under a rock or something – I just heard that Patina is doing truffle dinners next week. I guess it’s an annual event for them – is anyone going this year/has anyone gone before? I called...

I’ve never put it to a taste test with chili. But I have with a shrimp dip recipe. It’s really missing something the first day and wonderful the next.

was eating beef. No true flavor came from the beef itself; and I wasn’t going to doctor it up with condiments and seasonings. My question is thus: Is nouvelle beef going the way of pork, to become the next white meat?

That was my next suggestion – a Fisherman’s Pie topped with mashed potatoes or turnips!

there was a crunchy deep fried jalapeno – amazing depth of flavor, very mild heat, and an aftertaste that could do a 1961 Mouton Rothchild justice. Next time I go – it will be soon – this is the only thing I...

Going to SD next week and was told that this place (actually in La Jolla, I think) is the best place for a blow out dinner. Any opinions or alternatives?

Next trip in, is a four day, three night visit. We need Chowhound help for late breakfast/late dinner spots. Twenty mile radius of Fort Myers will work. Not looking for gourmet or elegant, great and tasty works for us. So does...

Montrose (NE Glendale) has a pretty big Oktoberfest street fair, but it is the first week in October (this year was Oct 6). The original in Germany is the last part of September and the first of Oktober. Maybe next year.

We’re thinking of going to B. Zinc for dinner next month. Any opinions to share?

There’s a fish monger on 1st Avenue and maybe 51st Street – right next to Ideal Cheese – I don’t remember the name but maybe you could swing by and check them out. I seem to recall their having oysters. I...

The rolls and cooked food at the sushi bar aren’t half bad, last time I was there their eel was particularly fresh tasting. Also the take-out market is better than the restaurant next door, however if you are into the...

some better writers), because nothing really seemed appealing. all in all, good meal, though. i’m just not gonna get pork next time.

Just bouught some at the Malaysian market in the flushing mall , have no idea the name , but its next to the stairs leading down to the food court.