1. Wine bottles with only white grease pencil markings are my absolute favorite — meaning that it’s a wine-blending experiment, a never-released wine or a pre-release. 2. Labels that are only clean type — quiet,...

Grease is soul food. Better Fat Boy than Organic Lean Cuisine Ten Buck Burgers a la the Independent Universe of Cambridge. Good cheap, grease is a joy to the body, soul and the pocketbook of the working class. As Marx said, "...

of the pan is not ‘burned’ remove orange, lemon and pour off grease from roasting pan. Add about 1 cup of water to the pan – enough to cover completely by at least ½ inch. Place pan on burner on high and scrape up...

I have to admit to Jack being a very guilty pleasure. We indulged in those grease-laden tacos at least once a week when I was in college and they were, oddly enough, one of the few things I could tolerate when pregnant with our...

them kill your taco meat but you’ll see everything else. They’ve got a complete butcher counter. I’ve tried just about all the variations they have but I haven’t yet gotten to the tray of meat that has...

for at every good sushi joint in town? Hacked into four pieces, a little lemon and salt, and they’re gone before you can refill your sake glass? We can do better than that. If you can hold your nose long enough to find the...

, but the slightly sweet and crunchy breading isn’t too bad. We like the tartar sauce here. It’s light and almost frothy, enlivened with some extra lemon juice to cut through the fry grease. Service is somewhat spotty...

grease pits from hell was more like it. They were among the first places in the Village to switch over to that “pizza cheese” muck – at least Ray’s was still using real mozzarella. From all the raves I was...

Re how the food is at Trader Vic’s...tired. The last time I was there I could swear I could smell the grease from 30 years ago!

. The server was nice and honest. I asked how often they made the seaweed soup. She said not often, shook her head no, and crinkled her nose. She said the only soup made daily was the won ton. The two big bowls someone ordered...

grease the pan the way I do with my popover pan — brush melted butter all over the surface (though with the popovers sometimes I brown the butter first).

. Below is a link to Linda’s recipe, as well as a photo of the regal dark beauty. It looks like a chocolate cake at first glance, but get w/in nose shot and you will know this most certainly is not! (It’s better IMO!)...

Did a little North/Northeast tasting today. BELLA FACCIA Got a slice of pepperoni at Bella Faccia ($2.75). They’re large and flat, with a bit of grease on the top. If you try to hold the piece of pie out straight to your...

, pine nuts, and maybe dried tomatoes in its window. I went in and had some. Okay, maybe it had been sitting in the window for a while. Okay, maybe there was some grease involved. But it was great, clearly the best meal of the...

asked one of the veteran servers for the specials card from the wait station and she smiled tensely as I ordered my usual here, a delicious glass of Rivesaltes, a muscadet with a mind-spinning rose/orange nose and flavor. The...