had been wonderful. This one was sour, no depth. Service was just okay. No one asked us how our meal was. They gave us another bottle of sparkling water without asking. Dinner was almost $500.00 including tax and tip. I felt...

...two days later and I am still thinking about that OD cookie...I’d break off just a small piece to nosh and then another... and, another – until there was none left. It was a very happy nosh, indeed. The Parisien is...

Just as an addititonal insight...a number of years ago I was a project consultant for several Napa Valley wineries. At the end of the day, partly-drunk bottles from the tasting room were gassed (using inert gas) and re-sealed for...

episodes telling people to start with cold, because, ‘cold water is fresher. Hot water has been sitting in your water heater and is not as fresh’. I really don’t think it makes any difference, and have never...

Anyone know where I can purchase organic or gass fed meat in Forest Hills Queens?

I made some sauerkraut by submerging some shredded cabbage in brine (wrapped it in cheesecloth, weighted with rocks, left to ferment for about 5 or 6 weeks). When I took the cover off the container, there was a really vile-looking...

I used to do the whole process on the grill. I now have a smoker so the only thing I do the same is the rub I use However, when I had a gass grill I used the indirect method, and cooked them at around 220-degrees for approx. 3...

I find my well-seasoned pastry cloth works just fine. It was cheap, it’s lightweight, easy to store, and not off-gassing VOC’s. But it is pretty low-tech!

That easy, to intimidate intruders in the kitchen, especially the kind that think they can come in and lift the lids off all of the pots...

Hey, what gives? All year oranges have been bland or too acid; little of that just-off-the-tree Florida taste. Orange season’s on us – where’s the real deal? Looking for a box!

shopping at the big Tucson gem show. When she got back, I took off on a solo road trip in my Dodge pickup. My plan was to be a road warrior, stopping at a cheap motel wherever the evening found me, eating at undiscovered local...

is a good thing once you get into the habit. Also there are storage bags made by Evertt that soak up the gasses bagged veggies off-gas and keep them fresh much longer than conventional plastic. And since the csa doesn’t go...

Great answer. Most people think of sourdough as that super sour San Francisco bread. The starter I use is much milder but imparts a taste to the bread that can not be duplicated with commercial yeast. I guess the wide variety of...

(or, in summer, down in the basement next to the wine rack), which keeps the wine just cool enough to enjoy without having to take the refrigerator chill off. Hardy’s and Banrock Station are different labels from the same...

you ate in the hospital were no doubt among the cheapest produce available to them. They’re harvested god-knows-when and then “astro-cooled” in nitrogen and other gasses. By the time they reach the consumer...