'll take a perfect peach over a piece of chocolate cake any day.

potential reasons that a restaurant may not want to substitute spaghetti for bucatini. Although I am not knowledgeable about Italian cuisine, apparently I am told that different pasta shapes are particularly good pairings (e.g.,...

's almost always a difference between one BBQ and the next, which is why, when one finds the perfect BBQ to suit his one taste, one tends to adopt it, and share the trials and tribulations, successes and failures of the BBQ...

sizes were perfect. I got to try a wide variety of dishes without becoming overfull, which is how I like to eat. Fox clearly sticks to the Thomas Keller mantra – each dish should leave you wanting just one more bite. If I...

in the kitchen and invite my family over every possible holiday to avoid the standard chicken, burgers or “hotdish” (see: casserole). I enjoy eating out, but prefer cooking for my girlfriend at home while putting...

cleaning the kitchen is like doing the laundry....6 loads, you think you’re' done, then you find a pair of dirty socks! Dang! With my kitchen, it’s garlic peels on the floor in the corners. I swear they multiply down...

well everyday and exercise...I don’t mean to run a 10k everyday, just don’t be lazy. Cuz when your daily habits are healthy, you don’t have to worry when you splurge on a 16 course tasing with wine pairing. I...

I have worn that very jacket and at 5’8" looked perfect at the RTR as someone from the wrong side of the gulag. I walked up to my table wher the in-laws were sitting and said “how do i look?” We had a good laugh...

our desserts came out, he comped both of us a dessert wine perfectly matched to our dessert—one was a sherry and the other a tawny port. This gesture really made the evening for us. I love that place.

excellent wine pairings suggestions and they have the best deserts in town (without doubt). On my last Sunday visit – thanks to the cheap wine – I splashed out and tried the truffle risotto. The experience was...

're talking only about varietally labelled wines, can French, Spanish and Italian wine regulations really be summarized so succinctly? Is it an EU thing? While I’m perfectly willing to admit to holes in my knowledge of the...

...the subleties...wine/food pairings etc etc. I love good food and wine, and consider myself a pretty good cook, or so i’m told. But I won’t touch the wine board for the most part, with a ten foot pole....for...

a pair of numbers. The first number is the total tab for my solo lunch, with no beverage other than a mug of tea, and including a 20 percent tip. The second number is the price for my average plate of two nigiri sushi, again...

Beth, I can’t believe you caught your hair on fire! That has to be the pinnacle of kitchen disasters. Here’s mine: I tried to barbecue a whole hog. We had around 20 people come over to eat. The thing is, it LOOKED...

Yes spagetti-os(with meatballs) rock! I usually pair it with a good zin ;-). Yes I remember the swanson dinners with tater tots as well.