consume it, your body will metabolize the alcohol first, at the expense of any macronutrients [i.e. fat] that may be present. so it’s not that alcohol prevents you from burning that fat, it just temporarily intereferes or...

I forgot to ask if anyone has used the pc for beets, and if the color leaves a tough stain to remove! I have read of ways to clean pc (using Bon Ami is supposed to be helpful), and I think cooking beets would present the toughest...

, which tells how to set up the “standards” you will sniff to compare with the wine you are investigating to see if the aroma is present. Its a great DIY aroma kit. http://www.winearomawheel.com/doc/userguide.pdf

. I suppose that may be why presentation takes center stage over flavor many times. Snotty service is an affliction that every significant world city suffers from, so I wouldn’t blame DC for that. I do think DC has a...

-worker’s background is like, but there’s some evidence that childhood malnutrition can lead to obesity later on, especially given that in our present food system calories are cheap and nutrition is expensive. There...

Yes, rice. The trick is to keep the heat at a simmer after the initial boil and to learn to time it well enough with your equipment that you do not lift the lid until the exact moment of doneness.

You are jogging more wonderful memories for me! I also loved A Wrinkle in Time. The most intriguing food memory for me was when Meg went to rescue her father, and she was presented with a meal which was visually appetizing, but...

passion in the same sense as a cook reading a recipe in Gourmet? I’d wager that good lovers, like good cooks, keep an eye on the recipes of the moment, but end up sticking with their proven results. Love need not be sensual....

They expanded within a few months from one restaurant to three. At the moment I’d be concerned about consistency at all of them.

Yeah, it’s funny how some people assume science is error-proof. While the scientists have come up to the conclusion that there’s no harm from cloned meat at this moment, that may change down the years as they do...

Taste sells wines by the glass and half glass from the wine bar in addition to the one ounce pours out of the machine. I agree that they need to get the menu and presentation together. They just got their wine permit, I’m...

as well as people who view .. I won’t eat, I don’t like to eat, I don’t feel like that at the moment, I think I may be intolerant and don’t want to eat too much of that, .. as reasons to force the...

I think everyone has certain moments in their lives or family charceteristics that pre-dispose them to houndness. As for me, I have Asian immigrant parents who didn’t really go for the whole assimilation pressure that was...

sense to do a cookbook for two months, rather than one. Thanks to all organizers of this – past and present!

that season. Their menu never repeats.) Given that, I don’t think the price is expensive in relation to the fact you are experiencing food that has never been created before by anyone at anytime in history until the moment...