recipes about many of the spice combinations of Indian cooking, I could understand what I encountered in retaurants. Discernment began to evolve. That cook book is my most stained, book marked, read and reread reference book. My...

then tried to find recipes and make the food at home. I was introduced to quinoa and grains salds at WF and now make my own. I don’t buy from the open salad bars because of sanitary concerns. I also like the...

, exactly the same as the one 5 miles down the road, chain. Chowhound is about challenging ourselves to eat better and more wonderful food. It’s about discovery – finding out about new foods, new places to eat, new...

. The miso ramen is sweet and disgusting- made with peanut butter and seasame paste. I had tried that last time. Not sure what the guy was thinking when he came up with this recipe.?.) Chashu was alright. Toro (belly) meat was...

Red Hot Chicago began making hot dogs in 1986. Check www.redhotchicago.com for the history and connection to Vienna Beef. Fluky’s are now available at food stores in the Chicagoland area. The Fluky recipe is made by...

all of Andy Nusser’s recipes. (And if you’ve seen the menu, you’ll know what I’m talking about). In regards to this year, I’m having a hard time guaging who will be Top Chef. I thought Lia was very...

to figure out why the Makke Ki Roti traditionally goes with this dish, and why it seemed so much more suited for it than the naan. Does anyone have any guesses? The only thing that I can venture is that the recipes I have read...

Had to find out about zur. See below. Must be ready to boil up and add stuff to. Na Zdrowie! (a Polish toast) Link: http://recipes.alastra.com/polish/zur-soup03.html

Korean tofu soup isn’t vegetarian! It’s almost made of some sort of stock—fish, pork, beef—and often has bits of pork or shellfish in it as well. Sorry, hate to burst your bubble, but most kimchi...

Speck (pears, green beans and bacon cooked together) when I was in Luebeck. I ended up enjoying both, but I’m not sure I would have tried either of them outside of Northern Germany. http://www.marions-kochbuch.com/recipe...

is Benitos, which has a few locations in L.A. It’s just cheap border food but it hits the spot for me. The carne asada tortas are excellent. The hot sauce varies because it’s the person in charge of making it that day...

any chef worth her/his sea salt will realize you’re dabbling within the first few days, i suspect, then they’ll figure you’re trying to get ahold of their house recipes or otherwise sell them out to the...

ganache cake recipe, or something? The Lobster Place, was a feast for the eyes. According to their site, they are “New York City’s largest purveyor of live lobster, selling over 1,000,000 pounds . . . year.”...

Agree with Miss Needle’s option of giving it to someone homeless. givemecarbs' story about Neiman Marcus makes me realize how that urban legend about N-M charging an unsuspecting customer thousands of dollars for the N-M...

for baking. I haven’t figured out if the convection cooking is off because of the oven or me (most likely me) - I’m just not used to it and haven’t had the time to tinker with recipes to adapt them. Sears always...