roasted whole fish like the one served at SD at any of the Tenderloin restaurants or Tu Lan. They don’t serve it. As a frequent traveler to Vietnam, I can tell you that both Saigon (and Hanoi to a lesser extent) have...

in the menu): *chicken satay—not any better than lemongrass grill. the peanut sauce was mediocre at best *beef skewers—didn’t try them but heard they were good *pork skewers—nicely flavored, nothing too...

Biscuits are cookies, although some particular kinds of biscuit are actually called cookies (usually American-style ones such as chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies). Pudding is one word for dessert, although some...

grain roast veg. sausages there & won’t if I can get it anywhere else. Like the others I’ll shop at Trader Joes, Weaver & plant some salad!

I may not be that serious, but I do know a market or two, and I always love Trader Joe’s. Soy milk, peanut butter and pasteurized Indian food are like our family staples. The Condiment Queen feels a lot safer whipping up...

- glazed pork chops, roasted carrots and potatoes, asparagus – i taught him well ;)

of the sea – this is a perfect combination of texture and flavor. Next, a platter of mixed appetizers. We devour the honey roasted spare ribs; the meat is tender, juicy and the crimson sweet glaze is perfect. The long noodle...

I can’t remember the last time I made a martini at home! I have an assortment of cooking “condiments” that sit on the island right next to the cooktop in easy reach. 2 kinds of olive oil, peanut oil, salt mill,...

(without becoming oil laden) and the inside has to be soft and flavorful. At most places, they’re a poor representative of their true potential." To paraphrase Dr. Seuss: I do not like them in New York. I do not like them with...

If you pack a roasting bag (high temp plastic) then you could do all sorts of things in the coffee pot.

I don’t belive that using precise culinary language is snobbish. If I describe something as a jus, I mean the thin pan sauce left after roasting something, and I’ve never ordered something described as a jus and...

their caffeine intake. An unusual low-caffeine tea that I’ve been drinking a lot lately is the Japanese Genmaicha. It’s essentially Bancha (a standard type of leaf green tea, as opposed to matcha, the powdered kind)...

before I knew what they were—I just saw a shellfish I had never seen before, and pointed!! I think I’ll go back to my bowl of seafood-peanut congee now... :)

Am getting an Eat Well basket Tuesday – come on over and I’ll make you a sandwich with Duke Mayo! :) Duke’s has a nice flavor – not as sweet as Best Foods. You can mail order it from Lee Brothers Boiled...

and spicy peanut sauce, and, and, and. You can make quite a satisfactory chowhound’s life-menu out of “dishes that just happen to not contain meat”.