I enjoy his waxing, lyrical innocence. I understand how this might be appealing to other wine novices. His content, though, often lacks substance, and sadly lacks the very thing you purport he is covering — the enjoyment of...

Epilogue: T’wasn’t the beets; merely a tummy virus. The beets are innocent, and were quite tasty.

. And “charmed gloss”? "The butter-roasted lobster was caught in a hostile tug of war between overbearing seasonings of marjoram, red pepper and tart kimchi in a clam broth beneath the innocent crustacean." "A...

“Kosher” Coke comes out...or the excitement over finding Mexican Coke...)And, yeah, why would you want hidden anything in your food? I don’t necessary agree with the prevailing recently popular view that corn is...

, me? she says, batting her eyes innocently. . . LOL about the all butter puff pastry & agree.

with an alternative? No imagination or what? But it worked better here as the sauce gushed over the fish. Every drop of the sauce was sopped up in this one. And a perfect match with the Burgundy (yes, red wine with fish). 13....

. Ranting tonight, most people don’t look at package prices, they just buy the easiest. I plan to keep on cooking, but getting the raw ingredients is getting harder. When only three of us are buying ginger root, the grocery...

pizza back even farther than its NY roots, all the way back to Naples, really. So it’s not quite right to say they’re offering “authentic East Coast pizza”, because it definitely doesn’t feel like...

whether to search Minneapolis, St Paul, Saint Paul, Mpls...etc. I couldn’t tell you were from the Midwest because your name isn’t “ChowPatty from Iowa” or something, so, I apologize if I violated your...

a really wicked kick. Tastes so innocently good I’m very careful who I serve it to. It contains gin, an egg white, half and half, grenadine and fresh lemon juice, but mess up on the ratios and you have a martini glassful of...

hi there, there’s a great article titled, "Getting to the Root of the Great Cilantro Divide," that indicates that perhaps the reason many people don’t like cilantro is because they are “non-tasters,” as...

invented if their original cooks had been able to lay hands on traditional Italian, Mexican, or Cantonese ingredients. Over the years, each of these cuisines has evolved its own identity distinct from its roots. Are they inferior...

I must have a piece of the gingerbread with real whipped cream. I wish they’d bring back Ricky’s Root Beer. It’s been mising for years. It was the smoothest rootbeer I’ve ever had. Just fabulous. The weird...

their roots are. Ashkenazi Jews (mainly from Europe) tend to eat the kind of cuisine you would see in Polish, German, and Russian and other Northern and Eastern European cultures. While Sephardi Jews (mainly from southern Europe,...

wine. But be careful if you aren’t rooting for the Giants.... I always leave this shop with multiple bottles, and they are always interesting wines, and often outstanding wines.