managed to set the plastic salad-spinner lid on the still-lit gas burner. It was on low, at least... But the smell of melting plastic had me running into the kitchen. Had to buy a new salad spinner...

I have always felt intuitively that it would be better to buy and clean my own lettuce, but I have a heck of a time cleaning it (the salad spinners are ridiculously inefficient) and getting it dry, and then it goes bad in a...

The shawarma wars have broken out again on Lawrence east of Victoria Park. The best is Ibrahim, across from Nasr on the corner , south east side, unless he gets excited with the salt, which he does rarely. Best salads. Two for...

DH got me two Le Creuset items for Hanukkah and I have already shown my thanks by creating a stew in the oval casserole and a lasagne in the large baker. He also gave me a cool new salad spinner. I gave him one of those sci fi...

I really like to eat salad with my fingers anything spread on bread has to be a even coat all the way to edges, no dry spots if I make a meal that consists of a meat, a starch and a veg, I have to eat all the veg 1st.

currant). Sunkist citrus mix. Also a licensed hello kitty box and bean boozled game-spin the spinner. Whatever the pinner lands on you must eat. Beans can be good (licorice) or bad (skunk spray). Kenny’s Twists Certified kosher by...

to restaurant service. The exception of course was always “composed” courses,that were were served cold, e.g. Cobb Salad, appetizers, desserts. Attitudes have changed but it’s hard to “plate” hot...

were trying to put together a salad really fast. I put on an old vinyl record I have, Cookin' on the Roof by Roman Holliday—mid-80s “new wave swing”—and we made that salad in record time. (Not sure just...