My boyfriend, a fellow chowhound, was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and it’s come as a bit of a cooking blow to me! Savoury food isn’t going to be the challenge – I already cook mainly healthy, high...

Alex— I’m not an Indian food expert, but I like Rana II (I think that’s the name) on First Avenue between 6th & 5th. It’s very small, cramped, always crowded and there is always a wait to get in. However,...

food and cooking since I used to go grocery shopping in Cleveland back in the early mid 80s and saw people on food stamps buying tons of unhealthy processed food instead of raw ingrediants. I know the study was done by UWA but I...

I’m curious – what cuisine do you like more at home (here in the states) than in its country of origin? I like the Indian at Bombay Grill & Taste of India more than the food I actually had in Bombay or Goa. I realize...

Not a food prank in the sense that it has nothing to do with prepared food, but it involves a food item: My housemates in college shared cooking and shopping duties. The least experienced cook among us was planning a new dish...

After reading the thread on how to properly season and clean a cast-iron pan, I was reminded of another problem associated with them: acidic foods. I read somewhere that you should never cook acidic foods — such as wine,...

- 110 Holland Park Ave , for pies and take out food (its a butcher shop with superb pies) Mohsen- 152 Warwick Road (dont miss this one)

I refer have often since closed down! But on a recent visit (I now live in Manhattan), I decided to check out the new Yono’s (probably not so new anymore, though) in the Armory Garage Center. The food was excellent, though...

wouldn’t normally buy. They are usually for highly-processed and packaged foods which have cheaper store-brand equivalents, so you’re not always saving all that much. The extra shopping and cooking takes time. Even...

to Danubio). You can get a beer and some tacos or other snacks (botanas). In many cantinas, the food is free (but not the beer!), but you should then be sure to leave a tip. In fact, this area has many great cantinas, coffee shops...

). No hyperbole. Perhaps the one in Jersey City’s even more amazing....or maybe not. Either way, this one was the single most amazing food shopping experience I’ve had (with the possible exception of my discovery of...

From the comments here and elsewhere and the decline in ad revenue/ratiings that the Food Network has experienced, I’ve been really pondering and have come to a conclusion as to where they screwed up. Now say whatever you...

Hi, Debbie, and welcome to chowhound! What neighborhood are you staying in? That might help the city-savvy hounds get more specific.

to a chowdown you’d know that most hounds are food-savvy enough to make sure that their “pickings” are representative of the whole.

would be fine...I’ll just search for it. 2. I want to also send some non-perishable food items for them to try. Wild, great sorts of things they’d otherwise never encounter. Obviously, shipping weight is a factor (same...