for physiological ripeness in their warm and long growing seasons are coming in at 17%! An old world winemaker can attempt to make a new world style “tail” wine, but is severely limited by the constraints of...

Here’s a helpful hint: lamb this time of year (especially from the Northern Hemisphere) is likely to be less enjoyable during the fall and winter. Of all the major fleshmeats, lamb is still the most seasonally variable in...

football season etc. Well, this was no exaggeration. I was with my wife, sister and two of my, then younger, nieces, and I think I was the only one in the whole place who ordered a limburger and onion, not even a slice of...

This is not my experience. I’ve eaten some of the worst meals ever in hotels(other than Four Seasons & The Ritz). What Calvin Trillen calls the “Maison de la Casa House” syndrome.

-distributed chana dal would have done the trick. As my friend said, the lunch seemed “liquidy.” But there was a depth to the seasoning that I really liked (my favorite might have been the tomato dish, which featured...

Since I knew I wouldn’t be able to join the clam crawl, I’ve been doing my own North Shore clam evaluations this season. Amusingly enough I had an order of the Clam Box’s big bellies earlier today, just before I...

highlight of the lincoln center season. All of that could be happening and I would not be regarding you with anything like the sahni envy I feel over your having regularly eaten food prepared by or under the supervision of Ms....

old childhood neighborhood (Bensonhurst). I worked in Bklyn, commuting in on the G train, while living in Queens and it was an OK commute. I also had season tickets to the NY Liberty (WNBA) and it was very convenient going to and...

to the fake meat chinese, seasonal produce and other threads)

— there was a bit a of clash with the seasonings already on the meat — an important lesson. The other important lesson I learned (okay, I was aware of this, but not to this extent) is that the same sauce tastes...

the addition of any seasoning other than salt makes food too highly spiced. The best traditional New Orleans food we found was prepared by home cooks. Since we moved to NO from Los Angeles we missed the variety of ethnic food we...

presume to insulate against cold waters?), but it is much smaller in volume relative to the amount of maguro that can be butchered from a single fish. Because of it’s relative low supply and seasonality, it is one of the...

I find him hilarious and strangely charming. I think this season of NR is much better than last year. He seems to have mellowed out a bit and spends more time poking fun at himself. I’m another person who met him on a book...

s till mid 70s) and loved it, but things bigger than my wants or needs brought me back to NYC, probably forever. There are so many things about Southern Cal that I still miss, but I gotta admit, I love the seasons, I love the...

You folks humble me. How can a group be so on target. I find myself cheering for everyone. This does’nt add anything to the mix. Cooking is simple. Fresh, hot, and properly seasoned. It becomes more complex when is for more...