We just returned from Montreal. Over the holidays we had many wonderful baguettes . All differnet sizes. The best were tiny ones that had to be eaten right away , along with some raw milk cheese. I would really like to know what...

'd given up and used the blender for the cheeses and made a fairly significant mess, though it tasted fine even if I did fudge the amounts of ingredients by estimating) I mean, I regularly cook dinner for 8-10 people and make a...

It is most certainly art!!! From the grilled cheese sandwich I prepare for my kids to the turkey I massaged with butter on Christmas day. For some drudgery, for me it is the deepest expression of the human experience. To prepare...

to this one. Vallecita Bakery (40-06 Benham/91st) On a recent walk-by, it looks like they have fresh baked stuff around the clock. New trays of pan dulce were being placed on the cooling rack in the middle of the shop. El Azteca...

seeds, herbs, cheese, dried tomatoes, dried fruits, whatever takes my fancy or goes with what I want to serve. I use my bread machine (Zojirushi) predominantly for kneading. I don’t like the way bread machines bake bread...

. they are not playing in the same league. it’s like comparing the serrano and manchego tapas at an AOC-type establishment and a grilled ham and american cheese at a denny’s down the block: not a fair fight. i eat at...

faster than it’s supposed to, getting thick in a matter of minutes. I have the gas down low, too... It’s a puzzlement. When it cooks too quickly it tastes kind of raw, almost chalky. Cheese always helps, but...

I was once back in my hometown at the newest rage – a sushi shop. Luckily I had eaten as the fish smelled a bit. Anyway, the funniest part was seeing people dip the heck out of the sushi (with their hands) in the soy sauce...

gamely tasted a panucho de cochinita pibil, $2, and queso flan Napolitano, $2. Part 2 – Happy Hour: After a Christmas shopping break, “kare raisu” and I met at the bar at Tommy’s Mexican for margaritas. He picked Frida Kahlo...

noticed all the servers and none of the patrons were African American. I might have been tipped off by the racist literature I noted in the gift shop of the restaurant. As an obvious Yankee I was tolerated but uncomfortable. I...

to the pastry shop afterwards. But while we were there, we’d eat as much as we could and encourage the effort. He certainly meant well, and it was after all only two or three nights a year. Little to give up for a good...

I am a regular at the Ichiban on Litchfield Road, and other than SeaSaw, haven’t found anything in the valley that beats it. The key is to ignore the roll menu full of cream cheese and mayo and avocado — I put myself...

don’t know where you live, but I bought unsweetened coconut (in kosher for passover packaging, no less) at ShopRite in Brooklyn today.

Oh, just thought of something else: Puh erh tea: If you have a good tea shop nearby, see if you can find this type of tea (it’s a category, not a brand). It’s usually sold in a large chunk and you break off pieces for...

, than any other genre of food/beverage, over the last 4 years. Next, it appears to be some form of tappas, and then the gourmet hamburger shops. Is this the “must-do” of the millennium? Who knows? Is it spreading?...