an hour, and they were ready long beforehand. Main course is usually some low-and-slow meal I get done the morning of the party and put in a cooler: Texas brisket, smoked beef ribs, pulled pork shoulder, St. Louis pork ribs,...

home to make them comfortable. (they walk through the house and mutter “a place for everything and everything in it's place”). NOW I KNOW! the car trunk! Except for me, it’s the whole bed of a pickup with smoked...

With only a few exceptions, a good critic will always be several steps ahead of a chef. It is the nature of the business that chefs don’t get out all that much. And a critic should learn of the existence of Danish smoked...

I love Spanish croquetas: - Make a standard bechamel - Add finely chopped (often leftover) meat... ham, chicken, fish, etc. (my personal favorite is the rest of the mesquite-smoked turkey we do on the bbq each year at Thanksgiving)...

, and mandu are on the menu as well. Good coffee and a good lunch crowd of regulars, including a few guys loading up on no more than a huge plate of rice and gravy with some smokes for desert. The interior, while previously...

, bacon, roasted potatoes, green beans and heirloom tomatoes. It was fine, a bit heavy handed with the dressing and as a result over-wilted the veggies. We also got smoked salmon on toast with cream cheese, red onion and capers...

for wine pairings. At least all the food looked pretty. (And Padma looked smoking hot in that red dress.) http://singleguychef.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-chef-season-4-finale.html

i agree, but sadly my experience at blue smoke during RW leads me to think this is true – the RW menu had no BBQ options – it was so weird – and we ended up ordering off the regular menu.

Tom C commented that from Richard’s description of his entree (grilled steak, potatoes, turnips), it sounded like Richard was playing it safe. Richard said something to the cameras that although he wasn’t planning on...

Applegate Farms has a really good organic spinaach and feta chicken sausage that is pretty readily available. I get it at my local natural grocer, but they have a product locator on their website. Also, Benetino’s Bistro...

-conscious.... As another closet health-food eater (worked in a health food store kitchen for 2 years, serially dated health food eaters) here are my suggestions. 1. Smoked Paprika for veggie stews/soups. Adding smoked paprika to...

, overwhelming feeling that you need that bottle of orange flower water or the tin of expensive smoked paprika—but i’ve found that i can hold the impulse at bay (mostly) by knowing roughly what i need before going to...

"us: what’s treccione? answer: eggplant" Bad waitstaff, that’s wrong. Treccione is a kind of cheese, often smoked. I’ve not been to La Strada at lunch time, hope the dinner service hasn’t sunk to this...

, not shoddy journalism. As to the phenomena itself? It’s an odd form of feminism, I guess. It’s I guess why women insist on smoking cigars – to make a point to do the same things that men do. One would think...

. Remember the Latin American lunch? She made an awesome-looking chile relleno with fresh cheese that the guests were raving about. Furthermore, how kool is it that she is smoking a roll-your-own (what was in it?) topless in the...