Summer 2009 Gift Guide

All your warm-weather gifting needs met.

Second Careers in Food ... that Failed

Highway of sorrow paved with brioche.

From Scarface to Key Lime Pie

A culinary tour of seedy-but-cool Red Hook, Brooklyn

Winter 2008 Gift Guide

There’s never been a better time to give.

Modern Florence

Beyond David and the duomo.

The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

A heady loaf of molasses and spice —perfect with a cup of coffee.

The term “artificially flavored” has long drawn scorn from food lovers. Products besmirched with the term are deemed cheap, vapid, and vaguely evil. Such foods declare themselves to have been produced via methods...

You know, it’s just not a party until somebody busts out the illegal substance. That somebody can be you.

Pork Pie Hats

How to Cook with Lavender

Perfume your food with a floral essence.

I hope there’s still good food to be had in Solomon's, but it’s been five years since I’ve had the pleasure. I’ve heard that the prices have been going up and the food quality going down. Now that I’m...

Stoney’s on Broome Island is too far from Pax, so I have to respond by saying that my favorite closest to PAX is The Dry Dock restaurant, above the bathhouse at Zahniser’s Marina in Solomons Island (across the big...

Does anyone have a suggestion for a Canadian company that makes and ships gourmet cookies across Canada? I’m sending a care package to a couple of university students and would be grateful for a recommendation.

This year, I got sucked in by Gourmet's Christmas cookie cover and decided to try baking a bunch. I’ve done that before with their 2004 issue and the cookies turned out great. Last night, I invited a friend over and we...