-topped cream puffs (my kids love these), frosted sponge cake, Jell-O, apple pie (good pie!), cherry pie, and soft-serve frozen yogurt with choice of toppings. The ambience was another pleasant surprise, well above what you...

I’ve had some really good, dry Spanish sparkling apple ciders. They are cheap (about $3/750ml bottle) and much better than the awful ciders the supermarkets stock around New Year’s. I think they go very well with...

where he orders ‘cup coffee, piece o’ pie. He is served a steaming hot cup of joe and a big slice of apple pie. The young fellow likes this and thinks this is okay. For the next week, he orders ‘cup coffee, piece...

i too disdain mayo. for sandwiches tho, something has to be done. SOUR CREAM!! nice texture, pleasant taste, a little zip. try it, you’ll like it. healthier than mayo, i’d bet.

. We took a BBQ break at Old Fashioned Donuts and were glad we did. This place is fantastic, a real civic treasure. Superlative blueberry donuts and apple fritters (Gary almost wept), nice caramel glazed cake donuts, and...

fresh apple slices for lunch. The other 20%, I might eat leftover Kraft mac with canned tuna and (gasp!) frozen peas....

Desserts, period. There is not an entree that scares me or I will not try to make if challenged. But put some flour and butter in my hands and bet “disaster” in Vegas. Even my apple pie stinks when I buy the frozen...

I make bread from sponges and sour dough starter in the machine too. I just make the sponges as usual in advance and then put them in the machine with the rest of the ingredients. I find the machine kneading develops the gluten...

the rest of the money.) When asked whether we wanted tea or coffee with our breakfast, we chose tea, upon which the next question was: "Will that be chamomile, Apple Spice, Berry tail [or God knows what abomination] or Decaf?"...

rave about the wonderful dip they made with cheez whiz, non-dairy sour cream (IMO), and fake bacon bits, and I sadly shake my head at the people who posted to the “low fat mayo” thread a few months ago that lite...

We had a potato bar potluck at work one day. We were all supposed to bring a topping. I brought sour cream and caviar. Not one person touched it...well, I did.

left you indignant and crestfallen. It seems that this apple failed to satisfy you in the same way as previous oranges. Maybe you should forego the haircut and the rituals and just go eat and enjoy a given experience for what it...

and much too sweet; the end effect was gooey sweet-and-sour. Spaghetti putanesca was tasty but oily. The house red wine is simply awful and it’s all they offer. Diner for two came to $38. An equivalent diner at Tony’s...

(Reza’s, Andies, Pars Grocery, and the Middle Eastern Bakery and Grocery on Foster just west of Clark). Polish: look in phone book for Red Apple and Tatra Inn. Indian: Devon Avenue running west of Western Avenue, dozens of...

a bit higher: wineries like Beaulieu, Robert Mondavi, Beringer, Louis M. Martini or the Gallo of Sonoma bottlings (better than you think). All produce varietally correct, true-to-type wines. Some will be better than others, but...