ate some beautifully conserved chilacayotes (a kind of squash). But the stunning one was the candied squash being sold by an old lady sitting on the floor just outside one of the markets of Dolores Hidalgo (completely off the...

to do with quality, taste or freshness. P.S. Southern California is currently experiencing an outbreak of Newcastle disease. A growing number of chickens have been euthanized. Expect the price of eggs (and possibly chicken) to go...

True. Tre handled the issue of cooking in going out clothes beautifully, I thought. But that wouldn’t have worked for Sara and Casey.

. Many love Lung Jing here, but I don’t get why yet – maybe I haven’t tried the proper grade. Learning about tea is just as complex (and fun) as learning about wine, I’ve found. And I’ve drunk a...

Broccoli Rice soup We had this all the time growing up, I cook it for my family and they love it. In fact since “fall” is finally here in Southern California I may make it this week. 1 onion chopped 2 crowns of broccoli...

Blue Point Cherry Stout: Roasted Coffee, Bitter Chocolate, Faint(est) Sour Cherry, Hazelnut and Tar in the finish. What absolutely beautiful beer. This is what I live for.

. Not just because we were making beautiful and real food from scratch but because everyone who worked there was so into it that we always got together after work or on our days off to do more of the same. I left the country for a...

Ours was a rousing success. The cast of characters was the same as it has been since I married a southerner but the food this year just seemed extra good. Perhaps because the last few years, with the elders getting older, more...

personal experience" may work for you — it’s just that I take a different tack. (I’m aware you write for a SF Bay Area paper.) Re: Cassoulet...yes, in southern France, there are variations on a theme, but there...

in the LA Times today (8/8/02) about what things really are. Could the words be applied to food? - like Wolfgang Puck’s poem – Live – Love – Eat? WHAT THINGS REALLY ARE Wisdom is beauty. Love is adventure. Art...

early at the hand of my Francophile and Anglophile father who was determined not to waste time in educating his children. The family is Southern/New Orleans and so I had a very early exposure to really good cooking and restaurant...

Not Karl, but... How gorgeous is this (and tasty!) http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/a-beautiful-bulgar-and-spinach-pilaf-recipe.html Use it in meatballs as a binder instead of rice or breadcrumbs Apple Cobbler Cook bulgur in milk

a night off when you can drive somewhere like Southern Spice or one of the really-darned-indian places. Look up “chicken 65” on the list, and go to one of those places. I even prefer Darbar’s buffet to Amber....

to Manhattan to open up a place! Luxorious comfort food is my favorite type of eating and that’s what he is all over. While Hung is a master technician I’d rather eat something that tastes fantastic and reminds of...

in a couple of years – perhaps it has improved). Here you have one of the most beautiful public places in the U.S. (and possibly in the world) and supposedly one of the best hotels in the U.S. And the tea is mediocre...