landscaping , best backyard config) that you can! When it comes to the "food centric" stuff you can count on getting your money back for things like a tastefully decorated dining room, and a custom pantry ( storage, lighting are...

Sharon, I agree with you. The “prepared” foods industry has tried to convince us that cooking real food is just too difficult and time consuming for today’s adult to deal with. Making a cake from scratch in...

I think zin1953 provides a good comparision above. I actually shop at both TJ’s and Bevmo and a specialty retailer. TJ’s is handy because I generally stop in once a week to buy food, and their wine selection is more...

was privileged to have a local chowhoundy friend direct me to the best of the best —- wish I had taken his advice to avoid Gundel. As he said, Hungarian cooking is the food of cowboys, it must be rustic and made with garlic...

There’s little in the world of food and drink that improves under the hand of Conglomco.

In preparation for a burger crawl among the PortlandFood.org people (see link, you’re all welcome to come), I hit three burger places in the last 3 days: Humdinger, Mike’s Drive-In, and Char-Burger (in Cascade Locks)....

bad that I fast at sea and binge in port. To prevent illness the kitchen uses so many food sanitizing chemicals that the food makes you ill. Ugh... I am jealous of all you folks who ate an edible, let alone tasty meal last night....

and canneles are very good. Pastries are like little jewels. Overpriced, but beautiful "“Tiffany's-like” space. Susina- (Beverly and LaBrea) The chocolate “Bear Cake” is delicious. Tiny Italian cookies are...

. You’ll get your food faster (and hotter/fresher) next time. Never stiff a waiter without explaining to a manager why you are doing so. And never stiff a waiter for a problem that was outside their control (kitchen...

is the amount of space the container takes up in the fridge, but that’s a small price to pay for having fresh baked bread everyday of the week.

My biggest screwup was when I worked as a croissant baker. I got really good at making the dough, folding it with the butter, and forming the croissants. The only thing I didn’t master was not getting spaced out, working my...

was new peanut oil) became rancid by the end of the frying process – which made me feel like I never wanted to smell fish again. I gathered up all of the food and brought it to my sister house where I avoided the kitchen...

another experience where I took a group of 7-8 people to a business dinner there. Again, we stuck mainly to simple sushi, because the group was not very adventurous sushi-wise, and had no cooked foods. I think dinner for 8 was...

to go about looking for an original made by Hobart? Or will the newer models still suffice? I have also been reading your comments regarding the food-processors and am wondering if these are cheaper purchased on-line. Having...

cross the street and go to Cosi where there is always iced coffee, friendly staff, and and almost no wait outside of immediate lunch hours. Their food sucks, but iced coffee at a large chain is just iced coffee for the most part....