Just finished chilling my stock in a water bath and putting away in the fridge. Roasted a chicken for dinner last night. Threw the carcass in my large crockpot, along with chopped carrot, celery, onion (cheated and grabbed some...

stocking stuffer, party favor ideas for wine lovers? Some small things that could go at place setting would be great. I’d love to get this done early so I can put my feet up and enjoy the Season!

Fellow Hounds I look forward to discovering all the gastronomic pleasures that await in beautiful Hawaii... but first order of business... i will need to figure out where the stock the kitchen. What are the best places to buy: >...

medical thought on the issue (e.g. recently trained pediatricians) is that you often don’t find a food culprit. My suggestion is to stock up on things that can be eaten with one hand and not too hot. I was always dropping...

Trader Joe’s has by far the best prices on the best French chocolate bars - from Valrhona. With some variation as they come in and go out of stock, they carry the range of milk to 85%. The latter is fantastic for cooking...

In San Francisco, on Fillmore, there is a store called Bittersweet which not only had their own chocolate creations, but stocked a lot of different hard to find chocolate bars from small purveyors and manufacturers. Different...

I eat Balance Bars- the plain kind, not Gold or plus. It depends what he wants to get from them- if it is just something to munch on, I just discovered Larabars- only chopped fruit and nuts- great! Whatever you do, steer clear of...

What makes a good wine bar and where are the best ones in los Angeles. Bellavino is phenomenal but a little far (Westlake Village) Any suggestions

YUM! When I’ve had chaat at parties, they’ve either been from mix-your-own chaat bars, where you add the crisps at the last minute and eat immediately or (at fancier affairs) from a chaat maker standing behind a chaat...

Hello, I am coming into Chicago for one night and would like to go a couple of restaurants and have a bite at the bar. Help! Can you give me suggestions for restaurants in one area that all offer food at the bar! Thanks, J

bars of good unsweetened baking chocolate some of these items are perishable, but they’re the things i tend to buy every week, because they’re really useful. if you start cooking regularly, you’ll have your own...

Today’s NY Times has an article on a bar in Brooklyn that stocks over 200 whiskies. http://events.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/dining/reviews/05brief-002.html?ref=dining

Just when you thought free-range pork couldn’t possibly get more expensive, the government is pushing to tag all U.S. livestock with scannable IDs—a program that could hit small farmers with whopping costs and drive...

slant to a crawl like this, Yamazake (Japanese/Tibetan), Tangra (Desi-Chinese), and Hemsin (Turkish) are all nearby, and you can stop at the Butcher’s Block beforehand to stock up on Irish crisps and candy bars.

Took the just-off-school 'Pup to Gen today, fully intending to get the stock “sushi lunch special”. Was so crowded that we ended up at the bar, and so didn’t order the special (I think that this would be a major...