are always really light on food; a catered milestone birthday party with out of town guests was more along the lines of just appetizers, a SuperBowl party with host-provided bar, held in a lavishly decorated game room with...

't very enjoyable to me. And when I’m craving chocolate, sometimes a dark Lindt bar won’t cut it and I’ll need to purchase a crappy Mars product. Yep.

have no idea what made him treat me that way. I put his list down on the bar and left.

all over NYC, because whenever I go I see what look like copies of really good products you can get here, like Amy’s fennel-semolina golden raisin bread. Nice cafeterias right in the store, usually espresso, coffee (tends...

't like their taste in restaurants, movies, bars. Their parties were either snoozeworthy or high school dramas. It took a while, but I found friends who liked going to locally owned and ethnic restaurants and searching out fun...

't great and it all certainly felt wasteful. They do have a good oyster selection though and a dozen at the bar is a good way to start an evening.

They were not really new to me but i had not had them in ages. If the stores don’t stock something that is highly seasonal, if you don’t see them then you tend to put them out of your mind. My thing was quinces. I had...

... i’ve always been one to say i don’t believe in diets (barring the need due to health reasons of course), but that by no means should go to say that i am a proponent of the over indulgence these guys are for....

? Or the guy stocking the canned soup at the market? Why waiters feel this entightlement over others is beyond me. Oh, they serve you...gee that’s the job they agreed to.

I have been doing very well on offers for a dinner out lately. I hope that is not a commentary on my cooking. But may have to stock "Diet for the Sick' for any future lean spells. For a couple more frivolous or specialized books,...

stock, rice noodles, veg, lime juice fish sauce and chilli) And a chocolate appetizer.

counter... now trying to open cupboard. Shoo! Bad kitty! Yeah..... that cupboard had a lot of dry goods in it.... a look inside found a mouse had come in from the cold through the attic, and decided to start eating on some rice and...

How about some very well done collard greens. Start with a high quality home made chicken stock. Add a ham hock or two, and the greens. After they cook down for a while I like to saute some onions and garlic, then add some diced...

, but please don’t smoke cigarettes/cook a turkey in my home" or "i’m fine with it as long as we’re both at the bar/restaurant—it stays on your plate, & i’ll just wash my clothes when i get home"...

of interesting side bars about Sardinia, its cooking and the ingredients.