pieces to help stretch a bit. I have a recipe for a thumbprint cookie made with Bisquick and a box of pudding mix, if you’re interested. One batch makes 15 cookies. They mix in 5 minutes, bake on one half-sheet pan in like 9...

to duplicate at home. the equipment is very expensive. lastly, braising meat in milk is a very old italian technique, often done with pork, so coconut milk isn’t mush of a stretch. make a dry rub with your...

Had the chance to visit the new AGO and try Frank, the gallery restaurant, the other day. The gallery itself is spectacular with imposing spiral wood staircases and soft Douglas fir hardwood floors that seemingly stretch forever....

cheese for making quesadillas. It is a stretched curd cheese, kneaded and wound into balls. It should be pulled apart into thin strings before using to fill tortillas or melted on cooked food. Mozzarella or string cheese can be...

: Low and flattering lighting, wicker chairs, white tablecloths with flickering tea candles, a long bar stretching through half the restaurant, a wall made of ice block, bamboo growing out of planters swimming with coy, artsy...

I’m looking for any places between Acadie and Parc metros. This stretch is so packed with restaurants that it’s hard to keep track, and I’m sure there are great places that I’ve missed simply because I...

like you’re a communist for not liking cheese. I do love cheese and had my fair share of fried cheese curd and am still stretching out enjoyment of my chunk of 5 y.o. cheddar I brought back, but I don’t want it in...

was the lemon souffle tart with frozen lemon curd and huckleberry compote. Tart but sweet. A Happy Birthday cookie was added to the plate. I think it was the chocolate truffle that had coffee foam that was so incredibly light you...

There was a post a few pages back on unusual jam combinations. It was post 546396. And, yes, you can put up caramel and hot fudge. Also lemon curd, lime curd. Here’s my favorite: Makes 3 pints FRESH GINGER JELLY 1/4 pound fresh

, and on flavorful bean curd wrapped pork and basic tripe with ginger, hot peppers and garlic. Only a dish of pigs feet/knuckles in a very tangy broth with tons of spicy, fresh ginger (large slices) and a hardboiled egg was a...

in a category without an English heading – cold stewed beef tendon; simmered beef tripe with bean curd; simmered pig knuckle; stewed eggs; simmered bean curd; simmered peanuts; cold tofu salad; cold cucumber; stewed...

A stretch of Central Avenue in Albany on either side of I-87/The Northway is home to some authentic Asian establishments. There are 4 food markets of note: two branches of Lee’s Oriental Market (both on Central Avenue),...

with rice cakes. "Not to replow well-tilled ground" why not? always good to get a new farmer’s opinion on the crop (geez, can we stretch this tired metaphor any further?). Also, for those reading along, contrary opinions are...

I’m on a low cholesterol diet and I still manage to have a good time at Chinese restaurants. For example, at Ocean Star they have chicken bao, chicken or fish cheung fun, tofu and syrup, chinese broccoli, jellyfish, bean...

Nam Jing Lap Bun? Funny, that sounds more Chinese than Korean to me... I don’t know about websites but, Soon Dubu (Tofu) literally means uncurdled bean curd. If you add the word jjiggae after Soon Dubu, ya guessed it......