to troubleshoot after the recipe failed. The brownies she made with pancake mix came out too crumbly to eat out of hand, but were good for ice cream sundaes. It wasn’t til she put salt instead of sugar in the chocolate chip...

like Gale Gand’s "Butter Sugar Flour Eggs." Everything I’ve made from it has turned out well and I’m not much of a baker.

Seriously, have you ever seen that snack stuff that looks like dog food & you serve it in a new doggie bowl? It’s Chex, tossed in a melted mix of peanut butter & chocolate, then tossed in confectioner’s sugar....

, Guacamole, or Quesadillas. 12. have either mints for free OR sell chicle, peppermint patties, thin mints or have a cookies based upon sugar and any nut. Machines are acceptable, but a counter is preferred. The next one is very...

seeing a relaxed chef calmly making the world’s greatest risotto. I would probably prefer to experience the risotto instead of the rushing around if I had my pick, but until TVs come with taste modules that’s not...

. As a sidenote, my deal breakers are bad and/or rushed service, so I honestly don’t care about the table settings.

Keep cooking. The more you cook, the better you are. Don’t be afraid to fail, it’s often your failures that will teach you about cooking. Don’t be in too much of a rush when you’re cooking, that’s...

that are inside each hotel room) and ordered the special strawberry shortcake from our friendly and EXTREMELY energetic waitress. The dish lacked sweetness in all its parts (and I’m one who generally prefers restrained...

in an enclosed container. In this case the high temperature works well with a slack dough that does not contain added sugar. A sweetened bread would require lower temperatures because of its tendency to burn. Elizabeth David is...

themselves (although they were all top notch), I was kind of surprised by how much food was shipped in (like Atlantic salmon) although it sounds like they are putting the garden to good use. I’m not in a rush to head right...

a disgusting white sugar tower made with cardboard. My generally feelings on desserts is that if doesn’t have chocolate in it, why take on the calories and even if wedding cake had the nutritional value of broccoli I...

restraint at Manny’s. Me, I thought I’d end up quaffing a sandwich or two in the adrenaline rush out the gate. Instead, we split this way and that way and saved stomach room for things to come. This meant we could eat...

Very well expressed. Thank you bnemes3343 More thoughts to ponder on the RUSH , now, to work..

inedible. A rhurbab cake of sorts was so foul it got one bite from each person and sat on the table. They’d forgotten the sugar in a soggy apple streudel. Why, then, would I go back? My wealthy uncle took me. It was equally...

in a perfect world, a host would ask guests about any special dietary needs. however, in these times special diets have become so legion (don’t eat carbs, wheat-free, allergic to shellfish, eat meat but not dairy, no...