Dinner's Getting Cold

How to deal with chronically late guests.

Fake Accent

Some foods you think are “ethnic” actually aren’t.

Make Your Own Candy Bars

Corner-store sweets go high-end.

Truck-Side Dining

The how, why, and where of high-end food trucks.

Roasted Duck Foie Gras with Port Wine and Caper Sauce

Rabbit Stew with Preserved Pears with Ginger

Went to Rush for lunch yesterday, a group of five people. Here are my impressions. As we approached the doorway a hostess, dressed in a simple black dress without too much leg or cleavage showing, immediately came forward to open...

I definitely get a sugar rush. It is short-lived and diminishes as I keep eating but it’s there.

If you have time the day before make some turnovers or danishes, thaw some pastry dough, fill it with some fruit such as blueberries. If you like, you can mix in some sugar and cornstarch to sweeten and thicken it or just mix...

Check Whole Foods. I know that I needed a dairy-free cake for my mother one day in a rush and I called around noon and they made it for me to pick up at 6. They also do gluten-free, so I’m sure they do sugar free.

a candy bar for a sugar rush during a long work day? I don’t have any solutions GG, which is WHAT YOU ASKED FOR, not a lecture. I hope some people will have some iedeas for the original question. Have you tried the normal...

I was at the market today and saw plenty of new regular peas, no snow peas (the flat kind) or sugar snaps (the round kind that look like regular peas; in French both of these are types of “mange-tout” (eat-all), that...

. It was enjoyable but no added value vs. the tried & true brunch spots around town that are less expensive. Won’t be rushing back.

to find products made with natural sugar substitues like Maltitol, Stevia or Xylitol (to name a few). Splenda is actually Sucralose which is defined as chlorinated sugar. You can find more information on natural sugars and sugars...

. The fresh lemonade with rosemary and the peach bellini with rose geranium sugar rim were also tempting … hopefully next time … or next year. Then … right there … at the end of the meal ... summer slipped away and fall arrived....