this summer. I gained five pounds. Not because I pigged out—I had much less satisfying meals in the US than I do back home. I did get less exercise, but wasn’t completely sedentary. But I really think that it was the...

Melanie... I think in that version they use the seeds from a summer squash which I believe would be the little white ones with thin skins you sometimes see dried in the Mexican markets. Also... I am pretty sure the Yucatecans...

I just gotta speak out in favor of pink wine! I’d downplay the White Zinfandel, but include some quality Rose' (aka “pink wine”), especially if your tasting is in the summer - hot weather, garlic, and dry crisp...

Perhaps, but USQ Cafe has been around for a while now and all I got was 3 HALVES last Summer as part of prix fixe lunch. :( But what I was getting at is that 3 more scallops dramatically increases food costs as a percentage and...

Exactly! I was away from the site all summer, but finally logged in again. I love this new layout, and the fact that we have RSS feeds. Now I can keep track of any good chow recommendations as they come through.

up the same veggies as above – but use black olives (Kalamata should be easy to find in supermarket olive bar). Also chop up a couple of tomatoes, in the summer, but in the winter they’re often mushy. Sundried...

won’t even touch it over here, much less to fly 3,000 miles to be taken to one. . .. But it was a sweltering summer day and we both wanted AC, and I had luggage with me, and the main point was to see him. :-P But this is...

year old (and with my own child will quietly correct this type of behaviour). Last summer we stayed with mr. maplesugar’s Aunt & Uncle in Old Greenwich CT. The first night we were there she served Cote du Boeuf. I...

This thread was more exciting than most Summer Blockbuster Movies!! Thanx for the entertainment @ no cost. (other than time, of course...) Please update us if you can. (Think “Wedding Crashers”-if ever an event needed...

I’m putting this place on my list of restaurants to try when we are in that area this summer. But, I wonder how “Pavo Uido - Ground pork with hard boiled eggs, capers, served with sliced onions.” ended up as...

Our greengrocer here in Boston has only very recently gotten into the swing of having customers bring in bags: as recently as last summer, we absolutely flummoxed a bagger there by having our own bags, but now there’s no...

Oh my, I agree with DaisyM – was that ever delicious! Even my husband, who doesn’t like chick peas, ate two bowls. I thought I had frozen some serranos this summer, but only had jalapenos in the freezer so I used two...

I adore homemade Indian food and spent a summer I had off poring over a collection of Indian cookbooks and making many of the dishes at home. I think that, if you have a good high end Indian restaurant accessible to you,...

, but for the summer I’m looking forward to spending a lot of late afternoons working my way through the snack menu with a pastis. Actually, I’d be happy to move in and have all my meals there!

2 summers ago in SF i was in charge of a bridal party dinner. it was to be in august, and the planner i am, i made the reservations in june. so, the night of the big dinner 6 girls show up to this restaurant and i see a sign on...