, 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!

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,...

-cook" during summer break has (finally!) come to an end. Cheers.

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...

as are their availability. Bluefin tuna is a classic example. During the colder monthes, they fatten up resulting in a very fatty buttery flesh that can remind one of a well-marbled Wagyu. During the summer monthes, Bluefin can...

?" My reply is, “Why, I really don't know yet, I am still eating my entree!” Let me say that rarely happens in New Orleans where I live, but travelling out west this summer, plates flew off of the table as soon as the...

they know all I ever think about is food. However, those last few pounds(which I usually drop in the summer) require eliminating dessert. Sad but true. So that’s my theory...cut out the fat to be a healthy weight...cut out...

restaurant experience is limited to two summers spent waiting tables (badly) in a greasy spoon), but I’ve sure as hell eaten in thousands of them, which more than qualifies me to comment on what shows up on my plate.

Here’s a link to a thread from last summer with a bunch of firsthand eating reports for the wharf so you can decide for yourself. As usual, hound opinions are all over creation, but there you are. Link:...

! :-)) I just got a ‘save the date’ invitation (via evite, now THERE is a way to save money over printed invitations :-), for some good friends wedding this summer, and similarly, it will be a picnic and band in a...

You and I are on the same page—everything in advance. What gets me into trouble is CLEANING the house! I love to cook, but I’m not big on cleaning, which seems to take for—ever for me (esp w/2 sm kids). In the...

of an impression. Basically, I went on a tear earlier this summer trying out various obscure Italian grapes, and discovered that 1) Vernaccia di San Gimigniano was tastier to me than the more expensive TdT, 2) Greco, Grechetto,...

, since a lot of the previous employees were students that had moved home for the summer. Not my idea of knowledgable or infomed staff. ———"That aside, I do have a question for you, Kevin: what do you mean by...

We’ve been making jam and marmalade for 10 years or so, but I have never made anything quite so delicious as this! (link below) This was the summer I conquered Dutch oven baking, a major addition to the camp cooking...