save me thousands of dollars if I could actually drink a $2 bottle of wine and enjoy it. What is a shame is when this wine wins 2 gold medals. Doesn’t send the right message to consumers who use these awards and scores to...

, not the grocery store, and I grind the spices in a mortle & pestle. World of difference. Exceptions to the dried herbs...I have good luck with fresh rosemary and always buy that. Sometimes in the summer the basil looks nice and...

of flavours – some of the best come out of the wood-fired ovens of Bagel House ( http://www.torontolife.com/guide/food/bakers/bagel-house/) on Bayview Ave., right next-door to a fantastic...

". A qoute that has guided me through many life situations, not all related to food.

!) that it’d be awfully hard to convince even Japanese that you could really find it here. I’m stunned this place has it, and it, alone, makes it worth the trip to me. I had some junsai in Japan this summer, and it was...

on gobbling up the stuff that can’t keep at all and putting up the things that will keep. I now realize there is no point in eating A LOT (dare I say ANY?) zucchini in summer aside from what we get the first week or two to satisfy...

Your post brought back great jello memories. I personally love jello b/c it was my first attempts at “cooking” as a kid. I made the multi-color kind w/ the tilted glass all summer long...a special treat I would...

I almost cried when I ate at Ninfa’s: The fajitas were the best I’d ever had: Seared beef seared perfectly and seasoned redolent of the herbal scent of the desert on a summer night with cumin, salt, pepper and sage....

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.

or grill for summer fun. We certainly aren’t skinny in my house (having lots to do with the wine drinking, I’m sure) but some of the suggestions you have all mentioned along with some of these that I have mentioned...

at. 5) FINE DINING BISTROT MARGOT (1437 N. Wells St., 312-587-3660) is a lively, bustling bistro a short cab ride north of downtown serving very agreeable renditions of French classics; especially pleasant in the summer, when it...

It was super easy! My mother-in-law has a copy of "Forever Summer" by Nigella Lawson and while I was visiting her last month I jotted down really a lot of ideas from it. It’s full of real punchy flavors, I just could...

But some places clearly favor the square cut. Growing up in St. Louis, the only time I saw pizza cut in pie slices was when I spent the summers in Chicago and got deep-dish.

Does anyone know if this lamb noodle shop remains open straight thru the summer? I’m really not sure. They have a slowly expanding menu that now includes cold beef shank, lamb dumplings (boiled/steamed or fried), tofu...

They changed it to 1.25 last summer.