– too full for either of those and seeing the 50+ person deep line at Clinton Street I decided to conclude breakfast with a cupcake – the decision was whether to go with Babycakes or Sugar Sunshine Sweet. Considering the options,...

Let me see how many I remember: Hot sauces (Sriracha, yucatan sunshine, cholula, something delicious and carribean, Marie Sharp’s) Country dijon A-1 for husb Ketchup Mayo (lite) oyster sauce worcestershire capers jams usually fish...

popular. Pick a classic color (not kiwi). Until you find old patinated cast iron fry pans at flea markets, garage sales, or thrift store – get a big (12") Le Creuset fry pan for frying fish or chicken. For the 2 big soup...

been a functional family. My grandparents owned a poultry market in NYC and we ate a lot of chicken, mostly boiled. I think nearly everything was boiled, except for a few things that were broiled. Regardless of the method,...

. I’ve also never waited over an hour for my luggage. But I digress.) Except for that first day, every remaining day we enjoyed nearly complete sunshine. Over the course of our week there, the temps rose from the lower 40s to the...

, It was sunshine yellow, metal and very heavy!!) and dredge the cooked rind in sugar. “Crackles” and “Nutty Cookies”! oh yummers! “Spritz Cookies”! Changing the different design disks, making...

a long way as well. The highest grade flour I can buy in my local market is a 5 lb. bag of King Arthur whole wheat. It’s $3.45 a bag- usually cheaper than a freshly baked whole wheat loaf from the store bakery, which is...

friends. also, tofu is great. you can make pretty much anything out of it – smoothies, pudding, entrées, of course. check out a whole foods or other market near you to check out the vegetarian options. i think you’ll...

Or Roma Market (right next door to Pietro’s).

't miss the meat. Back “over the Hill in LA”, I would send you to the Sunday Santa Monica Farmer’s Market, the ORiginal Farmers Market on Fairfax and THird, Rahel Veggie Ethiopian on Fairfax, Scoops ice cream, 3...

. To give an idea of the atmosphere I’m writting this I’ll tell you that I am surrounded by blazing Sunday morning, afternoon, sunshine with a selection of music cocooning me and a steaming mug of hot coffee sending...

. Crunchy, salty, creamy, sweet, with the burnt tang – This should be a food group all of its own. How prescient for someone to have realized the market for burnt snack food!