(bought baked or refrigerated in a can then you bake), salad, coleslaw, pickled beets, sliced tomatoes, applesauce, StoveTop Stuffing, gravy that comes in a jar, a pan of gingerbread or chocolate cake or brownies made quickly...

not ordinarily associate that veggie with lamb dishes. It worked wonderfully :) The Romaine had been cooked, but had retained its crispy texture when bitten into. It tempered the intensity of the saucing, giving the lamb dish...

_ tempering expectations doesn’t really work.

to their food because I have written a food column, so I make sure to keep my reactions pleasant and tempered. It’s just good manners. I’ve also made it clear to my children that they NEVER, ever complain about food...

Our supermarkets here in Cali, Colombia, have better and greater variety of fruit and vegetables than I’ve seen anywhere in the US or Europe, and at better prices. Both temperate and tropical produce. I’m always...

packs of beer. Spoiled chicken stock smells REALLY bad. Emptying the pantry shelves and cleaning everything in it was not how I planned to spend my day... That same evening, I had my big stockpot going and slightly offset the...

privilege of being a native Angeleno since LA stole the Dodgers from Brooklyn, but I’d be willing to bet a dime to donuts that if you were, such insults might be a little more tempered. Maybe I’m being too easy, or...

Wow! A total surprise. I thought Elia and Sam were going to make it! Glad I didn’t bet on it! Ilan’s food has not been too inspiring. That chocolate and liver dish should have been grounds for immediate elimination. I...

never once turned his back away from the Cubs game that was on the TV at Jimmy’s. Two reasons why we were so hungry through out the afternoon – 1) no chocolate ice cubes offered anymore at the Manny’s counter; 2) No...