died, and it was eaten up too fast to get moldy.

believe that the down home cooking is much better than SF. You can get excellent German, Mexican, Greek and dinner food. It also is easy on the budget. You just have to search for them in the shadows of chains.

The newest Cook’s Illustrated magazine has some wonderful arugula salad options. I’ve made the figs, walnuts, and sauteed prosciutto one 3 times already – including once for Thanksgiving and EVERYONE loved it....

name is Martin, and she looked like she could be from Normandy or Northern Italy.... so there was some kind of story of some French soldiers getting “stuck” in the town after Maximilian was executed... maybe there is...

. That being said, canned soup isn’t that great. Starting in the fall, I make enough chicken soup to get me through a week of illness and keep it in the freezer.

horribly over priced Cipriani dried pasta ($5 for 1/2 pound – thought I was buying a whole pound, based on the size of the box!). I liked the fact that you toss the pasta with the braising juices. I’m getting hungry...

drove to Prescott or Flagstaff, we would time our journey to hit Chino at lunchtime. The new location is just a couple miles from us, so we’re going all the time and converting our neighbors as well. I usually get the Jade...

On the fresh pumpkin note, I made 2 pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving last year. One was made with fresh pumpkin, that I roasted first. The other with a can of Libby’s. Boy was I disappointed when the canned pumpkin pie tasted...

waiting to get a table is a likely scenario here in Southern CA, so itI’d stay & order something else.

. Prime beef roast was too expensive to serve at our large get-togethers, so turkey subbed for goose which was not available. Turkey was .29# in those days. A turkey or ham would feed everyone with plenty leftover for several...

. It took her several years to pay off the medical bills that her (decent) health insurance didn’t cover. Please, people, a serving of gumbo or a bowl of soup just aren’t worth the risk of getting something that can be...

I’m sure you’ll get some good answers to your post. But be sure to scroll down to check out recent threads about chow in San Antonio and barbecue in central Texas. And the search function is your friend, as someone...

If I end up with chili that’s too spicy I usually manage to get it to an edible level by mixing in some cheese and sour cream.

Getting cooler and want to try some warm cereal in the morning. Just bought some John McCann steel cut oats. Don’t think I’ve eaten oatmeal since I was a kid. What’s your favorite ways of preparing oatmeal??

Mochi, I hear ya! I grew up with that as once a week on my mother’s menu list (other goodies – meat loaf Tuesday, liver & onions Wednesday, roast chicken Friday. No one at my house would eat that. The closest...