's a dealbreaker. Well, sort of... If a recipe insists it be made with home made phyllo or strudel dough, too bad, Charlie! If the rest of the recipe sounds really good, store bought phyllo/strudel pastry it is! And if the...

Growing up I thought my mom was the best cook in the world. She was the only mom of all my friends who made everything from scratch and everyone was jealous of my home-made baked goods. My fondest memories are: Spanish omlettes on...

I made that torte the other day, and used andes mints because I couldn’t find the hard starlight kind. It turned out great and got rave reviews, even from non-chocolate lovers! Good luck!

check out roadfood.com certainly their original book road food by jane and michael stern would be a good starting point.

Actually I think that a “child” could make it either way. Both preparations would be pretty simple don’t you think? Btw, did it taste good? Thanks

it’s even seasonal, like a Friday fish fry during Lent? After all, there’s usually some reason a restauranteur goes into business, Like the Mom or Dad that everyone to whom everyone says, "Your popovers/panang...

a shoutout to him/her, include the name on the feedback cards some restaurants leave, or let the owner/manager know how much I appreciated the good service. If it’s a restaurant which I frequent, I will often ask to sit in a...

to find a well regarded pastry chef that could be doing anything else... but is focused on bringing improved Pan Dulce & very nice cakes to the barrio. The Cocada was as good as I’ve ever had, the pan dulces I had wwer very...

of the bread, if I don’t put enough a good portion of the dough sticks to the towel. Has anyone come up with a better idea? I’m thinking of putting it into a bowl with a little oil.

considers these ideas to be so threatening, but the fact is Slow Food couldn’t care less what the McDonalds and Monsantos of the world do, until they start to crap where we live. In the meantime, we promote these ideas because we...

Fish/meat/squid/shrimp balls! Found in the freezer section of your local Asian market. My mom says once you’ve seen them being made, you’ll never want to eat them again. But they’re so good.

). The spread looked good. Various hams hung near the coat check which was to the left of this spread, with the bar area to the right. The tables are closely set, and the atmosphere at some adjacent tables was very macho. Some men...

Don’t know where you live. I think my Safeway carries organic dairy, I don’t worry about organic. They have organic veggies in large numbers, and some of the bakery items are pretty good. Better anyway than most I...

learned that not on the menu but very good are huachinango (snapper) and ceviche. Like many places they offer menudo and posole (verde) on weekends – the owners said the posole is michoacan style.

a sister that called the other day that was all jazzed because she branched out and made spinach pasta with a lemon sauce and shrimp the other day. Never made it before, was too intimidated to try...but good ole Rachel had this...