Like-Go-Eat—- I feel compelled to tell you how much you totally rule. This list—-and others you frequently produce—-are really handy. Thanks, bra!

I have very few recent cookbooks. Those that I return to time after time to try new recipes are “Vegetarain Epicure” (1&2) cookbooks by Anna Thomas and “Tassajara Bread Book” by Edward Espe Brown. All are...

I can’t believe no one has mentioned my absolute favorite, Thomas Keller’s “My Favorite Simple Roast Chicken”. I inadvertently created an internet cult around this when I posted a link to it on my blog:...

/or not terribly representative of the restaurant’s cuisine. As Susan pointed out, a lot of times the DAT menu isn’t a savings at all. That’s where chowhound really comes in handy!

Nat’l peanut butter with honey and bananas on whatever bread is handy. Tuna Melt on an english muffin tomato and cheddar with mayo fried ham and egg on sourdough toast spicy sprouts with tomato and mayo on seed or multigrain...

too much. So, being the only one with an allergy, there is no problem when I’m cooking as often is the case. Otherwise I keep an Epi-pen handy and my allergy to myself. I was quite embarrased when at a recent dinner party...

oil all together where they’re handy. Some paper towels, too. Set the bird onto your work surface and pour some oil over it, then rub it all over with your hands. How much does not matter – you’re just greasing...

b/c it originates in Philly, where historical figures such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson enjoyed early forms of “iced cream.” Back then, ice cream was made by beating heavy cream, sugar, and pureed fruit...

you carry them around (why is that?!) I used to carry yogurt, but now it counts as a gel or liquid (special thanks to homeland security for confiscating my yogurt at SFO). Apples are handy and some kind of TJ’s dried fruit...

roast or leg of lamb, but that’s when those cans of soup come in handy. Ciao, Rien

food comes from (and how it is produced, grown, etc.) and whether or not I get value for my money. This goes for fish, as well. I have stopped buying processed and packaged snacks,, cookies and juices (for example: Thomas'...

Project management skills come in handy when you’re cooking for a large group, especially when you only have one oven. I have it down on a timeline for when things go in and come out of the refrigerator, oven, freezer.

. There is no counting calories. The food is “people” food that everybody can eat and enjoy. It does help if you are handy in the kitchen though. The author offers good advice for eating out but if you are stuck with...

dollars, and STILL get a choice. This is especially handy if you don’t know whether or not your 8 year old daughter is going to be a vegetarian that day.