Candy Bars Worth Crossing State Lines For

A field guide to great American treats.

was a happy find for me today, just the kind of hole-in-the-wall joint I love and always have high hopes for. My sole disappointment was that some of the Shanghai specialties like salty soymilk soup (yan doujiang) and scallion...

http://www.mediterraneanfestival.org/images/stories/TWIN_MedFest_Menu.pdf Who has tried the menu at the St Elias Festival?

Watsonville and San Juan Bautista were represented. Few were organic, the exceptions were Ibarra and Twin Girls. I bought some Bing cherries ($2.50/lb.) from a grower from Linden and unpasteurized pomegranate juice from Twin...

Last week on this board there were several posts about the funny looking cherries now for sale at many places. The cherries look like they have a malformed twin attached to them. I’ve tried to find what this condition is...

flavor. I’ve tried the farmer’s markets and all the reliably good grocers around here. Mostly I’ve tried bings, which I like, but I’ve also tried Raniers, not my favorites, but I just keep hoping. Is it...

Dumb question, Jane: I’ve seen only Bing and Rainier cherries. Are the fresh sour pie cherries another variety?

Twin Bing candy bar Cheese Balls: breaded and fried cheddar-like substance. Similar to mozzarella sticks, but smaller and in no way Italian.

else. She won a James Beard award this past year and she deserved it. I have even spent time scouring the archives just to read her old columns. Amazing! Check her out eve if you don’t live in the Twin Cities! You can find...

lobster binge. Peach Farm, also on Tyler St, does a reliably wonderful job on seafood, I’m sure they wouldn’t do you wrong. But I had an amazing salt & pepper spicy (deep-fried) jumbo crab for lunch at Gourmet Seafood...

anyone seen these frozen tubs of tart cherries at any Twin Cities stores? Or even seen fresh tart cherries for sale anywhere? It seems like I see WI Bing and Rainier cherries but I assume those are both considered sweet...

burlat cherries is that it means that bing cherries are only a few weeks away. Second best were The Peach Farm’s garnet cherries. These were beautiful deep ... well, garnet—colored ... but, IMO, they weren’t as...

this small. Only the Olson twins might consider the cookie binging. There was mention of a weight watcher place next door. Didn’t see it, but really, no harm done to the dieters if they stop by. Prices - $$$ (12 chocolate...

Yes, another addition to the Chinese restaurant Hall of Fame in addition to the Golden Dragon in San Francisco, the Golden Palace and Twin Dragon in L.A., Chinese Cook in Lynwood, and Four Happiness in Monterey Park, among...

Yau ja gwai are usually just sold as “Chinese donuts” or "twin donuts". They’re like a foot and a half long and three or four inches wide. You tear off bits and dunk it in your porridge. I don’t actually...