Lucky, lucky you! I too received one only recently (a Cuisinart). It is loud as others have mentioned...so either make it before company comes or have it churn out of earshot. So far I have only made the basic vanilla and...

in a cake) is very good. And, yes, the clams with black bean sauce at Jackson Cafe have no equal. Likewise the Hangtown fry (oyster omelet). I wish Ms. Macky would come back and tell us how they made the cowboy coffee. To stay on...

more presentable atmosphere for company. Taqueria Azteca (in Azteca Market) – on Center St., no air-conditioning, very nice people, excellent menudo, good gorditas but only when freshly made and not re-heated, excellent...

town; everything is delivered by the one taxi company that unfortunaly tends to sometimes employ some unsavoury characters..anyway, delivery charges/taxi fare are included in the bill (not the issue here). Anyway, the guy comes,...

La Bella Ferrara on Mulburry St is great. They just have only desserts and coffee. Another great italian dessert place that is not in Little Italy is Venieros on 11th st between 1st and 2nd.

sits and has a dozen coffee refills after my meal. But I’m not anal about it. A percentage point on a typical check of, say, $15, is fifteen cents. FIFTEEN CENTS, people!

, would just ask give me some plain ghetti with butter. I’m filled and enjoying the company. I never accommodate my exbf vegetarian when he urges me to get the chicken, so he can have a bite.

salesman. But who knows ... maybe that magnet thing works ... I’m going to have to buy some cheap magnets, start a company and accept the million dollar challenge. What’s to lose?

get your desired sweetness. If you want chocolate, add cocoa power, for coffee add a little coffee. Hope this works!

in London (I ordered from French and Belgian suppliers when I was drinking loads). A couple of Whittard branches have decent leaves though staff are useless. Drury tea and coffee is another emporium with a decent selection. A few...

And moreover, it’d be bad enough if the client did it on a personal dinner, alone or with friends, but somehow it strikes me as even worse that she did it during a business-related dinner. I mean, I know she or her company...

over to enjoy their company and have fun. Don’t lose sight of that and you’ll do much better.

I have printed out your suggestions so far and will be off to the bookstore after coffee!

time enjoying appetizer, entree, dessert, and coffee. They actually PREFER their own bowl and cup and their Telletubbies tapes and the comfort of their familiar surroundings. And when there’s more than one of them,...

word to that. (keeping it short today—no coffee yet.)