at once, but I listen the machine and give it a break if it sounds like its straining or anything. One thing I have learned from the nut butter maker is that no matter how hard I tried to make nut butters in my blender, they were...

with the challenge of keeping alot of ingredients (different kinds of flour) on hand if their bread machine is not used often? Do you also only use the machine infrequently and get the more exotic breads I’ve mentioned at...

own beef. Then I happily went back to buying Hellman’s and using machines, etc. It think that a lot of stuff could be done this way under a 100-mile challenge using local stuff. Isn’t that how some foods started? Our...

Vending machine dispenses pizza. Drunken gourmands salivate in anticipation.

Vending-machine culture struggles with the demonization of junk food.

Oops. I meant: you will NOT have a problem finding pan de Acambaro in Celaya (probably sold by itinerant re-sellers who are known to stand at certain corners of the city at certain specific times to vend this product)-my point...

the cherry and a rum raisin. The chocolate chunk I had tonight, however, was clearly homemade. It had that gritty quality you do not find in a machine. Plus irregular chocolate chips to let you taste the hand (as they say). I also...

pushes each chef’s creative limit as they not only test their chocolate skills, but also their sewing and fashion design knowledge." Watching trained chefs using sewing machines, surrounded by judges with clipboards, was...

to the other two, but a little less precious, great downtown Oakland vibe, high quality and you guessed it, you pay for it There are two other high quality breakfast places which do not handle the espresso machine with any...

about the place is kitschy. The menu is like a time machine back to when Italian was a new concept to Americans. The ceiling is embedded with about eighty kabillion twinkly lights. And the piano bar is certainly quite the sight;...

of an ingredient, going on mini adventures to find them. I find the show extremely entertaining, yet very educational. So the Ramen challenge that aired recently (3/30/06 in Japan) was a departure from the original concept of the...

Totally agree. It works really well for rolling sheets of pasta, and the combination cutter (linguine and fettucine) that came with the machine works well. The spaghetti (regular size) is challenging — you really have to...

NYC restaurant watchdog blog The Strong Buzz gives a little thumbnail sketch this week of BAMN!, a modern-day Automat stocked with Asian noshes and domestic comfort food.

A new book that could help you break unhealthy eating patterns.

The end of the vending machine? Probably not. But an office fruit delivery brightens up our week.