I grew up with grandparents who were farmers, so I grew up eating free-range beef and pork and chicken, and fish we caught out of our pond, so I have always been pretty picky with food. The only meat and poultry I buy is...

This is not to say there arent some awesome specialty pastas out there — especially when you get into the flavored and whole wheat varieties. I’ve bought some pretty wild stuff in my local organic foods supermarket...

Keller and crew. Regular guests get 9 courses from the popular tasting menu. Everyone gets mostly the same food throughout the meal and not the wildly varied selection of dishes passed around by Bourdain and entourage. From my one...

occasionally. He had some Rocky Jr. chickens for $1.29 lb. Check out the coffee shop across the street, Catahoula. Not to get too anti-climatic about G & L Liquor which I see I’ve mentioned above. It is the K & L of the...

There’s always the salmon standby. I buy frozen wild, eco friendly 4oz pieces of salmon, and throw one in the fridge to defrost before I go to bed. The next night I squeeze a little lemon juice and grind fresh pepper on top...

I’m no rice expert but I think brown takes longer because the outer hull is still intact. I haven’t attempted brown rice but have I mixed wild rice in with the white. Same results with using both the Uncle Ben’s...

How about a fruit crisp? I love this blueberry-rhubarb crisp from epicurious with pistachio topping. Everyone will devour it, plus it looks pretty! If you can’t get fresh berries, go for the frozen wild ones from Maine. The...

of Italian dressing (kraft), a jar of Prego sauce, and some frozen meatballs. So much easier and they didn’t seem to notice any difference. Now I don’t go hog wild when they come over. No need. I only cook like I want...

was killing us (as was buying expensive cuts of meat). So, now instead of Whole Foods, we buy: produce at a farm stand (Russo’s in Watertown, MA)packaged goods, dairy and poultry at the grocery store (Stop and Shop, where...

Except for when I want authentic San Marzanos, I cannot STAND using canned tomatoes. Unfortunately, I find I have to, often, for six or more months of the year, after our farm stands close. It bugs me a lot, but supermarket...

absent from the menu (both tasting and main), but the food was pretty much transcendent. At the end of the meal, filled to the brim with pumpkin lune, duck prosciutto, wild boar, we looked on on gluttonous stupor as the the...

ethnic COOKING shows—Indian, Mediterannean, Middle Eastern, Jacques Pepin classic French...“Chowhound Trends in Food” as a news show...serious discussion of food issues like organic and industrial farming With...

was seen as too subtle. - egg and mushroom cocotte – a martini glass w a layer of parsely puree on the bottom, topped with a perfectly poached egg, some bits of wild mushrooms, and a mushroom foam on the top. Another just...

I once had a guest offer to bring some pies for dessert. She had a great bakery/farm market near her home. It was fine by me, and one less thing for me to worry about. Well, she showed up quite late, as we were ready to sit down...

perfectly seasoned and hearty for colder months. The wild-caught grouper was not overcooked (as fish often is). Served with quinoa, it was an interesting preparation. The chicken dish – CCR – was chicken legs cooked...