I agree on the “he can't be bothered” statement. But for Swiss chard, I think I probably pronounce it in between your two pronunciations. If I’m saying “chard” by itself, I use the hard...

overall. I did like the tea they served, and we brought a bottle of wine which they opened for us and had glasses for. Very sweet service. So, yes, we obviously very much enjoyed the meal; we just didn’t find it to quite...

ordered was Shirley aka The Sergeant of Arms’s pork chops. It is my opinion that this contributed to her Shirley ‘The Hammer’ demeanor throughout the day, culminating in her breaking a wine bottle over the head...

. The atmosphere is perfect: very upscale, yet casual and boisterous. Nice wine list, OK bread, pretty good ceviche, fried platter (shrimp and crab cake) was barely average. I NEVER eat anything fried, was taking a serious...

Stomach, $6.95 25. * Silky Tofu with Seafood, $8.95 26. ***Fish Fillet Bowl with Flaming Red Oil (water-cooked), $7.95 Plus steamed rice and for some cold, milky and sweet soothing, we sampled various flavors of blended fruit...

Where I grew up it was Cain’s Hotel & Restaurant Blend. I can’t believe we drank that stuff. At the cafeteria we made it in these enormous percolators, in which you would make the coffee, then pour three carafes of...

oops, i just realized it was food & wine, not bon appetit. still, the entire premise just seems odd to me. the recipe calls for packing the UNBAKED crust in the bottom of a springform pan, pouring the batter on top, and setting...

, so you can get a nice 50/50 blend of chuck and sirloin, perfect for burgers. He sells his own various sausages, lamb, chicken, duck, etc etc etc. And it is, best of all, located across the street from Freddy’s pizza, so...

You would have “loved” my mom’s version of jello. Take a bowl of jello, mix in a tablespoon of miracle whip, stir until it is well blended so it looks like pudding. Yeah . . . don’t do that in my house!

temp, all same ingredients and all same amount of oil. (And same Number of glasses of wine with each test!) I did various foods.... first, carmelizing onions, them browning of thin sliced potatos (i.e. Potatos Anna), next,...

greens and a great wine list. The best Thai I’ve eaten came in rubber banded baggies and butcher paper!

in Fine Cooking really round out the magazine. You never get that in Cook’s. Also FC has wine pairings. I find both cooking mags to be worthwhile and essential to my cooking — they are both good in different ways....

a mixture of flours consisting of whole wheat flour, unbleached flour, perhaps rye flour, and a few others, along with vital wheat gluten. Is the bread flour nothing more than a convenient blend of higher protein flour that...

in a deep bowl and pour the beaujolais over. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it sit at room temperature overnight. Place the prunes and wine into a saucepan. Add the sugar, lemon peel and vanilla. Gradually bring the heat...

And I had a glass of wine from Sardegna and Sicilia with each course respectly. My meal of the year (thus far).