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scrambled eggs
I clicked onto the NY Times link. They made me fill out a bunch of forms. Then I found the article, but it was just a teaser, and they wanted $2.50 to part with the whole article. I think I’ll go to my local library and find...
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Di Fara's: How much is the best NY slice of pizza worth?
its byo, drink wine or beer instead of soda and share some with dom.
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Top Chef 2:4, or WHO cheated with extra olive oil?
They (the producers) could definitely have identified it – the editing was judiciously NOT showing it, although it’s pretty obvious they know. Read Tom Collichio’s blog at Bravo TV - he notes that they had...
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Moving to Scarsdale: Need help
Don’t like the main store much, although I’ve gotten some decent produce/meat there in a pinch; it would never be my first choice for anything. Their liquor store has a surprisingly good wine selection at OK (not...
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What Etiquette Do You Expect of Your HOST?
for whatever food/wine is on the menu. A few more dollars won’t break her, and will make a huge difference all around.
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[MSP] One-dish wonders
Yes, that Campiello. It could be the way I order this dessert, too. We’ve probably had a wine with dinner and my oenophile friend almost always chooses an approprite, often subtle wine. I go for the big, bold, yowza reds...
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Raising a Chow-Pup?
(this puts other forms of grilling to shame). I went to Italy to study art, but instead I became obsessed with food. Wine, cheese, fresh pasta, real pizza, porcini mushrooms, all those fresh vegetables! It was a revelation. I...
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What Christmas cookies are you baking this year?
What are World Peace cookies, those sound intriguing ... Now I’m picturing a refrigerator cookie with a built-in peace sign, hmm ... I’ve made pinwheels before (not sure if these have actual candy in them? I’m...
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Store bought bread vs. bread machine bread
with the machine in favour of your own library of good Bread Machine cookbooks. 2) NO mixes—-they are inferior and expensive 3) excellent fresh ingredients and not just any bulk store, you need to know your source is fresh 4)...
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What do you *really* think of Whole Foods?
leaves, tiny thai eggplant, 6-10 varieties of fresh mushrooms)... They have a beautiful assortment of cheeses, wines, oils, honeys, jams, cheeses, coffees...My store even sells packaged squid salad. Their deli is great, the meat...
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How many of us Chowhounds are fat? [Moved from General Topics]
Interesting question.. heh. I eat and drink whatever I want, and it is a lot; probably enjoy my wine a little too much as well. I’m female, 5’9", 130 pounds.. apparently that is around normal. However, I was 110 before...
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Dread pesticides; can't afford all-organic diet.
, and is pretty non-scary, while still being informative. it has recipes too! you can probably get a copy from the library but the recipes are pretty good & i like being able to splatter my own copy. :)
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I Need to Get Organized
for a very good bottle of wine. Sip, file, repeat. The good thing about letting things age in the box a few months is that there are fewer things to keep “just in case”, so a lot goes into the trash or shredder at this...
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Chowathon 2002 Aftermath
now. First, the generosity of Patrick who willingly and unvolntarily offered his track winings at various moments as payments to our costs. Second, to Zim, who proved that even after 18 or so hours of chowing, one could still...
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What's the Most Time Consuming Thing You Have Ever Cooked?
my grapes in the yard, growing just a hundred yards form the hickory tree. I was feeling TOTALLY the slow-food, seasonal, local, organic, macrobiotic, Alice-Waters-channeling, domestic genious. Well...it took me TWO evenings...
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