my home?". I tried living in Manhattan (specifically for the restaurants) but couldn’t handle the cold winter weather, so I’m back in my favorite city. (I lived in North Beach from '93 to '98). But the neighborhoods...

Dinner: sea bass, scallops, stuffed flounder, shrimp, lobster tails, bacala Veggies: roasted winter veggies, mushrooms, broccoli rabe, salad Dessert: traditional pies and pastry Wine: yes Yule Log on TV: if available Gin rummy: until...

the size parties waiting — there is virtually NEVER an open stool. Last winter I was in there on a busy Saturday and started out at a stool right in the middle of the 14. By the end of my breakfast, I had been moved enough...

dishes is their homemade mushroom ravioli. This winter I had a stew over mashed potatos, both homemade. They have menus for each season. It’s a small restaurant – resos required if you want to get in. This place has been open...

I buy already peeled garlic and pre-prepped veggies (in NYC...FreshDirect ROCKS!!). My biggest secret is that the soup I make in the winter that has gotten raves (smokey bacon, veggies, beans, beautiful broth) is all made in the...

Initial reaction: I hate it. Cold, bright, stark on my large-screen Mac Cinema monitor. Reminds me of the winter I lived in Pierre, South Dakota. Second reaction: ditto + many of the issues raised by others, including font size....

attraction: the shark fin soup, the snake soup. (Just look at the number of soup skyliner quoted as his most memorable ones) And in Japan during winter time, I love to eat anko nabe, kue nabe (and these are pretty expensive nabe,...

, risottos, salads with beans or grains, winter vegetables braised in wine and herbs, quiche-like baked things with veg. and cheese. Asian as well, though I’m not much of an asian cook. In my family, the inconvenience has...

Even in New England we call it a Boca tail. Guess the snowbirds bring it back with them once winter ends. :)

-free store-brand supermarket milk to try it, since my fresh milk source is drying up somewhat for the winter. We’ll see how that goes. If I can tell the difference — and I expect I can — then I’ll...

the winter stores would have been used up, and they would only have extended into spring after a good harvest the prior year. Also realize that pre-modern Europeans had certain food rules based on four-humours medical theories...

sauce into an exceptional dish overall. Moreover, just like King Fung Garden, if you go to Angela’s in the winter, dress in layers.

tell from the clipboards with all the names on them. They have a wide selection -far more than anyplace else around, from scungilli to live eels around the winter holidays. I’ve even seen the tiny swordfish (I can’t...

they do somehow or other ripen and develop something that resembles a tomato flavour. You have to be patient. But there is no other commercial winter tomato – including those infernally misleading on-the-vine-ones –...

for company during the New England winters, when I tend to cook such heavy dishes. I am a very good cook and don’t know where it comes from. I have always been the “odd” one in the family, traveling up to Toronto...