Agreed — I will always have a special place in my heart for Bistro Francais. They were always so nice to me and my first boyfriend when we went on fancy dates, even though we were too young to order alcohol. Bistro Lepic (up...

stated, "ALL THE WINE HAS BEEN TASTED AND INSPECTED BY MASTER SOMMELIERS. WE ARE CONFIDENT OF THE EXCELLENT CHARACTER OF ALL OUR WINES. WE CAN NOT ACCEPT ANY OPEN BOTTLES OF WINE FOR CREDIT." I did not have a chance to speak with...

lately (two pots/day), and I take it with honey. For years, The Wife and I used Some Honey, a Wisconsin brand; it’s distributed by an old friend of ours, Jim Leto, who has the distinction of having made the trip with Abby...

the curd becomes one white mass of equal texture, plunge the whole thing into the ice water. For storage, transfer into another receptacle of fresh salted ice water and keep in the fridge for 7 days or so. Once you have this...

floor to ceiling windows, this bistro masterfully meshes French tranquility and regality with Bostonian modernism and sophistication. Tall cypress trees provide a convenient, scenic partition between Mistral’s chic, expansive...

I have never tried it myself. I know a deck-hand on a spot fishing boat who has been baiting hooks his whole life and mastered it years ago. He is the only true Master Baiter that I know. Back to Picasso. If Picasso was a chef...

On Friday, February 29th myself and a group of 7 other people attended dinner at M at Miranova. The eight of us were from places varying from Wisconsin to Toronto to Miami to NYC to New Jersey to right here in Columbus and we...

For an authentic cassoulet recipe, check Paula Wolfert’s “The Cooking of Southwest France.” Julia Child’s treatment in "Mastering the Art..." also is first-rate.

Well, if you can venture to the suburban otreaches, there’s a very special place on Hwy 12 almost at the Wisconsin border...Anderson’s Candy Shop. No pretentiousness here, just great hand-made chocolates and other...

and your SO right. http://www.annoyances.com/rb/master.html?http://www.annoyances.com/rb/snapple.shtml For me Stewarts is still the best, but I also like A&W and Barq’s. Most people tell me that Boylan’s is their...

Here’s the Master of sausage recipe links: http://www.culinary-yours.com/sausage3.html I would also suggest DiGregario’s in St. Louis which is where I buy all my salsiccia and other Italian sausages both fresh and...

I love this style of cashew chicken!! I used to get it at a couple of Chinese resturants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I have since moved out of state, and I can’t find it any where here:( I came across this board, by accident...

Wisconsin and a Grayson, a semi-firm Tallegio-like from Virginia that is one of the stinkiest I have in a long time – I asked for funky and they produced it. All the recommendations were right on.

Val, Wisconsin Hound, here...I’ll agree with CD, above...Johnsonville is a fantastic choice and readily available....I hope, for you too. I’m a par-boil man: Couple cans of beer in the bottom of the stockpot, onions in...

. For an app, we split the Seared Foie Gras with Confit of Duck in Brioche and Tart Wisconsin Cherries. I’m no foie gras expert, but I think I nearly swooned eating this. So rich, so good, so wish I had some now. The confit...