spending the night and having dinner after my periodic work trips to the Southland :-) I have great cheese shops near my home too, but I like to order the cheese plate in restaurants sometimes, because I love to have the server...

....until it started to congeal. I think working over a pot of hot fudge enveloped in the smell of melted chocolate was my first experience of intoxication...adding the butter at the end made it even better as the smell of...

of a kitchen can be how well it prepares the non-spicy dishes. The potato strips were very nicely done. Also, the tofu shreds and celery dish had great balance of seasoning and textures, and good knife-work.

to read theough it, while I was there I picked up a copy of Nigella Bites and found any number of things that had me saying "I’ve got to try that!" The last 2005 tip? It is from Nigella. Grate garlic on your Microplane. It...

to be found to relieve the hard work of getting through this crust. Bad bad bad. Another parallel that came to mind was pita bread left in the oven to harden. There was no sign that this dough/crust had yeast in it all. Surely...

M&L Market on 14th. st., just east of the Church and Market hub, has a pastrami on rye sandwich of which I am quite fond. Thin sliced, greasy in a good way, unctuous, sweet, peppery. And a nice fat sandwich for $5. That includes...

these posts. You just have to get out there and try new things. Frankly, I am very happy to live and work in Columbia. It’s a good place with good food and fine folks.

:01:41 Message: DILADDARNO, Via dei Serragli n. 108/R, 50100 Firenze, ph: 055.225001 with heartiest recommendations. The owner’s English is much better than my Italian but since we both speak French it worked beautifully....

trader joe’s brand. most of the dishes seem to be 100% veg or even vegan. portions are kinda small but they’re really cheap too, about $2 or so. eating two at once usually works out for me. Link:...

, but I rarely fry eggs. I am a big fan (they heat quick and evenly), especially considering the price, and it works well on my electric range (old unit in an apartment). If you don’t want to wait for shipping, BB&B was...

'm sure they oil their dough because sometimes the crusts are a bit greasy (but following wonki on katsu, who says grease is necessarily bad) , but for me, when their pies work, they beat all others.

. And, from the “Cajun” side, I believe the French Quarter chicken is good, esp if you remember to squeeze a little lemon on top. It may be pre-fabbed, part-microwaved food engineering, but it works... especially for...

what you did, what worked, what didn’t and ideas for future attempts. Sign up for a cooking class – there are often good, inexpensive ones at the local Adult evening programs at public schools. Sometimes seeing helps...

fruit?) and we sent it back. Overall a very nice meal…about 125E for 4 people. I forgot…Amanda L had deboned chicken legs (not called pollo, some other work that started with ‘p’)…they were stuffed and...

during the week. Load up a basket of goodies before heading out for some sightseeing. The Circle Line cruise works pretty good here. Last thought. See who’s playing at Au Bar. Link: http://www.aubarnewyork.com/gallery.asp