One of three ranks of steam tables now occupying what used to be the Funny Bone. Insert punchline here.
Staggering out of a Chinese buffet, hoping you can get home before the insulin shock renders you too logy to drive, you tend to get philosophical, like a man on Death Row.
“You get what you pay for.” [...]
So let’s pretend for a second that I’m not a huge Lord of the Rings nerd. The kind who’s still peeved that that the movie script had Frodo in Osgiliath practically brandishing the One Ring at a Nazgul like a magnesium flare in a coal mine. (”Yoo-hoo, Witch King of Aaaaaang-mar! [...]
You know what makes a great stirrer? Cinnamon sticks, of course.
After they’ve been out in the cold, scaring the cat, putting snow in each others’ hats and torturing each other in the teeth-grindingly annoying way that only siblings can, my children enjoy a sweet cup of hot chocolate.
Or, when it’s not so cold and they [...]
Luci’s dulce de leche cookies were only part of the dessert phase of our fiesta.
I’ve hogged the spotlight, blathering on about tacos for so long (despite not even mentioning the stewed chicken with browned garlic) that it’s almost enough to put me off tacos.
Almost.
But first I should take a minute to share the fact that [...]
Chewy, no nuts - the best of all? by Flickr user Jeff Kubina.
What’s the perfect chocolate chip cookie like? If you ask that question in a crowd, you best duck.
Thin and crispy? Thick and chewy? Thin and chewy? Puffy?
Then there’s the great divide, the Berlin Wall of Cookieland: Nuts, or no?
A Metafilter thread explores the passion [...]
Indoor smores, from Savory & Sweet
Here’s to Holloway Constantine, proprietress of Savory & Sweet, who inspired me to stop talking about a food blog and finally get to work on one. (Yes, that’s her first name. It’s a family name. She must hear that question endlessly, but she’s awfully patient.)
What kind of woman is she? [...]
Photo by Douglas Levere
At the end of an intimate dinner for two, there’s nothing better than an exquisite little dessert.
Well, nothing on a plate, anyway.
Here’s a luxurious twist on the standard fruit and cheese platter, with a touch of magic.
The magic is caramel, ordinary sugar transformed into glistening, lovely lava by heat and patience. You [...]
