Jewish
Bubbe’s Apple Cake (a finalist in Smucker's Recipe Contest, too)
This is a European-Jewish Apple Cake Recipe, handed down in my family. To vote for it in the "Spreading Smucker's Traditi...
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MY TOP 10+ BARBECUE JOINTS IN L.A.
Why are people so passionate about barbecue? Why does barbecue take hold of the imagination so strongly? What about b...
Are You an Old School or New School Wine Drinker?
Recently I had the privelege of hosting an informal wine tasting for a friend raising money for the Leukemia and Lym...
OSTERIA MOZZA DURING THE DEPRESSION
Not sure whether we're entering into a long-term global economic depression (say 3 to 10 years) or just a serious rec...
WHAT TO EAT WHILE YOU'RE VOTING (WITH WORCESTERSHIRE)
I don’t know about the rest of you but I am so tired of this election I just want a decision made and let's get...
THAT GREEN DRINK I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT
All right, here's a photo of the product. I've been drinking it mixed into water for almost a week now and this stuff...
WHAT EXACTLY IS A NITRITE?
Additives, preseratives, food chemicals, etc., etc. The ingredients in our foods contain far too many unpronoucable s...
The Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region Comes to Il Fornaio
Wedged between Austria and Slovena, the northern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is bordered by the Adriatic...
I Miei Genitori Sono Stati Qui - Day 4
As I mentioned earlier, the best thing about parents visiting is that I could count on them to take me out to amazing...
Wonderful! Marvelous!
Those words from Handel's Messiah, as that bad boy arrives for the first time. The following assumes it was his only ...
OH BRAVE NEW (M&M) WORLD!
Don’t go to your friend’s house for a play-date if you don’t want your kid to eat M&Ms. My frie...
Wine For The Young And Young At Heart
Apologies for the lack of posts over the past couple weeks. I've been traveling, culinarily of course.More Blogs
