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My Auntie Fay made the best apple strudel I have eaten. She took the recipe to her grave, as far as I know. I used to ask her each time I saw her how she made it, but she refused to divulge her secret. What a loss to the world. I imagine we have al ...

story - David - 13 May 2007 - 1:38am - 2 comments - 0 attachments

These days any bartender in any bar who can put some ice in a glass and throw in a mixer with abandon gets to call themselves a maker of cocktails. Pity the customer who seeks a quality drink. How is one to distinguish between a proper bartender and a ...

story - David - 25 Oct 2009 - 8:13pm - 15 comments - 0 attachments

I love Starbucks. Granted, I haven’t been inside a Starbucks for many years with the exception of the colossal swollen bladder incident of ’05. But I love what they have created. Now, for all the mistrustful anti-corporate “they’re taking over t ...

story - Andrew - 5 Sep 2012 - 4:20am - 3 comments - 1 attachment

I used to take the Farmer’s Market for granted. Every Wednesday, on our way to preschool, my daughter Ava and I would cross the food and flower lined street, stop to sample the pomegranate-apple juice or pick up a flower for the classroom. Now that ...

story - Lauren Graybow ... - 3 Jun 2007 - 8:41pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

... to least toxic: peaches strawberries apples spinach nectarines celery pears cherries ... second thought, organic or not: avocados pineapples cauliflower mangoes sweet peas asparagus onions ...

story - Lauren Graybow ... - 22 Aug 2007 - 6:31am - 5 comments - 0 attachments

... altogether more challenging. I made a batter, cut my apples and filled a saucepan to the top with vegetable oil. When the oil was ...

story - David - 9 Feb 2007 - 2:51pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

... of oranges, lemons and a lime, added slices of fruit (apples, oranges, that sort of thing), a can or two of lemonade (the Sprite kind ...

story - David - 10 Feb 2007 - 6:47am - 6 comments - 0 attachments

The first time I ate a pluot (see Charlotte’s great recipe ) I figured it was an obscure plum from the South of France, pronounced ploo-oh . Subsequently I learned it is engineered and is a cross between a plum and an apricot. Among the ...

story - David - 25 Jul 2007 - 9:51pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments