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Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, Grains, Vegetables, Dairy, Recipes, Baking, Eggs, Condiments, America, Comfort Food It's no secret that I have all kinds of contempt for Sandra Lee. I won't go into my usual rant about how weird it is that her Chanel-quilted headband always matches her too-tight cashmere deep V-neck sweater, matches the drapes ...

Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks, Vegetables, Nuts/seeds, Beef, Poultry, Cheese, Recipes, Pork, How To, America, Comfort Food, Slow cooking, Meat, Vegetarian/Vegan, Super Bowl XLII Though there are a a lot of different things for Super Bowl parties, there are a few that will, without a doubt, make an appearance at every Super ...

Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks, Vegetables, Recipes, Pork, How To, Southern States, Condiments, America, Comfort Food, Slow cooking, Braising, Meat We're being a little lazy this Sunday afternoon because we're anxiously watching the two conference championship games on TV, but that hasn't stopped us from doing the research we ...

Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, British Isles, Vegetables, Recipes, Fruit, Books, How To, Boiling, Roasting, America, Europe, Comfort Food, Spices My Slashfood friends, I am a sadist. Or is it masochist? I never knew the difference between the two. Either way, for some reason known only to, well, to no one, I decided to do the most punishing ...

Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks, Food Porn, Vegetarian, Vegetables, Cheese, Recipes, Frying, Spirit of Summer, On the Blogs, How To, America, Europe One of the things with which I have fallen in love in recent history is squash blossoms. When I first encountered these, I was slightly turned off by the idea of eating such giant ...

Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks, Restaurants, Vegetarian, Grains, Cheese, Recipes, Baking, On the Blogs, How To, America, Shellfish, Comfort Food I have an odd fascination with Red Lobster. Actually, it's not a fascination; rather, a depressing history that makes me think about the ''Seafood Lover in You'' a lot. You see, my ...

Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, West Coast, Restaurants, Vegetarian, Vegan, Vegetables, Recipes, On the Blogs, How To, America I recently went to The Penthouse, the new restaurant at the top of The Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica. While the food was a little less than spectacular, the view of the Pacific from that high up was pretty stunning. ...

Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks, Vegetables, Beef, Far East, Recipes, Steaming, How To, SpicesThere are many foods that are traditionally served during the Chinese New Year, all of which have some symbolic meaning, sometimes because of the ingredients, sometimes because of their physical characteristics, and sometimes because of ...