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Need a gift for a chocolate lover or a hostess gift -- or a gift for yours truly?  Note that I'm not being paid to say this . . . ...

The question posed at dinner was, "If money were no object, what 3 restaurants would you love to dine at besides The French Laundry?...

Last weekend we watched the documentary Forks Over Knives  (recommended to me by my sister).  It has completely changed how we eat and will ...

The 2013 Big Tex Choice Awards (the annual fried-food competition hosted by the State Fair of Texas) were announced today.  Fried Thanksgivi...

Last night, our power went out.  We were watching a movie, and all of sudden heard a boom and then everything in the house went dark.  It tu...

Aren't these cupcakes so cute?  My co-worker is an amazing baker and made these for another colleague's birthday.  The shoe is ...

I was going through the photos on my phone and came across this one that I'd taken last month.  An example of REALLY awful food pho...

First of all, did you know that this month is National Ice Cream Month?  Also, National Ice Cream Day is Sunday, July 21st. From Baskin-R...

Beef Wellington Mashed Potatoes Mozzarella, tomato, basil salad Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages   Life is good.

(This is old news and was on  CNN Health back in March 2010.) However, I was reading an article recently on this topic and decided to do ...

The Guinness Book of World Records has a new "World's Most Expensive Cocktail."  The cocktail cost $12,916 , and the anonymous...

I was reading an article in Food and Wine Magazine by Ray Isle "A Wine-Buying Strategy for Every Personality" (Jan 2013, p. 70)...

I think this is so disturbing . . . A few excerpts from the article New report: as much as 2 billion tonnes of all food produced ends up a...

'Champagne' Set for Obama Dinner Has French Wine Lobby Miffed   Source: NewsMax 1/9/13   Summary and thoughts. . .    Th...

Just as PepsiCo owns Pepsi, Gatorade, IZZE Sparkling, Tropicana, Ocean Spray, Mountain Dew, etc., and Coca-Cola owns just as many beverage b...

With New Year's Eve festivities commencing tomorrow evening, please remember to designate a driver or call a cab.  Last year, I sat on ...

Even though National Dessert Day was on Sunday, I think we should celebrate it all week. As I've mentioned in a previous post , it...

I don't know if this is actually possible so don't try this at home, but it sure is funny (less than a 2 minute video from the b...

I was reading an article about Thomas Keller in the September 2012 issue of Vogue.  I thought that the word "macaron" was spel...

When It Comes to Reservations, Time is Money I just saw this article today in The New York Times about some restaurants charging m...