Yup! This baby is enough to make any self-respecting Neapolitan grandmother turnover in her grave. What I really love about this card is the decorative touches. The cornucopia napkin theme, and the fancy pressed glasses for the cranberry juice. Would you be surprised to know that I have a complete set of those in my [...]

 Happy September, food folks! This month is going to be full of food and restaurant events with new food, new menu items, new places to get them and new ways to get there. 
It was a crazy week here for us. The Man and I stuffed about 20 pounds of sausage on our first foray into the craft. [...]

This fall, 13 Gypsies will be rolling out several new menu items that I was lucky enough to get a sample of not too long ago. Chef Howard Kirk invited a few of us to stop by and check them out and I have to say, there wasn’t a disappointment in the bunch. There isn’t a [...]

A few nights ago, my KitchenAid mixer bit the dust. The Man was making sausage and when he got to the mixing stage using the paddle attachment the poor old girl just kicked off. Little did I know that my reaction would be noticed by KitchenAid.

Of course, I had to mention it on Facebook. I have [...]

My grandmother cooked potatoes with every meal. She peeled russets with a small hardened steel paring knife. The parings were so thin you could almost see through them. When she thought I was old enough, she started teaching me how to peel potatoes. She said I left more in the sink than went in the [...]

Ah yes, stir-frying or “chow” cooking, as it is referred to in this handy recipe card, was all the rage in the 70’s. So exotic, so foreign, and such a damn fine reason to use that universal tasty seasoning, MSG. This particular card came with a bold faced “helpful hint” at the bottom, for those [...]

“Great restaurants are nothing more than mouth-brothels. There is no point in going to them if one intends to keep one’s belt buckled.”
~Frederick Raphael

Yoshi Sushi has opened in the former Fu Hao space on the corner of Park and Post in Five Points. I am hearing that the menu is virtually unchanged from the Fu Hao offerings – [...]

The problem with potato salad is that most people don’t use a recipe. (Myself included.) They have a vague idea what their Mama did and what their Granny did, then they add their own flair with a squirt of this and a dollop of that. I had a system down until I got the bright [...]

Soufflé. Such a delicate and sensitive dish, as we learned from Alice’s failed attempts to make one for the Brady clan. Now, I’m all for a good chocolate soufflé, but carrot?

August is upon us, my foodie companions, so let’s take a look at what great food you can plan for in the month ahead!
One of the best things about August on the First Coast is Eat Up Downtown. Eat Up is an event organized by Downtown Vision featuring more than 20 restaurants offering 3-course prix fixe menus [...]