Fire Up Those Grills And Get Creative With Barbecu...

By Chef Judi Gallagher. For me, there’s nothing like grilling in the summer. It is truly the American way to celebrate the Fourth of July with grilled ribs, burgers and yes, the quintessential hot dog. After all, there’s nothing that proclaims summer like barbecue sauce or a perfectly grilled steak, right? True lovers of barbecue know that barbecued meat is cooked low (temperature) and slow (time) and that wood smoke...

WELL BEING: Our Best-Ever Diet Tips...

By Marsha Fottler, Editor. Several years ago while doing an interview with a famous fashion designer who is petite, thin, always traveling and thus a potential victim to bad food, I asked about her dieting secret. She surprised me by saying, “Eat only what is delicious.” “If it’s not the best potato chip in the world or the most flavorful piece of steak or the most wonderful granola bar I simply don’t bother...

Eating on the Cheap in New York, Part Two...

By Chef Judi Gallagher. NYC is a mecca of fine food, international style, and some of the best dim sum available for pennies on the dollar. On our last visit we had a plan. We armed ourselves with a list of ‘must try’ dim sum restaurants in Chinatown. Our goal – to try five places on a Sunday early afternoon. Well that part NEVER happened, as our overly ambitious appetites gave out after three stops. Dim sum in...

From Undies to Ice: The Tale of a Sorbet Maker...

By Kelley Lavin. That Julia Child was so smart it’s almost eerie. She couldn’t have been more astute when she wrote “In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men’s underwear.” How could she have predicted that I would go in to buy underwear for my husband yet leave with a sorbet maker? Luckily she never went on to foresee my “great electronic...

Eating On Tapas The World...

By Herb Gardener. Super Bowl? Piffle. In my home, the athletic contest that draws the faithful to the flatscreen and snack trough (and drives Flora to the mall) is the World Cup final. Until a few weeks ago, Spain claimed the top spot in world rankings, and the Furia Roja remains a favorite to win the planet’s greatest sporting event on Sunday, July 11. Preparing and serving Spanish tapas is a winning strategy for satisfying...

Breakfast For Dinner...

By Marsha Fottler. The American breakfast is vastly under appreciated and not enjoyed nearly enough because of the time of day breakfast is usually prepared and served. Who has an hour or more in the morning to truly savor the meal? Recently, Chef Judi and I decided to celebrate the first meal of the day by making it the last. We organized a Breakfast For Dinner party at Judi’s house and invited eight gal pals to show...

GOURMET HIGHWAY: A PRAYER FOR THE GULF...

By Doc Lawrence. Apalachicola – A visit here is like planning a wake. No matter how you hate thinking this could be the last time to enjoy such natural beauty, there’s no denying the fear of terrible things not yet seen but looming nevertheless. I had to get away from the frivolities and superficial things that dominate popular culture in large cities like Atlanta. The journey here takes me back to what composer Randy...

Daddy Design Does A Kitchen...

By Steven V. Philips. The condo is in Back Bay Boston. It is a fourth floor walk-up. It is 720 square feet, a generous two-car garage size. When I first saw it, the Samagainian Army had evidently occupied it for the 20 years prior. With their livestock. Severe work was needed before the Health Department moved to condemn. The cost of this dream condo was a gynormus multiple of my first car’s cost. Plus another $50,000. The...