The 64-dollar question is…does pumpkin pie taste better made with fresh roasted pumpkin or canned pumpkin?
The answer is…it depends on what your definition of “tastes better” is.
We are no “America’s Test Kitchen” — who’s got time for that — but we did do a little experiment. (And when I say “we” you know I mean [...]
Modern Steak, the 12th restaurant concept from local, iconic restaurateur Sam Fox opens for dinner next Monday, October 26. Soon after, the restaurant will also begin serving lunch.
Today, I was invited to attend one of the many “friends & family” lunches.
It certainly was a good deal for me (it was free) and good for the [...]
I could have titled this post simply: “How to Cook Beans” because, with a few exceptions, there isn’t much difference from one dried bean to the next in terms of cooking.
You soak (or not — hence the exceptions), simmer, and voila! Cooked beans.
What else is simmered along with the beans is up to you…and [...]
Michael Mina, the hotter-than-hot, award-winning chef behind 16 restaurants across the country, including Bourbon Steak at the Fairmont Scottsdale resort, is coming to Scottsdale.
The question is, will he scout for other Phoenix chefs to poach while he’s here? (I swear there is a pun there…see if you can figure it out…read on…)
You may have read, [...]
By now you’ve heard/read/absorbed-by-osmosis that the miniature sugar pumpkin, not the behemoth “jack-o-lantern” pumpkin, is the pumpkin to use for making pie…that is, if you’re not opening a can of pumpkin puree.
These dinky “pie” pumpkins are about the size of a small cantaloupe (only more squat) and weigh roughly two pounds, give or take [...]
I knew it would come to this. It was unavoidable.
In the course of planning a trip to San Francisco followed closely by a trip to Yountville, I immediately thought “chicken” — a perfectly logical connection.
Well, it is if you connect the dots: San Francisco is the home of Zuni Cafe and Yountville is the [...]
