First - let's qualify my remarks - after numerous trips to NOLA - staying in a Garden District B&B which afforded me a private gated driveway for parking on a quiet side street in the middle of nowhere - a "downtown" high rise hotel with more rooms...

Pizza in New York usually means a guy in a white T-shirt - barely speaking English - repetitively making the same round pie - with the same canned tomato sauce - poured onto the same pounded crust - upon which the same Mozzarella cheese is sprinkled -...

In Trader Joe's 14th Street WIne Store - the joint is jumping Tuesday night - 48 hours before Thanksgiving - restocking my home supply of Three-Buck-Chuck (Two Buck plus Freight) -  The Sauvignon Blanc is stacked high - out of their cases - layers...

Several years ago I read a recipe for submerging an entire turkey in a large vat of boiling oil to produce exquisitely delicious Deep Fried Turkey. Sharing the recipe with my wife produced a dismissive, ãyouâre nuts!!!ä Periodically Iâve tried to...

Don't Cook Indoors - you can burn down you house -  Don't Cook On A Wooden Deck - you can burn down your house -  Don't Cook Alone - lifting the turkey into and out of the boiling oil is much harder than it looks -  Don't Cook Barefoot - wear...