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Since the beginning of the pandemic I've been watching a lot of food shows. I find I've become increasingly uncomfortable watching chefs handle ready to eat food with bare hands. In our state, at l...

Does anyone know if there are any good bagels in Monterey County, California? Thank you!

My husband never uses a meat thermometer so I’m always kind of suspicious when he cooks chicken on the BBQ, but the chicken we ate tonight was just weird. I cut into it and I didn’t notice any pink...

I know that the whole point of salting cod was originally to preserve it. I bought some some time ago and put it in the back of the fridge - silly me - not the place to put it, if you actually pla...

Commodity beef, especially tender steak cuts, has gotten very expensive recently. I can usually find a well marbled (USDA Choice or higher) steak for under $10.00 lb. but not any more. Decent choic...

I know people's tolerance (or not) for food past its expiration date has come up often, but I had to share that I finally opened a tub of Greek yogurt with a date of May 10, 2020. If there had bee...

There were an awful lot of ads in today's grocery pages for 'American Style' Wagyu Beef cuts. The pictures don't look like any Wagyu Beef cuts I've seen, more like NY steak and not marble-y lookin....

I have a recipe I'd like to try that calls for frozen spinach, but I have some fresh baby spinach I'd like to use instead. The recipe calls for a 10 oz package of frozen spinach (I think it's th...

I just discovered a box of Israeli couscous in the back of the cupboard with a February 2017 best-by date. The couscous is inside a fully sealed plastic pouch that is inside of a sealed box. Is th...

I just got frequent flyer seats for spring 2022. Into Rome and out of Venice with (maybe) a week in Abruzzo in between. I am dreaming of meals at Armando for starters. Anyone else going this yea...

We had a gas leak in our building and it took a year to fix. Now the gas is back on and I crave opinions on the best way to season my Matfer B carbon skillet, which Amazon shipped to me exactly one...

Call me crazy. Just got some Made in Italy flour via mail (Caputo 00).....just one of those things I cannot find locally aside from a 50lb sack. And of course it came in a mess....rip in bag. Ri...

I have a giant bag of jasmine reice I bought a few months ago and it now has these tiny little gray bugs in it. Some are dead and others are alive and when I rinse my rice they float to the surfac...

I was at Costco today and they had the big bag of mussels for $2.29/lb. I usually don't buy them if I can't use them in a day or two. However, I noticed the sell by date was 9 days out so I boug...

I have some really good bacon we bought about a month ago. We used some but have most of a package left. How long does bacon keep? I've never been clear on that. It seems like it should keep a ...

I was wondering exactly what sweatbreads were, the brain or the pancreas, and if they are the pancreas, then why is there the common misconception that they are brains? Either way they are a wonder...

by Charles Yu 2 months ago

SIGH!! How quickly time flies! The 2nd Covid era BC Spotted Prawns Season is upon us! Live, large, decent size ones can be found in a number of Asian Supermarkets including: T&T, Freshway, Full F...

Thinking about using it for a stew vs chuck.