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Hey I have been buying wild Sockeye salmom from the local Whole Foods. The fish comes in packets of about 6 fillets. Often, the taste and smell is mild and lovely. Othertimes, the fish smells s...

There are two green beans in the bag that are gross and black spotted like this. Should I toss the whole bag or are the rest ok to use? Feeding a little one too so don’t want to do anything risky, ...

I greatly prefer corn husk. Where I live, banana leaf seems to be very Central American. They are wet tamales, often with ingredients embedded into the masa. It seems to me corn husk tamal...

by Melanie Wong 20 days ago

Looks like pumpkins and wine grapes is where the Golden State truly dominates . . .

Haven't had the main meal yet, but I am already thinking about the leftovers. How about a fresh turkey sandwich with Russian dressing, along with a side of stuffing? What's your favorite leftov...

A medication I am taking right now requires that I have it with a little food. So, I began making a piece of toast in the morning. And you know, I like it. I have rediscovered how good toast with a...

There are quite a few markets that prepare food to eat right on the premises and provide seating areas just for that purpose: Fairway, Wegman's, Whole Foods, even Cosco. What are your favorites and...

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...

Hi all, Well, now that the season of Pannetone is upon us. I find myself once again facing a paradox that has always baffled me. I have often been told thing about Pannetone that, to me sound...

Hi and happy thanksgiving eve! I bought a replacement turkey today after my other turkey leaked, literally, all over my fridge. (What a mess. But that’s another story!) Didn’t notice the sell by/us...

Ordered a fresh, never frozen, pre-brined turkey online. It shipped from California at 7pm 11/25 and arrived to my door in Houston exactly 24 hours later. The turkey was refrigerated before shippin...

So I put a turkey in brine that I had let cool at room temperature all night. It felt a little warm but went ahead and placed turkey in and then put it straight into fridge. Was cool to fridge te...

I just found out I have a food allergy to the Mustard Family Brassicas. I have been eating Kale, Broccoli, Arugula, etc., thinking it was healthy for me. Come to find out it has been causing inflam...

I like a good burger like the next person, sometimes piled high with layers of toppings. The other day, I ordered an 'award winning' towering burger at a friendly local tavern. When it was brought ...

I bought greens two bags of Greens on Saturday and left them in the car but it was a cold day/night that I wasn't concerned. The next morning the were fine (still cold out) but by the afternoon the...

I had them in the frig. since wed

I generally regard “foodie” to be a pejorative versus complimentary term, unless the intent is manifestly positive. I accept that having particular “tastes” in food or dress may be unusual to some...

My daughter(and it's looking like her daughter as well) has celiac disease, and very recently discovered that corn is also a problem. I have been using corn starch for gravy, cream sauce, etc as a ...

EllenCooks suggested this topic (deserving the credit for its conception) on another thread (What one ingredient makes you...). My first taste of cilantro was, like many on here have iterated, s...

Hi, I just can't find a way to keep cilantro or parsley for more than 2-3 days after I bring it home. I've tried the Ziplock bag in the vegetable drawer, putting them in a jar with little water, c...