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What recipes did you make for the first time during 2021 that were a hit? Links to the recipe and/or to your earlier CH report on it are encouraged. I'll kick off the discussion: Epicurious's...

by prima 12 days ago

So as not to clutter up Masha’s 2021 recipe post, thought I would start a new recipes of 2022 thread. I tried 2 veg recipes from the NYT Thanksgiving Sidesgiving recipe booklet. The photos aren’...

by elvisahmed 26 days ago

Starting a thread to rate or share the best desserts you have had all year. It has been a tough year for dinning in so most of my picks have been takeout.

It's one of my favorite Thanksgiving leftover dishes, or any time of the year really. A fresh turkey sandwich, good bread, tasty dressing. Something on the side, perhaps. How do you like it?

During the Holidays, I picked up a bag of kettle cooked Cape Cod Waves with sea salt at my local market. I could not stop noshing on them, especially with a dip or alongside a sandwich. They are a ...

What recipes did you make for the first time during 2020 that were a hit? Links to the recipe and/or to your earlier CH report on it are encouraged. For myself, I would note that I made many ...

White Plains BID is once again sponsoring Downtown White Plains 'Wing Weeks". Participating restaurants & taverns will be serving their best chicken wings. Patrons are encouraged to do wing tasting...

I like our Fresh Market here in Westchester County, N.Y. It came in first in a new national poll by USA Today. Some of our other favorite markets are in there, too. What do you think? www.10best.co...

Was it a steak, a pork chop, a good-old roasted chicken? Perhaps a certain type of wild game? Our holiday Angus rib-eye based Surf & Turf was very satisfying the other night. Enjoyed some pork roas...

Have you been enjoying a lot of fish and/or seafood this past year? Is it an old favorite, or did you discover something new? Due to the pandemic, we rediscovered the pleasures of preparing Mussels...

Let the pizza debates begin...again! Ranking pizzas across the country is a daunting and controversial undertaking, yet the media continues to stoke the flames in the oven. This is the latest from ...

What are 2-3 restaurants that you think make the best cheese pizza? I'm not a vegetarian, but I've always been curious about how good cheese pizzas could be. When I see one with 4-5 different typ...

At JG school back in the sixties, it was the cornbread: hot, salty, greasy. And the homemade peanut butter cookies. What was the best thing cooked at your school cafeteria?

by the3rdPoliceman 1 year ago

Simple question - what's the one thing you cook that people always want the recipe for? For me it's Momofuku's Octo Vinaigrette - goes with chicken, fish, pretty much whatever. I'd like to say i...

After trying 30 types of canned sardines here are my thoughts: - Sardines caught near Portugal or Spain are the best with a meaty tuna flavor - Italian grocery stores carry the best brands of ...

Legendary New York restauranteur Sirio Maccioni of the former Le Cirque in all its incarnations has passed away at 88. Having started his career at the famed Delmonico's, he represented one of the ...

by David Kahn 15 years ago

Prefer bags, and general super market availability is a plus. Any suggestions?

Well, here they are. The most popular eateries in the Hudson Valley, according to voters on News 12 Westchester. The finalists: http://westchester.news12.com/story/41646506/wchv-food-fight-2020 ...

What are your best new recipes from 2019? The ones that you loved, your family/guests raved about, and that will be in your roster for life? My favourite new recipes from 2019 (in no particu...