Further signs that the recession is hitting our dinner tables (and not just the Dow average): the New York Times reports that upscale food magazines are running cheap-eats features. Gourmet put a ham sandwich on its March cover. Food & Wine printed a column on choosing the least-expensive wine a...

Memo to Citibank employees: if you receive a letter requesting $27 million for the Bank of Ethiopia, check to make sure it wasn't posted in Nigeria. The GOP attacked Obama on the stimulus... but this guy couldn't name a single piece of "pork," not even a general category. You have ...

The Nose That Knows By Anetta Nowosielska Personal Sommeliers at Your Service Distinguishing your Pauillacs from Pomerols is one thing. Hiring an expert to spot the undiscovered liquid gems is another. While personal wine experts have been around since Aristotle walked the earth, today’s sommelier...

Jasad: Sex, Fetishes, and the Erotic in a new Arabic Glossy [Jasad main site]: "...magazine concerned with the ‘literatures, sciences and arts of the Body.’ To make matters worse, the magazine’s in Arabic. And as if that wasn’t enough, the editor in chief is a woman. Which, basically, means...

Warm up an otherwise cold January evening by gathering a few close friends for supper.  Stoke up the fireplace, turn on Paolo Conte, light a zillion candles, and feast on Italian comfort food.   A casual, mostly do-ahead menu lets you be with your guests, instead of the stove: Bagna Caud...

I hosted a small dinner party the other night for several couples. Had Kevin let me, I'd have invited about 8 more people, but I had to cut back. (So if you're a dear friend, don't be mad at me. I picked couples I thought would gel nicely and well, our house only holds so many people.) Usually when ...

Like most people, I find inspiration in random places. But my current cocktail passions have taken a very unique path, as these things go.It won't surprise you to hear that Alembic and NOPA laid the groundwork for this little "problem" -- it was their cocktails, after all, that started me looking at...

Download NYE 2008 MenuI have done the dry Memphis rub on the pork butt(this is simple culinary fact, not some sort of religious-sexualconfession). Those 9 pounds of Talmudic violation go on the smoker at 10tonight to be ready by 4......

I'm really (no, REALLY) not in the habit of pimping local "foodie" events that roll into my inbox, but this one caught my eye, and since I'm going to attend it myself, I figured it was worth sharing with you all as well. As some of you know, I spent two weeks in Australia this past November (Flickr ...

For foodies: please suggest some of your favorite combinations of food. Of course, it's not quite that simple. But it's close. As I've grown older, I've found that I'm pretty much a red wine drinker, the heartier the better, although a good Suave paired with a seafood risotto is still just ethereal....