By design, fried rice is a frugal cook's dream. Cold (as in leftover) cooked rice is stir-fried with bits of cooked meat or seafood (also leftovers), a mishmash of vegetables (whatever is seasonal or on hand) and usually a few scrambled eggs. There are...
You might think that the best perk involved with judging the Southwest Wine Competition in Taos, N.M., held in June, would be tasting hundreds of wines. While that's nice, a bigger perk is getting to stay at one of the many bed-and-breakfasts in the little...
You've found recipes for the perfect Chinese menu. Now it's time to go shopping: Bok choy? Check. Roasted duck? Check. Bird spit? Huh? One recipe called for bird spit. Not the kind of spit you'd stab into a hunk of meat for roasting. The kind of spit...
LOS ANGELES - Of all the tonics going in all the gins in all the world ... and she puts diet into mine. She walked onto the veranda, dropped the drink and walked off. I didn't ask questions. It was one of those sweltering southern California nights that,...
I had the pleasure of being a judge at the Southwest Wine Competition in Taos, N.M., for the second year on June 25 and 26. There were two teams of five judges. All the wines are judged blind, and we didn't know which wineries won medals until a few days...
Hot weather equals colder, lighter beer. It's a corollary that brewers seem to believe inasmuch as they believe that hops, malt, water and yeast are their key ingredients. But slowly, producers are moving away from the school of thought that lighter beer...
Most area farmers markets will run through the summer months and into October....
José Andrés is on a quest: To teach everyone the joys of making a paella feast for backyard cookouts. "I won't rest until every American family has a paella cooking away on the backyard grill," said Andrés, host of PBS' "Made in Spain,"...
Two recent cookbooks aim to make upscale eating at home easy. First is the comically good "Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's" by Deana Gunn and Wona Miniati. The concept is simple - shop at the home of bargain gourmet foods, then turn your finds into...
There was the snow, which was coming down lightly. There was the line of skiers waiting to catch the gondola. There were the snowboarders dressed in shorts and Tshirts. Not unusual for Aspen, except this was June 19 and the weekend for the granddaddy...