WIKIPEDIA Wiki is getting quite food-handy. Find an extensive list of worldwide 
holiday goodies, by country. If you need an old recipe, this is a good place to start.
PINTEREST See an interesting array of pictures and facts about the UK’s legendary Chiltern Firehouse Restaurant.
TASTE.COM Get an Australian slant of holiday seafood recipes.
Menu Sampling HOTEL HASSLER, ROME, ITALY (on the Spanish Steps)
- Foie Gras and Red Miso-Seared Mackerel
- Breaded Scallops stuffed with Buffalo Mozzarella
- Deer Saddle cooked in Morellino wine with Blackberry Crust
- Honey-Breaded Fried Eggs with Samron
- Steamed Ravioli with Rabbit and Black Olives
- Blue Lobster with Vervain Risotto
- Sole and Shrimp in Kombu Broth
- Casserole of Pigeon and Artichokes
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REMINDER ABOUT LEFTOVERS
Basically, the difference between a stir-fry and a soup is a little liquid!
Whether soft and chewey or crisp and crumbly, we continue to clamor for more.
Frequently, the cookies in our world are named for their dominant ingredient, but just as often then take their name from history or from how they look. They have been dropped, pressed, molded or rolled. Sometimes they contain nuts, dried fruit, crushed or whole pieces of candy, jams or spreads. Seemingly infinite are their shapes, sizes, lumps, textures and colors. There’s little we don’t put them through. Continue reading
SPECIALTY PRODUCE Watermelon Radishes (you read right.), a relative of daikon radish. Find list of CA restaurants serving them.
LA MAGAZINE Read interesting food stories like, Barrel & Ashes Brings Top Notch ‘Cue to Studio City.”
NOEL DEMPSEY Elegant kitchens design in Ireland. See them when you download their new mobil app.
Menu Sampling UMAMI, SAN FRANCISCO
Hamachi Ceviche
Ahi “Poke” Tacos
“Kobe” Steak Tartar
Red and White Miso Soup
Salt n’ Pepper Ribs
Wakame Seaweed Salad
Edamame Hummus
Kakiage Tempura
Maitake Mushrooms, Hijiki & Blood Orange
Seared Tuna & Kale Salad
There was a time when we never failed to celebrated the year-end holidays without jellied 
cranberry sauce which would slip all over the plate, and it was usually accompanied by a relish selection from celery stalks, red-stuffed green olives and maybe some bright red radishes. Not very exciting. Continue reading
BEE-FRIENDLIER See the film. Learn a way to make bees happier. A feel-good project we all need.
MUIR GLEN Lotsa tomatoes going on. New is their jarred, crushed tomatillos also jarred Arabella plum tomatoes.
RELUCTANT GOURMET It’s the “soup time of the year” and the RG has cooked up some very interesting recipes.
Menu Sampling ILBUCO, NEW YORK New York
- Olives marinated in Fennel Pollen
- Seared Hudson Valley Duck Lives, Spring Onions
- Cast-Iron-Seared Cuttlefish
- Razor Clams “a la plancha”
- Housemade Egg Pasta Ribbons, Yellowfoot Chantrelles
- Grilled Whole Spanish Dorade, Confit Fingerlings
- Principato de Lucedio Carnaroli Rice, Nantucket Bay Scallops
- Olive Oil Tastings
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