Recent content by larry_stewart

Sure there are bigger Food and Wine festivals ( like the most recent one in NYC), but I kinda like the more low key ones. Ive included the links to the Festivals in Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun. Both in Connecticut, a few hours from NYC or Boston. Foxwoods Food and Wine Festival November 5-7 2010...

So this is the deal. Ive been living in my house for about 10 years. Replaced many things, and now its time for the kitchen. Im looking for a good website/ websites, that shows many different finished kitchens so I can get a good idea of which direction to go in. Im not talking about which...

This is my first year growing the Cucuzza squash. I know they can get extremely large. My first question is, is there any " right" time to pick them ? can they get over ripe? My second question is, does anyone have any recipes for them ? Years ago, a friend gave me a squash. I remember it being...

Being uplate and bored, I decided to search the internet for protein rich foods for vegetarians ( me and my family). When I came across a few websites that listed Pumpkin leaves as an edible green, high in protein, and popular as an African dish ( peanuts, coconut milk, pumpkin leaves ...) I...

Just curious who is going to see what this year. In July, I will go see Ringo Starr in concert. Seen him the past few times around, and look forward to seeing him again. Also hoping Billy Joel and Elton John will swing this way. Last year I had the pleasure of seeing Paul McCartney at...

After hearing about its bad stench, and seeing many people comment about it on television ( Andre Zimmern, Anthony Bourdain...), I finally found a site where I can have it delivered to my house. Ive been tracking its course online, but they never gave a specific date of delivery. So each day...

My dad is turning 70 this weekend. Ive been elected to make the cake for him ( nothing like waiting until the last minute). He Loves chocolate. I remember years ago he made one of those chocolate 'flourless' cakes. All i can remember is that it had 8 egg yolks, chocolate, heavy cream...

Im just curious about the consistency everyone prefers. I like mine a little more runny and creamy. Although Im ashamed to admit it, I actually like those dried mashed potato mixes and their consistency.

http://www.sunwinefest.com/ I went to this show last year and had a great time. Im looking foward to this years show. Bobby Flay, Robert Irvine, Maryanne Esposito, among others will be there. If you like cooking, eating and drinking wine, these shows are great to attend ( can be a little...

I have a recipe that calls for sweet paprika. I only have regular, generic paprika on hand, and ive never tried sweet paprika. What is the difference ( is the sweet paprika actually sweet ?) can i use the regular paprika as a substitute? If so, is there anything else i should add to capture...

Just curious if someone has a link to somewhere, where I can get a comparison of pepper to pepper in heat order. Larry

I was searching around to get some Pad Thai ideas, when i cam across this video of a woman in a canoe, with wok and ingredients just cooking away. I dont travel abroad much ( or should I say at all) so ive never experienced this. I thought it was kinda cool. I know I got a kick out of it...

Just watched a special on the food network about pad thai. They were saying the basic ingredients for the sauce was tamarind , palm sugar and fish sauce. Im trying to find a substitute or a way out of using fish sauce . What can i use that would work and keeping the recipe at least...

So, this is the deal. Ive been cooking for 20 + years. I love chinese food. Everytime I make it, it tastes like im ' trying' to make chinese food. It never quite has that ' chinese restaurant ' taste. The physical ingredients Im ok with ( bamboo shoots, water chesnuts, ginger, garlic...

Any other vegetarians around ? or am I the token vegetarian of the bunch ?? larry