yuck.

Totally addicted to these. I have an electric stove (ugh), so I can't roast over an open flame and don't usually feel like roasting peps in the oven. These are great and soooo much cheaper than the...

My five quart le creuset sits out on the stovetop, because I have a tiny apartment kitchen with little a storage space. My two smaller pieces reside in the cupboard.

I forgot to add that I loathe iceberg lettuce. If I ate plastic, I imagine it would taste just like iceberg.

Cucumbers, eggplant, and arugula. I find them tolerable, but I wouldn't buy them unless I was really excited about a recipe that called for them.

There's a recipe for mock porchetta (using pork butt shoulder) in the Zuni Cafe cookbook. Absolutely delish.

Ak Mak or Wasa. I like a virtuous cracker.

Whatever you do, avoid any place near the Duomo (or any other spot highly saturated with tourists...hard to avoid in Florence, I know). My first meal in Italy was a pizza at a place steps from the ...

There was a bakery in Burbank called Crust that closed last year. They made the most amazing blueberry lemon scones. I live in Portland, and it was my ritual to bring these scones back when I would...

Maybe your MIL made Ina Garten's croissant bread pudding. My mother swears by it. http...

I made this Monday night in a dutch oven. The chicken was absolutely perfect--juicy and tender. Some bits of crouton were harder than others, but all were flavorful.

This is awesome. I, too, made it last week & polished off the entire dish in three days by myself! Heidi Swanson & her recipes are so inspirational.

The Apple Pan is on Pico, not Peco.

I, too, poach prunes in port. I serve them as dessert with mascarpone cheese. Amazing & fast--ten minutes work at most! Can be pricy, though: prunes port sugar vanilla bean cheese.