Today is Independence Day in the United States. There will be parades and ceremonies, at least a billion french fries and hot dogs will be c...

I know I've said this before, but one of the pleasures of being passionate about food, cooking and eating, is discovering new and unusua...

As I mentioned yesterday, I'm delighted to now have an Asian market fairly near me, where I can get a host of Pacific Rim produce as wel...

A friend told me last week about an "Asian market" in Colorado Springs, which I hadn't known about before. I live only about t...

A friend of mine very kindly sent me a couple of tubs of Panang curry paste (my favorite!), which arrived a couple of days ago. I just had t...

Ah, a day without some kind of pepper would be so...well, spiceless! I hadn't really thought about this before, but I'm pretty sure...