Posts by Vera Bradley

I'm not sure where to post this, but I thought you'd like to know that ChefTalk.com was mentioned favorably in a recent Wall Street Journal article by Yulia Chernova, Food & Drink section. The title below is linked to the full...

A relative of my employer often provides hors d'oeuvres for social gatherings of a charitable group (I make them for her). Every time, her friends have requested the recipes. Now they all do those party appetizers as well. I've been...

Thank you, Chef Oz. I ended up dining mostly in the Gaslamp Quarter where I stayed. I tried Soliel at K (breakfast there every morning), Tin Fish and Osetra in the Gaslamp Quarter - all within walking distance of where I stayed. ...

I'm off to San Diego for a few days later this month. :) Any restaurant recommendations for me? Which ones are overrated and which ones absolutely should not be missed? Also, if you know of a good hotel convenient to both Point Loma...

Could it have been more of a bitter taste than a pepper taste? Some people have tastebuds that will read "bitter" as "peppery". It sounds to me as if someone misread the formula and used all baking soda instead of...

Yes, thank you, Cakerookie. The site has been functional for two weeks. I should have mentioned that. However, there was a serious security breech and the private information of paying members may have been accessed by a...

It was very BAD news for people (like me) who paid for membership to Cooks Illustrated: Who else got this letter? I also received from Cook's Illustrated the contact information for our three major U.S. credit bureaus and advice on...

http://www.cooksillustrated.com/othe...d=519&bdc=6228 :(

As paid subscriber to the online site, I can't get in either. I even tried using a link in the e-mail newsletters they send. My most recent e-mail from them arrived 1/26/06. It was one of those "exclusive online" book...

Thank you, Mezzaluna and AuntDot! :) It seems I have some delightfully difficult choices ahead of me. I tried to book a table at Rhubarb last night, but online dinner reservations are taken no earlier than three months in advance. ...