Can’t get along without a good shot of espresso?  Now you can have espresso anywhere you go with the Handpresso Wild.  It requires no electricity and produces a perfect cup of espresso, crema and all.  It uses a high pressure extraction system and espresso pods. You can also buy a neat little carrying case. From [...]

For award winning food writer and cooking teacher Molly Stevens, real Italian porchetta was something she always dreamed of making at home.  When she discovered New York City’s Porchetta sandwich shop in the East Village, she knew it was the real deal.  Porchetta serves up delicious fennel scented, long roasted pork, just like in Italy. [...]

If you sweeten your beverages with honey instead of sugar or sugar substitutes, you might just love this product.  While you can easily carry tea bags with you, honey is another matter.  Honibe Honey Drops are about the size of a large candy and are individually wrapped.  No more messy fingers!  You can take them [...]

This book was a long time coming.  The Big Sur Bakery sits unpretentiously just off Highway 1 in California, along some of the most gorgeous landscape in the country.  The bakery not only serves outstanding pastries and other homemade goodies but they also bake terrific pizzas in their wood fired oven and serve amazing dinner [...]

 
So you’re buying foods that are labeled “No Trans Fats” and you’re thinking that you are avoiding this unhealthy ingredient.   Oops.   There is a well known loophole in the labeling system that actually allows trans fats to be in foods that are labeled “0 trans fats”.  No kidding.

From the award winning Scandinavian designers, Menu, these snazzy wine coats will keep your wines cool.  The removable inner coat, filled with cooling gel, is stored in your freezer.  The Cool Coats can be purchased at Emmo Home for $39.95.  Makes a great gift!

At The Meadow, in Portland Oregon, Mark and Jennifer Bitterman sell a diverse range of hard to find items.  Don’t have a resource for a Himalayan Salt Plate on which to serve your sashimi?  Now you do!  You can order salt blocks, plates, and bricks for all kinds of culinary uses.  They have a great [...]

The 2009 James Beard Foundation Award Winners were announced on May 4th in New York City.  The winners this year include Lidia Bastianich, Ruth Reichl, Grant Achatz, and Mark Bittman.  My favorite award, however, was for Cookbook of the Year:  Fat:  An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient by Jennifer McLagan.

If you haven’t seen this beautiful slideshow of the famous 20 course dinner from Alinea, you won’t want to miss it.  It was photographed by Lara Kastner last December.  This was the dinner that Grant Achtaz and Thomas Keller cooked together and was $1,500 a seat.  If you’ve ever wanted a behind the scenes peek [...]

Have you still not discovered Prosecco, Italy’s sparkling wine? Our favorite wine writers, Dottie and John, over at the Wall Street Journal, taste a variety of this wine and name a few winners.  At around $10 or $12 a bottle, Prosecco can be enjoyed often and is a great deal.