Food and Wine Archive

Automatic Vacuum Sealing Machine (Cryovac) - When you live a chip shot from Costco, Costco becomes your supermarket. But it’s too super --- what do you do with 5 pounds of green beans? 10 pounds of

Barry Nalebuff: A fateful encounter in Aspen, a missed opportunity (Honest Tea), a second chance (Real Made Overnight Oats). Try them? - He was a bartender, with bartender’s good looks and a cheerful bartender personality. He liked to party. I know this because when he was interviewing Colin Powell for Plum TV

Blueberry Breeze Green Tea -

Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar - I knew winter’s coming because my annual bout of Sinusitis began. Ten days of Amoxicillin followed. I got better. Then I didn’t. “This sometimes requires a second round,” the doctor

Capresso Burr Coffee Grinder - In my universe, pre-ground coffee is beneath discussion. And pods condemn their users to fire and brimstone. The only coffee worth buying is whole bean, recently roasted, stored in airtight

Chateau Clos de la Tour - Butler's mother often says, "It's better to live in the worst house in the best neighborhood than the best house in the second-best neighborhood." Butler's mother knows --- about a lot

Chocolate is good for you — if it’s dark chocolate - I was raised to equate chocolate with sin. “I really shouldn’t,” one of my mother’s friends would say, and then she'd nibble at the corner of a piece of chocolate

Could A $5 Catalogue Save America’s Oldest Seed Company? - Anybody want to order a gorgeous seed catalogue for $5? Or, better, invest in a seed company?   This story behind this offer --- this extremely urgent offer --- begins in 2003. After

Dr. Tea: The Basic Facts - My grandfather brought his extra large tea cup with him in 1909, when he left Lyvov, a small town in what is now the Ukraine, for

Fennel Pollen - Children go hungry and I’m suggesting you buy an ounce of fennel pollen? Guilty.   Let’s be honest. It’s not like many of us are going to be deciding between 1.3 ounces of

Greek Olive Oil, Vinegar, Honey & Salt - The smart money votes for the Mediterranean Diet. It’s the opposite of ours. America is obsessed with low-fat foods; in the Mediterranean, healthy fats are key. So pour the

Green Tea Extract - Does green tea prevent cancer, lower cholesterol, lessen the chance of a heart attack and much more? Some say yes, some say no.  You can wait for Ultimate Science to deliver

Gustiamo: Italian Artisanal Foods - It started with coffee. When we were last in Rome, we made daily pilgrimages to Sant' Eustachio, the coffee bar between Pantheon and the Piazza Navona. We never got

Hamilton Beach Single Serve Coffee Maker - READER REVIEW: 'I never meant to use K-Cups. I knew they were awful, but I got hooked on the convenience. Then along came my beloved Head Butler with the solution.

Head Butler’s Ridiculously Simple Holiday Ham PLUS French Roast Lamb - This recipe has been a holiday favorite of two wives and one long-playing companion, which is more than I can always say about myself. It comes from a long-departed friend,

Jamie Oliver: The Cake Tin & more - I fell in love with Jamie Oliver, and it started with a 6.5” by 11.5” cake tin. We were invited to a party. My wife, a master baker, volunteered to bring a

Joyce Chen Pro-Chef 14” Round Bottom Wok - Like a lot of suburban families in the 1950s and ‘60s, mine voted for “Chinx” on Sunday night. That meant the Chung King Chicken Chop Suey kit. Remember this artifact?

Keurig Single-Cup Coffee-Brewing System - I fought the Keurig. For espresso and cappuccino, we use a professional-grade espresso machine and industrial-strength coffee grinder. For regular coffee, we use a more than adequate grinder, a trusty 10-cup

KOR ONE Water Bottle - Everybody knows about the massive floating island of plastic --- three times the size of France --- floating between California and Hawaii. Everybody knows 1.4 billion tons of mostly plastic

Krill Oil - Holiday Ham: Can it be that time again? Here's the classic recipe, easy to make, satisfying to all, and useful for days. Or you could -- sigh -- make lamb.