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Gourmet's Guide
Features, tips, secret sources, and personal recommendations from the Splendid Table's national guests and resident experts. For articles and resources on specific categories of products, visit From Soup to Nuts
Baked Beans
With a little "doctoring," Lynne finds this picnic staple quite acceptable.
Barbecue Sauce
It's summertime, and that means barbecue! Lynne and Al compare three widely available barbecue sauces to help spice up your backyard picnic.
Canned Chicken Stock
Canned chicken stock is a pantry staple, but quality and flavor vary greatly.
Lynne tasted these widely available brands to find the best.
Canned Chicken Broth
Out of 27 varieties of ready-to-use chicken broth, these are the picks from Jeanne McManus, food editor of The Washington Post.
Chocolates
We conduct a blind taste test of chocolates worthy of gift-giving.
Chocolate Tips from Dorie Greenspan
Baking authority Dorie Greenspan is back from "Chocolate University" with tips on how to properly evaluate a chocolate's taste.
Chocolate Chips
With the holiday baking season just around the corner, Lynne and Al decided to
check out brands of chocolate chips to determine what’s worth buying and what’s
not.
Hot Dogs
David Rosengarten travels the world in search of the best. We asked him about hot dogs, which he divides into three groups: The Bologna ("Baloney") Dog, the Chicago/New York Dog, and the Coarse Dog.
Jam Tasting
Any good supermarket today most likely features a dizzying array of jams and preserves.
Al wondered which type Lynne would pick.
Vanilla Ice Cream
Grocery guru Al Sicherman had Lynne taste and critique three readily available
brands of vanilla ice cream.
Peanut Butter
Who makes the best peanut butter? Lynne and Al Sicherman put their taste buds
to the test.
Salt: Sea vs. Mortons
Is sea salt worth the extra cost? Al and Lynne taste-test a range of salts, and
find that pricier isn't always better.
Supermarket Salsa
When lush, perfectly ripe tomatoes are not to be found, which bottled salsa is an acceptable substitute?
Salt
When Cook's Illustrated magazine conducted a taste test of salts, they discovered they are not all alike, although flavor differences were extremely subtle.
Saltines
Which brand is best, especially for settling a queasy stomach?
Sour Cream
Al Sicherman thought it might be interesting to get Lynne's take on full-fat versus
no-fat sour cream.
Spaghetti Sauce
Can anything good come in a jar?
Packaged Stuffing Mix
Find out the best of these quick and easy stuffing mixes.
Iced Tea
Our grocery guru Al Sicherman and Lynne conducted a tasting of widely-available
bottled iced tea and instant tea mixes.
Canned Tomatoes
It's no secret that tomatoes are a critical part of Lynne's cooking, and Al was
curious about her favorites.
Tortilla Chips
In a recent judging of tortilla chips, 27 members of Cook's Illustrated magazine staff tasted the most popular brands as well as a few premium-priced specialty chips.
Canned Tuna
Lynne tasted three national brands to find out if any captured that fresh-from-the-sea
flavor.
Bottled Water
The priciest isn't always the best, as Lynne discovers.
Tuesday Night Kitchen
Tuesday Night Kitchen was an eight-week experiment on the Splendid Table site intended to give you some ideas for simple weeknight meals. Each week we explored a food subject with tips, recipes, questions and answers with Foodtalk contributors, and periodic reports from food critic David Rosengarten. Find it all here.
• Grilled Vegetables
• Lentils
• Mediterranean Flavor Tricks
• Onions
• Salad Dressings
• Salads
• Summer Pastas
• Two Grains
Product Recommendations & Sources
• A Day at the Farmers' Market: Tips, Recipes & More
• Adopt a Peach Treet
• Aleppo Peppers
• Argan Oil from Morocco
• Bacon-of-the-Month Club
• Balsamic Vinegar: Lynne's picks
• Barbecue Ribs
• Barrington Coffee Roasting Company
• Best in Mail Order from Marian Burros
• Bread Bakeries, the country's best
• Buffalo
• Organic Butter and Ham
• Superb Candied Citron: Lynne's picks
• Upscale Candy Bars
• Catalogs for Food Mail-Order, from Lynne
• King Cakes, a Mardi Gras tradition
• Carolina Gold Rice
• Cassia Buds
• Chocolate Brands Containing Porcelana Cacao Beans
• Copper Pans
• Mail Order Sources (12/01)
• Lynne's Favorite Dried Fruits
• Food and Wine Reference Books, from Kitchen Arts & Letters Bookstore
• Formaggio Kitchen, for exquisite cheese
• Frozen Pizza
• Hot Chocolate
• David Rosengarten's Sources for Indian Food Products and Pantry Staples
• Francine Maroukian's Holiday 2006 Mail Order Gifts
• Lynne's Last-Minute Holiday Gift Ideas
• Plan Bee Honey
• Ice Cream
• Ice Cream, MooBella Ice Cream Maker
• Kettle Brand Potato Chips
• Knife Sharpening, Holley Manufacturing Company
• Seedless Kishu Tangerines
• Los Angeles' Ethnic Delis
• Loco Soda
• Lynne's Gift Picks for 2005
• Lynne's Holiday Gift Ideas for Cooks
• Lynne's Sources for Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese
• Love Tree Farmstead
• Mediterranean Mussels
• Chiltepin Chile Peppers
• Fine Chocolate
• Mail-Order Food Picks, from Jeffrey Steingarten
• Mail-Order Fruit Picks, from Russ Parsons
• Holiday Mail-Order, from Jane and Michael Stern
• Mail-Order Phone Numbers
• Top Five Mail-Order Picks, from Jeffrey Steingarten
• Mexican Ingredients
• Miracle Fruit
• Newman's Own Organics
• Nut Oil
• Nut Oil, recommendations from Sally Schneider
• Nut Oils by La Tourangelle
• Olive Oil: California
• Olive Oils, Ligurian
• Olive Oil: Lynne's Bargain-Priced Picks
• Olive Oil: Lynne's Picks for 2006
• Olive Oil: Moutere Grove from New Zealand
• Olive Oil: Picks and a Tip for Storing Oil from Deborah Krasner
• Olive Oil: Tips and Picks, from Rolando Beramendi
• Olives, Ari Weinzweig's Guide
• Orikaso Dinnerware
• Organic Peaches and Nectarines
• Pasta Pick
• Rickles: Rick Fields' Pickles
• Replacement Parts for Kitchen Equipment
• Ready-to-Use Stocks
• Rice
• Sake Brewery
• Seed Catalogs picks from Ann Ravers
• Salami and Ham
• Copper River Salmon
• Mail-Order seeds from gardening expert Jack Staub
• Mail-Order Gifts from The Slow Food Guide to New York City
• Sour Cream
• Sourdough Starter
• Spanish Hams
• Speciality Cocoa: Lynne's picks
• Spices
• Spice blends from Nirmala Narine
• Sur La Table
• Tennessee T-Cakes
• Tree-Ripened Cherries and Other Fruit
• Yukon River King Salmon
• Wasabi
• World Food Markets Worth a Trip
• Whole Wheat Pasta - Marian Burros Picks the Best
• Zingerman's
Cooking Schools
• Lynne's Cooking School Recommendations
• Culinary Institute of America, The
• Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, The
• Culinary Vacations
• École de Cuisine La Varenne
• L'École des Chefs
• Italy, Lynne's
Recommended Cooking Schools in
• New England Culinary Institute
• Sotheby's Institute of Art
• America's First Sushi Academy
Bread Bakers Guild Team USA 2002
Members of the Bread Bakers Guild Team USA 2002 hope to repeat The Guild's stunning 1999 victory when Team USA captured first place, beating the French at the prestigious Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie (the World Cup of Baking).
The International Edible Books Foundation
Sponsors of an annual book event where all entries are eaten!
Edible Schoolyard
The goal of this program is to create and sustain an organic garden and landscape that is wholly integrated into the school’s curriculum and lunch program.
Heifer Project International
This nonprofit organization helps needy families learn how to manage sustainable
farming and provides assistance to over 23 million people in 110 countries.
Holiday Gifts that Support Local Agriculture and Local Eating
Information and links to organizations and resources promoting local agriculture and eating.
Iconoculture
This organization provides customized research and advisory services to some of the biggest names in consumer goods today.
The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Oldways Preservation/Cheese of Choice
Find information on the Cheese of Choice Coalition and cheeses that may
be banned from import, production and sale.
Slow Food Movement
Rediscover authentic culinary traditions and preserve the world’s quality food and wine heritage with the Slow Food Foundation.
Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders
Classic Cookbooks Edited by Judith Jones
Food Allergy Translation Cards for Travelers
Eric Badlands Booker, Competitive Eater
cheesefrance.com Order cheeses directly from France. Note: Site is in French.
Chinese Food Authority and Teacher Bik Ng
Cooking On Rue Tatin with Susan Loomis
Web Food Finds Deborah Krasner's favorite food shopping sites
Food Politics and Nutrition Research Funding
Julia Child's Cambridge Kitchen
Leeners for Things Fermented and Preserved
Lavender Products from The Rona Barrett Foundation
Sally Schneider's A New Way to Cook
Rick Rodgers' Cuisine Américaine
Sebastiani Vineyards and Winery
Smithsonian Folklife Festival "Food Culture U.S.A."
Stonyfield Yogurt's Healthy Vending Machine Program
Synesthesia - Richard E. Cytowic, M.D.
Tomato Vaccine Research at Arizona Biodesign Institute
Trans-Fats in New York City Restaurants
Wine Web Sites recommended by John Brecher and Dorothy Gaiter
Marshmallow Peeps and Peep Research
The New Museum of Contemporary Art in Soho
Oyster Shell Recycling Program
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