Each component of this dish was delicious--the smoked fish in particular was lovely--but no matter how many bites I took, the flavors competed more than they complemented. More

[Photos: Highlands; Laren Spirer] In my mid-20's, I used to think all Scotch was the same. It was something that old men drank, and something that my male friends were "learning to drink." Every time I tasted it, all... More

I knew that there was more than one holiday that comes to New Jersey in the bitter cold of January. Martin Luther King day doesn't yet have any food traditions associated with it and Chinese New Year is so... More