'CSI' for seafood
WASHINGTON - Fish, shrimp and other catches from the Gulf of Mexico are being ground up to hunt for minute traces of oil in what's considered unprecedented safety testing - sort of a "CSI" for seafood that's far more reassuring than the sniff test that made all the headlines.

Goggin: Make the most of beef's nine primal cuts
Well, friends, it's the day you've dreaded all summer. The day you knew would come, but didn't know exactly when it would arrive - the conclusion of the Mystery Meat Challenge.

Restaurants adjust seafood menus
Local restaurateurs are casting their nets wide in search of affordable seafood from sources outside the Gulf of Mexico, where many in the fishing industry face restrictions from the spreading BP oil spill.

In search of special steak sauce
You are my last hope. In the late 1940s and early 1950s there was a steak house on Collins Avenue and about 70th Street called Maurice's Steak House. They served a mustard sauce there that was out of this world. Over the years I have misplaced the recipe and am hoping you or one of your readers perhaps has a copy.