Q. We’re out at a restaurant with a group of friends and, of course, everyone is ordering different foods. But I’ve been asked to pick out a couple of bottles of wine for the table. Help! Jim F., Denver.

Q. “Thanks for sharing and keeping us cooking with your recipes.  How about once in a while indicating a good wine to drink with your dishes?”

Q: Any pointers on “grilling salmon or swordfish?. . . . I grill to medium temp, cooked through but warm moist center. But mine not always moist.” ~ Dennis.

“Help! I am a newcomer to Colorado, and to its higher elevation. I find baking cakes and cooking pasta so different here, even difficult. Any suggestions?”

“My low-carb diet is succeeding so far, but I'm particularly eager to have some options that work for my diet and are tasty, too!”

“I want an oil to sauté with, and if possible, roast veggies. . . . Do you have a grocery store brand you could recommend?”

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“What the heck can I do with an almost full bottle of fish sauce?”

“How do you cook a baked potato? And how would you make it a main course for an easy dinner?”

“I  have been really sick with a viral infection, Any soup recipes hanging around in your files?”

“Do you have a recipe for seafood broth for the Cioppino?”

“I'm intrigued with Basque recipes that the common people in Basque country cook.”

“Who first ate the artichoke? I mean, look at the thing.”

Spanish-style chorizo is usually somewhat drier than Portuguese linguiça, the name for Portuguese sausage made of pork in the “chorizo-style.” Linguiça also tends to contain more garlic in the interior mix.

My mom-in-law gave me her Crock-Pot a month ago so I’ve done my first dishes in it. Pretty cool! If you have slow cooker tips, I’m all ears.”

“Telling us the amount of dry herbs (such as basil or parsley) to replace fresh herbs would be appreciated.”

Oy, what would a St. John know from the latke? Well, “dayenu,” enough.

Sauternes (the wine, named after the district in Bordeaux, France, from which it comes) is expensive because it is very expensive to produce.

My steaks are tough enough to pull out my fillings. What am I doing wrong?

How do you make the white topping?