I saw no disrespect. The chefs thanked him for dinner, almost all of them said how “honored” they were to cook for him in interviews, and compared notes about the seasonings used in their dinners. This Emeril is the...

. No matter how broke they have been, they ate very well. It is part of the culture and how they grew up using fruits and beans veggies. Ironically, once the family became flush, some developed diabetes and high bood pressure on...

on Friday and funeral services on Saturday. We ate and drank very well in honor of Mrs. Yimster, respecting her culture’s tradition of using food and drink to cure the blues. To help those not able to attend or others who...

— or, being on the show, he is withdrawing off of something he is used to having every day. He might want to hit Padma up for a fix. Or is he just naturally wired that way? Either way it was pretty unacceptable. It’s...

at either Gary Danko or Fleur de Lys? Both are very top echelon SF restaurants with superb food and service. JRDN might be a fun place and they do a terrific flat iron, but that style of dining is not what the OP requested. Lei...

That’s sensible solution. I wonder what the professional chefs would suggest for busy situations in a restaurant kitchen. I remember Iron Chef Chen constantly sampling his cooking with his one ladle using via "air sipping."

side of town. (I used to cross 183 from a previous office to hit Whole Foods once in a while, but that walk sucked). So I intend to try all the places that serve food. I went to California Pizza Kitchen (I had previously only...

but equal’ (with an ironic reference to their storied history of segregation). By the bye, nearly everyone in the place was a minority, as was the lady behind the counter, and there really didn’t seem to be any racial tension. On...

it around. She may be sitting down but I’ve seen big, bloody butchers cower under her scrutiny. Also as I mentioned, while my mom still easily uses her razorsharp cleaver – and her heavy 30+ year-old cast iron wok from...

about this place Chez Nous – Their french food is very good and reasonably priced. It is a cheaper alternative to Aquarelle and they have good food Moonshine – It’s not that bad. It’s sort of an upscale...

's, and I’m so glad I read about it here. I saw it forever and never thought of stopping. I also recently and FINALLY after six years in LA had Roscoe’s chicken and waffles. I love the chicken. The SO is completely...

think that’s a bad deal at all, for four courses. But, yeah, it’s not a super great deal if you don’t order the prezzo fisso. And, personally, I do value restaurants that use, whenever practical, locally-sourced...

I didn’t say they sold organic meat. NR has a certain cachet, and when Chipotle decided to use that cachet as a marketing ploy, a demand was suddenly created for a lot more “Niman Ranches” (there are more than...

tastes exactly like Noka chocolate. Is there some scientific way to measure the chocolates, using microscopes or some other technique I’m not familiar with, to tell empirically if they are the same product? If not, then...

provided was some cheap tomato water concoction, (whilst his peers, which included Mark McEwan, Jamie Kennedy, David Lee, Chris Macdonald, Keith Folgett.... were all busy presenting dishes using exotic and expensive ingredients...