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What's up with Whole Foods?
I know I have complained about them before but this is too much. I was going to go to Murray’s to get cheese for a dinner tomorrow but I was at Union Square so I went to WF instead. I waited for a few minutes and then asked...
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August 2007 - Grocery outlet
I didn’t see those sausages in that GO this evening, but they did have individual packages of chicken with spinach and gouda for $2.29. I had them for dinner and they were delicious.
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tasty fish for a dedicated fish disliker
in the Gulf of Mexico. But here in Chinatown, you can get shrimp that’s still swimming.) All the recipes posted here sound sure-fire for the aquatically challenged. Here’s another that I totally adapted and changed...
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Cooking from CSA/Farmers Market
this is our second year eating from a csa, and i must admit it is going much better than the first. personally, i had to make a keen mental switch in thinking about dinner not as ‘what do i want to eat’ but 'what do i...
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Italy trip--confirming some recs found here, disputing others and adding some of my own
on Tuscany a couple of years ago. The food is fabulous as advertised and we were even treated to a stroll through the kitchen to meet chef Dania, a cute little trick who had cooked many dinners that evening and looked like one of...
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Sulfite free wines
and are advised to “experiment” by trying dozens of bottles from around the world or avoid completely. I agree people are sulfite ignorant, however, the end result is wine does cause great discomfort for a sizable...
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Ribs and Boiling [split from Ontario]
For making ribs for 30 or more people, I’ve quite doing it all on the grill/BBQ. Instead: 1. Boil and then BBQ, with sauce applied near the end (for around 30 people); or more commonly 2. Sear and color in my BIG pots and...
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Divergent opinions unite!
Based on a sole experience eating there, I disagree. Maybe not the best food in the world, but satisfying and a good deal for $6.95 or something for their basic dinner specials. I wouldnt travel there, but if you’re in the...
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Can restaurants survive on locally sourced ingredients? [Moved from Boston Board]
Looking for understanding here... I was at a dinner party in the Boston area over the weekend and conversing with another guest, a chef/restaurant business consultant. While discussing the chance for success for a new, upscale...
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Fox and Obels
the perfection of a professional baker. A cheese danish was equally good. I did not buy anything else but longed for the gorgeous 21 day aged, prime porterhouses. On the drive home, I tried to calculate in my mind which would be...
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What makes a good / superb restaurant reviewer?
and restauranteur, and do my best to “get” their concept for the food and the place, at the end of the day I was there to be the voice of the diner, the people looking to spend their money on dinner at one place or...
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Penang Malaysian in Chinatown--disaster!
And now for something completely different. From me. I live in Maine but visit New York City and my children as often as I can. The highlight for me, the absolute highlight, is grazing around in Chinatown, from carts on the...
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Where are you a regular
extra $$$ to throw around, then what better item to splurge on than food???
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What do you do when you know a customer IS wrong....it happens
. —Sometimes the cook/waitstaff makes a mistake. —Sometimes the customer is a scammer. In a perfect world, a scammer would basically be told to get lost and never return. And if someone ordered something prepared...
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Two Bellies full of Fried Bellies
that a good time was had by all. AND we raised at least $120 for Chowhound.com! My thanks to all who participated. By the end of the day, I was glad I’d visited the Topsfield farmers' market on Saturday. Dinner later that...
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