a table having taken Han’s advice and arrived shortly after the 10:00 am opening of the hall. Thanks Peter for wearing your Chowhound T-shirt! We all hunkered down and checked out the offerings at the various tables set up...

is cooked to order (or something like that) my order of Pad Thai took about 1 minute. It arrived with the noodles stuck together in a clump which couldn’t be separated, and the sauce – which this “noodle...

I only partially agree. I think that the comment that the burger was overdone is very legitimate from a critical perspective. In fact Elia had acknowledged to the rest of the team that the burgers were sitting around too long and...

. That could make for a really fun, paricipatory party. I was never a big fan of waffles until a recent breakfast at a B&B, where I had the world's best. The secret was obviously an egregious fat content, which gave them a rich,...

Thanks Jfood, I always have bananas around too, and will make that one as well. I have the bowl in the freezer, getting nice and cold to make an ice cream for our Easter dinner. I saw a banana flavoring at the grocery store last...

& Hester St) New York, NY 10013 (212) 941-1541 This was good banh mi. Not as good as the Eden Center in Falls Church, Virginia or what we had in Toronto’s Chinatown. We opted for the pork and the vegetarian and took them home...

it for lunch today. roscoes (culturally fun but not great food) in a similar cultural vein i’d rather go to babe and ricky’s inn in leimert park and hear mickey champion and sould food dinner for 8 bucks – they...

. But they did, which is a testament to how good they are. Kind of "If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it." But modern times bring modern interpretations. I make compote, which my Jewish family makes with dried fruit- nobody...

is a meditative task. You can’t meditate with a machine. I think this world needs more slowing down and meditating, so if you agree, make your bread by hand and knead it yourself.

for myself than worry about offending a server who would more likely than not understand. Why tiptoe around the issue and ask about the number of items or the preparation when they’d ultimately want to know about the...

making the same rookie mistakes every week. didn’t carlos remember tc calling those girls out on having all those hours and “just” making salad? didn’t anybody remember the dinner at social where all the...

-baguette, and Ken’s brown bread isn’t bad, but neither really pushes its sour quite as far as I’d like it to (I’ve done a fairly good deal of playing around with bread baking, sours, desems, levains, and...

of mine waitressed at a Manhattan restaurant frequented by Europeans who left awful tips. Finally, she started preemptively telling all obvious European tourists when she gave them the check that in America, you’re supposed...

was pretty good, but not as stellar as some I’ve had around here. (4) The Bombay Bistro I know and love is in Rockville (I’ve never tried the one in NoVa). But I’m under no illusions that it rises to a world...

Because many kitchens are designed around the location of fridge, range, dishwasher and sinks a proper-size food preparation area is often ignored. I would recommend at least 4-5 feet wide and 24-30" deep of unencumbered work...