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Day 1 in Portugal
businessmen for lunch, and the fish was really quite good. Also, if you make it to Sintra, there is one bakery that everyone goes to to get queijadinhas, little cheese (sweet) tarts. They are really good. Make sure you taste one...
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How many chowhounders plan to visit the 9Ave Food Festival
I've always had a great time at the 9th Ave food fest. I’d recommend it to all. Will there with my buddies.
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Maine: Last-minute suggestions?
for Camden.... Stay away.. Treats in Wiscasset has some fine soups, and local cheeses.. They must have gotten our allocation for Ridge wines, (none available in NJ this year.....) Take your time and breathe the salty air.. slow...
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Let's talk about BRATWURST
Morris Ave Union, NJ 07083-4825 Phone:(908)688-2628 If you get the chance to visit, it’s a great German butcher, everything I've tried is great (except for the weisswurst, but why there’s no authentic weisswurst in the...
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Unusual Snacks
I've always thought the idea of wasabi chips would be good. Maybe wasabi/shrimp crisps... I once had a crazy packaged snack from England: streaky bacon crisps. Bacon-flavored, deep fried crispy things. I want to be reborn as a...
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Toronto restaurants
of the house breads served with complimentary olives and a wedge of moist sheep’s milk cheese drizzled with fruity olive oil accompanied by an order of grilled Portuguese sausages; juicy and spicy. Add a few glasses of wine...
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ciaohound in venice
markets), sauteed eggplant, the tender cooked salami called cotechino, squares of polenta topped with gorgonzola, and slabs of grana padano, a hard cheese similar to parmigiano reggiano. Osteria da Toni (Dorsoduro, 1642, tel 528...
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Ess-a-bagel -- why is it popular?
I dunno, maybe because I grew up on them, but I think they’re in a higher league than just about all other bagels in town, including Columbia Bagels and BAgels-on-the-Sqaure, which I've had plenty off too. Large, fluffy, but...
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Wegman's= Overrated????
I can’t confirm since I've not been to the one in Dulles, but based on my experience in the past with locations in other states, I didn’t see what the hubub was about.
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Ignorance is bliss and nutritional value of restaurant dishes ...
have a basic idea anyway, slather lots of butter on baked potato, not good; add cheese to them fries, double-down bad. Shrimp tail with lemon, yup, that’s healthy. See how easy it is?
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Northampton/Amherst Area Dining...Another View
because I like my money to go to food, not decor. Ive yet to eat in one pricy restaurant in the area, although I do want to try Green Street Cafe someday...preferably on somebody elses expense account. Also, I...
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Best "basic" cookbook to give my daughter?
How To Cook Everything – Mark Bittman It’s the only “basics” cookbook I have, which turns out to be just fine – it’s never let me down. I've never followed any of the baking recipes though. For...
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Tamale alert on the West Side!
There’s a small vegetable stand run by a family from Puebla on the south side of 207th St, betw. B’way and Cooper, that sells home-made tamales on Saturday and Sunday. They have two styles. One has very pale corn flour...
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Light Cooking
Ever heard of the “cubicle 50”? I've been out of college and working in a cubicle for 3 years and somehow managed to gain 50 lbs! Needless to say, I need to drop a few pounds! So, does anybody have any tips on how to...
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New to irvine area
Welcome to southern California and Planned Community living. There are a lot of chains here. I've lived in Turtle Rock (in Irvine) and now live in Lake Forest (next suburb over) and I didn’t even know what you meant by...
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