the artisan stuff available, it’s hard to complain about things. Listen to you guys.

the family eats out it is more likely Sizzler, Hometown Buffet or a Chinese place. They can cook Latino/Mexican food better at home. The more hound-oriented branch of his family enjoy good dim sum, artisan bread, and the upscale...

drizzle of olive oil (which, blessedly, is only a few feet behind De Marco’s finishing spot).....the total labor time (not including cooking) for each pie is probably a good 4-5 minutes. Hey, artisanal makes me happy! And...

/kiddies. And, most places will prep 5% over the count – but not of each item. A big trend in catering now is to have the midnight snack bar- at 11:00, they roll out minicheeseburgers, corn dogs, nachos, bottled water....

very slow (the meal for two at Masa’s took over 4.5 hours) and made a number of minor errors like not filling water, putting ice in drinks when the person had asked for none, giving people the wrong dishes (in one case when...

in black, but nothing innovative in the music department there. How bout playing some Muddy Waters, R.L. Burnside, or Ry Cooder to go with the Q food. I give this place 2 months, tops.

There are now, actually. I believe this is right: 100% Organic means just that (not including water and salt) Organic means at least 95% organic Made with organic ingredients means at least 75% organic Any lower than that, and the...

when we were in mongolia, we lived in a ger tent. the food was cooked by our kind mongolian host, who spoke no english. the place had no electricity or running water. we starved! authentic? absolutely. delicious? no. would we go

Pierre Marcolini is still an artisan. He and his staff make all the chocolate at his atelier in Brussels, and he’s only got 15 shops. "For many locals, growth has changed the restaurant. 'Ding Tai Fung isn’t what it...

, was selling smoked ahi and ahi jerkey. Both were excellent. There were also a couple Filipino food vendors. I really enjoyed the cascarons, a rice flour pastry, crispy and sweet on the outside and chewy on the inside. There...

-ness" that distinguishes it from the sit-down places in Uptown) that I find most compelling. These places are street-smart, citified (bulletproof glass etc), but at the same time, still quite “pure”, still quite "...

with a coliform-laced desicated meat patty and gooey sauce, plus greasy, tasteless, mushy centered potato strips and a flavored caffeinated sugar water beverage constitute a “value meal” and are worth paying 5 dollars...

to see how they do, but blowing Jewel and Dominick’s out of the water is not a hard thing to do.

restaurants. 2) I am very concerned about organic ingredients, local-grown ingredients, sustainably-grown and traditionally-made (raw milk cheeses, grass-fed meat) ingredients. By investing more in home cooking, I can support...

opinions about infants and children at high-end places. i fear i’m misrepresented in your opening post. Oh well, water under the bridge now the irony. in terms of high-end restaurants, I tend to agree with you for the most...