WIDR, there’s a reason the French consider any meal before mid-day to be worthy of a simple croissant w coffee. And many cuisines, like most Asian, think a bowl of porridge (jook) is a simply dandy way to start the day. And...

has meant limiting my world of at-home food to a certain geographic are (for me, Italian, French and all-American Northeast, but for someone else, Indian and Asian flavors might predominate). Best of luck.

, authentic Asian, Latin or other ethnic meals but can’t cook – and often reject – the foods of their own German, Scotch, Czech, Russian, Jewish, Danish or Portugese grandmothers. We are losing touch with who we...

to feed my family more fish (good for you, right), saw an Asian woman (Vietnamese?) at the market buying up a bunch of very inexpensive fish, she seemed quite excited about it. Tried to ask her how she was going to cook it, but...

can only be described as being extremely similar to parmesan cheese (certainly more like parmesan than any other item I’ve encountered in Asian cooking!)—it had a slight gummy chew the way a fresh parmesan has, and the...

food is upiquitous here, African, South American, Asian, you name it and we have it. While I enjoy many of the high end restaurants here, I don’t think they are quite up to the level of some of the greats in other cities....

, elsewise why would anyone tolerate the environment? Many new places in Hollywood: Paladar, Kung Pao Kitty, that Asian place in the tents, etc., etc. The only place among these where I had a good tasting meal was Angelini Osteria,...

Laundry the second time you visit. Or, you will like it even less, and have clearer reasons for your conclusion. I have never been there, and for some reason, am not that interested in going there. Yet. Too much Asian and Latin...

and started dating a beautiful Asian girl, was that stupid or what, but back to the chow... ) I have developed a comfort food habit of simple onion, tomato and add just a bit of sugar, on spaghetti noodles. But I don’t...

simply didn’t rise but the kitchen sent it out anyway—the rich flavor of ake mushroom was still quite good. Our other starter was a baby spinach salad with salty proscuitto, Asian pears, and chunks of mild, aged...

Berkeley : brown sugar offered with the other stuff at the “cream & sugar” area in a cafe Asian enclaves/markets in CA: pandan flavored(they’re green) waffles eaten as a “to go” snack everywhere in CA:...

't think I’d like it" me "What DO you eat?" him "Pizza.. umm.. and spaghetti. and Chinese" me (hopefully) "Asian??!! What about Vietnamese?" him (horrified) " Don’t they eat cats?? NO way!!" **imagine pg mentally ticking...

. This is perhaps the best Asian meal out I’ve had in a very long time!

the experience to take baby steps with the cuisine. We try to shape a discourse in a city whose food media still considers a tawdry pan-Asian noodle place like Joy Yee the pinnacle of Chinese cuisine. I am not going to argue here...

Started at an asian fusion restaurant on garde manger, worked in every station at a 4 star luxury hotel and am now Sous Chef of a fine dining restaurant in San Francisco with a very high Zagat rating. Love the industry and am...