The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

Everything’s been coming up kugel lately. Kugel (literally “potato pudding”) is sort of a baked potato pancake. Its ingredients are simple: grated (using hand or meat grinder, never a food processor) potato...

. Simple. Not killer unforgettable. As we found in Rome, one of the best recommendations was from Ms Chow: Osteria Tournabouoni. Located on that very high-end shopping street, the restaurant (reviewed in Food and Wine) is in the...

forward to going back to try some of there other interesting burgs. Save room for dessert. Warm butter tart with Kawartha dairy icecream. The chocolate cake looked amazing too, Its a tad more than a fast food joint, around $10-$12...

The winner is Veritas. A little bit less then we wanted to spend, but we are working with them on a special menu. I’ll report back. We are going to start the night with one drink at the wooden bar inside the Oyster Bar in...

We were very impressed with it as well, JJ. We’ve been meaning to go back...my husband was instantly addicted to their oversized martinis.

on the fle should come right back. 4) They should have a fresh sea air, no fishy smell. New Moon Restaurant “Food to Go” - 1247 Stockton Street Delicious prepared foods; pork meatballs (Derek think this is the very...

for other restaurant closings as well. RIP part one had started to get unwieldy

back to me (long distance, too) right away, and helped me decide which would be a better place for my brother – Chive or Suburban Kitchen (both the same owner, I think?). I settled on Chive and look forward to receiving the...

on in Part III or IV, I was sorry I hadn’t chosen to go back to Chambar instead). I can’t remember the exact cost, but with tax (and tax on alcohol is pretty steep in Canada) and tip, our bill was about $135 Canadian....

's grandmother’s kitchen that was heady with spice and fruit. Dessert was the weakest part of the meal. A bottle of red wine and pitchers of lemonade and pomegranate juice accompanied the meal. As fabulous as our dining...

I think you guys out there need a bit of inducement to overcome the Monday morning blues. You may recall a thread posted back in Nov’04 titled ‘Aphrodisiacal or suggestive foods’' . Well this is part-II. Back...

park historic district Fri 10P Back to the Hotel, possibly go out for drinks somewhere. Sat 10A Breakfast Downtown. I had a good meal at the Pantry last year. I would go back again, but I’d also be up for something else along...

Marty L - I just got back from A & H and I am a very happy paella maker. I got a great pan, just the size I need and for a song; 20 bones compared to the 50 or 100 that Sur la Table wants. What a great place and the fellow who...

guess Imperial Pilsner, and let us not forget “Hop” hysteria). Surely other countries make “big” beer but it appears that the focus of our creative attention here in America is almost solely on bigness. What does this say about...