had was also to my liking. What I liked even better, however, were the sides, a nice baked tomato topped with eggplant and a good provencal spicing (more Italian than Asian, certainly) and a great pure artichoke puree. Since the...

the yellow cake, in part because our server informed us that it’s baked by a neighborhood lady who is trying to put her daughter through college. But even without the good karma points, the cake was worth ordering. A blast...

's a bit more by the book. I take it loose and fast. He’s into doing BIG projects, bread baking, dinner parties. I’m into the little things like cookies and dinner for two. Because of these differences, most of the...

and baked to a golden crunch. They also have a great reuben sandwich, as well as many other sandwiches. Their menu is in the Houston Press Menu of Menus guide this year. The pizzas look awesome but I am stuck on the chicken salad...

) and is great sprinkled on baked or grilled fish, pork chops, etc. Good for making hot and sour soup too, or for anything that needs to be perked up. ( sometimes I have a problem getting the jar open after a while, as the...

With a microwave, just about every entry in the “What's your favorite food that comes in a can or box” thread would be possible. Travel with a couple of light microwave cookware items makes poached fish, steamed...

Italians, or Giada’s recipes on the Food Network. If my mother decides she wants a nice chicken stew, out comes New Best Recipe. I take no chances, however, with cookie and candy recipes. I do a lot of holiday baking for...

. We grabbed a booth and ordered for the table and shared the following: 1. Datiles Con Bacon – dates, bacon, cream cheese baked in puff pastry. 2. Patatas Rellenas Con Pure De Colifor Y Bacon – pureed cauliflower &...

Ngau gai*: chicken Choy*: leafy vegetables (incl. chives) Har* (said like a New Yorker): shrimp Tah-sah/chah-shoe*: barbecued pork Bao (rhymes with “how”): buns, either steamed or baked Jiao (also rhymes with...

on fries....don’t know why I hadn’t tried it before, esp considering I put sour cream on my baked potato, boiled potato and potato pancakes.... Also, fries are great dunked in buffalo wing sauce....

tomatoes and english cucumbers. We had a Snake River Ranch Wagyu flank steak that was as tender as most fancy steakhouse filets, but with much more flavor. It was served with baked pequillo peppers, garlic chips, cranberry beans...

went in and tried them – I loved the look and the feel and the idea of the place but for me, the cupcakes were a bit dry and just not so amazing. They did, however, inspire me to bake 200 mini cupcakes for our wedding so...

Since this is the third time that Olive et Gourmando and “overpriced” have been mentioned together in a posting, I might as well put in that I don’t agree with that assessment. Sure O+G basically sells soups,...

something on a plaque for a cake once, and they said they needed at least five days notice. They had three days – really, shouldn’t that be enough – considering that the cake probably hadn’t even been...

, I go to Eagle Rock Italian Bakery, I go to Belwood Bakery. The only large cake I have ever ordered in LA came from a wedding bake shop called Helena Wirth in Van Nuys, and it was very good, but not Citizen Cake. I don’t...