oil ($14). These weren’t the crisped, griddled fans of oysters I was expecting. Rather, it was a silky assortment of wild mushrooms – oysters, beech, shiitake, and what appeared to be cuts of king oyster mushrooms. There were...

getting served around 3:30. The fancy dinner places mostly don’t open until 5:00. A fun presentation of ingredients that are not too exotic might solve your problem. Go to Pho Hoa, 17 Beech St., and order Seven Courses of...

I like the salad bar at Gelson’s. I’m kind of obsessed with their marinated mushrooms in their salad bar. Does anyone know what brand they use? They have a full deli for your sandwich cravings. Gelson’s 15424...

IIRC, KN’s store is at Beech Street on the edge of Atlantic Beach...right before the circle to get on the bridge to Far Rockaway. I’m pretty certain that the goods are trucked in from the Forest Hills factory, so...

I’m always up for a good quick dinner since I get home at 5:30 and my family likes to eat at 6:15. Last night I made seared chicken thighs with chard and funky mushrooms. I cook the mushrooms (ake, beech, enoki, cremini,...

it that if you spoke Cantonese the line became shorter. The Vietnamese PH and XX on Beech St. by contrast were quiet. I was struck by the number of large Chinese restaurants that were filled by extended Chinese families out for a...

My wife and I have spent many weekends in Banner Elk this year as we are building a cabin in Beech Mountain. For our $ Artesinal is as good as amything we have found in downtown Charleston. They have a serious chef. Next I would...

potatoes, still frozen corn, etc). Their appetizers are simply boring or even bad (except for the stuffed mushroom which is essentially a smaller verion of their crab cake on top of a mushroom cap). And I’m pretty...

Orelans food, esp. crawfish bisque, at Howe’s Bayou in Ferndale (Woodward & 9 Mile). For high end Golden Mushroom is wonderful—known for mushroom and game dishes, gracious service—we just had a stellar meal...

about it... If you want less upscale, try Beech Tree – excellent pub type food – burgers, salads, great entree specials...

Watching Jaime Oliver forage for wild mushrooms last week, reminded me of my grandmother who used to take me on her foraging expeditions. We would pick cherries, wild raspberries, and look for poke sallet. We’d gather black...

- On top of Beech Mountain Dockside Ira’s – Decent seafood, great homemade salad dresing

but not overpowering, several soft dark figs and mesclun salad. Main Choice 1: Capesante in Padella – Seared Diver scallops with risotto and beech brown mushrooms- Two of the U-10 diver scallops, understated indeterminately...

favorite course of the evening ***Tartare of Kuroge Beef from Shiga with Beech mushrooms, Broccolini, Lily Bulbs, Perilla and Spicy Mustard — this was probably the only miss of the evening because they were heavy-handed with...

Try Corvina at Kingston Road and Beech (west of Victoria Park). Excellent food and the owners are really nice. Try either the Mushroom Dish or the Chicken Parprikash (sp?) they are both excellent!