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Gem Alert! - Giovannis Southern Italian from Calabria
and crunchy and very buttery and garlicky. Some parsley was sprinkled on top. I didnt get dessert and only one is made in house by the Giovannis wife. The other desserts ARE FLOWN IN FROM ITALY!!! I am looking forward...
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Help! Demanding parents visiting -- need the perfect restaurant!
great food, full bars and lovely patios that allow smoking. Angelini is very loud and only serves wine/beer. They have outdoor seating, but it is on the street (Beverly Blvd). The food is fantastic and worth trying despite those...
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Halibut recipes
My husband and I caught a beautiful halibut off of the coast of Malibu on Sunday (about 18lbs-scale battery was dead). We’ve made plenty of fabulous beer battered halibut and chips whenever we pick up a flatty, but...
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Santa Cruz Eats
The Crepe Place is very yummy. I also like Rosie’s Tavern. Pink Godzilla Sushi might still be around, Benten is good You can get the “Sea of Love” Pizza from Pizza My Heart. Black’s is nice. Rosa’s has...
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Fantastic Big Flat Lamb Noodle Soup in Flushing, 41-28 Main
getting soggy. A great noodle experience, to be sure. What kicked this into the stratosphere, however, and makes it my choice for the best 5-buck-and-under-meal I’ve had all year, is the slide-off-the-bone-smooth chunks of...
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Port rookie....
tasted, the 1970 Dow vintage, really distinguished itself from the pack. It had a really unusual but undeniable sasparilla note, or, as one taster noted, "root beer" note. The wine still tasted fresh, and I had the feeling that...
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Trio - Evanston
, flax seed. We were divided on this dish. I really liked the toasted flax seed cookie that the warmed chocolate sat on. The flax seed disk was on a jelled disk of Sierra Nevada beer. Wife thought the flaxseed was...
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What was popular in 1968?
't be trusted were supposedly eating Chef Boyardee, Rice a Roni, Uncle Ben’s, smooth cranberry sauce that schglooped out of the can in a single piece, Hostess cupcakes, Ding Dongs, Twinkies, See’s Candies....
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Understanding Americans: Food Terminologies
Thanks butterfly -truly appreciate it. Whilst viewing the making of a true Spanish tortilla from scratch recently, I was amazed at the size of the Spanish green onion (scallion) bulb. In UK one gets comparatively tiny ones....
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What do you serve with drinks before Thanksgiving Dinner?
Favorites are stuffed mushrooms and the kids like shrimp with tail sauce. It’s hard to keep it light. Spiced nuts and pistachios are good too. I try not to offer too much but I often get carried away.
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roppongi hills (tokyo) trip report
Glad that you did get to try Ganchan and liked it! I travel to Tokyo for business quite often as well and the Grand Hyatt has become my favorite due to its location and convenience (not to mention a fabulous shower head)....
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Middlefield Road taco crawl (Redwood City/Menlo Park)
together, eating ceviche and drinking beer in peace. It’s good that way. And the next question is: will I get the recipe and make it myself for the picnic? That’s possible, but it’s competing with an ever growing...
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The "Work" of Chowhounding
't know who generates these ignorant notions, but they’re not out there eating. I can only sadly wag my head as I zoom around in my chowmobile enjoying Mexican mecca after mecca. You can get “front line”...
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party for 25-30...should i be worried?
until now i have been totally relaxed about it- but many people now have expressed that it is too much for me to do alone. I am starting to wonder...more importantly, i was hoping to get input on my menu... hot hors...
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A tale of two pastas: La Spina & Sagra, Davis Square
'lba...went down easy. Their bread is sourced from Iggy’s...love their bread. Skipped on the dessert. All in all a better experience than previous visits but they still need work and the owner needs to do a better job to...
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