-
Board Topic
Diary of a Glutton: NYC Trip Report May 2008
DAY 3 JEAN-GEORGES I’d been once, years ago, and remembered that I thought the food was great, but the room and service a bit chilly. This time, I found both the room and the service warmer, but the food didn’t quite resonate with...
-
Board Topic
Do you say it's your birthday when it isn't?
no. when asked, “is this a special occasion?” the answer is always a non-committal something like, “we're celebrating tuesday.” bottom line is we’re not fond of a fuss when eating out. sometimes,...
-
Board Topic
Which brands are you loyal to?
I’ve tried others and no mayo beats Hellman’s (Best Foods when we’re in LA). Heinz ketchup is still the best, too.
-
Board Topic
Grilled Cheese Sandwich ... fried or toasted?
, then the cheese... It was probably fake "cheese food" too! None of which my mom would go for! Now we do either toasted cheese (usually when just making it for one or both kids) with cheese toasted on open face bread OR grilled...
-
Board Topic
The US and the UK: Divided by a Common (Culinary) Language
In the “One more tea rant” thread on the General Topics board, Paulustrius floated the idea of a thread with this title to address food and cooking-related vocabulary/language differences in our respective...
-
Board Topic
Mis-marked items at the supermarket- is it a crime?
is the ongoing plague of MISshelved/UNmarked/UNpriced items. Few stores have mid store scanners (I think my local Food4Less does) to verify prices. Most stores don’t consider mispricing as important, as evidenced by the...
-
Board Topic
The Big Green Egg
" steaks, but it turns out beautiful roasts. I think, when people see “weber” and they think, been there, eaten that. When I serve them something out of the Kamada, they think what an interesting “BBQ”,...
-
Board Topic
Is it reasonable to expect good wine for $6 a glass? [moved from Manhattan board]
A new wine bar opened in my neighborhood (not Manhattan). It was lovely — architecture, food, service, everything but the wine. We ordered several of the $6 and $7 glasses and to our surprise, they were uniformly awful....
-
Board Topic
Toronto - San Francisco = ?
I’ll be in Toronto for a few days soon on business and want to plan ahead to eat as well as possible. Ideally I’d like to find any ethnic / regional food we don’t have in San Francisco. I’ve heard...
-
Board Topic
What to do when dragged to a bad restaurant...
with having your meal on the cheap, regardless of what you order. I think it’s pretty much unthinkable to not offer to pay for part of the bday girl’s meal.... If I could afford it I would just go and choke down the...
Close x
Basic examples:
Match a word............................................................artichokes
Match all words.........................................................artichoke heart
Match an exact phrase..................................................."artichoke hearts"
Match any words.........................................................artichoke OR hearts
