/slap it on the grill/crack a can of/lb of butter cooking show. Sad.

Have you eaten there? I have read some articles but I don’t know how it would compare to, say, North 44 which two years ago was doing some exceptional dishes such as their filet mignon of tuna. I’ve also heard that...

I fly on American most of the time. They usually offer a beef/chicken dish and a marinara pasta on flights longer than 5 hours. The pasta is mushy but tastes like a generic frozen meal. Eat it rather than the meat item. In...

I’m a cheapskate fan of Celia’s enchilada lunch plate at around $6 (a real bargain these days). The sauce is yummy, the beans are good, and the tortillas are warm, soft and perfect, and they usually give you butter...

for the evening. It’s much easier to read about complicated dishes than to listen to a list and try to remember each item.

'll even suggest going to Palm Thai to see the Thai Elvis, plus order the wild boar curry, which is still one of my favorite Thai dishes in LA. I would also suggest Persian and Armenian food, which is lacking in NYC. Plenty of...

places I called were sold out. So instead of going out, I bought a couple of nice bottles of champagne, some great chocolates, and a dozen roses. We sat together alone in our living room and had a lovely time ODing on chocolate...

Everything has gone up, I was just in Smart & Final buying some baking stuff, everything is up from a year ago, eggs almost doubled, cheese, milk, almonds & pecans a bit, butter. I know many companies have a gasoline surcharge,...

be prepared to go 2 out of 3 falls with the buspersons to keep your bread & butter on the table until the salads arrive. We think it’s worth it.

(too bad they seem to be dying on the vine). Farmer Boys: onion rings. McDonalds: sausage and egg muffin (only when the particular store slathers some butter on the muffin halves), fish sandwich (when you just have a hankering for...

I saw Humitas served in Santiago, Chile. I understand they are more of a dish from the north, and are also eaten in Ecuador and Peru. They are in the tamale family. Did not eat them, as those escorting me around were big devotees...

We have a large extended family, so we make alot of rounds. It all starts about a week before Christmas. The week of the cookies....Mom makes about 6-7 different kinds of cookies. Alot of them: sugar, oatmeal, peanut butter,...

- there’s a veggie one and three fish/seafood. For mains, there’s a salmon dish and one of John Dory (although you’d need to ask them to leave out the air-dried ham). Service is excellent and I see no reason why...

, though she finds no fault in it). Kikkoman Soy Sauce, for certain dishes (we usually have about four different soy sauces on hand). Rice, medium grain pearl. (It’s amazing how fast we can go through a 50-lb bag). As far as...

other sushi chef, who was trained by Shibuya and worked for him at Shibucho) would have given Kevin shirako unless he specifically requested it. Which raises the issue of how an “outsider” to a culture gains access to...