flavor. [Note: the French toast orders made with the famous bread looked pretty good and the one omelet that passed by was a dried-out looking, thin, three-fold topped with a melted square of American cheese artfully placed dead...

gravy (I noted that it was too smooth to have been homemade, but good none the less). The sides ranged from exquisite (wonderful sticky candied sweet potatoes)to average (mac and cheese that could have used a bit more cheese to...

I went out to dinner last year for a special meal on valentines day with some friends...why? because i was single. why should’nt i get to treat myself?? I may even buy me flowers, hehe. I have on occasion however,...

exquisite. I always use nutmeg at the very end. It enhances the sweetness (or somethng like that). I’m not sure why I like it so much better with the nutmeg. I buy a well-marbled chuck roast and ask the guy at the meat...

thought it curious that the skin was left on for plating. The cheese plate was fine. Unimpressive but presented well. The salad course was good. No complaints on that alone. Entrees. I ordered the lamb. The dish was accompanied by...

. Don’t think I’ll go back, except to buy flat breads) Big city Has never moved me, I cant help but see them as an understocked bakery, good if they have any.Pizza? Little Italy is possibly the scuzziest place in town,...

is made with vinegar & bacon & onions – not mayo & egg, relish, etc. like ours. It’s actualy very good. You can buy it canned in most any market or find plenty of recipes to make it yourself. Rotkohl is also another...

I am a slut for best of’s, year-end reviews, compilations and such. I mean I ended up once buying Milwaukee Magazine’s “Top Restaurant” list. That makes sense, no? So, it is time for me to produce my own...

-fat yogurt, cottage cheese, applesauce and vegetables. 8. Bring your lunch to work. It is overwhelming how many calories are in your typical speed-through it, no so great takeout sandwich. 9. Never let yourself get too hungry. If...

to start. 5. Explore Japantown, especiall the enclosed mall buildings. Make a stop at the Murwa grocery store. Buy some premium sake here to take back home. While you are in the neighborhood, tour St. Mary’s Cathedral:...

I have one to add: Land of Submarines (Touhy & California) Notable for their awesome tuna salad subs and the big cheese sticks on their hot dogs (gasp!! sacrilege!) Link: http://www.eatchicago.net/

at home, is that I get to eat all those crispy bits at the bottom. Artery-cloggers for sure, but such flavor... Fortunately, when my husband goes home to visit his family, he buys a couple of kilos of carnitas and freezes them...

the accepted rules of sanitation and buy laboratory-bred yeast that produces ensured results. We need to remember though that it’s been less than a hundred years since we’ve been trained in this new mindset. Every...

" extra virgin for, well, something special. I buy the latter in smaller bottles, quarter liters about, and try to use it up. By the way, I’ve gotten into using different salts, as well, and find that they add another, very...

dinners, and Kraft mac-n-cheese? I can’t tell you how many of my friends, most professional, are leary of eating at anything that isn’t a chain. Most people are programed to eat what is easy and not to explore food....