, minced 2 Roma tomatoes, de-seeded, chopped ½ cup each, sour cream, mayonnaise 1 teaspoon salt Freshly ground pepper Heat oven to 400 degrees. Place peppers directly on rack and roast until evenly charred and soft, about 20 minutes....

When we were buying a rug at Moon Palace (see blog), we asked them about fresh water eels, since they are both native to this part of the world and native to Shanghainese cooking. The thing with fresh, truly fresh fresh-water...

some people all the more determined to try it and judge for themselves. Here’s a laugh: In my fantasy(a la www.freerice.com) every person who has been convinced NOT to go to Ubuntu- gives 10% of the cost of the dinner they...

Not a deal breaker. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again... When I first met my husband, he ate spaghetti with Kraft parmesan “cheese” from the green can every night for dinner. He had never even...

were from her required category. In contrast, Leah’s oatmeal crust was barely visible, and Hosea’s wasn’t much more; Jamie used both the oats and the required fruit as minor components, basically garnishes....

since we started cooking our own, but there are very few restaurants that seem to put any effort into them anymore. $18+. On to the beard contest, where we spent most of our time waiting. The organizer was one of those people who...

The LAPD’s Academy has a cafe open M-F for breakfast & lunch. There’s tons of memorabilia and a store to buy stuff. Although it is now in BH, Cafe Blanc’s old digs on Beverly just east of Vermont had to be the...

even see boiling water. Much less bathe in it. I would never buy back ribs either (Unless there was a really good sale) since side ribs are much more flavourfull and take seasonings much better. To me, chili is a meat dish with...

. It has a typical Wegmans layout and look. Lots of earth tones, puntuated by little red and larger green tiles. First you enter a external lobby where the carts will be stored, then through a little “tunnel” which...

If you drove from SFO to Berkeley in the other direction (so over the San Mateo Bridge), you would be on 880 and be able to get In N Out on your way to Berkeley, which is always a good late night meal. Otherwise, you might want...

, that the husband was cooking! Mina was walking around directing him. horrible horrible horrid. And I’m someone who can look past the broken down box used as welcome mat (nice touch), the trap door by the bathroom (lawsuit...

Drewes they do not sell their product in supermarket freezers. You have to buy to scooped fresh in the store. I will put Kopp’s again Berthillion, Vivoli, Graeter’s, Double Rainbow, anyone for the title of best frozen...

to a restaurant in the world that has the quality and amazing coursework and preparation, combined with the intimacy (he only seats 10 people per night!) and direct, humble, funny, interesting interaction with the chef, like what...

're really happy and proud to report and debate on this site). Given the economic part of the equation, although not directly a chowhound goal, that such places tend to displace the truly unique places, and that such a trend is...

I make a chicken piccata from cook’s illustrated that is so delicious. I have given the recipe to 4 or five people and everyone, without exception, has said they get raves when they make it. If he doesn’t like it buy...