panini. veritas...upscale but comfortable...no suit. stick with meats...his foie gras is my favorite. telepan...you can go to dinner but lunch here is too stupidly cheap to ignore. get the smoked trout on potato cake and his lamb...

instead of store #3, did they consider making store #1 a full service with the nice poofy couches and chairs and make store #2 a different model, no chairs, but use the space to have a second line. If people want to buy and sit,...

to order in the diner’s lower level galley and the grits cooked there also, the breakfast meats seemed to have led a previous life on a stove that was not on tracks. While not the best of breakfasts consumed in Chino...

is rubbery and flavorless. The vegetables contribute nothing to the pie. After a few bites, I was tempted to up and walk out. There are so many restaurants in the Bay Area making high-end pizza with good cheese, good meats, fresh...

exceptions, it’s scratch cooking! Meats and poultry are an ongoing problem because I have systemic allergies to the anitbiotics and hormones they are fed, and if they’re not withdrawn in plenty of time to clear the...

to Sarkis and try the disaster sandwich filled with none other than . . . disaster meat. Dave’s Italian Kitchen—An Evanston institution that serves dirt-cheap Italian. I’m not fond of their pizza, though. Davis...

I think the specials can be exceptional. Try the whole scallop and/or the sweet jumbo shrimp. The sushi chef makes one or two other dishes out of the ‘nasty bits’ that are really unique along with serving up sashimi from...

of proper dinners—a variety of cheeses, pates, spreads, cured meats and olives, tinned or jarred fish with sliced baguette...or a quick pulled chicken salad over a bed of greens.

kitchenaid bowls, beaters, etc.....even when it’s a teeny load. maybe i just need to buy an extra k/a bowl or two. I sheepishly admit that i would rather leave dinner party dishes until the next day rather than miss out on...

Every time I buy Fig Newtons, I CANNOT help myself before saying, “It's NOT a cookie, it's a Newton”. Even when I am alone I say it to myself. By the way, I use this “not a cookie” rationale when I eat them...

with a brussels sprout leaf cup filled with flavored breadcrumbs. the cup and meat sat on a “table” of butternut squash layered over a chocolate cookie] I liked the combination of venison, squash and chocolate...

Tartine was awesome last time we were there. The only problem was that it was packed, there were 8 of us, it was too cold to eat outside, so we ended up wandering the streets until we found 2 coffeehouses where we could buy...

. I can’t recall the name, but I believe it was called Monmousseau. It was very reasonably priced and quite good, with a crisp acidity and tiny, plentiful bubbles. I’ll have to find the name and buy a few bottles. The...

. It almost sounds like you are saying that only the uneducated and untalented rabble from China come to New York, while the West Coast cities attract the talented and cultured Chinese chefs. Barring some objective form of proof,...

Roast Pork Egg Foo Yung is something I discovered later in life and it’s my new favorite Chinese dish. It’s basically an omelet filled with onions and roast pork (or whatever other kind of meat you want) and served...