of a convection oven mode (my oven can do standard and convection, some do one or the other and some do both), which is nice when you want to roast a chicken in 40 minutes or bake a cake in half an hour. I can see the advantage of...

the dishwasher, the guy(s)who cleans the plates you eat from, cleans the floor. Usually there is a cleaning crew that comes in in the morning or afternoon (depending if the restaurant is open for lunch or not) who cleans the...

as well. the dim sum is consistently good and they always offer a big selection of items. if you really stuff yourself, as i tend to when it comes to small plates of anything, you can take a walk afterward along the embarcadero...

this is their community. I don’t recall seeing many other, or any other, children there. But, yes, I’ve seen kids there picking out their pinatas or birthday cakes from the book at the bakery. And this has been pretty...

written up, on rue du Seine, two blocks from Fish/La Boissonerie (also written up herewith). You can’t miss the Philip Treacy-esque display and bet you could wear the cakes too. Fromagerie: Cantin – there are at least...

bottle and if you are wine-adventurous you will get to try wines that you might never have had. The tray of petit fours at the end is icing on the cake. I love mixing and matching from the 5 course menu; if you don’t want a...

provided by bloggers who will give a positive mention of their establishments, discussion boards, chowhound, etc. everybody’s gotten used to folks snapping a pic or 2 before starting in on their plate. hey if a pic of the...

be a hindrance in Vegas. Harold goes hot and cold – if he doesn’t like what he has to deal with, he seems to get very huffy and cranky. Although he did really well with choosing popcorn and making the popcorn cakes....

are no longer making brownies/Caesar dressing/muhamahara, but instead are making chocolate cake/krissywats' personal favorite salad dressing that was inspired by a Caesar salad dressing/red pepper dip? To me, the ingredients they...

mushroom soufflé. What I got was not a soufflé but a ramekin-full of mushroom mousse turned out onto a plate. A starchy, gritty white sauce surrounded the mass in the center. While the mousse-like texture was unsettling—I...

love TexMex – and think someone should write a book comparing "The Number One Plate" at all the best – but Chuys wouldn’t be in the book. You can do much better. If you love pork in Mexican dishes, you could try...

While Musha in Santa Monica is very good, I have a tough time categorizing it as an “izakaya” restaurant — more an adventurous small-plates fusion. As such, I’ve got to recommend Orris on Sawtelle in...

at the age of 50 i developed an allergy to all nuts (notpeanuts). prior to that i would eat every cashew in site, pile my plate with chestnut stuffing and have every nut in chocolate dessert imaginable. Then THUMP after a half a...

their menu. Have you tried the following dishes below ? Too Man Pla- deep fried fish cake, served with cucumber sauce. Both served good version of this Pad Thai – rice noodles stir fry with choice of meat and bits of veg and...

possible that they might open a cabinet looking for a plate or a glass or something and fall upon your “stash.” I guess I would still make sure to have some “healthy” alternatives to offer but if...