I’m going to disagree on this one too. I’ve had friends tell me this over the years then come to my house, or to something I’ve catered. I can and do bake and cook tho I find that I’m frequently asked to...

at the Scott’s in JLS in the past two years that I thought was much better than average for a catered event. I had a simple salad, not overdressed, and my main was salmon, grilled simply and not overcooked. Nor were the...

spin on a Silver Palate catering-sandwich-recipe. My version was homemade baguettes, yummy garlic vinaigrette, arugula, proscuitto, ricotta/parsley mixture, and the marinated eggplant. YUM. (More details on SP threads, and check...

). You probably already know about Borough Market and you can just about find anything you need there. There are several other street markets such as Broadway Market that caters to hipsters, offering a mixtures of food and...

I had a frined who was working as a caterer many years ago and he told the tale of preparing a big bowl of wasabi and was getting ready to portion it out. A bus boy came whizzing by and scooped up a big fingerful and popped it in...

cynical: they pick very high rent areas, which are already rich with choices. Why Park Slope, why Union Square, why the Time Warner Center, which is maybe the highest rent location there is in this entire expensive city? They are...

Padma and Katie Lee may both be famous because of their marriages, but both were cooks long before they got married. Katie Lee was in food (a caterer?) before she met Billy Joel. Padma started to cook and create cookbooks when...

to explode. Then they each left a $0.25 tip for a server who basically catered to their coffee-cheapness.

— other than Thai, which we’ve never found to be as good anywhere as in Los Angeles. To be fair to New Orleans, it does have wonderful indiginous cuisine, but we found it scarce in restaurants, which quite often cater...

's there to serve sushi in the way he chooses to. He rarely speaks, except when he scolds rude, loud, demanding customers. Contrary to many opinions written here, he does not cater to snobs. He hardly tolerates them. He prefers...

to cook every tasting for you personally when they’re in L.A. which is most of the time. They have a 90 seat restaurant. Lee would love to but now oversees an empire including other Spagos, some catering, and Vert. Spago has...

frequently are about lowest-common denominator taste of the masses style food. Not really catering to actual ethnic communities, but rather to an idea of what sort of pieces of an ethnic heritage would appeal to the by and large...

Some of your “hates” are my loves: La Morra and Clear Flour for instance which are two of my favorite Brookline stops. East Coast Grill catered a wedding for us and we love them. Some I agree with: Santarpio has...

and carefully orchestrated to build upon each other. The steak comment was not directed to you, but rather to some posts that seemed to suggest that it is a restaurant’s duty to cater to every whim of the customer, no matter...

based on the volume of food one obtained. At the next meeting, we are having a do-it-yourself Chinese dinner. Immediately someone said it must be catered because nobody makes good chinese at home! Next breath, requested...