is the youngest Michelin three sar chef ever. This restaurant may be the El Bulli of Italy so to speak just not quite so radical. And, sir, do not laugh at the AutoGrill. I’ll put their “Olivia” with Calabrian...

of rudeness. If they liked the food, and there were leftovers, then I’m sure they would be happy to take some of the leftovers home with them. My personal philosophy has always been that if my guests don’t like my...

As a MOT I feel required to take notice of any accomplishment of any other Jewish person (are other minorities also obsessed with claiming their "celebrities"?) and I can’t believe that in this one thread I’m hearing...

made ugly cake at a kid’s birthday party or the subpar supermarket shortening-frosted cake w/ neon superheroes galavanting equals "we’re celebrating here" whereas a bad pie....it’s inedible, it’s ugly,...

crawl in Paris last October when we drank a toast to him in each of the 20 arrondissements. If so, you may also recall that I had planned the birthday to include a surprise meet up with our son to help celebrate. That meet up was...

This is about 1/2 tongue in cheek —- Do Seattlelites have a phobia against fish ? Or perhaps some kind of twisted psychosis where it is A-Ok to celebrate places where you can get 1/2 a side of fatty, cholesterol rich beef...

, at the very end, the same popped mustard seed/fried curry leaves “garnish” that I described above. *Fish moilee (Meen moilee) Another of the most celebrated dishes of Kerala. If I understand the concept correctly, a...

. The area (Cerro San Angel) is also monarch butterfly country and about four years ago or so, there was a major international cause celebre resulting from the discovery of layers of dead butterflies that perished (supposedly)...

quintessential Montréal experience is visiting a byow restaurant – a way people who may have more passion than money manage to have celebrations. There are many threads on this board and others about the best byo or byow...

celebration. Although I didn’t find the technique in Cooking Light, I would never have previously considered a vegetable dish to be important at a cookout. I also often cook dinners for my family from the magazine, even...

to Peter Pan for a celebration dinner. I remember the peacocks on the grounds, the fried shrimp (I’m still partial to fried shrimp all these years later) but especially their hush puppies with cheese in them. We went to...

chefs. © I like to support smaller neighborhood establishments run by families rather than ones run by financiers. It’s bad enough to have lost dozens of coffee shops, bakeries, and delis to the likes of Starbucks,...

[Note: I posted this on the Pennsylvania Board earlier today. It was suggested that I post it here for a wider response.] On Saturday night, I went out with my wife and her brother and mother to celebrate a birthday. We went to a...

The Observer Food magazine to tell them where they should go and which chefs they should worship at the feet of. Restaurants until recently have been bastard hybrids ranging from faux French to Pacific Fusion without any of the...

love the high end small plates they serve for dinner, particularly the deconstructed rack of lamb tartar. And the pork chop – my god, it is incredible! The chef really know what he’s doing. Soop i or miss. Some are a...