. One cousin had a restaurant in Japan Town, San Francisco, another did the Dai Ichi places in Fresno, another a US Coast Guard cook followed by a lifetime after of good, professional food! Long ago, my first wife was a great...

's but by the same token it isn’t just coasting on history the way I think M+F’s is, unfortunately. Dan Tana is clubby, small and cared for while M+F does not have the feeling that someone is guarding over the place....

' market. It’s an attempt to emulate the great transportation center food markets like the Halles du Gare in Montreal and the refurbished Grand Central Terminal in New York, and I wi success.

i’m glad for your taco help, guys. honestly, thanks! NY-tristate mexican food is laughable compared to the quality of cali/LA. i’ve yet to try SF tacos, but i’m sure it’ll kick the crap out of any east...

a month. The recipes themselves aren’t particularly exciting, but using the book will teach you to cook! My very favorite cookbook (wore out my first copy) is the More with Less Cookbook put out by the Mennonite Central...

I disagree. I’ve had fantastic grits in Boston, biscuits and gravy in Florida and Tex-Mex every place I’ve lived. So far that includes 7 places from coast to coast, north and south. I think that was the case 30 years...

Not sure if I qualify to answer here being from the left coast and not Manhattan and getting on to geezerhood. My first wife and I always cooked, rarely went out to restaurants and didn’t miss it. We also didn’t drink...

Yes, they are potatoes. I got mine at Central Market in Texas ... presumably you might find them at either a gourmet grocery or farmer’s market ... or grow your own ;)

as a central plot element. Herring rollmops, indeed. Hot chicken wings with cold beer. I’ve got a copy of 'Mrs. Rasmussen’s Cookbook' around somewhere.

. Laid on a bed of sauerkraut that has been seasoned with tomato sauce and brown sugar, napped with t. sauce, then baked off. I agree with GG, these are better the 2nd or 3rd day! The weather finally has turned cooler here along...

Personally I have never heard of black and blue nor Pittsburgh, and I have lived in Pittsburgh for 6 years. Is this a east coast terminology? I understand that Outback has “call ahead seating”. But since you...

Mmm. Frito Pie. I was on the east coast until a few days ago and needed a dish where all the ingredients could be purchased two weeks in advance and then assembled on site at the picnic. As part of the honey tasting, we discovered...

Here’s what I found on “ramps” — although I don’t know that they are common in Canada, at least central Canada, since I’d never heard of them before. Fiddleheads, on the other hand, are...

. That should be a toss up between Casey and Hung. Dale, I think, coasted by for most of the challenge and obviously put up a good fight in this episode. I don’t think, though, that he has earned the Top Chef title I want to...

to put it, bad cook. I didn’t really start to understand the pleasure of a good meal until I was on my own and moved to the west coast. What’s your story?