as it has been on previous visits. (The cheese course with eppouise, St. Agur, Roaring 40’s and Pierre Robert 75% triple creme is a reminder of just how good this overlooked course in America can be. Danko’s must be...

I have eaten at plenty of decent Indian restaurants in New York, but I've never found one where the quality of food was amazing. My standard for good Indian is a place in San Francisco called Indian Oven. In fact, I think Indian...

I've just uploaded a couple of articles detailing my recent trip to the Bay Area (I found tons of great chow!). Take a look. If your opinions differ, feel free to chime in on this board! Likewise if you think I've missed...

Recently, I invited a good friend and the new man in her life over to our place for a relaxed dinner at home. I regularly throw weekend dinner parties, so no big deal for me. My friend says she suffers from gluten intolerance,...

, but they taste great) sliced very thinly, tossed in olive oil and salt, roasted for about 15 minutes in the oven as soon as the turkey comes out. About 2 minutes before the sprouts are done, you can (optionally) throw some...

Thank you, Karl. Glad I've got some time on my hands this evening to read over that one.. :)

I've always thought that if a place has more than one branch, then it’s not very good. Or only one branch is good. A lot of New Yorkers think this. But, here in Tulsa, a lot of people prefer to go to nationwide chains. Are...

" in quotes because the first year she did this, after people RSVP’d, she sent around a list of dishes that she wanted people to bring that were extremely specific like "new potatoes au gratin with gruyere cheese," had a...

trays. (My kids are appalled, too.) Sooner or later this will drive me away, though the tamales will probably bring me back. They've stopped putting the salsas in little pots (I always worried about people dipping their half-eaten...

I’m a sushi freak and being new to LA, all I hear about are the super popular and well known places that have the best sushi (Nobu, Matsuhisa, Urasawa, Katana, Koi, Geisha House) and I’m sure they are wonderful. They...

. That is to say, I've had better at each. Katz’s was downright disappointing as the slics of the pastrami were grossly overthick. And Ben’s pizza was too tomatoe-y even for Ben’s. (But the pizza at Pie’s,...

I don’t know that we have a great seafood restaurant – I've had amazing fish dishes at restaurants – including the chilean sea bass at Mastro’s – but none were at seafood restaurants. As for...

Fuquay, and the Kroger is abysmal.......all the Krogers that I've seen in the Triangle have been weak.....Whole Paycheck i or miss.....quite frankly I find myself going to Trader Joe’s, HT and either Walmart,or BjJs to...

and took a seat at the bench across from the cashier instead of waiting in the bar. The place was the emptiest I've seen it at that time (but soon a party of 26 arrived!), and I had a chance to strike up a conversation with one...

, a total of six drinks between three drinkers, after all, we did have to conquer some prime beef later) we ordered as starters, one tomato and onion salad with creamy blue cheese dressing, one spinach salad and one order of...