. If you want a fun outing, go to the Chelsea Market on 9th Ave. & 15th St., have a lobster roll and chowder at the fish place and take in the scene. The building is beautifully done and it’s a food boutique with a wine...

as the establishment prepares it, with no changes. As for chicken over, say, asada or carnitas, chicken is widely consumed AND it is the most tasteless meat. My theory is that if the establishment can prepare an interesting...

of expensive wine, being patronizied... etc, yet people still seem to think that they can be the exception. I’m not saying that people can never enjoy Winterlicious. Many do. But for every good Winterlicious experience I...

It’s funny how tastes can change with this sort of thing. I remember loving Bugles as a kid. I bought a box of them last year, ate maybe three of them, and threw the rest away... I’d rather eat packing material. Uncle...

purple goddess, you’re great! Just read your thing about the fois gras too, you keep making me laugh. I’d share some burnt bubble tortillas and naan and fois gras if I knew you could hook me up with some 9th Island...

. sweet-n-low is 300 times. splenda is 600 times sweeter. i’ve seen customers put 2 or 3 packs of these in cups of restaurant coffee. in the wine business, we say, “americans talk dry, but drink sweet.” hence the...

's revealed about himself as a person. it was a welcome change. of course, i still want casey to win.

different with martini/tail glasses and they were not. Surprisingly, Reidel, the maker of the stemless wine glass doesn’t seem to be going to the stemless martini glass cradled in a chiller/holder. The other legend behind...

First off, it’s hard to find any agreement on what “authentic” is, and definitions seem to change over time. Overall, “authentic” seems to be used most often by people looking to judge others' food...

/bacon involved, please), and if there are any other Boston specialties we need to know about, please share! 1 good Chinese restaurant (nothing super authentic, we’re not that brave...but certainly not like PF Chang's...

Nichols department store near a nice residential square. Pleasant if unremarkable décor and worthy service. Tasty food and excellent wines—we had a Verdicchio and a 1997 Brunello di Montalcino. For food I had octopus and...

Gary, This is probably the best place to staple this thing. Here you go... Erik’s Rough n' Ready Approximation of LTH’s CSC I begin with a major, major change. A small chicken. I personally like something around 2lbs,...

- and there will probably be no one but you admiring that Picasso, Klee, Münther, Degas, Kadinsky, Chagall, etc – great undervisited museum! For a change of pace & if the weather’s bad (what are the odds of that!?),...

of the meal, you’d be easily charged 15-20% higher for his level of cooking elsewhere. Large wine list as well. For fireworks, I’d check out going into Coronado and watching fireworks across the bay. That’s...

, study, or observation." It renders the word virtually meaningless, as in The Art of WIne Tasting . In that case, the person who appreciates the photos you took is every bit the artist as the person who created the images. Or, a...