lots of things that Indians would order that weren’t on the menu, and I would just write it phonetically and tell the kitchen guys, who would whip it right up. The menu is pretty generic – no dosai – but I think...

below the calorie count and their menu was clearly the odds on favorite, for reasons having nothing to do with the cookie. I do think, though, that her team should probably have been disqualified and another winning team...

hostess, server. And aside from having to bite my tongue from time to time when a patron will do something like point to an item on the menu which might say “...duck confit w/a fried duck egg” and ask how the egg is...

I went to a pub last week that had a peanut butter burger on the menu. I took the bait and I was delightfully surprised at how good it was. Classic burger with lettuce, toms and onion with a scoop of crunchy peanut butter. This...

to those events, it implies you have enough means to host some modest repast (for example, the picnic menu I suggested would cost less than a modest bottle of wine).

what’s served with a smile if you’re at someone’s house and find something you can handle on the menu without comment if you’re out."

for the salad-eater. Sometimes one person will just pick up the entire bill, and it’s always reciprocated at some point. Fortunately adding tax and tip in Los Angeles is easy math — the menu price of your food plus...

(and one I can express in Tagalog) regarding the good, bad, and ugly re Filipino food . But I don’t quite understand your question. On the other hand, my great friend, Villa is preparing filipino food for a get together in...

Coast brewpub with high ceilings, a large bar and dining area, numerous televisions, and plenty of brewery equipment on display. Our server was friendly, efficient, and knowledgeable about the beers. The menu is typical brewery...

It’s funny you should mention the food touching. I have a friend who has scoured the internet and kitchen stores for plates/trays that have divider sections. The kind you get for children, you know? She is obsessed with her...

when we were talking/cooking/talking/ together. Four of the five children have exactly this kind of kitchen life in their homes; the exception being the son-in-law who’s a professional chef and wants no help and no...

It’s just a labeling issue to me. If one write a dish on a menu, then it should be within the range of variation for that dish so that one roughly knows what to expect. For example, we’d be disappointed if we ordered...

'am." It was a sign of respect. Kind of like Europeans use Herr or Madame. I raised my children that way that way as well. We would get chewed out for forgetting that more than for about anything we could do. To this day,...

recognized she gives the OK for the OLD way. If I order something that is too spicy (rarely happens) or I simply don’t like I do not return it, not only would that spoil it for people who like it but, unless the menu was...

Here are a few that were very popular when I was young and hardly ever seen on a menu or eaten now: Scrapple or Pon Haus Borscht was very popular in the 60’s Old Fashioned Lemon Dainty Cookies Beef Tongue Watermelon Pickle...