I saw this thread this morning and I was in the area so I went there for lunch. I got there around 1:00pm. I ordered the cheese burger, chocolate milkshake (they don’t have the machine ready yet, but that’s ok since I read from...

't sacrifice taste. She made a very low fat chocolate pudding pie that I tried, and I’ve liked her ever since that turned out to be incredibly delicious and a healthier dessert option for my repertoire. I take great offense...

a much simpler setting would have sufficed. At a certain level, it’s a matter of taste and social trend. Kudos to you for having such a wealth of knowledge on the topic. At a certain point, though, I’m afraid this...

're really happy and proud to report and debate on this site). Given the economic part of the equation, although not directly a chowhound goal, that such places tend to displace the truly unique places, and that such a trend is...

I was thoroughly underwhelmed by Grotto: a lovely room with some seriously uninspired food (some of which was just plain inedible), topped off with the strangest dessert I have ever had, a "chocolate pudding" that was in fact...

Cool, highly-functional non-traditional cabinet configurations. I’m not really informed about current kitchen trends or what’s now standard (I’ve only ever cooked in my family’s small, traditional kitchen,...

i agree about mark’s personality transformation. in the beginning he seemed like a pleasant, jovial guy from down under. now he’s crankier than a woman with PMS during chocolate rationing...and in the promos for next...

of the kitchen might be vastly different. There’s also a lot more turnover in SF, with some really great, innovative places closing. That’s a new trend in NY as well though. Supermarkets in SF are just superior. NY...

's as ubiquitous as miso cod or molten chocolate cake. The short ribs were fatty and not properly trimmed. It’s pretty much improssibe to mess up short ribs. The only good dish I had there out of 12 was the sepia and...

chocolates, Pambiche for Cuban feasting, Apizza Scholls for pizza — the list is astounding. I never have sufficient time in Portland to eat through my list.

. "Traditional Mexican cooking is as complicated and precise as traditional French cooking, with just as many hide-bound conventions as French cuisine imposes. You can’t just throw some chiles and a glob of chocolate into a...

a formerly delicious food that’s been made less delicious through mass production, e.g., pizza hut “pizza”; or to appeal to a less selective audience, e.g., those freaky chocolate chip “bagels” at...

No – they don’t put peanuts on their plain cheesecake. What a scary scary thought. The strawberry and chocolate cheesecakes are pretty god-awful, but I’m still partial to the plain. I’ve only gotten a...

What a great list, to which I would add the following, for starters: Roast Chicken, fried onion/lemon/potato plate, and a Sidecar at Palena in the cafe Any of the salads and the chocolate chip brioche bread pudding at Little...