My husband is great at the chopping (which is why he loves to make salads – says it makes him feel like a chef! lol) We make a great team. You just need to find the other half of your cooking team!! :)

-fashioned, minimally dressed version of the Chicago dog. Mustard, relish, chopped onion, a couple sport peppers, that’s it. In the city, Jimmy’s at Grand and Pulaski does a good version of the minimal dog ‘n’...

if we are talking about the same man. He had one of your standard glass-covered wagons with shelves for cups of chopped-up fruit, a place for the cooler full of tamales and four jugs of aguas frescas. He said sopes is available...

-14 minutes, then turn them and do 'em another 10 minutes or so, just until they start to get black in spots with some char. Dress 'em with mustard, relish and chopped onions. Use impeccably fresh buns, toasted if you like. I would...

I think we know the same person! I had a friend who invited people to her house for bbq. She supplied the deck and yard and a bowl of spaghetti salad. The salad consisted of 1 package of spaghetti, 1 chopped zucchini and a bottle...

. My shrimp ceviche tostada pretty much sucked, however, with its finely-chopped, yet rubbery little shrimp. Next time, its red meat all the way for me. Maybe a nice huarache as a prelude to my steak. The absence of beer in a...

pastrami I prefer. 2nd Ave also has one of the best chopped livers. mmmm.

'm ashamed, as a Chowhound, that I did not jot the name of the place down. As for the black beans, traditional garnishes at the table include chopped onions, olive oil, and vinegar.

I only use fresh tarragon for fish and omelettes — an omelette with just some chopped fresh tarragon is a thing of beauty.

of the place, I had a proper British dinner, starting with black pudding (aka bloodsausage) salad with poached eggs and potatoes then lamb chops with potatoes dauphinois. Both I and another in our party did the sticky toffee...

opinion); peanut mochi (soft and chewy streamed glutinous-rice dough enveloping a filling of finely chopped peanuts and sugar); pan-fried turnip cakes (moist, with good flavor); red-bean-paste cakes (crispy and delicious);...

1/4 cup olive oil 1 onion, peeled, chopped fine (1/2 cup) 1 cup dry white wine (I use chardonnay, Beringer) 4 1/2 cups veal stock (he makes his own; alternatively Fresh Fields and Sutton place sell for $3.95 frozen stock that works...

A good deal of the disucssion here has wandered away from Mario’s itself. I do agree that it must be accepted as a greasy piazza genre in itself, and that both the barbecue and the sausage are a plus (ask for the sausage...

, the hotel coffee shop in Monte Vista CO (amazing breakfast barrito), Little Annies (incredible pork chop) in Aspen, the fry bread burger in Four Corners, an off the main street cantina in Tijuanna (outrageously great sandwich),...

-I never tried it, but their stuffed pork chops and veal is supposed to be out of this world! The rest of their food is not too shabby for a south side joint. Ken’s guest house 104th & Western – Good steaks that come...