concerns because you DO know how to appreciate good chow and are rightly uncomfortable with what happened.

it rude to make X amount of guests wait for one person before everyone can eat. I try to avoid this situation by making the kinds of dishes that don’t require last-minute prep. The sheer joy of sitting and chowing down with...

Any kind of Asian fried noodles, whether it’s just the plain old chow mein or pad thai. I hate a lot of oil in my cooking so I think that’s my problem because I don’t use a lot of oil in the wok so my noodles...

your chow to the cafe, ask them for glasses & have them open your wine. No pretense, no attitude, just ultrafresh sushi & mollusks with fine wine for a pittance, so relax & enjoy.

Oh, absolutely, traveling is different. I think my post acknowledged that (although it also acknowledged that if you’re diligent and care enough about tasty chow, you can get it while you’re traveling). Granted,...

it on chow, Sam was my early pick for the winner.

Not surprised. But I wi would have been Ilan.

to pay $175 for the wine we brought. Ok so on to the chow. Thank goodness for some redemption. Three of us had the tasting menu, the fourth a nice large tartare followed by some pretty tasty papardelle with wild boar. The tasting...

Yup. I’ve been gone many years (as in living away, though I’m visiting in a couple weeks). Most of these years, I’ve been in Los Angeles. There’s a lot of great chow in LA, but none of the grocery chains...

I forgot about these things earlier: 1. Scrapple — once is enough. I don’t care if it comes in “hot and spicy” flavor or not, just, no. 2. Watermelon — it was fine until my husband and I were chowing...

the waiter to ask the chef if it’s possible for a different thing instead. Thanks chows, now everything on the menu is "In Play"

The sad thing here is we are preaching to the chorus. The parents who ignore learning these very important life skills are not the people who frequent Chow Hound

gary, what’s going on? yeah, you know, i really missed posting. it’s fun to be back on board again. eunice and i will be in town in november. i’ll give you advance notice so we can get some of the ny chow crew...

"So why should we be complacent about where we eat- if we were, this board would have nothing to exist for!" Umm- that’s what my post was about. Not giving in to bad chow. "My kids are most definately not spoiled- except that...

you’re done? Funny that this is my favorite time of year, chow-wise, and it leaves me so grumpy!