Real Ice Cream on El Camino in Santa Clara, CA. It’s actually an Indian chaat shop in a strip mall somewhere near Bowers. They make their own ice cream. Many of the flavors are not traditional American, things like honey...

Nice to read about a wacky, contrarian, anti-establishment type. Sounds like the nuns beat him a few too many times or the Jesuits at Santa Clara rode his ass. Any way, $2 buck chuck has probably helped the wine biz way more then...

is a very highly regarded wine country restaurant.... menu looks very interesting... Cal-French with lots of interesting sounding Asian accents. Other than that... its been very busy with the busy so I haven’t had a chance...

I love Depression Cooking with Clara. http://www.greatdepressioncooking.com/Depression_Cooking/Welcome.html And I’m sure I’m not alone when all I can think of is my grandmother while watching her. I know my...

. Clear broth clam chowder. In New Bedford at Antonio’s, Ribatejana (cubes of cooked-forever pork in a paprika/garlic sauce, shrimp, quahogs, with cubed french fried potatoes on top). Lobster, steamed softshell clams, corn...

Ahhhh, memories of Clara Peller. Your comments about INO are classic. I’ve become kind of bored with INO. When there were very few of them around and the other choices were MacDonalds or Jack in the Box, INO was truly a...

't strike me as a dessert kind of guy, but in case you’re in Los Gatos and have a sweet tooth, I’ve been dying to try Fleur de Cocoa. They’ve just started making French-style ice cream, so I need to go check...

the eggs, through a fine sieve, into the top of a double boiler, stirring the eggs the entire time. Add pepper and good French salt. After about 5 minutes, when small curds appear, you begin to whisk, until it is a pudding...

I think we’re splitting hairs, here. one could as justifiably say that The French Laundry is part of a chain, with one chef running five (?) kitchens. And Chinese cuisine, IMHO, is less chef-driven than Euro-American...

I’m gonna be staying in Sonoma County for a week on vacation with my girlfriend. All I know the area has is great wine, the French Laundry, some great restaurants (Chez Panisse, Gary Danko) and authentic Vietnamese in San...

could return to her grandfather. Yeah, Heidi had a lot of chow focus. When Clara sends the grandmother some cakes and and a shawl, and the grandmother is taken by the shawl ... "Heidi could not help feeling some surprise at the...

Soif (pronounced like “swoff”) means “thirst” in French. The focus of the food is around the wine, so it’s great for wine enthusiasts. Keep in mind that their portions tend to be on the small side,...

: These places are all great when the start out, then the downward spiral begins. I don’t understand why this should happen to Mexican restaurants and not to many others. Yes, the cooking can be very labor intensive, but...

I think the French American school is fighting it.