My feelings exactly. I used to love smoked oysters as a college student and now just the smell of that cottonseed oil makes me sick. For me, it worked in reverse for natto.

I find I’m more on the other end, ie. how do I control my own food snobbery. Moving from NY to a small college town has been quite an adjustment in terms of dining out “standards.” The only things objectively...

crust slightly blackened on the bottom from the coal fire, the fresh tomato sauce, and just the right amount of cheese and toppings at Modern, Sally’s, Pepe’s and about a dozen others...Bright College Years indeed! To...

there (esp. w/some simple tweaking), and things like garlic presses have their uses. Cooking is the art of the possible and it’s simply impossible for the average person to always have the time, strength, and inclination to...

..very romantic). And you’ll feel you’re robbing them blind when the bill arrives... Best brunch: there are so many options, and they’re all so good, but my sentimental favorite is Mildred Pierce in the Arts and...

artfulness you may want to check out amarind in oak park, or if you really put a premium on your desire, arun’s) "Of course it should be obvious by now, as I had hoped it was obvious before, that my posts on this subject are...

Art Smith commented that she was too defensive to be a top chef, but I agree the body language was an elephant in the room and I was relieved to hear it said out loud.

in canada. i think it was in montreal during some college model UN conference, but i don’t remember, since it was many years ago. makes some sense, since the heaviness of trad’l soul food is actually better tailored...

comments (paraphrased): She doesn’t have any formal education in culinary arts, so she can’t possibly have a palate, and she applies common usage while speaking, so she can’t possibly be a food writer. Tsk, tsk,...

I was in the same boat in college. Just keep looking on Ebay. There’s so many there that every once in a while a great deal slips through. I got mine for about 125 incl. shipping. It’s like a rock. Once when kneading...

; bunches of matchstick-thin asparagus, selling for a song; green and yellow beans, standing upright in little wooden baskets, looking like delicious art; bushels and bushels of apples; and wild blueberries, tiny and deep cobalt,...

making kids, Disney’ll keep making money. Oh yea, and regarding the Pez “candy”. It’s also may be further proof that kids are not the go to people for culinary opinions, although even as a kid I remember...

for business meetings, when attending a business dinner/lunch; In these cases, it is the responsibility of the party that requested the lunch to pay for the meal." http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art43921.asp "Although it can...

, lots of reds from the Medoc region of France, lots of the Argentinian Malbecs, there are many good options from Australia – try a Grenache blend, I also found that some of the least expensive Spanish wines can be...

and convenience. Other delis I like are Art's in Studio City and Junior’s in West L.A.