are delicious. Fortunately, they are very generous with samples so keep tasting until you find something you like. Kirala - Just skip the prepackaged stuff and go for the made to order nigiri and rolls. Fresh fish, generous...

if it is the owner of the Coal Oven of Legend. It wasn’t. As a matter of fact, we had a hard time stirring up any counter help there until Pete opened the door to the attached commercial bakery which seemed to bring the...

of the food (OK, maybe the Hunnan fish offered at Moon Palace and the Fukinese was too wierd for many) is ANYTHING as you describe. Visit the places in Chinatown recommended on this board. Order the dishes recommended on this...

-prepared flight attendants heat up their own food in aircraft galleys all the time.) The only way to heat up a baby bottle in a commercial aircraft galley is with hot water. This is easy but time consuming if the galley’s...

the cheap aggressive vulgar cassia) is piled on in commercial horchata as a shrill insistent additional “flavor”. By the way, we discussed other types of horchata: horchata with a bit of ground almond, the...

and has no TV) After surveying her simple comings and goings, we realized that the only way she could have gotten onto their list was through her grocery card, since she never buys meat or fish. I pretty much accept my defeat in...

, but if you make them with Valhrona chocolate, Wow, different taste. Then you have to ask is it still authentic if they “dumb down” the ingredients. I think in lots of Commercial products they use a cheaper ingredient...

you take a day trip across the strait to Morocco. You’ll only get to hit the northernmost city (Tangiers), it will be horribly commercial and you’ll be pestered by guides (my trick: pay somebody five bucks to simply...

More ventilation than you think you’ll need. I can’t say this enough if you use a cast iron grill, a wok, if you fry food, make pungent sauces, make fish. I’m sorry — real cooks make smoke and send cooking...

I remember with clarity the kids from “From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler”, who ran away from home and ended up living in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They fished coins from the fountain in front...

information in the book as well, and i earnestly recommend it. full disclosure: i know willie, i buy wine from willie, but i no affilliation &/or commercial interest with him. one more point: to drink wine just to get a buzz going...

Obviously you don’t watch/listen to the right programming, or you’d have heard the commercials touting Outback’s “call ahead seating” so you can get your name on the list before you arrive....

I don’t think the freshness problem is nearly as bad as 5-10 years ago, but it still exists. But as a former homebrewer, I know how much fun it is to consume your own freshly made beer. As for price, it’s probably not...

beneath the skin of commercial cooking, and its almost always visible. for eg, thats my complaint about indian restaurant food. its the same moghlai menu all over the world and it gives you absolutely no idea what the cuisine is...

(209 W. Cermak, 312-842-1964; see suggested items to order at 17166) is one of several spots in the touristy Wentworth St. Chinatown area whose menu includes the familiar but goes into realms far beyond the ken of P.F....