its way easier to have guests with dietary restrictions, than be a host with dietary restrictions. that’s what we’ve learned here folks. also, that communication between hosts and guests is important. and the more...

knowledge and skill to provide a good menu executed with excellence.He can still name stands and restaurants that current throughout Sinaloa, and he goes there to eat and study to stay abreast of practices and dishes.As an...

.) The Lovely Dining Companion speaks no Italian and mine is fairly minimal but we rarely had much trouble communicating, either in shops or sightseeing or even in restaurants. We were taken aback at the number of tourists in...

away from that standard, the sloppier will become the cooking. Now, the second corollary to my theory, is if you have someone at your table in constant communication with the owner, in Chinese, discussing in great details, the...

compensated for his/her skill/efforts/responsibility). How is my tipping going to reward them for their efforts? From what I have heard, tips that bartenders and SOME servers take home, more than makes up for any sympathy given...

cooking in particular that brought the two of you together in the first place...so i’m guessing it’s safe to say he didn’t marry you solely for your culinary skills. in which case i honestly don’t think...

Frankly it’s more a communication/style thing and it’s not just SF/NY because I see it in LA too. NY’er tend to commiserate and go on about not being able to get something like in NYC. That’s fine, because...

nights he might just have to cook something by himself :o) Don’t make yourself feel like just because you’re the lady in the relationship that this becomes your second job. Don’t let his pasta skills throw you...

asked if the original poster wanted change. 1) The server didn’t know the price of the bill off hand. Even if the server did know the price of the bill due to various circumstances their math skills may not be 100% 2) The...

terms, using skills he believes he has and clearly enjoys – writing and traveling etc. If he were interested in following the pack he would have his own line of Cooking with the Rock Stars cookbooks, he would have a cooking...

unsuccessful) attempts to communicate in French were likely to be appreciated – of course, he provided this assurance in English... In some ways, this was my favorite evening, largely because I had kept my expectations in check....

skills). Speaking from experience, if it happens often enough among the same group of people though, then not-so-good feelings start to develop and the group ends up not eating out together at all. See, math is precise and...

would never consider. Some of them never think about what it means to enjoy food. Others eat the most expensive thing on the menu because that communicates their success to the world. Not getting “all fussy” about...

if you were blindfolded and asked to choose which plate was wild salmon and which was the farm raised, how would you tell the difference? Please factor in the skill of the chef with his preparation and presentation. Also,...

of the comments. I think there are enough owners and chefs paying attention to places like CH (with CH being the most credible), that what we say does matter. I have talked to, or communicated with, several owners, who, on one...