I’ll elaborate. I’ve been going to Cooper’s for a very long time. Back in the “olden days” - like maybe as recently even as 6 or 7 years ago, it was easily on a par with every other 'cue joint in...

is superbly oily and earthy, and has become my benchmark; the twice-cooked pork was also fantastic. Dinner #5 Loong Yuen. Basement of the Holiday Inn in Kowloon, but don’t let that put you off. Great Cantonese place,...

to serve if everyone is sitting in the living room around the coffee table — very easy to enjoy away from the dining table (no knives or forks,etc). And, my favorite all time Hot Chocolate recipe: From the 1931 Joy of Cooking...

was enjoying a hot coffee with cream and cinnamon with them while they took a quick break and was then able to get them to cook me an omelette.

years or so that I lived on the peninsula. I have a great respect for John Pisto. I learned a lot from the cooking show that he used to have on cable. But I don’t always feel that his restaurants are the best choices...

I think if they just cooked the potatoes more, it would be a lot better. I think they used to be crispier back in the old days. Other than that, I don’t see much difference in the food, it’s more the vibe that’s...

and hot pepper ingredients are right out there for you to load on before you hand the assembly to the cook (none of this “too hot for you” business.)

with tomatoes cooked perfectly and A nice pasta dish. We also split tomatoes and mozzerella. That along with one beer and a coke was 200 euros! Very good meal crazy price. The fish was 58 euros alone! Having said that we loved...

probably do as well for Italian in NYC without trying too hard. Something that you cannot easily find in NYC, however, is the California-French-Asian influenced cooking of Ron Siegel at the Dining Room at the Ritz Carlton. This...

and in fact they are cooking more of the Taro roots in the kitchen right now.” This is really good. I wish Fosselman’s would add a shave ice machine to their counter and add shave ice on top of a scoop of the Taro ice...

in other’s cooking of our personal standby’s. But hey, I’m happy to put it in perspective: we have a fantastic Thai food scene right now, and it’s largely available to non-Thais only through the efforts of...

Boiled shrimp or fried fish sandwiches from the vendors at the Maine Avenue fish market. 1/2 dozen oysters. Fried calamari. All for less that $10 each, plus fresh and freshly cooked!

temperature for a long time, I’d be cooking the tea/tea leaves indefinitely, and that would taste pretty awful. When I make Gong Fu style tea my tea pot usually holds 2 to 3 ozs at a time. I have my favorite shape and...

. Being greek with a chinese wife, we cook and entertain a lot. I would say we eat out twice a week for dinner (one being cheap/moderate) and at least that many times for lunch. Our next step is to revisit now that we have new...

-watching, browsing, massages, cafes, cooking lessons, service, gifts, etc). Is this a complete list? So, I guess what I’m getting at, is there something essential about these places that you can’t get elsewhere or is...