onion with a carrot reduction. WOW. Poached lobster, lobster cream, asparagus, caviar. OK, I’m from New England and the lobster just couldn’t compete with one fresh off the boat and cooked at a lobster shack. It was very...

to complete most of the recipes in the book I have without: mini-marshmallows, canned pineapple rings, jello, mini-sausages, canned water chestnuts and the like. (No, I’m not just talking about the dessert section.) So now...

as well as stews, soups and other “family-style” cooking. Good carnitas burritos. Open for breakfast. burritos $3.00 – $7.00. Fidel’s 10855 Venice Blvd. (Midvale) Palms Clean, little restaurant that has excellent...

a lettuce leaf in it which makes for an interesting change. Unfortunately he serves the ankimo cold and you need to be lucky to be there right after he’s cooked it to get it warm. Was just there yesterday and had some...

cooking is simplicity – usually takes more love than fancy ingredients to put together. But still, I feel like I’m missing something with this guide. There was breathless coverage in the Italian papers when the new...

Adaptable and delicious.

Sunshine Cafe has been closed for a while because the owner was very ill. They are slated to re-open in the summertime. It’s homestyle Japanese cooking (Udon, etc) and it’s so good. The staff is awesome. I really hope...

. 2. For that kind of price, you expect a really good salad bar, good side dishes, and stellar desserts. Fogo had all three. 3. The guys who cook your meat then come and serve it. There’s something very nice about this level...

with vegetables. all very large portions and very, very classic french cooking. The cheese course was interesting in that the cheese cart had only maybe 12 cheeses on it – I’m used to more of a selection at really...

's not universally excellent to the human taste experience. I think he cooks for to make himself dance for joy, not me.

Thanks lemoncoke – do you know if they fry their you tiao fresh? I’ve been wary of ordering you tiao in Oakland because a couple of the delis and take-out dim sum places sell pre-cooked ones. I once saw a man rush in,...

perfectly cooked but it just isn’t my favorite genre — too much sauce for me. The shrimp are plainish, but nicely seasoned, with an excellent dipping sauce. The sides remain good to competent, though largely...

list to throw in the back seat of my car for my next trip to the market? Good heavens. I’m going to be doing fusion ‘cooking’ in my own kitchen. … a nice rotisserie chicken from an East Bay place along with...

False - cooking can’t add anything that isn’t already there. It can, and does, create new molecules from what’s already there (which is what causes the browning) but potassium is an element, so can’t be...

, and cooked on a griddle...(tears coming into my eyes..:-))