with anchovies (perfectly wilted, buttery, jarred, not canned, anchovies are so good) and the turbot (which ended up being barramundi, but it’s all fish to me) entree. Fish was brown and crispy with a spicy crust and medium...

door and buy old fashion chicken pot pies chocked full of meat with or without peas, flavored with a hint of mace and covered with a homemade lard crust. Perfect for when you need a break from seafood. If you do go to the...

's Illustrated or watches their show can see demonstrations of the difference choosing a particular type or brand of a particular ingredient can make. When I make pie crust, for example, unless I’m experimenting with...

no character; the mediocre pizzas have flavorless tasteless crusts; the salads are OK but nothing special (eggless caesar dressing, what’s up with that?); etc. And every item costs two or three dollars more than it should....

but superlative pies I grew up with – there is the imprint of the flavor or that pie on my palate, and I am not tempted to experiment (though I may put some butter rather than crisco in the crust). on the otherhand I am...

Armand’s was next door to Maggie’s which had thin crust pizza going back to the early '60’s. Both places along with the Zebra Room on MaComb served my friends and I when we were seventeen. The Bethesda Charcoal...

use the handle of a wooden cooking spoon. 4. Automatic bread machine. It does make bread, albeit not very good bread (I like crust on mine, so all my bread tends to be freeform “artisanal-style” loaves), but the...

a jelly donut without the jelly, I say it was like a beignet without the sugar. He mentions one dessert without even saying how it was, other than saying it had a weird crust. The banana cream pie was delicious, as was the carrot...

. The paste hardens, forming a delicious crust—but also sealing in most of the juices. The result is tender and moist and unbelievably delicious. I’ve certainly never seen anything like that in a US...

pick off the crust that formed around the edges overnight...) I should have been clearer. My mental image wasn’t of asking the itamae for a bowl of YMB, but of asking the a purist chef for soy and wasabi to make it....

to not order another plate... Pizzetta, out in the outer Richmond, makes the most perfect thin-crust pizzas in the city with gorgeous toppings like tender prosciutto and farm-fresh eggs, and the two women owners are great. This is...

and pan-fried shrimp cakes; and a fine roast duck with a crisp, star anise-flavored crust. It should be noted that sanitary standards, once a concern, have skyrocketed lately. The latest health board rating was in the 80s, after...

, Hot Dogs, Deep Dish Pizza, Thin Crust Pizza, Stuffed Pizza, Chicken, Chili, Bakeries, Breakfast, Ice Cream, Cannoli, Italian Beef, Steak, Caesar Salad, Corned Beef, Hamburgers, Soul Food, Tacos. I just picked up a mint copy of...

Forget the whole wheat buns – please, just give us a bun with a decent crust, instead of the mushy things that could be as easily gummed as bitten.

Well that just kicks it. I happen to be a Yankee fan. I believe there’s room for all of us here on this egalitarian site. And as far as Chicago pizza goes: Salernos, Maries and Teddinos for thin crust. Malnattis for thick....