I’ve had some truly incredible German lagers that I picked up from Holiday Wine Cellars. Really interesting and complex malt flavors. As an aside, I was just at Holiday a couple of nights ago, and discovered that you can...

. So, be forewarned to look at the dates carefully... ~TDQ

Hmmm... I have a lot of “Soy Vay” Teriyaki sauce... (six bottles) maybe I’ll marinate Turkey Cutlets in it and try them on the grill tonight. Looking for something light, considering all I ate at Christmas and...

Sam, please explain sushi that does not include sashimi? things such as unagi and ebi, or something that I may not have seen? I am intrigued – I’ve been trying new things (thanks in part to this post) but still have a...

next day, I sampled the chicken after placing the pack in hot water. The vegetables had even more flavor, including lemon confit flavor, although the chicken was not as interesting as the night it had been cooked.) The restaurant...

Has this ever happened to you? We were telling gauche guest stories at the beginning of a party yesterday and I related the story about one of my guests and his date pulling chairs up to the table with the canapes and proceeding...

I spoke with VI on Saturday night, and asked “So, did Johnnie’s seem like the best?” He said “no,” and I wasn’t surprised. I think a side-by-side comparison of beeves would probably be very telling,...

The last couple weeks I’ve been in the vicinity of St. Mary’s Med Center both day and night. I made the short drive to the restaurants along Clement Street near the Arguello end several times to keep family members fed...

wouldn’t have caught that, and IMO it’s not my duty as the diner to catch these errors anyway... It’s very irritating for the winelist not to be up to date, or the restaurant do a bait and switch with a...

Please tell me if I am right or wrong here...I had dinner at Delfina last night and ordered a half bottle of Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant at $21. Coincidentally, the very confused couple next to me had ordered and declined two...

when i was a kid on LI the folks would take me to the red lobster in stonybrook...even then i would order the chicken. i do like the garlic/cheese biscuits though. i took my wife to the red lobster in huntington on our 1st date...

at Gramercy Tavern every night, wouldn’t it just get boring?

people who are connoisseurs of good stuff (i.e. the things I like) to be at least somewhat interested in trying to expand their horizons... Anyway, last night I went to a weekly gathering of local car nuts. These things are by...

but the particulars of method, possible rookie pitfalls, tricks I had discovered and even supply sources. I once even gave a customer a vanilla bean to take home and use for herself, since the local shop that sold them was closed...

I use brightly colored napkins with a slight pattern which, to date at least, have not given way to stains.