went with a la carte choices, the rest for the tasting menu. Little did we know we were in for a very long evening, but we had a wonderful experience and were even treated to a nice tour of the kitchen by the talented Chef de...

I don’t de-tail them... just like you, though, I do use the knife & cutting board to cut the stem end off.

Took me a few minutes at the bios page to figure out who you were talking about – the other Jennifer (Zavala). OK, so we have a Jennifer C. (Eric Ripert’s chef de cuisine) and a Jennifer Z. Going to be a few episodes...

As I was looking at the menu last night, I thought aloud that it might be a tough place for veggies. Menu leans heavily towards meat and seafood. You could cobble together a light meal from several of the sides (there were bitter...

I think this is the most recent version of Melanie’s ramen rankings — quite a few of the top ranked places are in the South Bay: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/476696 Also, the south east side of San Jose is a huge...

I was with you all the way, Vital, until the diet Coke part. Diet Coke ranks right up there with Listerine in its ability to enhance a meal.

. That’s X, plus a 20% tip, plus the BGS. That would be XX from you. Thanks." "Ok, let me add up everybody’s share to make sure we got everything out. Oh, great. Everything adds up!" Show your work if you have to. LOL

and Jamie Oliver’s books got a number of votes and I am, therefore, putting up for consideration again. Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way by Lorna Sass also got some votes. A couple of votes also for Dean and DeLuca....

cheese. The desserts are hit and miss – avoid the chocolate pot de creme, but try the lemon tart – it’s the best in Winnipeg. Oh, and they have the best beef short ribs ever. - Lux Sole (South Osborne): This is...

. I liked the fruit on top and such. The supermarket is pretty good, but the fish section was crap (at least it was today.) Everything looked quite rank, the oysters were practically all dead, the clams were in a similar state...

Ned by association was also blacklisted because she “named names”. , meaning she used Ned’s name to make the order. This is epsecially bitter for Ned the communist because his dad was blacklisted for real in the...

of olives. They provided a small cup for the olive pits, very dainty. The salad came in good time, and was excellent. Chicory greens, fresh and pleasantly bitter, with watercress and sweeter greens in a very light vinaigrette, a...

-Pâté de Porc with Grain Mustard Aïoli, Cornichons and Armagnac Soaked Prunes —yum! a friend of mine made this pate once, and it was amazing, this was just as good! the prunes were sweet and sour and paired nicely with the...

, just like Kreuz, which is the perfect sauce for that kind of meat. (And the lack of just plain hot sauce is my biggest complaint about Fette Sau, whose house sauces are dreadful—one sweet and ketchupy, the other burnt and...

in Brookline. Kaze in Chinatown. Cafe Podima in Beacon Hill. La Casa de Pedro, Stellina, and Porcini’s in Watertown. Bhindi Bazaar (tried lunch buffet only), Cafe Jaffa, and 29 Newbury in the Back Bay. James’s Gate in JP....