to by public transportation (see www.heartlandrestaurant.com.) And the reason why the menus at these places don’t sound particularily regional is that midwestern doesn’t seem gourmet to us locals. True midwestern food...

legumes packaged in cloth bags, and a selection of Indian dal and spices. I was wowed at first by a huge selection of bulk candy, but then found that key items such as licorice twists were stale. Likewise, there’s not much...

Absolutely agree. That’s why jfood loves eating in open-kitchens, nothing under the table cloth so to speak.

Somewhere along the line in my parenting career, a light went on. It wasn’t about the food they ate, the clothes they chose to wear, the bedtime or whether they got out of the pool. It was about POWER. Kids have very little...

Why should the law be changed? I don’t have a problem with my restaurant tab going up five percent to ensure a living wage for the people who serve my food (and more importantly all the drudges in the kitchen washing dishes,...

they were cloth or paper. We got some stories don’t we.

The more I think about it, because of the high quality of all of our holes-in-the-wall, I would venture to say that many Angelenos are foodies without even realizing it. The places that we go to day in and day out that...

! The computer itself was obviously programmed to steal a few pennies per purchase. This was in a clothing store, a pretty popular place at the time. You can bet we refused to donate those pennies to the store.

as good customers! Finding a foreign object in food happens... kitchens aren’t perfect I agree. But, a very serious reaction is what people expect and deserve. One time a guest found a piece of steel wool in a pasta dish...

This is the condensed reply ( the other version was a tome). Yeah the food in this neighborhood for the most part is just ok. But unless we change the attitide that for anything good( food clothes etc) you have to go to...

that changed from meat to dairy). The oven was kept Kosher. I always covered it when I cooked my non-Kosher items. We had two sets of dishes. So with some compromises, it was a non-issue. I learned some fascinating things about...

injury—you had a similar to the reaction I get when I walk by the polyester clothing in some discount stores.

. It took a week, but I got my money back from her with an apology. The next time I hear someone with cc troubles I hope they have dish washing skills as I will keep my head down!

Baby Back Blues in Plainfield is pretty good, I must say. The place is a dump, decor-wise, but, hell I WANT my BBQ places to be funky. The ribs are tasty, as are the pork and brisket. The prices are right, and your clothes will...

with Spanish Moss every year. All of the clothing was made by hand. The family was not poor. It wasn’t a “desperate, needy thing.” It was just what you had to do to keep your family supplied, in the way we have...