like all the ingredients after all — but I was so irritated when I sat down that I didn’t really enjoy it. I hate when a recipe has clearly not been tested. Grrrr. Oh, and he calls for a whole head of radicchio (4...

an example of that phenomena. And the Dodger’s moved to survive and to thrive. A lot of people and businesses have done that. Why else would we have so many ex-NY’er living out here in the land of sunshine. Self...

restaurant. We were embraced like old friends. Let me mention that the tariff per person was only $25. That included double orders of all those dishes, several cold drinks, corkage fee, and we added another 20% tip on top of the...

markets have these vendors...and I wish they would be BANNED. (by the way...I am not a hyper allergic or super sensitive sensitive person...I have incense in my home...I just don’t like it burning at my Farmer’s Market...

Hi Ken - Thanks so much for your recommendations. Your review of Il Rosselinio was GREAT! Per your suggestion, I’m planning on using www.internetrestaurant.it to book my reservation for La Calandre. May I ask, did you find...

OK MT, here’s the deal, I grew up in NY and still keep an apartment in Manhattan. Pastrami is a very personal thing, but I happen to think Brent’s does it as good (and I mean good, not “well”)as any place in...

is helpful for jogging a person's memory about restaurants or meals they would not otherwise have bothered to write about. But let’s ask one another a serious question: if it wasn’t memorable enough to stand as its...

As far as my friend and her bringing back fish across the border...well I have never asked if it was okay- she has done it once a month for yrs- she lives in Temecula. She buys abalone, shark, crab, halibut- you name it. I...

an order of salt and pepper fish filets made with rock cod. The light dusting of spice on the pieces of fish was rather mild, but punctuated with slices of fresh jalapeño and scallions. Even though we were ravenous, we could have...

Gawd that ad makes me insane too. There’s something very odd and surreal about those ladies' conversation. It makes me feel like, you know, don’t drink the water (or, I suppose, eat the crackers). My husband I and I...

dollars per person. The buffet includes soup and dessert selections. You’ll be pleased to hear that very soon your trusty old standby Goof will have a liquor license for beer and wine. Since last spring they have had a patio...

of Willie Nelson’s band. Per the citizens I spoke with, Backstage was founded by a bandmate of Willie’s who also served as the band chef; Poodie’s was started by another Willie bandmate. I can’t verify if...

unhappy about the 4 Euro per person cover charge, which basically covered nothing since they did not serve us bread. We also ate at Ristorante da Raffaele (at Ponte delle Ostreghe, roughly halfway between the Accademia and San...

I tend to be a very skeptical person. And that skepticism extends into the kitchen. Cook’s Illustrated magazine attempts to deconstruct traditional approaches to recipes and improve upon them. Here’s my myth, and I...

Sometimes you have to make sacrifices. ;-) Our kegerator will fit both sizes, but we usually buy the pony keg because we don’t drink enough beer to warrant the 1/4 barrel size. We use the extra space in the kegerator (if you...