to return to enquire if we’d like more, or perhaps, some more water. (And it really bugged me that it seemed as if the olives that were placed on the table seemed portioned out to one-per-person. Maybe it’s a...

So I was having dinner with a few other women at a friend’s home a couple of weeks ago. The hostess had prepared a small platter of crab-stuffed mushrooms — one mushroom per guest. I remarked, “Oh, what a lovely...

make whole VATS ahead of time (to keep for days) for the cost of no more than a few pennies per guest. In addition, there’s the whole of world cuisine to ransack for ideas: one great (non-Korean) sandwich place in another...

"good sandwiches and a favorite warm bacon dressing spinach salad" You’re killing me here! Thanks for the great tips. And please bear in mind that while that site’s about basketball, hounds need to eat (several times...

traffic for this site, swims with 20 or so other states? chicago seems to be all about "where can me and my buddies drink" threads with 2 or 3 responses while MSPers tend to ha out with each other— some valuable discussion...

Not quite. I don’t recall steak or burgers being on the bad list per se; it just depends on the place’s experitse. And dark meat chicken and fatty pork cuts usually are OK; it’s lean cuts that suffer. Proceed...

of time and then cooled down and reheated per order. If you leave them over heat to long the meat will lose its texture and fall apart.

Very similar situation here. In DC, the farmers markets are all cash only. thus, it’s pretty hard to spend more than you bring. As for Safeway: try to hit Target for things like that. I get alot of things like soda (when I...

not like bitter food. Now I really only drink the most bitter highly hopped ales. When people dont try things because they dont like them i usually ask how long its been since they tried them and remind them of changing tastes....

). I see Lincoln Park taquerias really as businesses where the post-collegiate crowd of this neighborhood goes during breaks in drinking binges and really saw no point at all in picking through them for the “best”....

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...

't an option. So we ask because we don’t want the leftovers, the extra food, etc. Normally for the two of us a shared entry and a few drinks is more than enough food. And too small? That’s happened only once – I...

to munch and a flight of either reds or whites) ran about $35.00 per person. Nice relaxing atmosphere ... could be worth a spin.

claims the peach cobbler is DELICIOUS! as to hudsons, it was very strange. per my mom, open one day, totally cleaned out the next. it was a good draw for the location, as too much of western is going the way of empty lots and / or...

. I travel to Italy at least once per year and during my last visit this past November I decided to stick to simpler trattorie and osterie using the slow food guide and had some of the best food I have ever had in Italy for much...