passion, it’s only natural that we all post passionatly. And of course it’s hard to catch another writer’s ‘voice’ to know what they really mean. On a positive note: we often color our posts with talk...

. Absolutely fabulous slightly warm, spred on one of their re-heated at home meat or cabbage piroskis (the mushroom piroshkis aren’t anything special. The Julien makes a great ingredient for adding to hot egg noodles too....

The oreos, I knew about. The ketchup, well I do love my Heinz but did not realize we had a lock on that too. I’ve heard contradictory reports on the eggs, and I remember that an American visitor posted about Lactancia...

(buy them yourself) come in every color, make lovely centerpieces and are cheaper than floral arrangements. Crepe paper, more balloons and paper bells (visit a discount party supply store) make things festive w/o costing much do...

i’m sure you already know this, but i just wanted to clarify [since this is a post about dieting] that the term ‘light’ refers only to the color & flavor of the oil. light olive oil has the exact same nutritional...

) Mushroom crepes with sautéed mushrooms DINNER ONLY Herring in oil served with finely sliced onions and pickles Steak Tartar served with onions, pickles, egg yolk and bouillon Beef Roulade – rolled slices of beef stuffed with...

.com/albums/p150/squid-kun/4182MainSt/?action=view&current=JandLMallYuanJiLaMien2.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch4 1: Red-cooked (soy-simmered) beef noodles. 2: Five-spice lamb noodles. 3: Red-in-snow (salted mustard greens) and...

don’t know that I’d ever make the effort to go back. I’ve had better food and better service since then. Regarding your husband, I strongly suspect that the annoyance factor of the reservation issues would color...

, not that nasty, caramel-colored wonderbread excuse sold under this name in the U.S.), or Schwarzbrot, or Vollkornbrot, Röggelchen, etc. etc.

eating the actual food. Items are eaten in a certain order. Style and color of arrangement, type of container or plate, etc are part of the meal.

in Oahu. Not impressed. Hot rice with near frozen fish. I asked for a tekka maki near the end of my meal, and the chef politely declined. Yet he had no problems serving me a dish that was hot unagi over cold egg omlette (poorly...

- if there is love in the preparation of the food – it is bound to be great – and it was. Stop #2>> Mi Lindo Yucatan was very good – I enjoyed almost everything. Some things that stood out were: — the...

Italian coffee, not having been to Italy either, but hubby, who has, swears by either Puccini or Trieste...and while you are in the area, take a walk up Grant to Golden Gate Bakery to try the egg custard tarts and macaroons!

You can always count on Melanie for cogent facts. I have to wonder if we don’t have a chicken/egg paradox. Are there no other restos because of the trucks or are there trucks because there are no other restos?

out and siphon off a pitcher and bring it back in to go with dinner. It really was a gray, dishwasher color. It was faintly fizzy with the new fermentation and lightly alcoholic. The season for it lasted about 2 weeks before that...