became the biggest restaurant surprise since Eric Klein took over the kitchen at Maple Drive. With out-of-towners to entertain at the end of a Thanksgiving weekend, we thought we’d avoid the crowds at the Grove and Century...

powder ¾ tsp. Black Pepper ½ tsp. Coriander Seed, ground in a mortar and pestle 1 Tbsp. Coriander Leaves, chopped (also known as Cilantro or Chinese Parsley) can use dried if fresh not available ½ tsp. Cayenne Pepper, ground ½ tsp....

either — that stuff is wretched). Then there are herbed or seeded cheeses like Dutch Leyden with cumin seeds, or the one with caraway (can’t remember the name of that one). Perhaps a Sage Derby would work also. Look...

'm reluctant to venture in again without enthusiastic recommendations from actual chowhounds. (Nothing against Eric, but I suspect reviewers are pretty much forced to be a little more enthusiastic in general than the actual food...

Suet cakes are for the outside creatures to eat in the winter time. You take a slab of lard and press seeds into it, put it outside and they eat it. You can even buy suet cakes. The lard gives them some kind of benefit to keep...

Got some pretty tasty ones at Mitsuwa in Edgewater, NJ last weekend. They were hot and covered in sesame seeds.

Eric How did you find this? I wanted to locate this old post but could not get the “Search Chowhound” function to locate it. -KK

I like “Gertel's” on the lower east side...terrific breads, you can get Cornbread with or without "seeds".

Well, it certainly depends on how you prefer to eat it. I, personally, think Craftsteak serves the best seared foie gras in Vegas. They serve it in a copper skillet with the pan juices and a combination of mustard seed and a...

Eric, This was the best report I’ve reead in many a moon. Makes me wanna hope on the subway now and get some Mole Tamales. MMM. I think Piaxtla is the name of a town. In Chicago and LA many of the Mexican places have their...

Pipian is made from pumpkin seeds, not from its flesh. Pipian is prepared similarly as any mole by crushing the pumpkin seeds, with chiles and other goodies, whereas mole poblano is made with crushed sesame seeds and chocolate....

of a translucent sauce with small red flecks of dried chile and seeds from the chile and tomatillo. A very good salsa, I might add. I’m beginning to wonder if this is a specific regional style of Mexican cooking.

There’s an appealing recipe in Nigella Lawson’s “Forever Summer” (July Cookbook of the Month). She grills the sardines briefly, then serves them with Lemon Salsa: remove pith and skin from lemon. Seed and...

Thanks to Chicago hound Eric M.'s rather obscure post a few days ago, we tried some of the Southern Thai specialties at Jitlada which has been under new ownership for a year now. Wipe away all memories of the old Jitlada, print...

Hey EricV, this is a pizza post. Don’t go ruin the fantasy with something healthy like a salad!!