was a knockout. We liked this much better than Gary Danko, which is a touch more clubby/casual but gets a bit more press, and has had some serious sounding /mgmt personnel changes lately. I am trying Elizabeth Daniel next month....

I moved to the Bay Area from Saint Paul in 1992 and was shocked at the poor state of grocery shopping here. In 1992, nearly all Minnesota supermarket chains, from the posh ones to the warehouse stores, were open 24/7 (I hear that...

. Oh, I am 51, grew up in Ohio, and then escaped to new orleans for college (present owner of Commanders Palace was in my class, and I did a stint for K-Paul). I am a cultural anthropologist and i teach health / nutrition/food to...

I agree with almost everyone on here. Never realized that I like so many burnt things until I read all of your responses! Popcorn kernels (the way they crunch is just so satisfying) Bacon Cheese (especially on top of the cheese...

I don’t eat bad, I just could eat a little better. I have a big event in about 2 months, and I’d like to drop about 10-15lbs by then if possible. Has anyone figured out a diet that works well? I usually have time after...

A cousin of this is the St. Louis phenomenon: St. Paul Sandwich. It’s egg foo young on toast or an italian roll and it’s available at most chinese carryouts, corner stores and sandwich places.

We’ll be in LA this Thursday and Friday and the following Monday. Looking for places that are very LA. For example, what about Pinks for lunch? Where else should we go? We’ll be staying in Playa Del Rey and then Santa...

Not really. Paul Krebaum is an industrial chemist who worked with thiolates (the stuff that makes skunk spray stinky) in his lab. In the interest of professional and domestic harmony, he had to figure out how to mitigate them,...

>I’m curious, what is this? The Spanish equivalent of Dim Sum ....no carts! Hope you got my E-mail. Paul

From the replies I’ve read on the ‘MyChow’ pages, obviously I alone am keeping McDonald’s in business. Doing a small sampling since the new site software, out of maybe 100 ‘MyChow’ pages...

I can’t think of many places where I appear to be in a tiny minority of huge fans or haters on this board. Board opinion is clearly mixed on some places I like (e.g., Dali, Brasserie Jo, L’Espalier, R.F....