The O-Toro nigiri I had was a thick slab of deliciousness that could only be likened to eating sweet butter... It was so good that it made me realize why all those Japanese ‘talents’ on those food shows make those...

We loved their food, it was fantastic. And the owner kept saying, “Any minute now”. : (

Too funny!!! Re: the gluten balls.... I’m taking a foods class in college and one of our assignments was to make gluten balls a few weeks ago... Each group used a different type of flour. You are so right !!! It was like a...

In my world, one NEVER dictates which foods people should eat with other foods. I find this one of the most amusing things when chowsnobs do this.

Just to be clear, I mean the kind of cereal that you cook into porridge, not the ready-to-eat stuff (and not the ‘instant’ oatmeal either). I don’t think it’s that expensive. At Whole Foods and others of...

crowded on the weekends whenever i’ve been by, but it sounds like going earlier is the ticket. the brunch options (polish food aside) in the immediate area are terrible, so it would be nice to have a reliable spot.

our table was not so impressive. I noticed that my brother-in-law recieved the world's smallest porterhouse steak. I notice that my medium rare steak came remarketably pink, and I was compensated on the re-do with a bit too much...

Fantastic input, thank you both so much. I’m tossing on the baby and heading to the ABC store right now. I’ll let you know what I end up with (and then maybe later how he reacts to it). I’d heard this business...

I rarely bake these days and have noticed a widening gap btwn. my cooking vs. baking competency. Last night I made a lemon polenta cake from my Food & Wine cookbook that turned out just ok (ie, original recipe probably not worth...

I share Barbara’s aversion...I’m so sweet-raisiny-kugel intolerant that I’m actually skeptical of anyone who feels the need to stipulate “salty kugel”. It’s sort of like "Korean/Japanese food";...

, which actually had a shaker of celery salt. In Providence I found a big man with a heavy grill attached to the rear of his pickup truck, who had parked and was grilling up food. He served what looked like a regional brand of hot...

that are priced well. There are wine, vodka and beer tastings. They also host private events and an enthusiastic Chowhound post about a private party is at the end as well. The Albany shop serves food Wednesday through Saturday....

is so lush and green right now and I believe there was a total of about 15 minutes of rain in the 9 days I spent in the area…every other moment was simply glorious. Lucky you who live there. Onto the food & wine: Monday...

. Then the toppings. Maybe pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, meatball, peppers, not arugala, spicy chicken, spinach, nope, keep it to the old world basics. Clams stay up I-95 in New Haven, deep dish (both also heavenly) stays out...

's great to have around. not only does it last forever, but you get the delicacy of scent to use in baked goods if you use just the sugar, or you can fuzz some all up together in the food processor and you have built in zest...