get free parking if you buy $5-$20 worth of goods. Yeesh. ($5 for 30 minutes of parking, $20 for 2 hours) anyway, rant mode off. -Ed

While, for some odd reason, food allergies aren’t nearly as widespread in Germany as they are in the US (and I’m not even going to attempt an explanation without getting snarky), I do ask my American guests about...

? Give me a break. DO NOT TALK THE TALK IF YOU CAN’T WALK THE WALK. I think a bunch of lawyers decided to get together and play restaurant cause they were bored, with too much “money” on their hands if you catch...

restaurants, chowhounds eat at them in preference to the Americanized ones. Therefore, it appears there is no Crab Rangoon in that area — there is, just not in the restaurants chowhounds prefer. When you get into areas...

Armed with KK’s news that the new occupant in the late Do-henkotsu’s space was open for business, I headed there tonight for dinner. We were lucky to get a table at 6:20pm, by the time we left, the place was full. It just opened...

tinned meat in the jungle you do not have much of an appetite when you get home. Also, recent farmer’s market’s aside, we do not have a history of wonderful fresh products. Most of the farms in Illinois, afterall...

for Chinese food, but my favorites, aside from the beef Han mentions, were all sauced. The portion problem did leave many of us at the big table craving more. Some sneaked out to Stella Pastry, others to the Indonesian festival. I...

I like to be thankful for the little things. At La Espanola market, I can buy decent paella to go, and get enough different cold cuts, olives, nuts, cheeses, real horchata de chufas, and sweets to make a nice Spanish (or even...

Chili? Chicago? Nah... First on my list would be Chicago-style hot dogs. For the hot dogs you’ll need to get Vienna brand dogs, S. Rosen “Mary Ann” poppyseed buns, neon-green relish, marinated hot...

$14 for 2. We traveled to Girona by train to find the town in the midst of a festival weekend (All Saints Day). At an open air market set up in a city park, vendors were selling honey, cheese, cured meats, breads, and other...

.com/cooking-recipes/index.php/meat-dishes/lamb/?recipe=67&offset=0 "The choice of rice is also important if you want to get the texture right – not that it won’t work with any kind of rice, but Uzbeks always use some...

their special event to me, they don’t have control over who might be at the restaurant on the same night. They simply rely on me to create the atmosphere of beauty and festivity they expect. And it is my duty to make it...

. That is what a guest does. A home cook can not plan around every dislike. I have had guests look at my lovingly prepared meal and then tell me they don’t eat “whatever it is”. “Fix me something...

alternative to bottles of white wine; it might blend more easily with more of the food. And it’s, shall we say, festive....

of Russian River winemaking. The roads a little narrow getting up the driveway, but once you’re there, you’ll find some very nice Pinot Noir and Zins waiting for you. Mrs. Bynum does the label artwork and like the...