a few waiters and Japanese tourists, with neck craned upward to take it all in. I chose veal gulyas, dessert of palacsinta with nuts (crepes), a mineral water and medium roast coffee for lunch. The tab of 1,110 F (about US$6.00)...

of limited types agricultural produce that went into the burger. I think Alice Waters is an official member of the Slow Food movement, and Chez Panisse tries to embody the principles of Slow Food. They have a website, I think it...

to speed for the year 2001 (i.e. get on my SCREEN), I’ll take a pass. It is not a matter of cost (trying to freeload e-copies), it is a matter of convenience. I don’t want to fumble around with paper pages when...

at a decent price and this stuff has longevity. The kabobs and biryani were still good the next two days; I just sprinkled water on the rice and microwaved it. We went to Chapati in Edina for an Indian buffet. That was decent....

Another way to think about it is that one is paying for expert consultation. Usually people want to “be in control,” but I much prefer to delegate — if I’m paying the big bucks, I wouldn’t expect to...

'd never seen a persimmon before I moved out here, much less a dead-ripe one that weighs in the hand like a water grenade... blood oranges, Blenheim apricots, Santa Rosa plums, cavolo nero – all things that I can get at my...

Noodles & Company (cheap, great for families, something for everyone and Fresca on tap) Pei Wei (no other chinese place near me offers brown rice) Uno’s Cheeburger Cheeburger Good old Whopper Good old Egg McMuffin

was heavy-handed, and the spices seemed about perfect. Now, we love spices, and a fair amount of “heat,” but it HAS been years, since we lived in NOLA. Everything here was just about perfect. Decades ago, I might have tapped a...

. Fish soups in tukupi (cassava) juice in Belem, Brasil 17. Fresh coconut water, all over the tropics 18. Capybara in the Peruvian Amazon

business. I do not complain alot...I am objective At Chez Pannise about a year ago I had a waiter who just igniored me and my partner... for poor service and Alice Waters herself comped our entire dinner, sent me a note and a...

), loove the lighting, and looove the Lounge. http://thomas-w-lv.tripod.com/las_vegas_2006/Peppermill.jpg We bought a Tracfone at Walgreens (thanks everyone for the help earlier) along with water and fruit and returned to the...

, but everytime they come over they are on another weird diet. Then there was the time one would only drink bottled water, and we ran out, so dear hubby took an empty bottle filled it with tap water and said he found another...

that, but at each place, there was a gracious welcome by the server along the lines of “Welcome, I hear you're celebrating, can I offer you an aperitif while you read the menu?” (Babbo gave us the choice of still or...

was a bit distracted when it came to making sure the bare necessities-—bread, water, wine-—were regularly replenished. Could we have been being punished for drinking tap water?) The standout of this course was a...

to kitchen!), rabbits, bantum chickens (pets!). We would run barefoot all summer—at the risk of stepping on puncture vines. We would have to water everything, and the memory of the taste of tap water from a hose on a 100...