They should have cooked the dish to your specifications – after all, what if you had a medical reason for not wanting to eat rare meat? - but they should not be required to guarantee that the finish product will be tasty....

You’re reading my mind, Ruth. Just finished mixing a margarita (recipe from a Cinco de Mayo Chowhound posting!)

mustard mixed and after the racks were 1/2 cooked basted them. Cooked a bit more finished of in the broiler with coating the racks with chopped parsley and panko bread crumbs) it was a great flavor combination. I have mixed it...

Sambra (based on what you think), Yasu sushi bistro, and probably Mosaic/Sassi. Have fun! It is gorgeous there! They just also finished the renovation at the Four Seasons and the new rooms are so pretty—I love that they...

depended on it, but Savoy knows his ovens well enough to pull it off. It’s a good thing we were nursing our white, because the seafood wasn’t finished yet. The third entrée was a hearty dish of mussels and mushrooms...

for a sampling of everything! I brought a bottle of Pinot Noir and we went to work spending over two hours (long after the doors closed) tasting through the shipment, discussing aroma, body, flavor and finish (the same...

(although I know it’s the food stylists job to make the foods look spectacular and the home cooks finished product may look nothing like that cookbook pic). I also enjoy picking up regional cookbooks when we travel (with...

. That includes 2 or 3 that I couldn’t finish because after a couple sips, I felt buzzed! haha) Anyhow, gin is made/flavored with juniper berries, so I just bought some berries to add to my sugarfree tonic with some lime...

Regarding McCormick & Shmicks. I have a friend who was horrified to find a dead critter in her salad – when she had already finished half the salad. It may be great in other places, but the Philly location doesn’t...

take off that arctic blast. Generally the lighter lagers (which, again, are served cooler) drink quicker....they’re less sipping/contemplative beers. So most people can finish a 45 degree pint before it turns unrefreshing....

with pork and seafood and glass noodles. And then we finished with the traditional chocolate chip and pistachio/lime cookies (just kidding about the traditional!) that Rochelle had brought. Those were really delish – loved...

was excellent cool and refreshing. It would have proved a great counterpoint to the absolutely incendiary wild chicken dish we had, unfortunately we had finished it by the time the chicken came out. The chicken was studded with...

%. i’m probably not going to tip much more than that. but how much i tip really is nobody’s business but mine. one day, when i’m finished grad school and have a job, i’m going to always insist on paying...

medical conditions) When I lost my 70 lbs I focused on three things. 1. Keep total calorie consumption the same. (As before the diet. I like to eat and I like to finish a meal satisfied) 2. I lowered fat intake but raised carbs...

to wedge someone’s double stroller out and around the crowds at Leaf & Bean while I stood there, claustrophobic as hell, having finished my purchase and not being able to make it out the door until they were done. Oh, and...