Retrieved from San Francisco Bay Area ChowNews issue #186 – here’s the thread on Pie in the Sky - http://chowhound.com/california/boards/sanfrancisco/messages/137766.html Link:...

Sometimes trying to get a simple glass of tapwater in a city known for very high quality water systems can be like giving birth to a Buick when they are pushing the $8 Pellegrino. (Boston, NY, and Denver come to mind; thank you,...

Pappy, This news was virtually overlooked except for NPR on a Saturday morning. Wine growers bombed two city halls in France in protest about three weeks ago. (One was Carcasonne, I cannot recall the other.) The growers want the...

There are a lot of excellent places to eat in Champaign (for a city of its size). Here are some of my favorites: 1. Sounds like you like BBQ. My favorite place is 'Lil Porgy’s (there are two locations). Many people like Po'...

IS this the same woman who write those bad reviews for the NY Daily News.

or lunch hours. Plenty of places already do that. Plenty of places don’t make great pizza. Note, too, that Cathy Whims is allegedly opening a wood-fired Neopolitan pizza place down in the Bistro Montage area. See this link:...

Hmmm, that’s news to me. We had a large organic garden while I was growing up, certainly we were all amateurs, and I don’t recall a single instance of over-fertilization.

No news here, Melanie. Shibutani started the first Shibucho on beverly back in the 70’s (i’ve been going since 1980). He sold the one on Beverly to shige who’s brought in foie gras and italian olive oil and...

I’m from Calgary, Canada, so you think Pittsburgh is a nightmare? We can’t even do faux fast-food tex mex right. This city is absolutely begging for a Chipotle, which is a very sad statement of affairs. Authentic...

The first time we ever ate Indian food was about forty years ago having lunch in New York City. At that time the city was having a water shortage and they weren’t serving water unless you asked for it. Not knowing that, we...

included in your dish (if appropriate – not all Thai food is meant to be spicy). Also, one of the most common dishes to see on the streets of Bangkok (and to varying degrees, other Thai cities) is guay-teow (pardon the...

are not part of the meal it is not deemed authentic. News flash, folks in Shanghai don’t eat that stuff every day and it does not diminish the authenticity of the other dishes..... One last point, Moon Palace has a small 3...

magazine ‘Restaurant of the Year’ award [my addition: Gold award]; judges proclained 'The level of sophistication and the sheer technical accomplishment of David Hawksworth’s cooking outshines every other...

fields is really beautiful this time of year. I’m staying in the City tomorrow, otherwise, I might be tempted to join you. Have a great time! Link: http://davidcoffaro.com/ordertop.html

It’s nice to have options! Whichever path you choose, good luck! And, remember, each week you have the option to continue with whichever you choose (core or points)—the goods news is that all of the cookbooks and...