Spent 5 days in Dallas focusing on food during my trip visiting a local friend. Here’s a basic rundown with in depth notes on each day to follow soon: Went to top-end places for dinner. In order of preference, here’s...

wasabi I have sampled (and, of course, than processed wasabi), it was also considerably more subtle (a favorable trait in my book). I also appreciated the control of the amount of pink Hawaiian sea salt in the dish. It was just...

[We’ve edited the spoiler out of this post title- THE CHOWHOUND TEAM] After anxiously waiting for this week’s episode, I was really pleased to see Betty go packing. Her dishes were poorly executed and frankly I was...

Does that apply to everyone who works in a SB store or just the baristas? Some store employees must b/c this man wrote a book about how Starbucks saved his life. He was some high-powered finance guy who blew it all away and, in...

Yeah, I’ve got one that drives my Japanese staff into coniptions: When I’m eating noodle meals, (ramen, soba, or udon), I’ll slurp up all of the broth first, and save the noodles for last. Also, though it...

brined for the first time a hit! BUT, getting it into a container was rough LOL The food was great, very traditional this year. Pie from scratch, extra buttery crust, yum Backed up kitchen sink, having to do dishes in the...

Just wanted to add my thanks to Joe for planning such a wonderful evening. The food was wonderful (my favorite was the squab pasta), the company delightful, and the evening an unmitigated success! Jen

mc d’s clearly isn’t the place for the finest hamburgers in the world, but people seem to like them. maybe it’s a comfort food thing. joe queenan—the biggest snob west of the atlantic—once said he...

't have to believe the fact that sometimes, on rare occasions, the taste of a single sip or bite of food will completely redefine that food for you. It’s happened to me before with salmon in columbia, south carolina of all...

I saw a little book today at PaperSource called “Restaurants to Check Out”, by Imagineering Company. It looks like an old fashioned restaurant order pad, with room to write both the names and addresses of the places...

a fool for Champagne?) I was fortunate to attend a Champagne and food tasting dinner in the Heidsieck caves last November, and Regis Camus, their winemaker was my dinner partner. We drank not only their cuvees, but also from Dom...

or urban. Here’s where the chowhound challenge begins: I have asked my “evite” guests to propose their best examples of white trash food. I then hunt down ways to prepare the foods they list — prepare it...

That’s fair. I’ve always loved all my veggies, I was that unusual child, but I can relate because I’ve had similar feelings about other foods. However, your taste buds are always changing so if you are ever...

). Beef bbq comes from places like Texas where they have land and grass. I tend to gravitate to low country bbq joints that lend toward soul food, which is what I’m used to and what I know. If someone were to put beef on a...

Gee, Betty, It sounds like you are doing awfully well in the Korean department. Your place sounds like heaven. At the very least, you know you are getting fresh, hot food. Does she prepare mostly marinated meats?