...keep in mind i’m a vegetarian! mexican: enchiladas, taco salad, rice and beans asian: spring rolls, fried rice, stir fry italian: homemade pasta with homemade sauce indian: chickpea and rice soups: any roasted vegetable, red...

the spices from the last page. Make sure you get some black lentils, lotus stem, and some other vegetables. Again, choose items that you can’t find easily where you are from. Happy eating.

for their al pastor tacos and their migas tacos for breakfast. I also enjoy Flip Happy Crepes, although the wait can be long depending on the time you go. (cash only) If you like sushi/raw seafood, I strongly recommend Uchi....

goblets of iced water garnished w/ fresh lemon". It seems rather passe now though. Today it’s, “Would like sparkling, spring or tap?” which has always irritated me. As if you’re some sort of cheapskate...

Yes! I never realized it until a long-time friend mentioned it the other day when I told him I be bringing a loaf of fresh bread over later. He says he noticed it years ago and everyone knows to stay out of my way when I’ve...

a fresh pot of coffee or clean out the fridge.

and they were all pristinely fresh and flavorful. I’m with Akiko on London, at least as far as cheap/ethnic eats go. I just returned from a trip there, and even in ethnic places (we did find great Turkish)entrees were 8...

they were probably palm fronds – a type of sea vegetable similar to seaweed. i’ve never had them pickled, but the dehydrated ones are a great salty-crunchy snack.

Street Cafe – Their fresh baked bread reminds me of Brown n' Serve. The sliced turkey is thick and similar to what one could get off the rack in a supermarket. Don’t care for the chicken parm either, maybe if the...

to amaze me how the same basic elements – sugar, flour, butter, vanilla, chocolate – can be totally transformed into so many different baked goods. On the other hand, when one cooks beef, fish, pasta, vegetables - the...

How about pimiento cheese sandwiches? A friend’s child loves these. My own bambino has a built-in vegetable detector that is always in fine working order. He could find a single grate of carrot in a haystack. Anyway... For...

-producing members are called “teeth”. So it looks like the mushroom cap is covered with hair/fibers! It’s a “hairy” mushroom! When fresh, it is white-colored, which is why it is something called...

will gladly make them) to ensure perfect freshness. Dona Guadalupe is from the capital of Oaxaca itself and operated a little cafeteria near the center. The only non-Oaxacan item she makes is the Pueblan chile en nogada (which is...

control of freshness and zests. Samnalung is all one good calm flavor. Saffron is 20 flavors in tense harmony. Samnalung is, er, harmonious integration. Saffron is dynamic equilibrium. For thai, I prefer dynamic equilibrium. 8....

to me; I used to be picky and still am, but just in a different way. I used to be picky in the way that I didn’t want to eat my veggies... (used to swallow my peas) little did I know that vegetables could taste good if you...