oops-guess I just thought it was like all the other onion family products I had grown... Maybe that’s why my garden didn’t produce garlic come harvest time.

in Toronto, check out Susur (web search Susur Lee). Although none of my top 3 lifetime meals were there, he makes my top 20 about 5 times – and you can reserve a couple of weeks ahead. Recently he’s been promoting his...

herb gardens and a personalized chef’s coat.

but consistent) and Champa Garden (extensive menu, sometimes inconsistent).

when in Florence. Look for the other comments on this place in this list. But be there early around 7 p.m., if you come after 8 p.m. you have to wait in line in front of the place :-) Try these two after you went to one of the...

through that we at first thought to be black beans. Maybe they were black beans, or maybe something else. Pea Shoots with Salted Eggs & 1,000 Year Old Eggs — The pea shoots were garden freshness and greeness embodied. (Can...

, and charry crust permeates. Mr. DeMarco himself exudes calm. Caruso sometimes blares out of the kitchen radio—and, during slow times, you hear Mr. DeMarco back there playing along on his accordian. Up front is his...

they don’t have the time to shop or cook, yet any time you drop in, they’re gathered in front of the TV, junk food at hand. All four have weight problems and some health issues that come from being overweight and...

sandwiches. Hyde Park Coop The original store of Hyde Park’s grocery monopoly has a little café in front. Not much to recommend it except some interesting HP old-timers hang out there. Kikuya Moderately fresh sushi and other...

. Hungarians have the good fortune of an abundant basket of food to choose from. I bought armloads of various types of Hungarian paprika and salamis for Christmas stocking stuffers. My wanderings put me in front of a daunting set...

an academic crutch for those too feeble hearted to formulate their own opinions and respect their own tastes. The type, we all know them, who goes to a top restaurant and is concerned not with having a good time, but impressing...

Actually the cheese in pizza (mozarrella) is VERY high in lactose compared to your garden-variety icecream... I can’t eat mozarella at all, but I can have a small bowl of cheap icecream with no problems, as long as it was...

and early afternoon are gone. Since there’s no good dim sum in DC, I think Gold Mountain, Lychee Garden, Y. Ben House (CHEAP and crazy filled with old people), would all satisfy.

not particularly like). I grew up in New York City but was sent to my uncles in New Jersey & Delaware in the summer. And my uncles had gardens! The experiences of eating tomatoes while sitting next to the plant, corn on the cob...

call them Chowhounds) can tell the difference between Olive Garden and a nice Italian restaurant... at least a portion of those people are on budgets and manage to have a nice meal despite the budgets, rather than eating whatever...