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La Luncheonette
, the garden out back. In the spring or summer, sitting under the roof of branches as the lght filters through and creates a web of dramatic shadows you are anywhere you want to be. You might be dead and wake up there... if you...
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Bourdain: Love Him? Hate Him?
or from an “exotic” locale. These people lead sad little lives and enjoy going over and over again for bottomless breadsticks pasta and salad at Olive Garden. They drink Bud Light and make fun of the “college...
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Recipes for a first-timer
essentials and then thinking of how to vary it. Chinese One Dish Meals by the Wei-Chuan series - heavily used for those stir-fries I was talking about. Most of the recipes in here serve 2, which is perfect for a one-person...
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Falafel Face-Off
of piling on a whole garden of cooked/marinated eggplant, marinated peppers, tomatoes, all sorts of delicious pickles is a very recent development (late 1980s? and 1990s?). So, I really doubt that we would find this...
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Favorite sushi places
. This resulted in an astounding series of courses. One of them was the lobster, which appeared to be dead, severed in two, with the tail meat chunked and served inside the tail as sashimi. It was incredible — salty and...
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What are your favorite cookbooks of all time?
for actually cooking, well I have hundreds & refer to many often for inspiration. For solid info regarding techniques I love the old Good Cook series from Time Life. Also use the '70’s edition of Joy for temperatures, new...
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Restaurant Service in San Diego
back a few times, even giving us 2 corn muffins because he said they were his favorite. Maybe they’re getting better, but our worst service was at Stone Brew’s World Garden. Always a wait (even with reservations) and...
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no chowhound friends???
with derision. On the whole this makes eating out difficult-to-offensive as it sometimes feels like an unending series of capitulations on my part, especially given my strong dislike for Italian-American food and attempts to eat...
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Top Chef-Last Meal (Spoiler)
Jacques Pepin is one of the most gracious people ever. “the peas are scrumptious and I could die like that.” His new PBS series only reinforces that he is a kind person who happens to cook great food. For me the...
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Pro food critics who know nothing about a cuisine - helpful or harmful?
True ... and also false. I think you underestimate the value and necessity of a guide. The voice of many keeps McDonalds and Olive Garden in business.
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What are your staples?
of the orange Habanero. I grow this cultivar in my small chile garden. The ripe chiles are processed and frozen until I make kimchee in the winter. The batch that I make probably is more like a gallon rather than a quart.
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Recommended pressure cooker?
I highly recommend the Presto 8 quart cooker. $80 off amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Presto-8-Quart-Stainless-Pressure-Cooker/dp/B0000Z6JIW/sr=8-3/qid=1168028000/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/102-2787783-9578545?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden I needed...
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How Did You "Deal" With Being Poor (and Young) Before You Could Afford to Dine Out (or eat well dining in)?
garden, which now probably costs more than buying produce. I still fish and crab and my friends who hunt and fish keep me well supplied. I buy from farmers when I can. I still eat like a “poor” person but I’m...
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Salmon - Wild or Farm Raised - Pepsi or Coke?
on the balance of benthis oxygen supply and demand." Marine Ecology Progress Series 15: 147-157. Findlay, R. H., L. Watling, et al. (1995). “Environmental Impact of Salmon Net-Pen Culture on Marine Benthic Communities in...
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Philly Cheesesteaks in Chicago recs
with hot peppers dipped in juice. Go to the weiner’s circle/gene and judes and get a chicago style hotdog dragged through the garden. Get a steak taco in Estilo Chicago. Get a oaxacan torta. These are the sandwiches chicago...
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