Why Do Onions Make You Cry?

It’s because they’re so irritating.

Science may have come up with a way to prevent onions from making you all weepy when you cut ’em.

Coming to a deep fryer near you: “gene-silenced” spuds for your french fries.

Read in today’s Inquirer that Gene Gosfield, beloved owner of this beloved (and departed) Chestnut Hill restaurant, died. Short obituary; no details. I know many local Chowhounds mourn his passing.

I’m getting married this weekend (moment of silence please!) and was planning on taking my out of town father, brothers, soon-to-be father-in-law, etc. to Twin Anchors for real guy lunch. Unfortunately, they are closed for...

that it was at least average in quality. After tasting each dish the meal was completed in silence by all. It was by far the worst meal I have ever had in New Orleans. Was this an off night for this place? Does anyone have any...

This lurker has to break the her silence and ask why you went to both back toback, same night, and ordered the same thing!! To answer the OP: Go to Gene's! Very near and dear to my heart, especially the Chicken Alla joe! Order...

” in diameter and a good inch thick. Well done on the outside, verging on rare on the inside and FULL of juice—-a bite or two and it’s running down my hands. Great little bun too. Somehow I get a visual of Gene...

A moment of silence for Ben’s Long Branch, please. The sign says ‘Closed for Remodeling,’ but there doesn’t appear to be much, if any, activity going on. On the bright side, there’s a sign saying...

Just as an aside- Pandas are at the Zoo, not SeaWorld...and one of them is pregnant and close to delivery, so viewing may not be open. There have been other pandas born here and the whole "silence thing" is in effect- but they...

Everyone is aware of the controversies that swirl incessantly on this board, which is likely a good thing. Bunch of independent thinkers never bashful or fearful of speaking their mind. So I have mused in the past about the very...

Hi Hounds— I’m moving to a new apartment around the corner from Canters, and the idea of having a 24-7 Jewish deli accessible to me is heaven. I really want to like Canters. Everyone else does, it seems... but the few...

I must agree with Gene that Nozawa is vastly overrated. The service I received at Nozawa was adequate (not really friendly but not particularly horrible either). My beef was purly with the quality of the sushi. I know people will...

Do they put cilantro in everything? It’s not that we don’t like Mexican, as we’ve got the genes that makes things with cilantro taste like soap. Even a little bit that I pick out still ruins the flavor. The best...

Bryan No need to lower your voice. Our world suffers when we let a fool like this go. They will assume that silence is approval. After which they will undertip the waiter and stiff coatcheck. We have to police our own! Chow!!!