've tried (like ones from Border Grill's “Mesa Mexicana” book – see thread at http://www.chowhound.com/california/boards/losangeles/messages/19114.html) turned out well.

under the management of George Lang of NY’s Four Seasons. The dining room was spectacular. But everything else was downhill from there—the wine steward is a fop, service is haughty and incompetent, menu is limited and...

according to the waiter. The first half course was lobster in a sauce of it’s own roe topped with ginger, oven dried tomatoes and basil. The matching wine was a Condrieu Coteau de Vernon 1999 by Georges Vernay. Something I...

confit to Jean-Georges Vongerichten, as in this red snapper recipe http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/red-snapper-with-carrot-confit-and-baked-lemon And Food & Wine quotes Spanish Chef jose Andres http

on the menu that was not completely overladen with fat – even the salads were dripping with cheese, bacon, avacodos and other goodies. Everything was fried and/or “oversized.” It was terrifying. I got a "grilled...

was friends with the parents of Jean Georges and did I know that he came from Strasbourg, that the brothers that ran Jardin des Sens were doing good things for the Languedoc Rousillon area of southern France. He was charming and...

the pork chops were grilled...which must result in lower cholesterol than my mother’s breaded and fried ones!

...the other 100 percent is sex." We could substitute “food” for “sex” or maybe make it “food AND sex” (Hello, there, George Costanza!) and it would be on topic too.

is different. Its kick comes from red pepper flakes not chopped sport peppers." He also recommends the grilled sausage at the original Al’s location. Excellent compare-and-contrast of Chi Italian Beefs by LA visitor: 15216...

pastry, collect all the unused vegetables from the other chefs, grill off what you can, top the duxelle with the grilled vegetables, wrap and bake. Bite size vegetarian Veggie Wellingtons. But, sadly, it appears Brian learned...

hungry and perplexed)...The chef in question, by the way, was Jean George when he first began doing his thing at the old Lafayette...This type of presentation has become rampant in the small plate culinary culture that has been...

) meant that we became experts at the elements of campfire cooking (both simple and complex), so we may have evolved the world’s “best” understanding of outdoor grilling, bbq, and even chili. Of course, humanity...

know, perhaps these chefs are all famous because they are in New York, but that is not quite what I mean. Charlie Palmer, Jean George, Terrence Brennan, Danny Meyer, the Craft guy whose name I aint gonna spell, Mario Batali,...

Krissywats hits upon one way to scope out restaurants that serve good tea—the ones that actually have tea rooms or separate tea service. In my area (Charleston, SC), that means Charleston Grill and Woodlands Resort. They...

Yes, bad clam cakes can be found all over. George's in Galilee was known for great clam cakes, but we stopped going there in the sixties. The clam cakes just weren’t up to snuff.