-in-the-dark speculation that the rice I ate (the rice used for plov in LA or NY Uzbek restaurant) was in fact not Uzbeki, but perhaps “Chinese” or even more likely, “Indian” rice of the medium-grained...

wanted to get Alton Brown’s from his “Good Eats” show, where he simmered the garlic in half&half, but it’s not on the TVFN site anymore. (Why can’t they archive their recipes?) Anyway, I thought it...

If you really want to try them, they are sold at Phillipe’s (The French Dip Restaurant) in Downtown, Los Angeles. I always see people eating them, when there so I thought I’d order one to go and try it in the safety an...

Here’s a recipe for a Baked Artichoke DIp that is relatively low in fat – compared to what you get in restaurants sometimes. It is really good. 5 tbs. greated romano cheese 3 tbs. light mayonnaise 3 tbs. light sour cream...

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i’m new to this kosher thing ;) but what about restaurants that serve “ice cream” with their desserts. are they making some sort of nondairy ice cream themselves? what about things like puff pastry. do they sell...

for the restaurant to get extra bottles out of storage for me. Even more thrilling to find that it’s LESS expensive here than in its homeland. There were four bottles left in stock as of yesterday afternoon...I bought some...

I’ll have to check this out soon and try to convince them to get some better beer. Only been hearing good things about the food though.

consistently. One day you can get a beautifully tender cut, the next it can tough and dry. I’ll admit I’ve had both at Pecos, although I would say I’ve had more of the former than the latter.

in reviews of restaurants but trying to search for salty dessert recipes has not particularly sucessful. What are your favorite salty-sweet combinations? Do you have any great recipes for me to try?

't haute cuisine. Won Kok is always full of Mexican families, police, city workers and your everyday man because they know where to get a lot of Chinese food for the buck. Full menu of items from rice plate meals(single meal...

My metal grates don’t come out looking very clean either. I’m more concerned about the thick layer of visible crud, stalactites hanging down from the grates, etc. you get if you don’t clean at all. Particularly...

they get back home.

and butter are my personal preference—you can omit one or both of them and still get a great truffle. I don’t know what would happen if you substituted corn syrup for the glucose—probably nothing. 200 g semi-sweet...

Does anyone know where I can go to get some really good Fried Chicken in the City, I love KFC and Popeyes, but there’s got to be more then that. Has anyone ever tried the Cajun Fried Chicken at Cowgirls and if you know of a...