in an era when imported prosciutto (such as San Daniel or di Parma) wasn’t available, and my cash-strapped family substituted Argentine versions of Parmesan because they couldn’t afford or couldn’t find...

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is known for pasties—also brought to the era by Cornish miners. Beef and rhutabaga are the classic but people make other kinds as well. Detroit has Coneys—hot dogs with chili sauce....

, probably garlic fries. Plenty of testosterone, but probably quite a bit of it artificial...still enjoyable. You’d have to see the Palace of Fine Arts because its simply wonderful and the Golden Gate because its worth...

) hat has continued up to the present). Since the seventies we’ve lost in Chicago Zum Deutschen Eck, Red Lion Inn, Golden Ox, Heidelberger Fass, and now Berghoff. These restaurants and their food were obviously very popular...

I don’t think that soy products could be considered a natural flavor in butter. Maybe added milk solids could be. But who knows... we seem to be advancing into the Frankenfood era, where food descriptions have more to do...

Ah yes, Yonge & Yonge – the Loblaws faced with cedar, where they use their fabulous Movenpick era rotisserie to store boxes, while they cook their “rotisserie” chickens in a Henny Penny combi oven. The 24 hour...

. The bar and part of the restaurant is in a lovely glass covered sun room. The food on my visit was only fair and a bit pricy. The prix fixe menu is the best option to get around the prices. There is the country club feel of...

mixture. Put in pan & drizzle remaining butter over chicken. Cook 1 hour or until golden brown.

haughtily that HER pie is better than anyone else’s. Every Illinois mother prided herself in her pie-making skills. How could you now make this claim that all pies in the post-Kroc era were made with industrial products....

" - dried (no brand name in English, packed for Golden Gate Supply company)

Here is a link to some Depression era recipes: http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/1918/great.html I remember the porcupine balls, and some of the other stuff as well. My mom made this Depression Ham Salad, that was basically a ham...

" or as daring as adding golden caviar like what Puck did at Spago) are Arist too again subject to the gamut of emotional responses. I purposely chose the “common pizza” because art is not based on granduer but on...

, heated with golden mushroom or cream of mushroom soup and a bit of curry powder, served over toast and then broiled.

Cooks Illustrated has great garlic bread. I don’t have the exact proportions but they toast the garlic cloves on the stovetop, before peeling, until the skin is a golden in spots. Then peel and mash w/ soft butter, parmesan...

, 5592 4) STEAK GENE & GEORGETTI’S (500 N. Franklin St., 312-527-3718) is a Rat Pack-era steak joint still frequented by politicians and hoods (but I repeat myself); take a good look at the first floor as you enter, because...