Taste buds certainly do change. Try being pregnant! I’m six months pregnant and I’ve developed more food aversions than cravings. I can’t stomach the blandest things, like chicken and pasta. Go figure. But...

restored. I did also have some of those green mussels in black bean sauce, spider crab legs and smoked duck. Interestingly, the duck was chopped bone-in – the way it’s served a lot in Chinatown – which makes it...

Wow, I’m hungry! Here’s mine 1. Trabuco Oaks Steak House – not the priciest for great steaks, but good food, great steaks, possible the best fries in SoCal, and a very relaxed fun atmosphere 2. Tulsa Rib Company -...

, and this is the ONLY place where I will order it. The seasoned pork chop is still on the bone and sliced into strips.) - steamed broccoli or pea greens served in a rich and savory garlic sauce - pork and vegetable wonton soup -...

recipes that were particularly lusty. Vietnamese coffee.Toasted almond and candied cherry. Green tea w/ kinako (roasted soybean) powder. Gianduja gelato. Lemon-buttermilk sherbet. Everything sounded pretty amazing, actually....

jaunt south a few blocks on Kimball you get Chicago Food Corporation, a massive Korean grocery with a big green sign visible off the Interstate. There is a café in the back that has been written about, most memorably to me by...

to communication than the creation of a relationship. The waiter might engage in some appropriate banter or small talk if the occasion, and style of the restaurant, permits. Something along the lines of, "Thank you for comming on...

. Fool proof. Stick the chick on the spit. Multiply the weight by 14 mins. per pound. “Set it and forget it!” as the advertising states. It’s even mesmerizingly entertaining into the bargain. You watch that bird...

the sollongtang which is a milky white broth with rice hiding in the bottom, white noodles and very thin slices of beef. It had a wonderful beef flavor without being heavy at all. Add your own green onions, salt, pepper –...

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amount of cash and being sent off to ‘get something good’, and it was all good! My favorites were: The Everest rice pudding, with lovely cardamom pods in it and golden raisins, the momos at Everest, really liked the...

a grip. 'k? On the other hand, my mom has loads of pepper pot soup (Campbell’s), canned vegs (esp. those ) and loathesome green beans and of course baloney slices. I feel your pain— I think your ma’s great for...

head – Sea Harbour, Capital, 888 for dim sum; Mei Long Village, J&J or Green Village for Shanghainese/xiao long bao; Fosselman’s for ice cream. You can also search under, “San Gabriel Valley,” or...

we went to, I took a bite and thought: “this isn’t as good as Johnnie’s.” That said, there was a lot about this trip that I liked besides the sammies. The company, of course (including many new faces, like...

ate one of the best things that has ever gone into my mouth – a (green) grape sorbet that just sang “HELLO!” And so the Big Apple redeems itself once again. Thanks to Chika and the boys in the hidden burger...