that there IS good Chinese food still in this old world. My guest had Broccoli Beef. I tried to interest her in the other beef dish with Chinese broccoli, but she would have none of it. Her non-Chinese broccoli was crisp and...

with this. But for now my go-to shrimp recipe for guests will continue to be the Cilantro Lime Shrimp from the new Gourmet Cookbook. Now that’s a great recipe. Sorry about the photo. It’s out of focus. My battery was dead and...

enough to impress— in fact 2 of my guests have bought the cookbook on their own after they came over for dinner. I love, love, love, love, love this cookbook.

of a thank you note is from a guest, who divides her time between homes in Italy and AZ, and who had brunch with us this past Sunday at T.Cooks.

, but guests are more impressed by profiteroles. Bouquet garni and herbs de provence might be considered “special vocabulary” because we know exactly what needs to be in each in order to fit agreed upon definitions....

and is NOT accessible to the table – if you want to call that being a ‘maverick’, be my guest. Advocating ‘both sides’? Not anywhere close, but I hope I’ve helped clear it all up for you.

having the same guests twice. Her menu rarely varied: pot roast, something chicken, homemade blintzes, etc. Hors d’oeuvres were usually chopped liver and an chopped eggplant thing. Oh and noodle pudding of course. My...

is that the benefitting organizations send ‘ambassadors’ to the restaurant to circulate among the guests, talk about the good work they do, try to get people to buy raffle tickets to raise additional money, etc...all...

week at the local supermarket. If you want to use a highly-processed product with an over-the-top sodium content such as V-8, be my guest. But don’t pretend that you’re serving healthy, sustainable food. You’re...

was nice (a little to “present” but nice). Very impressive to out of town guests. I guess you could go more casual but that is not really my style when paying the prices they charge there. JB

.89) in the French manner according to the canon of St. Julia. This was served, to the two of us plus a guest, with some white Castelli Romani ($2.99) and some French red called L’Authentique ($3.99). So even if we finish...

, and the combined mood of all of the guests hit the right note. It only added to the atmostphere when two itamae-sans I know walked-in as we were dining and later sent us a nice bottle of a ginjo! And speaking of which, as Pablo...

The service has always been spotty on FuRaiBo on the really busy nights, but because it was a weeknight (Wednesday), me and two other guests had no problem. If given the choice, sit in the main hall, as it’s hard to flag...

in some uncomfortable situations as a guest though.

's Dairy as well. Canadian old fashioned style butter tarts would be another desert posibility A dram of Ontario Ice Wine for my guests as an aperitif (‘apropos’ in winter ?). Mint tea would be available after the...