of “tried and true” dishes (Meats with simple sauces, pasta dishes, salads, etc). One of the dishes well outside of my comfort zone was risotto. When you get really good risotto at a restaurant, it’s REALLY...

only speak for the south really because that’s my heritage. My five cents, T-D.

that is the problem with upscale Mexican restaurants. At the top restaurants in Mexico, you didn’t see that. What was served was creative dishes based on local ingrediants and heritage. It would be a place like Chez Panisse...

But to be fair – her Spanish is impeccable. She translated for Mario with that chef (that gave him the raw bird). She is obviously a strong woman with firm positions on many things – she is not an unreasoning vegan...

was doing something healthy for her body, yet over the years she suffered all sorts of skin conditions, mild loss of hair, stomach ulcers and other untidy gastric problems. Amazingly (and suddenly) she decided to eat a moderate...

I got in such trouble with my BF when I won a chili cook-off with a white bean, no-meat chili that included a full 16 oz of sour cream in the recipe (an Epicurious recipe). He said "That’s not chili! Next year I am going to...

seasoned. Ether with wood, salt, herbs/spices or leftover animal (Mostly pig) stuffs. It’s quite often served ala "Meat and Three" in restaurants. It’s pour your heart into it and make sure there’s plenty to go...

meatballs which I tend to avoid tasted like they were home made and their tripe was cut into small portions. I ate most of the meat and only 1/3 of the noodles. Couldn’t stomach the salty broth. The other dish my partner...

them. If I recall (I don’t have the book in front of me) the “vegetarian substitutes” for the "meat" seemed to repeat a lot (and my daughter is not a tofu fan). I’d be happy to be proven wrong if this is...

I vote for the turkey. Usually dry, always room temp by the time it hits the table, never enough dark meat to go around. From now on I think I’ll go with a Cote du boeuf. And a capon for the die-hard traditionalists....

stuff, more europena. HUGE servings of great food, amazing pasteries. No alchohol or red meat or pork, though. Great apps, salads, sandwiches and more. The other Aroma, on Tujunga in Studio City, is also well, liked, as is...

, you won’t like it. Humor me. It’s soup. Nothing else? No. Do you have “soup dumplings”? Yes, we have wonton soup. No, I’m sorry, I meant steamed dumplings with meat and broth inside the dumpling....

). But I think perhaps using the words “African continent” in RG’s review would have been a better context than “African diaspora”. However, having said that, dictionary.com refers to an American...

My father was from Montana and loved food – very meat and potatoes. My mother was a good cook, but since she was from the south, her cooking was down home, but different from my father’s. My mother saw cooking as a...

-gen __-American might’ve enjoyed and understood as part of his/her cultural heritage could very well be considered obsolete or simply be out of fashion in its original country/culture of origin. In general, I’m just a...