Right, because the market for Kraft guacamole is highly efficient. Give me a break — you wouldn’t even know about this but for the lawsuit.

and you won’t be able to pay them because you spent all your money on lunch :-) I understand the concept...I AM a chef and all that, I get spending money on food, believe me. But there is lunch and then there is 'I have so...

I’ll probably get dinged here for being off topic, but it seems reasonable to me to point out restaurant concepts that seem to be lacking in the Bay Area & might make a good addition. Maybe a budding restauranteur will pick...

“Authenticity” is a concept that troubles me, esp. on the NY boards with regard to BBQ and Mexican, for instance. I believe you are a chowhound if you think about, seek out, and enjoy quality food. Its provenance...

tilapia for this version." Please note this dish came at the end of the meal, when everyone was hitting a high water mark. Yet, this fish hardly made one passing around the lazy Susan. I coming at the end found bones partially...

as a condiment) to get the concept across evocatively and/or economically It’s trying to underscore the restaurant’s mood or style. Think of this as marketing, trying to position the place in your mind as haute,...

brushes the coal residue out. I do not believe that another coal oven pizzaria has oven anywhere in America since the '40’s. The chimneys at Pepe’s and Sally’s are probably forty feet high. All of these pizzarias...

What?concept</b>?"/>? That seems quite sacreligious to me. Keep eating til it hurts dammit!!

—and then crawl into bed to be alone with my sinfulness (high cholesterol) But it’s worth it—cheese makes me very happy.

I thought Ilan’s virgin jokes were completely inappropriate and very revealing about his own immaturity. I mean really, what does being a virgin have to do with ANYTHING Top Chef related? He looked like the high school...

to southern-born American GIs during Liberation. I guess they liked the familiar concept but with the exotic style (served with sugar-dusted sweet potato french fries, to boot.) My dad took the staff out for one of the...

Ah, mlqb. I’ve never seen those and obviously have never tasted one. Funny, the site says they’re sold out until next Halloween, guess there isn’t a high demand for them. moh, circus peanuts are supposed to be...

I also thought it was pretty condescending of those contestants who, in the quick fire, stated emphatically that Mexican was not fine dining. So nowhere in the entire country are there high-end tacos?

are the only exceptions to that; not only are they highly skilled cooks, a good bit better than I am, they’re also used to cooking in unfamiliar places with lots of other people. This makes it not only comfortable, but...

. However, to each his own! And when I eat, I want to focus on what I am eating (however, the aforementioned people are usually my dining mates) so somewhat hard to ignore. I remember as a high school student I occasionally...