joints and burger joints, too. Most Chinese restaurants serve Americanized versions of dishes laden with think sauces that aren’t representative of what is made and eaten in China. Much of Pizza one can get (think standard...

We all know the story... You try a product at your local market and fall in love. Maybe they have some great scones in the bakery case. Perhaps they stock a hard to find microbrew you dig. Then one day you cruise to get your fix,...

, chopped & seeded—you can leave this out if you don’t like things spicy). Add pancetta bits and season to taste. Serve on hot pasta of choice that has been sprinkled with olive oil and top with pecorino cheese. Buon...

Smartfood gets inhaled at my house. The other thing that disappears really fast is Korean seasoned roasted seaweed. It is melty salty tasty crack-licious stuff. If you eat chips/popcorn eventually you get full, but this stuff is...

I client gave me a recipe for brisket that her Jewish grandmother used to make for the holidays. She said it was incredibly tender. I love brisket, so thought I would give it a try. It was terrible, hard as a rock and tough as...

No sweat Gio. Give it another shot sometime and see if you get the same results.

(entrees around $25+, but with pasta dishes around $18). They have a very extensive selection of Italian wines. The food is very creative. I love it. Menu changes seasonally. 5. Timpone’s is next door to The Bread Company in...

hey guys, i just moved to LA from the east coast, and it would be cool to hear all your opinions about the best places to get the best stuff! fill in the blanks in the survey below (you don’t need to fill them all). it would...

!" is incredibly rude and absolutely unnecessary (odds are they had just begun to forget you from the last season). Your server is a professional with your best interests at heart; let them do their job. 7. Asking things like,...

does as well. The now-defunct Palatino offered a Roman Jewish Hanukkah menu last year. But this is all seasonal food presented around a holiday. I once read that SF can’t support deli because much of it, like pastrami,...

. However, my dh has a large (and large extended) family who live close to one another and get together often (birthdays being the most celebrated occasion after major holidays). As the grandchildren have gotten older...

you want coming through that screen to get you engaged enough to see what they have to offer?

pulled up, two caballeros dressed in full gear for a mariachi band performance jump out to get a cup of warm champurado. The hot dogs wrapped with a spiral of bacon are cooked and kept warm on a small glass-enclosed flat top. The...

The scallop dish sounds phenomenal. Unfortunately, it is hard to find good scallops in my neck of the woods, but on the occasion my butcher gets good ones, I’ll definitely try that. And tilapia is my favorite fish, so I am...

careful inspection of their online menu, I knew it was a place worth driving 3 hours to do a bit of experimenting. During the entire length of the Highway 71/I-10 route, I could already taste the mouth-numbing effects of the ‘ma...