and use homemade bread crumbs, not potato chips.

, that’s all been worked out in advance so there’s plenty of gifelte fish and matzoh ball soup as well as kugel and brisket and bitter herbs and whathaveyou. As the token goy, I just bring wine. Is that even expected...

of Yukon gold mashed and sweet cabbage with homemade chorizo and Maine lobster tail (fairly small) and scallops (three large) over mashed potatoes in a wine and parsley sauce. All this in a Michelin-awarded restaurant with...

While we’re praising Stouffer’s, I’ll put in a vote for the spinach souffle. With or without homemade cheese sauce.

of nuoc beo.> Good quality meats here. I’m especially fond of the meatballs. No, they’re not homemade—I’m still looking for a pho joint which makes their own meatballs; Chicago had two of them the last time...

. Unfortunately, they don’t serve those amazing homemade vegetable chips they had a few years ago. Nice meal. You can always eat at the bar if you decide to go back, but there are quite a few places w/ lots of choices not...

of a Barry Manilow PBS special. I received lots of emails, but none from Barry. I am not bitter, but I do plan on ripping out his heart if he ever shows up on my doorstep looking for a handout. Ms. Westie trekked off to the Palms...

's bitters, though. Angostura can be used (many places use both) but I do without it myself. And it is properly made with rye, not bourbon. Despite the bleatings of Paul Prudhomme, you cannot make a gumbo without a roux. A soup,...

, and dizzying malapropisms that identifying the most cringe-inducing passage is tricky. Here’s my nominee, from Tuesday’s review of Bar Blanc: "Even better, the homemade ravioli look like a store-bought sheet straight...

perfectly. The nuts added a nice bitter earthy element to round out the porcinis. But the kicker was the capers which I hadn’t remembered it having. But they added such a nice salty high note for the dish that it lit up the...

kind of low on my list of recommendations. Lots of folks love Bell St. Mama’s (39th & Bell, one block east of State Line). I’m so-so on the place mostly because the owner told me everything was homemade right there....

(also with Maker’s Mark) in my special silver wedding cups (best at home or at the Ivy at the Shore after walking the beach in Santa Monica) 5) Gin and Bitter Lemon (British version) Wonderful in the summer! I also will enjoy...

and 8th selling homemade tamales (with and without meat) as well as atole. I’ve only spoken with them in Spanish, but they may speak english. Give it a try (Tamales are $1 each, the atole, sweet hot corn drink, also $1 and...

was glad to see Spike stay, even though I felt he should have gone, but as I said before, I feel a large amount of that exchange was left on the cutting table. Zoi’s bitterness and lack of culinary chops definitely put her...

It may or may not have been a substitution. I’ve had it several times prepared with the “fu yu” sauce. It doesn’t always have the crunch of the ong choy but the slight bitterness of the watercress works...