items and soups are slowly, coaxingly cooked and served with pride. The finest-quality ingredients are sought out and used. Her kitchen skills and attention to detail are great, too. Did you notice, scrumptious, how finely and...

and serving system have some kinks to be worked out, but the end-result is fantastico. Downtown Culver City is a whole other category. Once a dying downtown area that was a virtual wasteland save a couple of unique shops and...

How's the rest of the food at Yet Wah? I liked it a lot way back when I lived in the city. Their incarnation in San Rafael is pretty bad.

time. Anyway, the worst Hesser—working through her Elektra complex over Julia Child—is hopefully behind us. I, too, miss Molly O’Neill. Maybe it’s time for someone altogether new!

I had read a ton of messages on this site that talk about how great sweet and saviouries is, but I have to tell you not to go. We walked in tonight and were told our only option for dinner was the seven course tasting menu at $60...

down, tasted his BBQ and the rest is history. He catered our wedding and we patiently for him to find a new location. Then, finally, we heard the good news that Memphis Minnie’s had found a new location...and we debated how...

exactly how to mix a drink, and don’t ask you annoying questions about how to make things. Go on a pub crawl and report back to us your finding of SF nightlife!

hi, i eat at a taste of india at least twice a week, since i work in the chesterbrook area. i’m vegetarian, and actually quite thrilled with the amount of vegetarian items on their lunch buffet. it’s my meat eater...

know of a restaurant in NY that serves this dish, how to make it? (the korean grocery on 32nd sells acorn flour or starch, but I don’t have a method). Many thanks! ps she liked the vegetarian korean food very much – the...

O.K., I’m almost ready to leave on my long awaited trip to Tuscany and I need some advice from my fellow chowhounds. It’s this: how much to order at restaurants? Several of the books I’ve bought (on...

of the times. Jen: Please have some sympathy for the "working stiffs" of Italy! Frozen food has been part of the Italian Supermarket landscape for as long as I can remember. (1985) While Italian supermarkets lack the superb frozen...

something too expensive just ask politely "how much is that by the glass?“ if it's not listed. If it's $10 a glass (expensive) just say, ” is there anything similar that’s a little less?" If you can see prices...

My husband just moved out to Palo Alto for work from NYC. I visit frequently, but we never know where to eat (he works a ton, so doesn’t have time to check places out... plus he’s not much of a foodie). The only...

is much better. The stolen was too tempting. It is pretty good. I wouldn’t buy it again, but it was delicious. Instead of powdered sugar on top, there is granulated sugar. It works giving the stolen a nice sandy texture. Of...

and then combined with a spicy sauce and some assorted vegetables, leeks, red pepper, black bean. The leeks were phenomenally good with the sauce and totally grit free. All the components of this dish really work well together...