cheap. But wouldn’t know how to get there without my friends guiding me. There is a famous bagel bakery on Brick Lane, which apparently does amazing filled bagels at amazing prices. But I’ve heard Americans find the...

Why so much Ramen and no soba or udon? How about some sticks (yakitori, kushiyaki, etc)? Exilekiss did a great write up on the amazing Otafuko (soba specialist) recently http://www.chowhound.com/topics/530978. Kotohira in Gardena

and a half of beef broth (you can adjust depending on how winey you like your BB), a few tsp of thyme and some bay leaves, and let this all simmer on low, covered, for about a half an hour. next add a big handful of pearl onions,...

(in)famous Lower East Side eating “tour.” Just in case, I’m appending it here: Lower East Side Food Excursion For the quintessential NYC deli experiences, no place beats Katz’s, on the corner of Houston...

How about pakoras? Our local Indian restaurant makes some with spinach that are really delicious. I expect that the flash frying keeps most of the nutrients intact.

How about the poster child of Americanized-Chinese food, Chop Suey. I was introduced to it by my high school cafeteria, speaking of “youth”.

Take a moment and look back at the first 1/2 of Feb..... Where have you been? How was it? Come on fellow chowhounds - let us all know about the great, not so great & down right horrible meals you’ve eaten. Happy Thursday!

Hounds, We’re from Wisconsin. Have been to NOLA several times and cooking class there twice. Have eaten at many of the quintessential establishments and have, we think, learned how to cook the cuisine. We ate at a new-ish...

Thanks Suzie – that way my OPing but didn’t end up going. I just figured out how to look at my own posts. Took me a while!

How do you think it compares overall with “Uncle Chung's Szechuan” in Pinole which someone commented was better? Where would you eat Chinese food in the area rather than Dragon Terrace? The issue about compensation...

If you bake, the bowl works well for rising yeasted doughs, too. Most mixing bowls are too small for large batches of yeasted dough. Plus, when storing, you can put extra stuff inside the bowl – say, smaller bowls not often...

, I get all choked up – very literally (and believe me, I am not a weepy person). There is something that strikes me as very.... lonely? about TV dinners. Something very, very sad. I have no idea how this association came...

Thank you Henry T. I’ve corrected the spelling of tourtiere in my post, although, I still don’t know how to make the accent appear. Maybe that’s part of the problem I had with searching...I was only dredging up...

No, unfortunately I didn’t, because we had the kids with us. The menu looked awfully enticing, though. And I did have several breads and pastries from the Streets' Standard Baking Company, which is just great (perhaps even...

I’m a big fan of their ribs — I was sceptical at first about rotisseried ribs, but was really surprised at how good they are. I keep going back for them again and again....