watched, and now as a result of us watching those shows we watch the Network. this will change when they take away all of the true talent. I kid my wife that they are one big commercial. Breasts, sexy woman, and game shows. No...

If I was entertaining friends visiting the city for the first time that loves good food but not obsessed about it: Walk around Chinatown, especially Stockton St. to see how Chinese shop. Dim sum lunch at either City View on...

How many times do people have to point out that selling niche British items is commercially unviable? What F&E are doing is very different to your usual US supermarket model. Because they don’t have displays of gleaming...

7737 SW Barbur Blvd Just take the Terwilliger exit off I-5 and then turn left onto Barbur. It’s not that far up on your right. Or if you’re downtown you can take Barbur the whole way.

Try the Santa Fe cafe off I-5 and Santa Fe Ave., it’s a mom and pop place but the food is decent, the portions are large and they make a damn fine burger. As far as greek nothing pops in my head but there is a killer...

Yes, very much worth it to me. I don’t want to have to purchase USDA Prime beef. I don’t have the same kind of infrared oven that heats up to 1500 degrees that can sear my “cow flesh” the way I like. I...

in the oven would be fun for them and they might eat them if they made them. I wouldn’t begin with anything too far away from what they already like. I sometimes include shredded carrot in spaghetti sauce but with this crowd...

Yup, La Forina is amazing. The guy who works the front with the tatoos has been a baker for about 10 years, I asked him once why they never make enough. "Because we cant" They have limited space and time in the ovens to bake their...

lasagne out of the oven. Let it sit and took a nice sized chunk. What a difference the sauce was when combined with the sausages and cheese. It was really good. So I went from “do i throw it out?” to “Very...

I had some oven baked scallops that were really nasty. Overcooked, rubbery, oily, way below par for the course. It remains, however, by favorite restaurant.

of herbs. Squash, cucumbers, stone fruit. And the tomatoes—oh, my God, the tomatoes—yes, the heirloom varieties cost more than the supermarket softballs, but they taste and smell like real tomatoes. And even the...

to our trip. First of all, it was easy. Second of all, it was pretty good. And finally, it really spoke of Hawaii and set the vibe for the next week. I’ve been to several luaus, both commercial and private. This...

arrived, and as far as I know, while this would certainly not be a commercial preperation method, I think it is still practiced in some isolated (read “primitive”) areas of Mexico today. Hopefully Sam or El Nopal or...

for a home cook to compete with take-out, especially hand crafted take-out, is a home cook’s unwillingness to use the quantities of butter, cream, fat, and salt that a commercial place would use. They are thinking one meal...

adult meal at McDonald’s. Now I hear commercials on the radio every day for “Zone Chefs”...basically hiring someone to cook normal portions of food for you since we have lost the ability to know when to stop...