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How to politely tell guests not to bring their kids.

What Vegetables Go Into Vegetable Oil?

Mostly soybeans.

The Conference You Wish You Went To

A report from Tales of the tail.

Bringing Fatty Back

Fatty pork trumps lean. Has the other white meat chubbed up?

Mushrooms Will Save the World

And other findings from Taste^3^ 2007.

Would you prefer Jason over Robert Lauriston at SF Weekly?

Has anyone gotten a copy of Robert Sietsema’s new book, “The Food Lover's Guide to The Best Ethnic Eating in NYC” ? My Amazon copy came yesterday. It used to be called “Good and Cheap Ethnic Eats in New...

Anyone know what is going on with that? When is/was it supposed to open?

Ravenswood Kendall Jackson Robert Moddavi Columbia Crest Yellowtail Little Penguin Which are “decent” and which are “plonk”? Thanks

Amateur food photographers beware: Superchef Gordon Ramsay is coming to New York City, and your digital cameras are not welcome in his restaurant.

Nice new shop, interesting selection, good prices. $2 tastings on Saturday afternoons. Also has a small selection of fancy beers. The odd location probably helps keep the prices down. It’s on the west side of Telegraph, just...

Is there a restaurant anywhere in the NY metropolitan area that serves authentic Indonesian food?

in the city. It can be a fancy spot, no-frills, Chinese, Jamaican, it doesn’t matter. I am just looking for a sublime, out of this world duck that they won’t ever forget. Thanks Jason

professionally with BevMo and know Wilfred as well as having studied with Robert Smiley. Unlike Jason, I haven’t been Wilfred’s friend for 25 years and only met him briefly a couple of times. What I can say for sure...

i’ve been to a few halal butcher/grocery stores and i’ve been disappointed. I’d prefer a greek store, though. Anyone have any favorities?