control the simmer. This gives my stock and even heat and prevents unattended boiling. Jim

Jim - are you the person who found and first posted about The Turkish Restarant last summer? If so, a big “thank you.” We tried to find the original post a few weeks ago, but could not. We knew it was during the summer...

I’m looking for the best fried chicken that this city has to offer. While I like fancy-schmancy stuff at times, I’m not really interested in panko crusted thighs sprinkled with white truffle oil dusted with bonito...

I’m looking for recommendations for bookstores in the Philadelphia area (can be outside of the city) that have a great selection of cookbooks. any suggestions? I favor the independent over the big chain....

it down to the following; Tadich Alito’s Tarantino's Fishermans Grotto Any opinions on the above would be welcomed. Mom is looking for crab, I prefer tuna myself. Any other places I should consider? Thanks

I go out to eat, and these days, it seems everything is qualified by some phrase such as.. Free Range Grass Fed Organic hand picked.... Does it really matter or is it just to make the food seem more “special” ?

Exactly what I thought when a buddy of mine from Nashville mentioned it to me last weekend. Has anyone ever cooked fried chicken this way? Jim

pounds of cookies. on the way back to alta loma they were calling me jim jim jim forgot the bread yum i gained 2.3 pounds today

That was quite a list Jim gave. Portobello Yacht Club at Pleasure Island is quite good, as Jim mentioned. Check ahead to see if it is open — it might be closed for renovation. Next door to Portobello is its sister restaurant...

of Jim's and of Jane and Michael Stern’s. The doughnuts are darn good. The best meal I’ve had in the town was the trout at Clemente’s, a very small Italian place. It was expensive (and I’ve only eaten...

This may have been previously discussed, but then again, this is a board with about 649 different Pinkberry threads. So, I’ll bring it up and risk the “this has already been posted” posts ... Jim Leff, the...

A food critic is someone who eats so you don’t have to. Today, Burke and I took a bullet for all you curious, post-Tarantino gastronomes. We sacrificed our appetites to McMammon: lunch yesterday was at our local Parisian...

Don’t know what the big deal about the Amoroso roll is. I don’t know that Pat’s and Geno’s uses Amoroso rolls and I know my favorite Pepper Mill Cheese Steak in West Chester, PA doesn’t. If you go to...

). In the same breath, though, I expressed my confidence that that the Tarantinos, Aliotos, Sabellas, Paladinis, Gerardis et. al. still possessed the capability of putting out a decent fish dish for the same reasons as Tadich,...

The pate scene from “War of the Roses”. . .woof. :-D I also love “Big Night” and “Super-Size Me.” I tried to watch “Old Boy” one night when I was in bed, but it was so disturbing I...