them to the most rigorous training under the greatest talent, and if they’re not capable of tuning in to the nuances of everything around them, you might end up with a technically expert chef, but something will be missing....

I’ve had the same packet of salad dressing mix in my cabinet...man, years! I’m never going to use it (when making fresh is waaay better) but I’m probably not going to toss it either...saving for “one...

Coors Lite. Tasteless at any temperature and pretty cheap. It’s NOT a shame to chill this brand into hibernation. Though Jeremy’s right about Adolph Coors. Man, if my name were Adolph, I’d be the most tolerant,...

hours and arrived miraculously in time to have a quick shower and walk in on the dot where I was taken to an upstairs room to my table. As I sat down a man with a dog came in and I thought oh well here we go France again, The chap...

good water—is enjoyable and delicious. But the time I tried Ch. Lafite 1929, I just couldn’t get it out of my head how impressively and wholly man had improved heavens' gift of water. It was so beyond water that one...

dress accordingly when you go there. (A suit is not necassary but a nice shirt and slacks are fine for a man. And a pretty dress or classy shirt and skirt/black pants for a woman is good). The tables are far apart so you feel...

Where do you SHOP??? Man, I want to be given recipes by people on the street! Mine would be: you stand around the aisle of a store looking at two different products for a while; the owner/employee comes up to you and asks whether...

Ramen in Daikokuya or the new place JG wrote up. Also the whole wealth of Torrance/Gardena Assorted others: Zelo Pizza, Donut Man, Apple Pan, Langer’s Deli (for the pastrami only)

in summer? I think the articles that have been written on this are affectations by writers looking to sell their work, maybe prove a point. They’re silly. As long as man could walk, ride a horse, had pack animals, sail a ship...

you may just so happen to be a man, but it’s a good point nevertheless ;) Count me as one of the less socially adapt..the more i read posts like these the less i go to social events as paranoia sets in. The thing is, even...

amounts to a giant kitchen that is disguised as a tiny but potent city-state which is manned by thousands of chefs each day is what I would consider a special occasion in itself.

is The Man who Ate Everything. It’s one of the funniest books you’ll ever read, and for a foodie it’s hard to put down/stop reading!

known to man. In farming, it means “grown without artificial fertilizers or pesticides”. To be certified organic, you have to basically prove that your land has had no artificial fertilizer or pesticides applied to it...

shooting through your mouth, throat..then on to the lips. Lidocaine juice man! Very acrid flavor. Somebody on the net called it the “inverse of spicyness” If I did not know better I would have thought I just ate a...

in the boonies where i can get a bbq sandwich and fried corn for like $5 and i love it. but i will wholeheartedly admit i am snob as i do tend to be judgmental of people who eat regularly at chains or fast food. sometimes i just...