of otherwise trendy Hollywood. No small feat. Similarly great were the series of courses created in the Hungry Cat kitchen, including the richly crabby soup and an outstanding crabcake “sandwich” that was really more of a giant,...

Can anyone who’s tried one please describe the experience? This article intrigued me: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/07/pl_playlist?slide=2&slideView=2 ...though I have no idea what...

is not a dish we’d find in the Mexican Restaurants in the US but husband/wife owners Laura & Paf insist the recipe comes from the local kitchens. The food is very fresh, and the menu changes almost daily. The menu offerings...

Diana Krall, Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Doobie Brothers...or the news on my little kitchen tv.

I have to agree with the depressing atmosphere and music...plus the garish view if the dishwasher from the bar is a deal-breaker. I spoke to the manager and suggested that they get some kind of cloth/curtain to hide the kitchen...

Jonathan Edwards.... Gonna sit down in the kitchen , fix me something good to eat And make my head a little high, make the whole day complete We’re gonna lay around the shanty, mama, and put a good buzz on

– somewhat refined but also edgy. An additional note is that the in-house soundtrack is provided via Ipod playlist and that evening consisted of songs by U2, Alice In Chains, Neko Case, and others – while I heard another pair of...

are eclectic, yet have a successfully cohesive vibe. Of course I love the Bukowski Room, despite my ambivalence about his work as a poet. The room is daring and fun. I loved the pianist. His playlist pandered just enough to keep...

(but of course you won’t), but Steppenwolf could be on the playlist. And thank God, the TV doesn’t work and you probably won’t find Blackberries inside!

You’re dead-on re sharpness. AAMOF, I have a stone in my kitchen tool drawer, and I habitually take a few strokes on it before using any knife. I’ve never understood how people think they can prepare meals with dull...

, as tonight, I’m shocked! I can certainly understand loud rock back in the kitchen at Babbo — but for the front of the house, I thought it was an odd choice. What do you think when you’re eating?

of the kitchen. A very full dinner plate hits the table in front of me. It is pretty good and filling. Not a complaint but I would have liked the vegetables to have been (temperature) hotter. Being primarily a carnivore, some of...

The best list of food-related songs I know of: http://www.jass.com/tom/next/noms/2006food.html Tom Morgan, a dj on NOLA’s WWOZ FM (90.7), does a jazz food show every year. The link takes you to his playlist for the 2006...

to a reasonable level (it did get a little loud, but then they turned it down, to my relief). The playlist seems to have been designed to appeal to the Anglo 30-something demographic (Neutral Milk Hotel? In an Italian...

) soba shop Gachinko Ramen Do (ramen) - not really a Dorama, but a Japanese reality show; sort of like Hell’s Kitchen on ramen