to know what else is notable since he’s what I’m used to. Loves trying to improve his chopstick skills, watching the sushi chef, open kitchens, pizza machines, commercial espresso machines, live lobsters in the...

tell the fellow with the knife in his hand how big a piece you want. He cuts to your order (from a rectangular pie)—and after, of course, inquiring whether you want is “this big?” [immense] or merely “this big?” [teeny-weeny]....

-crackle-pop literally went on for 10 minutes. When it was all said and done, I can’t say I regret my experience – but I also cannot say it lived up to my expectations. Given his training there is no doubt that Chef Cantu is a...

she’d ask the kitchen to cut them for him next time. Then she got a fork and knife and asked him if she could cut them in the bowl for him. The chunks of stewed brisket had nice spicing but as margret points out from her...

training. My son is in fine dining and does the same – always striving to make the best tips in the restaurant, fine tuning his skills with the customers/rest./est. Maybe we are different because tips do communicate to us.

-consuming aji de gallina or anticuchos. The last August, I spent 5 days preparing the food, not including gathering the ingredients. If we’re talking about one dish, probably my improvised fish soup. I spent weeks...

) Apologies if I didn’t do justice to your own hard work and your particular beautiful dish with my inconsistent snapping skills. Also – some dishes arrived a little late and, therefore, didn’t get snapped. I...

. They will add jalapenos if you ask. Now that is LA bliss. Most people eat it with two hands. Some use a fork and knife. If using a fork, never hold the fork upside down with the wrong hand. That is just for foodtv and those who...

Thanks for the great ideas! I already bake my own bread – making my own pasta is a good thing to add to my list of home skills. I do make my own vinegar but it’s never very good. We have a garden (just planted peas...

brother, who’ll usually eat anything, declared that the steak had the texture like the bottom of his shoe. The steak knife refused to cut through the steak and I could not bite through the meat, which was dry and filled...

a quick swipe with a flat knife to level it. Put eggs still in their shell in warmish water to bring them to room temp, which will help as well, and if something calls for folding or stirring together just until mixed, try to do...

with a small amount of water, covered with foil, put oven on low. Put a couple more pats of butter (thanks, Paula Deen, and food network by osmosis for what seems to be most of my cooking skill) in there—hey, nobody said...

The best part of Su Zhou was the lovely music by Gwen Sio who plays the Chinese harp on Friday nights from 6:30 – 9:30. The twentyish young woman, who played the harp with the concentration and skill of a symphony musician,...