the church bells ringing 3... then 4... then 5... That was maybe 15 years ago — never had a rum and coke since. Another is the “this looks like a good place to eat, the parking lot is full.” Wrong. There are...

'm CERTAIN you did not get the tasting menu that we normally get... that’s too bad, as I’m sure your food experience would have been completely different. I’m glad to hear that the bottle you opened was not on...

on Queens Blvd. near 63rd Drive in Rego Park, NY (not that far from LaGuardia Airport, btw)is my gold standard. It’s a kosher deli that is not part of a chain and their food is quite amazing. (btw: http://www.bensbest.com/...

Expensive or inexpensive – they get tired looking and break down in the same amount of time. So why waste money on an expensive one? You can probably get a standard brand toaster oven in your local chain store for about...

This weekend I tried a recipe from the new Martha Stewart food magazine (Good Food?) that I really liked. Take good crusty pieces of Italian bread (thickly sliced). Butter one side, on the other side pull out a bit of the bread...

You could always roast some salmon in advance and take on a salad, tossed with pasta or even as a sandwich. There are also some decent companies that make frozen premade falafel that you could take as a wrap. Here in Austin a...

of flies. They didn’t land on the food or the table, but they were a nuisance. Enteraintment was provided by a fine specimen of a rooster on the patio. He strutted his stuff making sure everyone knew that he was fat, sassy...

Absolutley great episode – perhaps the past of all 3 seasons since this one was truly about food - and hard to execute food at that. When it comes to classic cooking Hung really showed how superior he is to the other...

I have actually been craving pancakes lately, and finally made them this weekend. I used a recipe from the LA Times food section, which was printed as part of a feature on pancakes probably 8-10 years ago now. It makes fabulous...

'm thinking that a salad with steak will make salad more appealing to him. Elizzie, I think you’re superwoman doing all you’re doing. Another thing I’d never thought of vis a vis salad was the separate baggies...

have! Although I have been to a lot of the tea places in Los Angeles, I am certainly open to your suggestions for our local shops as well.

, cachac,a is available at Pepe’s #2 Brazilian Food and Liquor (at 2333 N. Western, just up the street) or at Joe’s Liquors at 3626 W. Lawrence. Someone on this board probably has a recipe for a great caipirinha. Mag...

Oh, Jfood, how I can relate…here are my two attempts at baking this week. I wanted to enter the local paper’s holiday cookie contest – don’t ask me why, because I really am not that good of a baker, but a food related contest was...

Plus, all the local eye candy, real or otherwise, toned down a bit since the Cowboy days.

and professional in delivering really good and creative Chinese food. I am not likely to get invited to a banquet by my large (1) Chinese (2) family (primarily because reasons 1 & 2 aren’t true!), so the only way I would...