episode bothered me because I had no issue killing anything when I was younger and plating it. As for killing a lobster, I found the best way to do this was to take two of your fingers and stroke the back of its head. The lobster...

get there they’ll have lost their crunchiness and you’ll be missing the point. I’ll go on the public record at this point and say that the potato tacos at Atacor 11 stubbornly remain near the top of my list of...

understand the TM is a different ball of wax than the rest of the menu). I found the service a bit remote, especially in contrast to the music (the service felt more Beethoven than Norah Jones!), but extremely competent and...

't like corkage but have no choice. When I’ve talked to Restaurant owners about Corkage they say it’s not enough $ to off set the profit lost by the lack of alcohol sales which they depend on. The Policy of CAPO is to...

Hi Tigerwoman, I’m so sorry we missed each other. I did spy your name tag at one point over by the tables, but you were involved, and then I somehow lost track of you later on. Glad you enjoyed the brittle. I was concerned...

my taste" phrase somehow makes it acceptable. If the people I’ve said it to were offended, they sure didn’t act like it. They usually found me something else that I did like, and then I lavished praise upon it and...

You’re right, psb, and I just had a ‘doh’ moment. In a bit, I will call the place and ask them. Just as, on topic, I found out that Mexican Corner in New Rochelle charges for their chips. The salsa is free but...

found we were running short of butter before we started our first batch of hazelnut filling, my niece was putting her coat to go to the store to get more Plugra, when my normally sane mother said outside the blocked door "Oh I...

be steamed) veggie combos – the recipe flavors the food basically with whole garlic cloves, stir fried in, then a tbsp or two of fish sauce is added and finally, right before serving, a couple of spoonfuls of tuong...

When I first read your post, I thought O.K so this guy doesn’t like Chinese food. Lot’s of people don’t like it, but then I saw where you thought Marnee Thai was good...well your assessment just lost a whole...

". So, after hearing her thoughts on AB, i’m well aware he’s not everyone’s cup of tea. BTW Linda, what news have you found about his new daughter?? She was born on me and my husband’s anniversary, April...

at over a dozen Michelin one-stars in France (and a couple places that had a star and lost it) and they’re not at that level from a service, comfort or food perspective. Farmhouse Inn is much like what I consider a...

the discussion gets thrown to the floor, and other patrons chime in. That’s how we found Jimmy Dadonna’s Italian Restaurant in Solon Ohio—a blessing in the far eastern reaches of ex-uburban Cleveland, and...

about the dependence upon bulls for semen coming from the same one or two (or 200) selected originals? Down the road, do we lose diversity in genes the way we have lost it with food plants?

TDQ: After Bittman made that stupid travel food show with Gwnwenennwthwth Paltrow and Batali, driving a different color Mercedes every day (Making SURE to show the hood ornament so we shouldn’t forget to all rush out and...