our ticket and we entered the restaurant. Directly ahead of us was the tiny hostess station sitting directly in front of the bar which spanned the wall. We approached the station and I thought we were going to have to wait for...

FYI, I have heard many times the story of a Greek-American-Chicagoan, the founder of Kronos, who took sausage making classes offered by this fair City and “invented” the cone of grease commonly known in America as...

Lollya, you’re fine! See Eric Asimov’s latest installment on his NYTimes blog The Pour (http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=95) which should immediately make you feel better! You definitely should get Andrea...

understand that all places are going to offer national dishes and that all places are going to make adjustments for non-Thai audiences. I would like to know if there are places that make few adjustments.

, you hounds have helped me enormously on making this transition. Will have reports on restaurants, Waltham and elsewhere, shortly.

is run by the Arbelaitz brothers in their 600 year old family farmhouse in the rural village of Oiartzun. Hilario the chef of the two siblings makes use of exclusively local produce to produce highly sophisticated versions of...

Sam’s Club’s consumer orientation) it is possible to get large quantities of restaurant-quality dinners and appetizers for really good prices, making them great for catering a party.

La Camilia in Mt. Kisco has good Spanish food (not Mexican.. real Spanish). It makes for a nice change and it’s a quiet, cosy place especially on a cold winter night. After many years of looking for good Thai in...

, stuffed grape leaves, hummos, etc., also for rice, olive oil, nuts, and dates. They bake their own pita bread (It’s usually still warm when you buy it) and make (fresh every day) their own spinach pies and felafel. 2) For...

I went ahead and linked a huge thread on OC burger rec’s. Why don’t you let your BF read through it and see if anything catches his fancy? For Thai the best place in the entire OC/LA area is Thai Nakorn in Garden...

pie.) I called ahead to make sure there was heavy cream. I was told, “We've got lots of it” No one could understand why I spent 3 hours on Christmas Eve combing the Hudson Valley looking for real cream, when the...

or Shiraz instead. Try a knockout Ridge single-vineyard Zinfandel (Geyserville or Lytton Springs for example)... just make sure you’re talking a great year. In Shiraz you have alot of options: California, France,...

Great list. If you’ve not been, I would add Aziza, Slanted Door, and (in the more Jardiniere price range) Ame an Boulevard. Myth would also almost certainly make my list if I had been there ;-)

you for tastings. Some of the better Austrian producers come from that area. Some I am familiar with and would recommend are: Kracher; Probably the best known producer. Makes some fine Gruner Veltliner, Riesling, Chardonnay and...

Just to weigh in here... I went to the Center Street Grill a few weeks ago, and the dinner was enough to make me never want to go back. I ordered a dish that was something like pasta with large shrimp in a garlic cream sauce......