amount when we figure out how to divvy it up, or if she treats, then I leave the tip myself. I do it in honor of my daughters who have both been servers and bartenders!

Oh well in that context, LL, for the double helix of bad food & inept service I’ll go with La Vecchia.

I third, fourth and fifth the negative reviews on Mesa Grill – it just sucks. And I am a Bobby Flay fan! If you want to go to a superstar chef’s place, I think Lupa would work for you – it’s one of Mario...

October 2008 Cookbooks of the Month: Mario Batali’s Babbo, Molto Italiano, and Simple Italian Cooking. Please post your full-length reviews of primi recipes here, including pasta, risotto and soup recipes. Please mention the name

am while you listen to people sing maw lam or look toong music (thai country music) peruvian: marios: hollywood - the joint that eveyone knows about. fried with fried. heavy but tasty...run by chinese peruvians. decent ambiance......

My step-daughter and family just moved down and we’ll be visiting soon. We love all food, all ethnic diversity. What’s good in this area? Will we find great asian, vietnamese, any dim sum? Great Italian, awesome...

Great China on Kittredge has some great dishes: double skin, tea smoked duck... Chaya on Shattuck for veg from japanese temple cuisine. Venus has a nice brunch. For cheap and good Shanghai cuisine try Shanghai on Durant by the food...

turn it on it’s Emeril and if it’s not Emeril it’s Mario or Wolfgang! A coworker and I were just venting this a.m. on how disappointed we are in the channel. Checked the list and they have Julia Child on a 4:30...

OK hounds- you haven’t let me down yet- I got great recs for San Francisco last summer-so here we go. Guttergourmet’s wife and I with 7 year old are Seattle virgins coming for 2 weeks in mid-August. As always we will...

of Mario's lemon Italian Ice. Summer time tradition with my pops. We walk there from work on the fist fine summer day that screams "play hooky" 3) Manny’s potato pancakes and corned beef sandwiches with lots of...

rarely watch Food TV as it is and catching this show just reaffirmed why. The Neely’s, Rachel Ray, Paula Deen & Sandra Lee have destroyed any credibility the network had from Mario, Brown, DeLaurentis, Garten, etc.

like Greek chicken smothered in onions and feta, Chicken Marbella, Mario's cacciatore, a tagine from epicurious (link below). But I’m looking for some new UTTERLY DELICIOUS ideas. Slow-cooked would be great — I...

I don’t have cable, but have caught Rachel Ray from time to time, when I babysit or vacation. I agree with you. She’s young, enthusiastic, and makes food that looks good. My daughter often asks me to print out some of...

of their taxes. I can no longer rely on their performance in their current job, I need to vett their background and their souls. Who was the ex-con who started a cooking school for troubled youth? Probably shouldn’t be...

than 4-5 minutes to reduce in half 3 cups of red wine. 4 – add and reduce with water for 3 hours. are you kidding? unbelievable. double blech!!! Jfood wouldn;t touch this recipe. Now for a real Bolognese from Marcella...