Chili and cheese, or mustard and onions. In no case should a hot dog have mayo or ketchup. It’s just plain immoral. My secret shame is that I like Wienerschnitzel’s double-cheese chili dogs. I probably wouldn’t...

them for 6 pork tamales and large containers of each and everyone of their homemade salsas to take out. I would also have to get a half dozen of City Bakery’s double chocolate cookies and a thermos of the hot chocolate....

Stole this tip from Mario Batali. When I make pasta, I stop boiling the pasta 5 minutes before it’s supposed to be done and cook it in my sauce. The sauce gets infused in the pasta.

, with the popularity of people like Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain and people looking for “authentic” this and that, I think that we are finally starting to see a change for the better. Also, all of that...

Yeah, he calls them Polpette di Melanzane. Mario Batali also has a recipe here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_25030,00.html

Oh yeah there’s more... Just a week ago I was making rabbit cacciatore from Mario Batali’s book. I put my brand new Le Creuset casserole on my brand new glass top electric stove, and four minutes later... CRACK! Olive...

try to catch mario batali’s episode of “chefography” on food network...should be in re-run hell right now. alot of the episode is of the difference between italian and italian-american food, and how it is...

on a few plates, that were still being served to the stragglers in the restaurant. We got a double order for our end of the table, and they were the oddest onion rings, that I have ever encountered. They were large (tall, as the...

How 'bout, if your menu doubles as your place mat?? DT