. And you can find other cuts of beef in various restaurants. Some recommend restaurants are Jocko’s in Nipomo and Hitching Post II in Buellton. There are several posts on this board reporting Santa Maria Style BBQ. Main...

rooms. Did you notice the seperate rooms that can be cut off? Second, I live in SGV and each time I drive by the crapy places with a that big RED “C” rating on the window it freaks me out. Now, that might be...

. The pancetta topped with truffle was a wonderful meddling of earth and salt. The rillete of shredded shoulder meat was moist and rich on the inside, crisply sautéed on the outside and at its stellar best combined with a bite of...

It wasn’t a full vegetarian dinner they served meat. As for the cake, the vegetarians bothered by the gelatin in the fondant could always peel it away (it’s not the best tasting thing anyway) and “let them eat...

channels. all i can say is that josh better get sent back to outback or wherever they got him from next week. oh yeah, if they got him from outback he’d know how to cook meat. . .

there is a point where food is no longer primarily food, it is an experiential thing. see some of the recent discussion on the creations of cutting-edge small plates places. there is also a point where “food” becomes...

" (like a gaspacho, but made only with jicama and sometimes also pepino: the name almost certainly does not mean “bear soup” but comes from “caldo de huesos”) and “chalupas” (cucumber, peeled,...

the Risotto, the Crispy Branzino Filet, and the Cheesecake. Everything was delicious. Also, as a side note, Django is extending the RW fixed price menu for a few weeks due to demand. So you may be able to get a reservation outside...

They cut another post – I have no idea what I put in that one that caused the heavy hand of the censor to fall... let me try again. Yes, service is irrelevant if your goal is delicious food. Service is relevant, if your goal...

You would think that Disney would cut the locals some slack to get us to attend. But then again, as long as Orlando is bulging at the seems with tourists, what would be the point. And to think, I remember the days of having WDW...

I’ve always had really great results if I braise them for a longer period of time on a lower heat setting in the oven. I use this trick with all tough cuts like osso buco, oxtails, even 7-bone chuck for pot roasts, and it...

. With only a very slight pause, between the fish-course and the meat-course, the pacing was absolutely perfect. Honestly, the pause allowed us the opportunity to say something besides “Um-m-m,” and similar. We also got to take a...

in organ meats such as Kung Pao Testicles and Lamb’s Eyeballs (Ironically, it was Bourdain who wound up eating a sheep head). I agree that Bourdain’s show hit its' stride at Kebab Cafe – no surprise there. As is...

, and camarones (shrimp) in mole de tamarindo. The quail was exactly one little bird (at least they gave us a sharp knife to cut it in half to share), in a nutty, complex green pumpkin-seed mole. The mole was rich, the bird was...

of forcemeat in sliced meat, and balls of forcemeat in fishpaste, also my fave, chicken in red lees sauce. For Cantonese, ask someone else, - there are hundreds of excellent places some specializing in congee others in noodles,...