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High fructose corn syrup commercial on Food Network?!?
I go to Disney at least yearly and they are pretty much everywhere. Not four year olds, mind you, but 10, 12 , 16 year olds. Also, living in Miami, I have seen the average teenager get chubbier over the last few years. I’ve...
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October 2008 Cookbook of the Month: Your Suggestions Needed [Thread ends TODAY, 9/15!]
a book called Miami Spice, but the only thing I think I’ve made from it is the amazing Key Lime cake. I also have a number of Dominican cookbooks, but I think they are all in Spanish.
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Ageist service problems -- paranoia or shared experience?
As is my answer to many things....it depends. If I go to an “in” place on Miami Beach where I tend to be older than the crowd, I perceive I am treated less well. If I go to an early bird special with significantly...
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Walking Out due to the Menu Options
We seem to have moved away from the OP’s reason – Menu Options. So I will continue to go astray. In Miami the more expensive the restaurant the colder they have (maybe that should be ‘had’ ) the...
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Gourmet's Top 50 Restaurants 2006
– Providence CA – Los Gatos – Manresa CA – San Francisco – Zuni Café CA – Yountville – The French Laundry CO – Boulder – Frasca FL – Miami – Michy’s GA – Atlanta – Bacchanalia GA – Atlanta – The Dining Room in the Ritz-Carlton...
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Best Sandwich you ever had?
dressing on rye – Wolfie Cohen’s Rascal House - Miami, FL
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An Expat’s Dining Survival Guide to Tulsa Updated 9-2007
After reading your reports along with so many other’s about White River Fish Market and Restaurant I must hasten my trip to your fair city,I’m a transplant from Miami who sorely misses her seafood, been to Kansas and...
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We've done movies; what is your fave food read?
Thanks for mentioning that – had not heard of that book, though I’ve read their WSJ wine guide, which has a lot of insights into their life together – especially enjoyed the Miami parts since I was living there...
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Cooking on a budget. Recipes please!
I “reformed” myself from too much shopping at the gourmet store this winter and saved lots of $$$ by doing the following: 1. Buying the bulk of my produce at the farmers market, which we have mostly year-round in Miami...
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Service Issues [Split from Manhattan board]
from very friendly to decent but never rude. Miami easily has the poor service crown. It’s not even close. Finally, I am not sure of the logistics of the OP’s change but changing a 4 top to a 5 top isn’t just a...
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Ready for the Next Food Network Star?
Honestly, I was pretty upset when Hoffman showed up. Stereotype “latina” in Miami that really to me was an insulting caricature of hispanic culture. Then unbenownst to me, i tried several of her recipes which were...
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Great Chinese in Tampa!
I didn’t particularly like the dim sum at TC Choy. I think it’s a little bit less than authentic, as the manager admitted to me that their target audience is not Chinese diners. Any number of places in the Miami area...
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What did you grow up eating? typical meal? (moved from Manhattan)
Carolina steamed shrimp, panhandle swamp oysters (a bushel in 1979 was $6), and Miami conch chowder. I thought these experiences were par for the course, but as I grew up, I realized many kids were never more than 100 miles from...
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Guests Sitting at the Hors d'ouevre Table
Well, mine is my husband. Years ago, when we lived in Miami, we hosted Christmas dinner. A friend from London was visiting. I had ordered two nice sized tins of caviar, one for my husband, one for the guests. On Christmas Eve, I...
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What is "Americanized" Chinese food?
In Los Angeles Chinatown there is significant Vietnamese population and many of them own Chinese restaurants. There is a Vietnamese influence on the spicy Chinese dishes they prepare. When I lived in Miami there were a number of...
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