eaters bearing authentic Italian DNA are ESPECIALLY welcome to respond, as I’d be very interested to learn any pertinent cultural history, folk tales, grandmas' stories...please do enlighten us! Thanks! P.S. My pasta lunch is...

to go to the French Laundry. That is how I ended up in Yountville at 9:30 p.m. one perfect Saturday evening where I eventually emerged from The French Laundry at 1 a.m. the next day and sauntered happily back to my hotel room,...

Nathan, you are clearly testing my Italian knowledge, as I had to google all of your suggestions :-) All great ideas, and I was reminded of a tasty-looking version of arancini that Michael Chiarello did on his show. Now I’m...

, Lady PB and I were alone for lunch and headed to Johnny’s Half Shell, 2002 P St., one of my favorite spots during my many solo visits during 2001/2002. We usually share plates in order to experience as many tasty...

Yet that Vons in Studio City that remodeled itself in the past two or so years cannot staff the deli after 6p.m. So, unless you get the stuff already on shelves that has been prepackaged by the deli section earlier in the day,...

I think (and perhaps MichaelB actually already posted this theory because it is his) there is something about food that is supposed to be “cheap” that people blow a vessel over if it’s expensive. The $12 hot dog...

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, but still was high in acid so something like a Peter Michael or Aubert from the U.S. or else a Meursault of some sort or a Corton Charlemagne. (Obviously a lot depends upon the producer, but for ths I think I’d generally...

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've tried are Aecht Scherlenkerla. According to “authorities” such as Michael Jackson and www.ratebeer.com these are good beers. To me, it was like drinking liquid smoke. Couldn’t fini. Could barely even start...

How timely! I just posted an answer in another thread (looking for good “2nd tier cities”) that I am C&P here as I have your answer. Don’t overlook Cleveland if you are compiling a list. Naturally, there has been...

I completely agree with JeremyEG. We have always gone there for an array of small plates, wine and then the “life-changing” olive oil gelato... and that bread!! But, based on the treatment the author of the o.p....

(though not at Per Se) without having to do so starting at 10 p.m. If you have no problem taking in a multi-course meal beginning at that hour and ending sometime in the wee small hours of the morning, that’s your...

development projects going in the Michael/Chucky Cheese location and the Home Depot center, we’ll see some more restaurants come our way in the coming years. Link: http://www.roseinas.com/

I feel like the sole dissenting opinion here, but I’ll say a qualified yes. I just finished Michael Pollen’s “In Defense of Food” where he suggests to stick to one culture’s diet. Now, I won’t...