Lee Ann’s TC blog does state that they had use of the pantry items, so a lot of the “basics” were probably already available and they didn’t have to use part of the $10 to cover those items. Without...

, and probably 100,000 more in surrounding OC, Ventura, etc. That’s the single greatest concentration of Koreans outside of Seoul. (All 5 boroughts of NYC have a paltry 90,000, and together with the tri-state area at most...

a fabulous new cheese one of us found, or the outstanding BBQ joint he discovered in the most unlikely of places, our new favorite recipes, the state of his raspberry brambles, etc.,.

be excluded. But that’s ok...chowhounds have a right to be picky! I myself try to appreciate as wide a range as I possibly can. By eating like a universal radio receiver, open to the full spectrum of deliciousness, I can...

it to another place in Pilsen or Little Village, Cicero, Rogers Park, etc. We might wonder about how true the food was to the Leon state of Mexico, noting what regional dishes appeared on the menu. I do not think Check Please...

I hate to burst your bubble here, but Chowhound really isn’t the center of the universe for food professionals. As a former Bay Guardian restaurant critic, former SF magazine food writer, and the current restaurants editor...

. I did raise my vote, but did not find this wine in a state of perfection. Flattened aromatics with whiffs of sulfides, acetone, green tobacco leaf, coffee, malt and rustic black fruit, tannic entry, chalky structure, massive...

://www.chandrage.com/Restrn/us-si.htm I knew about the “Polish place,” way excellent Polish food, but I didn’t know that the bakery down the block had "the best croissants in the universe."...

of stubbornness on the part of some restaurateurs. Even such universally popular items as quail often don’t appear in English translations. I’ve also found, especially in the storefront rather than the...

-standing structure in the world (something like TWO empire state buildings stacked on top of each other or something) and it has a glass floor!! Kinda pricy to go to the observation deck, but I’m told that if you go to the...

’s the awesome pizza in all of LA? Casa Bianca, minutes away in Eagle Rock has what is overwhelmingly (but def not universally) considered 1 of the best pizzas in LA. Finally, trojanhorse’s topic is limited to Pasadena only, very...

i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again. eating at difara’s was whole lot more pleasant experience in the 1990s, before every foodie in the universe discovered it. yes, i know i will get slammed for this post.

In the Michelin universe, wo stars doesn’t mean twice as good as a one star. One star = good restaurant in its category, which can vary in price range and range level of comforts. Two star = good enogh to be worth a detour;...

Wow! You may be my twin in an upside-down opposite parallel universe. Let’s see: I don’t ever mind using Muir Glen fire-roasted canned tomatoes if garden fresh are not available. Never seed or peel tomatoes. If the...

and refuse to eat. I try to stick to teen and kid friendly meals that are more universally liked.