Now youve hit one of the major chowhounding issues- some of these folks, especially with the minor cuisines that havent hit big only know one way to cook and will stubbornly only cook that way, the traditional way, using the...

in Italy. Double has a sommelier’s license as well as a coffee roaster’s certification, and Ground Control will be a triple-threat bar of coffee, gelato, and wine. (I told him if he just added in a used bookstore it...

jfood would save the trip to Pepe’s and order another hot oil at Colony. Jfood may be in the minority but he is not overwhelmed by Pepe’s. Yes it’s crisp and crispy all around but the crust is flavorless and the...

I’m somewhat surprised to find myself in such a minority. Presumably yet another example of how the attitudes towards service and tipping here in Europe differ so much from North America.

My favorite Thai restaurant serves a bean "threat" noodle dish!

in the Fall. Viruses mutate,and H1N1 is unprecendented. No one has prior immunity or vaccination. A vaccine for H1N1 is pending. While thus far, in the US, it has apparently weakened and cause relatively minor sympotms, it is...

that infested food (however minor) is bad. Today, with refrigeration, I would speculate that it has nothing to to with health, and everything to do with the “ick factor.” Many cultures other than ours have survived on...

Am going next weekend...a mere 14 years after the first time I ate there, finally secured a reservation via tears, threats and subterfuge...I had tried a few months ago, and was told that they only take bookings a month in...

definately be a threat to pets kept outdoors (or, say, smallholders' poultry stocks).

of that particular tree’s perceived superior fruit). If trees are vegetitatively propagated, essentialy clones are produced and there is some threat that agrobiodiversity will decrease. There are no threats to human health,...

to complete transferrence of all risk and responsibility. But here is the comment that you are in a very small minority...“Do your best not to kill me, and nobody gets sued. I'm only asking for common sense.” Many are...

-N-Out is at the far end of that list. They have quietly set standards for doing well by doing good. Yes, taco trucks aren’t a threat to them, making your accusation even less reasonable.

to hit me on the shoulder, etc., etc. till I told them to knock it off... I said, "if you have an unresolved issue from the past, then lets deal with it." I suspect you have something like this going on. It could be as minor as...

there appears to be significant minority who seem to be responding out of emotion and self interest. In short, they choose NOT to hear you. So be it. I think you’ve taken this discussion as far as it can go.

the employee further; later make it clear through a written letter exactly what it was that was objectionable; and convey a credible threat of loss of your and others' business if that behavior continues. fantasy #2:...