as fully satisfied as a heaping dish of steaming opinions on chowhound, the mothers milk of the virtual world. I just never get to full of ideas to read more on chowhound. Having a never ending appetite for new imput is...

that morning by an elderly Japanese lady farmer whose fingertips are stained red from the product than hearing my cost conscious step mother tell me about the gazillion chewy strawberries she got “for a bargain” at...

My take on Sal and Carmines’s is —very salty! Once I add black pepper, heaven in a slice is reached. My take on Attilio’s in New Brunswick—excellent sauce ruined by a plastic cheese. Inpadonable sin....

The Pleasant does have a bar side. A real dive is down the street, the place they just ruined by bricking over the glass but as someone reported, the food sucked. And by the Midway, the Drinking Fountain might really scare some...

Oh my God, my 80 year old mother has just become the brining queen! Turkey at Thanksgiving for sure!

After a long day of running, maybe the waiter was acting on auto pilot and saw ‘1’ and thought ‘0’ and punched in.

fine paellas in a regular pot or in a cazuela or a large pan. In Andalusia, they prefer their paellas or rice dishes more ¨wet¨ so they often cook rice in a large pot. My Catalan mother-in-law cooks paellas in a cazuela or large...

/she is usually the problem...and they are not tipped. It’s frustrating when the food is good – or even downright craveable – but you just can’t stand dinning in. (Take out just doesn’t have the same...

course. Crispy skin loup de mer with butter braised baby fennel and parsley puree: Here’s a dish, like the cucumber soup, that didn’t fit my palate well, but I admired a lot. The fish, especially with the skin, was...

Crepes, duck, venison, and cannoli are all victims to poor cooking. Crepes should be light and lacy delicacies filled with fruits that are not syrupy and gloppy. Duck can be ruined quickly by overcooking or abusing spices....

mother is a great teacher for me, and I tell her so. But I don’t tell her that usually I learn from her bad example. I see how she depends profoundly on outside approval for her mental/emotional well being, and frankly, I...

Chez Melange used to be my mother's favorite brunch place, but they went downhill and we stopped going there. They used to do things like give me “creminis” when it said “shiitakes” on the menu.

in. A potato knish is not waiting for organic Yukon Golds, Vedalia onions, French salt and great phyllo dough in order to reach its full potential. And if you add a touch of fresh tarragon I’ll punch your lights out.

. A regular sized tenderloin is as big as a dinner plate. I order a junior which is much more manageable and they don’t have real mayo available in their condiments so I tote a little container of my own along. Miracle Whip...

There’s something completely unnatural about the chicken breasts my mother bought recently at her local supermarket. Two boneless skinless chicken breast halves that weighed close to 4 lbs total is not normal. If it...