" restaurants and had home cooked. For some peculiar reason I’ve never had much of a sweet tooth even as a kid. I think the last time I had a “I really don't want to eat that.” moment was at a Korean sushi joint...

update about a particular restaurant. And finally, even if you ask for it to be sorted by date, it’s not actually sorted by date. As just one example, go to the San Francisco board. Search for “Limon”. Click...

temperature. If you store beer in the frig, it will come out at about 34 degrees or so. If you store it on the shelf, it will be room temp (obviously, this varies, but figure 70 degrees). If you order it in a restaurant, you get...

tasty and cheap make a vietnamese restaurant so wonderful that it wins rave reviews for eternity. In Queens it would make it dependable. Truly mediteranian had pricey if slightly above average fallafel that were tasty and scraply...

). And fruit salads in delis, restaurants or wherever are always like 85% melon, which is very disappointing. Who ever decided that melon is an appropriate breakfast accompaniment?! At least I now know I’m not the only...

You are so right. I live in MA, too. As a matter of fact, I live in one of those cities where there are no liquor stores. Private clubs and restaurants can sell liqior- but no liquor stores, or “stand alone” bars...

and reasonably portioned. Weeekends are another story – then I have most of my meals out at restaurants or at friends' houses, and I pretty much eat and drink whatever I want. That plan has kept my weight pretty stable for...

——- I am with Heatherb on all points mentioned, but wish to add some things. There seems to be a guilt trip associated with your MIL I mean now that you are declining invites, I believe something is getting strained...

Dunno if either of these are national, i know they’re both “safeway” but I assumed local in LA... but what’s the diff between Pavillions and Vons? Is Pavillions more high end?

It is crazy, but I have to agree about the taste of Smirnoff. I worked in a restaurant that made us do one of these tast tests. Smirnoff won! I was amazed. I use it for my Bloody Mary’s. Now for rocks or soda, go with...

. From a Lexington or Barcelona market ambience (a true “food hall”) to virtually every conceivable variety of food presentation or preparation that can be presented under one roof: food courts, demonstration kitchen,...

high density hard plastic bottles to start, but it’s worth it. Only problem is, once you get used to good water it’s difficult to go back to tap. I find myself splurging on bottled water in restaurants more and more...

at River Kwai II (1650 W. Belmont). Two Way, by the way, offered some excellent and peppery biscuts and gravy. A fine example of the Chicago all night grill. We battled on to Chicago’s oldest restaurant, Daley’s (809...

in the U.S. began life on the Sports desk of your local newspaper, or writing the restaurant reviews, or something equally non-wine related. What they learn, they learn from osmosis. This does NOT mean wine writers are useless....

former employers fill my shoes, but when they tacitly withheld my final paycheck until I gave them my recipes, I felt betrayed (they were my own recipes, developed, for the most part, long before I worked for this restaurant) and...