for changes in a dish for which the chef is know only to complain that it’s doesn’t live up to what everyone had told them. The cork-sniffers who send back two bottles of wine before settling on one that they still...

). We did custom natural oak cabinets that go to the ceiling – worth every penny for the extra space for those items that you don’t use every day, but use often enough that it’s easier if it’s in the...

Thank you so much for the information. Kind of makes sense to me—JMO, but I think a lot of the whole chain-of-nature works better when we let it work the way it was designed. (Not everything—like, I’m happy for...

3 days? Not even an issue. 3 months of scrimping and saving? Still not an issue – not for me. To each their own, but aren’t we all chowhounds on this bus? By it’s very nature, eating is a transient experience....

I like that habanero sauce you get at the Mexican grocery—the stuff that’s a shade of green not found in nature. A little goes a long way. We have a bottle of Tabasco in the refrigerator that comes out for things from...

(thus I would naturally stand and wait for great lengths for food, too). But I don’t see the connection between waiting and arrogance.

but the wine store next to it has a cramped selection, poor selection, and I have gotten bad wine (like corked wine, not just wine not-to-my-taste) there more often than anywhere else. I reccomend San Francisco, Mr Liqour, as a...

for final browning of crumbs. It was delicious and worth every bit of effort. But the next time I made it, I bought the confit already made and I cooked enough beans for two batches & froze half. My monthly natural gas bill went up...

Kimchee!!! I’m impressed. Do you bury it or use the fridge? Italian food is my heritage so it’s almost second nature. Tonight I’m trying an Indian vegetable curry. We’ll see how it goes. Fingers crossed...

Mateus or Lancers! On more than one occasion I’ve had to push the cork down into the bottle with a screwdriver because I didn’t own a corkscrew when I was 22...

, the nature of the profession is that it’s a service job, its “pay” commensurate with the level of service. Period. Nobody ever promised otherwise. However, it must look like easy money to a certain percentage...

literally blew its cork (or gasket, whatever), and the tongue that was cooking inside at the time went spewing out through the tiny hole at the top. You can’t imagine the scene. Pressurized, pulverized tongue on EVERY...

I remember reading a funny article that the majority of these bagel cutting accidents are in the South and Midwest, far from the bagel’s "natural habitat" in New York or transplants in California. Apparently, many people in...

to do with technology then natural memory ability.

. Hey, I’ve had tons of high-end, high-priced tenderloin, but none compare to that one at the Grand Hyatt on Kauai. My wife chose the Five-Spiced Braised Beef Short Ribs with Kahuku Corn Mashed Potatoes and Natural Jus. Man, that...