) that will feed us more than one meal. Also, we receive our fresh vegetable box once a week, on Mondays, so Sunday is the perfect night to clear out the fridge from leftover vegetables to make room for the new stuff, so I use the...

and the deafining noise. The whole experience made me remember why I hadn’t eaten there in 2 years. One final note, I was eating with the proprietor of a prominent bay area restaurant who was stunned by the whole thing as...

We lived in Shanghai for 3 yrs and were so happy to discover Shanghai Gourmet a year ago. In my opinion the place is absolutely authentic, ie. it excels in Shanghai food (but comes up short in other Chinese preparations). The...

that until I’m sick of it, or it’s no longer a challenge....like three years ago I went through a caesar salad phase where every week I’d try a new type of caesar recipe until I was so sick of caesar I thought...

was for a vacation in Chicago and I wanted input on where to eat there. Chowhound was one of several sources for this. But now I have been posting for more than a year and think I fit in at least a little better. My peeve are the...

I’ve been eating at Pomegranate for the past five years or so, and felt it was time to finally post about it since there is hardly any talk about it online. We hold the Persian food at Pomegranate in such esteem that it was...

. Frank Family is a real winner, be sure to go there and they also produce bubbly as well as still wines. I think the wines at Cakebread have gone downhill over the past few years. There are any number of other really good...

bucks alone since she didn’t say those words I hate “do you want change”. Gets me nuts when servers say that. Just give me my change. So this was a Monday night. The place was half full. Can’t vouch for...

Sorry, not to hijack the thread (please let me know if I need to start a new thread). . .but what do you like at Gou Bu Li? It’s about 10 minutes from where I work and I’d like to try it out sometime. Thanks.

with this endeavor. Nevertheless, I did try a few new recipes this summer, Lime-Basil Sorbet being my favorite of the summer (photo below). http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e108/Funwithfood/IMG_0906.jpg Now, your turn... :)

. Sajna has always been wildly variable. I’d never rave about them in print, 'cuz I’d soon be proved wrong as soon as they took their next dive, changed the menu, got a new chef. But this is the web, so I can hand you...

Sounds like you should teach your boys to cook! Ha Ha. Not complete recipes, but I’ve found some easier foods to whip together quick (I have a 3 year-old and a 20 month-old): Seared tuna, store bought asian glaze, toss on...

My grandparents were farmers in northern Michigan and made their own maple syrup each Spring. As kids, we looked forward each year to my grandmother heating up fresh maple syrup, and taking it outside to drizzle over a deep snow...

by this point and had the beginnings of a collection of the daily menus which she faxed to me. This was a few years ago soon after the first of several favorable press reviews. Since then, she and Larry have eaten there many,...

We loved Fuchsia Dunlop’s version of Kung Pao Chicken. I picked up some sichuan style dried red chiles at United Noodles in MSP last year and they were perfect with this dish. Much better than Thai dried chiles. It was very...