Two years ago, the New York Times did a similar tasting about with a similar result. Smirnoff came in first: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/dining/26wine.html?ex=1264482000&en=5913ec796f54a33c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt

of New Yorks pizza culture then I will concede Tex-Mex' equality. Futher... I don’t Mexico is requiring an apology for Tex-Mex... that takes the Mexican Government’s (along with Mexico’s food related chamber of...

I was driving around Pasadena all day today so I decided to stop in at the new Whole Foods on Arroyo Parkway. The three-level parking garage seems to have sufficient space, but is a bit tight to navigate and the elevators are...

are you sure? i just assumed the law was for all of new york state; but i’m not positive. (it was new as of maybe last year or 2 years ago.)

Caveat: My idea of a great pizza is what they served me as a kid in central New Jersey. For me, it has to be good as a plain-cheese, because all pizzas become basically indistinguishable to me once you pile on a ton of strongly...

bread roll, lean & thinly sliced farmhouse ham, eggs, a nicely sharp yellow cheddar that complimented everything. Not your New York $2 egg sandwich next to the subway (then again, it wasn’t $2…) I visited seven wineries...

) and vegetarian dishes. c) Strombolli – In some mall on University near Broward Blvd. We actually turned the chowdar off just to get a quick dinner. It did LOOK quite New Yawkish, down to the pizza tosser in white tee who...

-starred resutarants (le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, L’Escargot, The Square and Isola) before returning to open West in December 2000. A year and a half later he debuted at New York's prestigious James Beard House and in...

This reminds me of a recent morning at Balthazar in New York City. My wife and I were at the bar, waiting for a bona fide table, actually, but obliging the attitudinal hostess and the very busy restaurant by buying a drink and...

) from New York would rush around, diving right into the business discussion. The Saudis hated him so much he was out of there after a couple of months. We had lovely dinner parties there- but had to learn to deal with the...

In New York or Suburbs there’s alway a method to fight evil. Remember always bring your Mom a care package of what you like, just in case. I did this for years, since it was generally gone before I returned. My other...

of your favorite spots and find out they enjoy themselves. Stranger things have happened. Good luck. p.s. I once had my boss insist on going to a very expensive steak house in New York. He left before the end of the meal and stuck...

Langer’s across from McArthur park. Even the NEw Yorker calls it the best pasrami place in the country.

In 1980 I had to go on an extended business trip to New York with several other people from my office. We spent three weeks somewhere on Long Island (Garden City, I think), and then three weeks in Manhattan. While on Long Island,...

and dislikes the cuisine compared to others in Italy. He exemplifies Nigella Lawson’s point made in a column I clipped from the New York Times in July: "Tell anyone that you are going to Venice and you are likely to hear...