Any reviews on COOK in napa? I am thinking about dinner there with 3 couples around new years eve (going to Farm on NYE?. Thoughts?

than going to Queens for a less elegant dinner at Green Fields (or Master Grill, although others like this one more than me). A new one is now in Astoria but I dont know much about it. Check out Indian Row on Lex and eat lunch in...

Since this story dates from the fifties, perhaps the moderators will let it stay... One of the highlights of my final year of Talmud Torah was a field trip to a local matzo bakery in New York. I’m pretty sure it was...

It was the one on Washington and the breakfast was one of the New Orleans-style choices. "Andouille Hash Sauteed andouille chicken sausage (no pork), potato, peppers and onions served with two eggs and choice of corn muffin,...

‘friendliness’ puzzle me. In New York City, noone expects their waiter to be their friend; most diners would consider it odd, if not downright rude, for a waiter to act in a familiar way with guests in a formal...

in town. 4112 Verdugo Road (at York) COLOMBO’S - Very old-fashioned restaurant that has surprisingly good food, given the slightly seedy but rather cool atmosphere. Excellent steak, given the price. 1833 Colorado Boulevard CASA...

that’s a plus. Negative: decor is lousy. There is a new Hakka resto on Middlefield & Steeles. Zero decor. The food is average. The noodle peanut soup was pretty good. I did like the pakora better than at Tangerine Hakka...

-bar and the artful pin-spots suspended over the 15-seat bar. The message is pretty obvious: This is not our beloved-but-homey neighborhood sushi joint. For someone who came out of Nobu (New York's legendary temple of sushi)...

It’s easy to stay up-to-date on the restaurants that’re trendy, upscale or somehow notable. But I want to find new non-notable, workhorse, weekday-after-work places, near where I live at Queen & Bathurst.......

. It is by no means the upscale, four star Indian food that you can only find in New York and London. But, by California standards, it is excellent. Price wise, Southern Indian tends to be cheaper than Northern Indian. There are...

will probably be trying most in the next several months unless you persuade me to steer clear of some of them. I’m not looking for more suggestions of new places to try because I actually have a huge list of places that...

nor the seasoning to be executed with great excellence. Just so I can prove that I’m not just bitter against places that charge high prices, I wholly enjoyed my meal at Fleur de Sel in New York at the same price point.

Candy: Conversions? My book was printed by "Hyperion New York". I do agree about the weird locations of recipes. I am thinking of it as a browse through it and see what happens type of book. Maybe you see something you’d be...

of the two dishes in the same vein. It’s like comparing a New-York Style/Chinese-American eggroll to a deep fried Vietnamese Imperial roll (cha gio). There are some superficial similarities (both stuffed, deep-fried rolls),...

Definitely try out Shinobu by Tamio at the Makisushi location at Yonge & Lawrence: 3403 Yonge Street, North York, ON M4N 2M8 This place doesn’t break the bank either, but the fish quality is VERY fresh, and the portions are...