of the current crop of trendy restaurants will evoke the same response in 15 or 20 years. One place that Camp reviews makes me laugh: Abati’s on Walton, Home of the Flamed Pizza. They would bring the cooked pizza to the table...

ways...which is why his cooking's so good.

Here are a few thoughs from another Wisconsinite. Here in my river town of Prairie du Chien, we have Pete’s Hamburgers. The cart from which they are made and sold has been downtown since 190-something. The meatpatties are...

Chili My Soul is great...so many different varieties with varying degrees of spiciness to choose from. The owner-cook-waiter is a really nice guy and will let you sample all his available chilis. Everyday a different selection....

I think it’s wonderful – on a weekday, or before 8am or after 2pm!!! You could go to the farmer’s market and the grocery store and cook yourself a lovely breakfast at home in the amount of time it takes to...

If it is this higher end you are looking at try Foiliage at the Mandarin Hotel in Knightsbridge – expensive but no more so than Mirabelle ( Ugh!- sorry) and the cooking is I would argue on a par with anything in town Neat...

Bacchus has very fair prices; 80 per cent of the bottles in the shop are under $20.00. The owner really know her stock, too, and is quite happy to chat with customers. I use her as a resource when I’m cooking and...

frank cooked on a griddle. Papaya King is my favorite in N.Y. Syd’s in N.J., although they are charbroiled there rather than griddled. I like to taste the dog, so I only use a little mustard. Thumann’s makes a frank...

/expanded view, with the “new” tags and the original hierarchy, would do the trick. Also, about the profiles/tracking features: Since I participate on Home Cooking, I’m enjoying learning which regions the posters...

... Lastly, go to Surfas cooking supply store and cafe in Culver City, buy a ton of foodie goodies you never knew you needed, pack up a lunch from their adjoining cafe, then head due west and drive up the Pacific Coast Highway,...

...downtown and environs Cafe Azul doesn’t get as much attention as it should, but it’s one of the city’s best restaurants...chef cooked at Chez Panisse, studied with Diana Kennedy, and makes Mexican food like...

I have to chime in a say that the best mexican food I have had in a very long time is at The Executives on Randolph. It is so incredibly fresh and everything, I mean everything, is cooked on site. Roberto, the owner, just wants to...

I found another interesting web site, about Chao Zhou cooking: http://www.ucd.ie/~refrig/chiu_cho.html

about drinking a lovely class of red wine, while relaxing in my bath, nibbling some cheese and digesting every word you’ve written. Thank you! PS Full disclosure, my boy friend spends many of his nights and days cooking away...

excellent dish, not on the regular menu, is skewered lamb on sizzling onions. Vaguely like lamb satay, it comes on a bed of onions liberally sprinkled with ground chilies. The spicing was intriguing, reminiscent of certain types...